La Comunidad Hispana is inviting the community to participate in its debut, family-friendly, fundraiser 5-k race, entitled “All One Under the Sun.” Scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 25, in Anson B. Nixon Park, the event will support LCH’s mission of helping low-income residents of southern Chester County to stay healthy, build strong families, and lead productive lives by providing high-quality, culturally welcoming services, said a La…
Delaware County residents are invited to participate in Delaware County’s Annual Sept. 11 Memorial Service at 11 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 9. The ceremony, hosted by Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan, will take place at the Delaware County Law Enforcement and Fire-EMS Memorial in Rose Tree Park, located at 1671 N. Providence Road in Media, said a press release from the District Attorney’s Office.…
Elvera “Vera” Taylor, 69, of Landenberg, died Friday, Sept. 2, at the Chester County Hospital. She was the wife of James P. Taylor, Sr., with whom she shared 49 years of marriage. Born in West Chester, she was the daughter of the late Louis F. DiBartolomeo Sr. and Louise Irace DiBartolomeo. Vera was a teacher’s aide for the Kennett Consolidated School District, retiring in 2010…
Patricia Cook Lyons, 64, of West Grove, died Friday, Sept. 2, at the Christiana Hospital in Newark. She was the wife of Thomas M. Lyons, with whom she shared 46 years of marriage. Born in Wilmington, she was a daughter of the late Wintzer Raymond and the late Margaret (Vanore) Cook. Patricia was a 1970 graduate of Avon Grove High School. For many years, she…
Concetta “Connie” Perrone, 87, of Spring Hill, Fla., formerly of Avondale, died Tuesday, Aug.t 30, , at the Spring Hill Health & Rehabiltaion Center. She was the wife of Edward J. Perrone, who died in 2002, and with whom she shared 49 years of marriage. Connie was born in Wilmington on Jan. 18, 1929, to the late Giuseppe and Rosa Rollo Giliberto. Before Connie was…
While there’s still another couple of weeks before the beginning of autumn, some people spend a lazy unofficial end of the summer — Labor Day — tubing on the Brandywine.