July 18, 2016 - ChaddsFordLive.com

Armed robbery at Walgreens

Pennsylvania State Police from the Media barracks are looking for a suspect wanted in connection with an armed robbery at the Walgreens on Route 202 in Concord Township. The robbery happened about 9:11 p.m. on July 16.

Police said a male suspect entered the store, pointed a black handgun at employees, and demanded cash from the registers. The employees removed the cash from two registers and placed it into a black drawstring bag that was carried by the suspect. The suspect fled on foot to Ruby Road at Beaver Valley Road where he entered the front passenger side of a vehicle that had been waiting in the area. The suspect vehicle fled west on Beaver Valley Road towards the state of Delaware.

The suspect is described as approximately 5 feet 7 inches to 5 feet 10 inches with a stocky build and with excess fat around his belly and sides. He was wearing a reddish/orange flat brim hat with an unknown symbol, a gray mask that covered the lower half of his face, a white long sleeve T-shirt, dark sweatpants with a light colored circular symbol in the area of the left pant pocket, and black shoes or boots. He was wearing also gloves and displayed a black semi-automatic handgun and carried a black drawstring bag.

Anyone who can identify the suspect or who has any knowledge of the crime is asked to contact Tpr. Pipes at PSP Media, 484-840-1000.

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Bernice “Bert” Coyne Boon, formerly of St Michaels, Md.

Obituaries

Bernice “Bert” Coyne Boon, 91, formerly of St Michaels, Md. and Ocean Grove, N.J., died Wednesday, July 13, at Ware Presbyterian Village in Oxford. She was the widow of Jacob Boon Jr., who died in 2004, and with whom she shared 58 years of marriage.

Originally from Caldwell, N.J., upon graduation from Caldwell High School she attended LaSalle College in Newton, Mass., where she received her degree in merchandizing and was immediately hired as a buyer and model at Hanes. Most notably she was the manager of the Culinary Art Store in Wilton, Conn. where she also taught gourmet cooking classes. Cooking was her passion and after her tenure at the Culinary Arts Store, shecontinued to teach cooking. Her love of cooking has been traditionally handed down through the generations.

She loved her grandchildren, and hosted them for the entire summer at the Jersey Shore in Ocean Grove for over ten years. She was very proud of the fact that five generations of her family had vacationed and/or lived in Ocean Grove, N.J.

As a young woman, she volunteered with Planned Parenthood. Bernice was a long time member of the Ocean Grove Ladies’ Auxiliary and a volunteer with Meals on Wheels in Ocean Grove N.J., she also volunteered at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. and was a member of the P.E.O. philanthropic organization as well as a docent at the Episcopal Christ Church in St. Michaels.

“Bert” was known to her friends and family as a warm, generous and gracious woman who always had a twinkle in her eye and loved to cook and entertain.

She is survived by her son Alexander, her daughter-in-law Kristy , three grandchildren Andrea, Rebecca and Dr. Toria McHarg and Toria’s husband, Ian McHarg and two great grandchildren Avalyn and Lennox McHarg, and other family members and many dear friends.

The memorial service will be held in Ocean Grove, N.J. in the Tabernacle at 11 a.m. on Sept. 24.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations be made to the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, PO Box 248, Ocean Grove, NJ 07756 or to the Dementia Society of America, PO Box 600, Doylestown, PA 18901.

Online condolences may be made by visiting www.griecocares.com

Arrangements by the Kuzo & Grieco Funeral Home in Kennett Square.

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Chesco Pops to feature musical innovator

Arts & Entertainment

There’s no need for Philadelphia and Boston to get all the attention: Chester County has its own Pops Orchestra, which is poised to present its Summer Concert Series.

The Chester County Pops Orchestra is readying its Summer Concert Series, which starts on Saturday, July 23.

Under the direction of Joseph Gehring, the Chesco Pops is scheduled to perform on Saturday, July 23, at 7 p.m. at Immaculata University’s Alumnae Hall Theater, 1145 King Road, Immaculata, Pa. 19345; on Sunday, July 24, at 3 p.m., at Phoenixville Area Middle School, 1392 Gay Street, Phoenixville, Pa., 19460; and on Saturday, July 30, at 7 p.m., at Fugett Middle School, 500 Ellis Lane, West Chester, Pa., 19382.

The featured guest will be Brian Fitzy, a vocalist, electric violinist, guitarist, beat-boxer, producer, and composer, with five albums recorded to date. Fitzy’s multi-instrumentalist talents feature live looping technology, which involves recording music and sound and then layering it into the performance. Fitzy, who has played in venues ranging from Madison Square Garden to Lincoln Financial Field, will be joined by the full Chesco Pops Orchestra, producing an innovative, exciting program.

Brian Fitzy will add his multi-instrumental innovation to the Chesco Pops concerts.

Other featured material in the concert will include music from the Beatles and the popular Broadway musical “Miss Saigon.”

Since its inception in the fall of 2005, the 65-member Chester County Pops Orchestra has been attracting audiences throughout the county with the best of pops, jazz and light classical music. These players are fine instrumentalists from all over Chester County and from all walks of life, who truly love making music together.

Tickets are $20 for adults; $15 for those 60 and over; and free for children and students; additional donations will be gratefully accepted. They are available online at www.chescopops.org or at the door. For more information, visit the orchestra’s website, email chescopops@gmail.com, or call 610-594-9178. To learn more about Fitzy, visit www.brianfitzy.com.

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Public’s input sought on Anson B. Nixon Park

Arts & Entertainment

For many, Anson B. Nixon Park represents a hidden sanctuary of ponds, streams, fields and woodlands, tucked into a corner of Kennett Square Borough.

Community gardens are among the offerings at Anson B. Nixon Park.

Comprised of more than 100 acres, the park, which opened in 1993 for passive recreation, contains land in both the borough and Kennett Township and hosts a variety of activities throughout the year, ranging from concerts to soccer games.

Whether you are an occasional concertgoer or a regular hiker in Anson B. Nixon Park, the Kennett Area Park Authority is seeking your feedback on what park improvements would be desirable and how to fund them.

KAPA, which was formed in 1988 as a joint municipal authority of Kennett Township and the Borough of Kennett Square took title to the lands that comprise Anson B. Nixon Park in 1990. A subsequent series of grants enabled KAPA to develop facilities in the park, located on North Walnut Street, just off of State Street.

The summer concert series is a popular event at Anson B. Nixon Park.

A nonprofit support organization, KennParc (now Friends of Anson B. Nixon Park), was created in 1995 to raise funds for park maintenance, formulate infrastructure details, and organize programs. KAPA has no direct tax base for operational costs, and although the borough and township do provide funds to KAPA, this funding does not cover operational costs.

So the volunteers who keep the park going are seeking input from the people who take advantage of its myriad offerings, including a children’s playground, five picnic pavilions, nearly three miles of trails with fitness stations, two sand volleyball courts, two bocce courts, a Frisbee golf course, ponds stocked annually for fishing, and a portable show mobile stage.

To access the survey, which can be completed in English or Spanish, visit http://www.ansonbnixonpark.org.