Three hit movies that celebrate Chinese and South American cultures will draw connections to the multicultural exhibition “Made in the Americas: The New World Discovers Asia" at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library. Museum officials announced a new summer film series – “Motorcycle Diaries” (Diarios de motocicleta); “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” (Wo hu cang long); and “Like Water for Chocolate” (Como agua para chocolate). The films…
Dorothy Elizabeth Weeks, 96, of West Grove, died Saturday, July 2, at her residence. She was the wife of Alexander H. Weeks, Jr., who died in 1996 and with whom she shared 54 years of marriage. Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Ola P. and Hanna Thackeray Benn. Mrs. Weeks was a cafeteria worker at the Avon Grove Elementary School for…
Steve Walton, 55, of Kennett Square, died Thursday, July 7, at Penn Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia. Born in West Chester, he was the son of Eddie and Jackie Warrick Walton. He was a superintendent at Norwood Industries in Malvern, retiring after over 25 years of service. Steve was a past president and coach at the Avon Grove Little League. He maintained the Little League fields and…
As the monster known as social media spreads its tentacles, members of law enforcement want to educate the public about its sinister underbelly. Like many drugs, technology can foster addiction and abuse, according to James A. Dill, who spent 30 years in the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office. Dill, the speaker at a recent daylong Chester County law-enforcement seminar, cited dozens of examples from national headlines…
In stark contrast to the affluent around them, more than 600 people, many of them children, experience homelessness on any given night, according to Chester County officials. Even more troubling is the fact that during the past year, 51 percent of the people who called ConnectPoints, a county hotline designed to connect them to emergency shelter and other resources, had to be turned away because…
Despite dire forecasts, Mother Nature wisely provided perfect weather for the Sixth Annual Friday Night Lights on July 8, possibly realizing that it would have been cruel to sabotage a fundraiser for Natural Lands Trust, an organization that works tirelessly to protect her. Addressing a sellout crowd of 700, Molly K. Morrison, NLT’s president and CEO, noted that the mission of the trust is to…
I was there. I was in the Birkenau death camp with Elie Wiesel in 1990. I had just marched from Auschwitz with thousands of Jews from around the world, mostly youths like myself at the time, as part of The March of the Living. The March of the Living commemorates Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) in Poland and Yom HaAtzmaut (Independence Day) in Israel. At…
“The Wall That Heals,” a 250-foot, half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, will be open 24 hours a day and accompanied by myriad activities during its Chester County display later this month. Hopewell United Methodist Church (UMC) and East Brandywine Township will host the replica memorial wall and accompanying mobile education center display, the only Chester County venue on a national tour, according to…
For the July 4 holiday weekend, my family and I trekked to Washington D.C. mostly to spend some time with my son who has just moved there. The weekend was a weave of family dynamics and touristy sightseeing of the nation’s capital. Have you ever wondered how nations manage to make treaties at all, when families have trouble enough coming to consensus about what to…
PennDOT has announced the following road projects, which are weather-dependent and could affect residents in the greater Chadds Ford area during the week of July 9 through July 16. Motorists are urged to allow extra time if they are traveling through one of the construction zones. Route 52 will be closed and detoured between Creek and Pocopson roads in Pocopson Township from 6 p.m. on…
Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union is moving its corporate headquarters to Chadds Ford. The credit union has had its sights on the empty lot 11 on Hillman Drive across from Evergreen Place in the Chadds Ford Business Campus. And now it’s a done deal. According to Bryan Brockson, the credit union’s assistant vice president for facilities and procurement, the credit union’s Broomall headquarters served the…