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, March 20. 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. TATANKA My name is Tatanka and I am…
Dominic A. Della Valle, 87, of Kennett Square, died Monday, March 13 at Neighborhood Hospice. He was the husband of Antonietta Bottini Della Valle, with whom he shared 68–and-a-half years of marriage. He was born in Newark, N.J. to Antonio and Theresa Della Valle, who taught him the values of self-determination and hard work that served him and his family for the rest of his…
The 68th annual Chadds Ford Elementary School Art Sale and Show will open Friday, March 24 with longtime favorites returning. The event concludes March 25 with art tours, art workshops and a conversation with local artist Karl Kuerner. Another local favorite, plein air artist Jacalyn Beam, is the donating artist this year and Len Garon, who’s been showing at Chadds Ford for more than 30…
Pennsylvania State Police said a Kennett Square man was killed in a traffic accident on Route 1 in Chadds Ford Township this morning. According to the police, David Keith Hutchens, 43, of Lincoln University, was driving south on Route 1 at 4:54 a.m. when he lost control while driving over ice and snow. The vehicle crossed into the northbound lane where it crashed into a…
In a little-known corner of Central Pennsylvania called Lock Haven lies the Sieg Conference Center. It was in this location that I experienced one of the most educational, exciting, and enlightening weeks of my life. I, along with roughly 25 other teens between the ages of 13 and 17, found myself dropped completely alone in a group of people from around the state. What had…
Maryalice (Cook) Underwood Moore, 73, of Lugoff, S.C., formerly of Kennett Square, died Monday, March 13. She was the wife of William Charles “Bill” Moore, with whom she shared 12 years of marriage and the late Paul Joseph Underwood Jr. who died in 1992 and with whom she shared 30 years of marriage. Born in Chadds Ford, she was a daughter of the late Francis…
• State police from the Media barracks said two men were taken into custody on witness intimidation charges. Police identified the suspects as Ryan Jeffrey Schaffer, 28, of Chadds Ford, and Darryl Justin Cebenka, also 28, of Wilmington. According to the police report, the two followed and chased the victims for four miles before police intercepted them in the area of Valleybrook Road and Ivy…
"Reconstructed Materials" is an exciting all-steel sculpture show opening at the Oxford Arts Alliance this Friday March 17th, with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Curated by nationally renowned steel sculptor Stan Smokler, this show features selected sculptural works from 12 steel artists, including Dave Beck, Rob Sigafoos, Lele Galer, Lisa Fedon, Katee Boyle and Stan Smokler. With a broad variety of techniques and…
Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board directors breezed through a 45-minute workshop Monday night in anticipation of a major snowstorm that was heading into the region. School Superintendent John Sanville had announced there would be no school Tuesday hours before the first snowflake fell. While there were no voting items, the board did review a few things that directors will vote on next week at the regular…
Delaware County government offices are closed today because of the heavy snowstorm. Personnel should check with their supervisor.
Unionville-Chadds Ford School District Superintendent John Sanville has announced that all schools in the district will be closed tomorrow because of the impending snowstorm. In an email, Sanville said: “They say March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. With the storm that is headed our way — it is clear that the March lion is not done yet! As such…