Women’s voices matter critically at every level of the democratic process: That was the consensus of a nonpartisan panel discussion hosted earlier this month by The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls. With suburban Philadelphia being recognized as a battleground this election, the event on Thursday, Oct. 13, focused on the issues that female voters are considering from a variety of perspectives, including elected…
The Junior League of Wilmington wants area residents to mark their calendars for what is billed as “Delaware’s largest garage sale.” The league’s 34th Whale of a Sale fundraiser will be held on Saturday, Nov. 12, at 148 Sunset Boulevard (just off Route 13) in New Castle, from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m., in a space formerly occupied by a Pathmark supermarket. The much-anticipated sale…
Autumn brings gold and orange colors to the strong greens around Bushkill Falls in the Delaware Water Gap National National Recreation area.
Without question, the highlight for the arts this week is the highly anticipated blockbuster opening of "Rural Modern: American Art Beyond the City" at The Brandywine River Museum of Art, showing October 29 to January 22. This is the most ambitious museum show to date and features 70 works by famous American painters including Georgia O'Keefe, N.C. Wyeth, Charles Demuth, Marsden Hartley, Roger Medearis, Charles…
My name is David Cleary, and I am an independent candidate for the state House of Representatives, 160th district. I am not affiliated with any political party, just a citizen running for elected office. I am asking that you consider voting for me on Nov. 8. I am an aircraft systems engineer, project manager, and former Naval officer with the skills, leadership and integrity to serve…
The Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department is investigating a fatal accident that occurred on Sunday, Oct. 23, at 6:15 a.m. Responding to the intersection of West Chester Pike and Waterview Road in East Goshen Township for an automobile accident involving a pedestrian, officers arrived to find a member of the Goshen Fire Company performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on an individual who had been struck by an…
One police officer narrowly averted injury and another was treated and released from the hospital after a harrowing chase that led to the arrest of a West Grove man. New Garden Township Police gave this account in a press release: On Sunday, Oct. 23, at 7:01 p.m., two uniformed New Garden officers, who were not identified, were responding to a collision on Gap Newport Pike…
Updated on Wednesday, Oct. 26, to add photo montage When Kennett Square Borough’s former police chief began his law-enforcement career, gasoline cost 43 cents a gallon and the laser printer had just come into vogue. A Kennett High graduate named Edward A. Zunino began his police career in his hometown in 1974, a stint that spanned more than four decades and earned him respect that…
Leon E. Rowe Jr., 71, of Kennett Square, died Oct. 19, at Neighborhood Hospice, after a courageous twelve-year battle with prostate cancer. He was the son of Leon E. Rowe and Ramona Fraser Rowe of West Grove. He was raised by his grandparents, George A. and Margaret I. Fraser of West Grove. Leon attended Avon Grove High School where he came back to teach for thirty years…
Patrick Pierno, 55, of Avondale, died Tuesday, Oct. 18, at the Jennersville Regional Hospital. He was the husband of Susan Hornick Pierno, with whom he shared 31 years of marriage. He was the son of Anthony Pierno of Florida and the late Marianna Giurdanella Pierno. Patrick was the director of IT Technical Services at Farmer’s Insurance in Wilmington. He enjoyed landscaping, working with computers and…
Concord Township’s Harvest Festival was a day late this year, but the extra 24 hours brought sunny skies for a Sunday afternoon hayride and a costume parade. Dozens of youngsters took part in the parade and enjoyed the pony rides and petting zoo.