So let me get this straight. If state Sen. Tom Killion's recent bill gets passed, I'll be able to go to a beer distributor and buy four bottles of wine, but I won't be able to buy four bottles of beer. I'll be able to buy a case of beer, but I won’t be able to buy a case of wine. Someone please tell me why this is not a crazy addition to our already byzantine liquor ...
Archive for September 29th, 2016
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One hearing closed, another continued
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on September 29th, 2016
Chadds Ford Township supervisors have closed a hearing for a controversial housing development and continued another for a special events ordinance. The hearings were held Wednesday, as part of the board’s end-of-month workshop. Plans for Wonderland Farms, the proposed planned residential development along Oakland Road, have been discussed in the township for three ...
Delco man convicted of molesting 2 girls
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on September 29th, 2016
A judge has found a Delaware County man guilty of molesting two 8-year-old girls. Judge John Capuzzi reached the verdict following a bench trial that began in August against Martin Finsterbush, 79, of Clifton Heights. The judge concluded that Finsterbush inappropriately kissed and touched the girls on multiple occasions, according to a press release from the ...
‘Midnight at the Oasis’ coming to Flash
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on September 29th, 2016
On Saturday, Oct. 1, Maria Muldaur, best known for her 1974 hit “Midnight at the Oasis,” will return to The Kennett Flash. Muldaur got her start in the early ‘60s in the Greenwich Village folk scene with the Even Dozen Jug Band. That group featured, among others, noted mandolin player David Grisman, said a Kennett Flash press release. Through Muldaur’s connection ...
Patton’s green thumbs earning gold stars
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on September 29th, 2016
Long before the Patton Project Gardens grew into a multi-award-winning program, two family and consumer science teachers at Charles F. Patton Middle School repeatedly had their sanity questioned. “Oh my goodness: They’re crazy,” Marie Wickersham recalled thinking after Betsy Ballard and Kim Hisler, teachers in the Family and Consumer Science (FCS) Department, ...
Around Town Sept. 29
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on September 29th, 2016
• Chester County Day, the country’s longest running house tour scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 1, will feature preview parties on Friday, Sept. 30, at the Longwood Gardens Visitor’s Center auditorium at 5, 6, and 7 p.m.; and in Courtroom One of the historic courthouse at High and Market streets in West Chester at 6 and 7:30 p.m. This year’s tour focuses on the southwest ...
Adopt-a-Pet Sept. 29
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on September 29th, 2016
Come meet all the wonderful animals available now for adoption at the Brandywine Valley SPCA. All featured pets are “Name Your Price” adoption fee until Monday, Oct. 3. Not ready to adopt? Then sponsor a pet and provide a safe place for our companions to rest until they find their forever homes. Help us give them a second chance at a fresh start. CORINNA Hi, my name ...
