The National Weather Service is calling for a Flood Watch in Chester County from Thursday morning through Friday afternoon. Heavy rain is expected to begin late tonight through Thursday afternoon. There is potential for flooding on area creeks and streams and in poor drainage and urban areas during and shortly after the heavy rainfall. Some main stem rivers may flood thereafter, from Thursday night possibly through the…
Concord Township Council announced last night that the rescheduled conditional use hearing for Royal Farms would be held 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 18 at the township building. The hearing had originally been scheduled for March but was postponed at the applicant’s request. Royal Farms is looking to build a convenience store in the split on Route 202 at its intersection with Smithbridge Road. It…
Ward Nicholas Kissell Jr., 88, of Pennsbury Township, died Friday, March 31, at Neighborhood Hospice in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He was the husband of Dorothy Cobb Kissell, his beloved wife, with whom he shared 38 years of marriage. Born in Evans Mill, N.Y., he was the son of the late Ward Nicholas and the late Irene Helen (Van Dusen) Kissel. He was also preceded in…
Orchestral music wasn’t meant to be played in giant concert halls.We weren’t meant to see it from a distance of 200 feet from the last balcony, peering at tiny musicians through opera glasses and hearing amplified music through giant speakers. Just as one views a sculpting or a fine oil painting in a museum, music is personal, it is intimate. It is meant to be…
Lynne M. Reilly (nee Durso), 64, of West Chester, formerly of Glenview, Ill., died Sunday, April 2. Born in Evanston, Ill., she was the daughter of the late August James Sr. and Evelyn (nee Kimball) Durso. Lynne was well loved and respected. She worked at Chester County Hospital from 1988 to 2017, beginning as a staff nurse and eventually earning her master's degree and becoming…
April Showers bring May flowers, but April also brings the long tradition of enjoying Lamb. For centuries, lamb has been an Easter staple, a symbolic food for many. Yet lamb is often overshadowed by its cousin, the ham. There are some who simply enjoy the taste or ease of preparing a ham, whether it be glazed, cured, or even spiced and roasted, while there are…
• State police from the Avondale barracks said they are looking for a suspect who robbed the Walgreens on Route 1 in East Marlborough Township at gunpoint on March 26. The report said the suspect entered the store about 9:30 p.m., produced a black, semi-automatic sidearm, chambered a round and demanded that a female employee tell him the location of the safe. He then entered…