• The Pennsylvania State Police, Media Station, will be conducting a Sobriety Check Point in Delaware County during the week of Dec. 5. The location is to be determined at a later date. • A pedestrian was struck by a motor vehicle in the parking lot of a shopping center on Nov. 30 and the driver fled the scene without providing any information to the…
Hedwig Jankowski Masciantonio, 94, of Chadds Ford, died Sunday, Dec. 4, at Pocopson Home in Pocopson Township. She was the wife of the late John P. Masciantonio who died in 2001 and with whom she shared 46 years of marriage. Born in Wilmington, she was the daughter of the late John and the late Martha (Gawinska) Jankowski. Hedy devoted untiring love and energy to the…
A plan for the development of Crebilly Farm is still under review by the Westtown Township Planning Commission, but the Board of Supervisors heard reaction to the plan from some residents during its Dec. 5 meeting. Crebilly is a 325-acre farm at Routes 926 and 202. Toll Bros. has an agreement of sale with the owner to build 300 or more homes on the site,…
Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan announced 28-year-old Matthew Jeffrey Sipps of Aston is the first in Delaware County to be charged under Pennsylvania’s new human trafficking legislation for engaging in a sex act with a victim while knowing that the act was the result of that individual being a victim of human trafficking. Matthew Jeffrey Sipps, 28, of Sweigart Lane in Aston, is charged…
Chester County at its most bucolic. A lone horse grazes on a sunny Sunday afternoon in Birmingham Township.
Harley Peterson, 96, of Oxford, died Friday, Dec. 2, at Calvert Manor Health Care Center. He was the husband of Rosaline Peterson who died in 1982, and with whom he shared 30 years of marriage. Born in Poplar, N.C., he was the son of the late Joshua Cornelius and Darty Peterson. He was a welder at Wiley’s in Havre-de-Grace, Md. Harley enjoyed woodworking, baseball, and…
Mark Twain once famously said, “It’s easy to give up smoking, I’ve done it hundreds of times.” If you can relate to that statement, you’re likely one of the thousands of people who have made the commitment to quit, only to find yourself reaching for a pack of cigarettes once again. It may seem like an impossible habit to break, and you may have resigned…
With flashing lights and wailing sirens, the law-enforcement caravan followed a lead motorcycle driven by a deputy sheriff decked out as a reindeer; it also included Mrs. Claus in a prison van as it pulled up to the Walmart in East Marlborough Township on Saturday morning, Dec. 3. Such unconventional touches added a twist to the “Third Annual Shop with the Sheriff, ” an anticipated…
John W. Singer Jr., 65, of Cochranville, died, Dec. 1, at home. He was the husband of Emily Pierce Singer, with whom he shared 11 years of marriage. Born in West Chester, he was a son of the late John W. and the late Ann (Wright) Singer Sr. He was a graduate of Unionville High School. He then served our country during peacetime in the…
Merry Christmas! Yes, it is that time of year again. It is truly amazing that we are less than 30 days from a new year. It has been a long year and many are excited to celebrate Christmas and move on to 2017. With a new year comes new challenges, but also the opportunity once more to try to keep and achieve some resolutions that…
When the prosecutor tried to speak to the young child about the abuse she had suffered, the girl quickly crawled under a table. Undaunted, the assistant district attorney followed suit, ultimately gaining her trust. Peggy Gusz, executive director of the Crime Victims’ Center of Chester County, Inc., (CVC) said that image represented one of her earliest memories of interacting with David Pless, who worked in…