Lora Lee McCoy, 85, of Chadds Ford, died Saturday, April 8, at Linden Hall in Kennett Square. She was the wife of E. Clark McCoy, who died in 1962. Born in Indianapolis, Ind., she was the daughter of the late Dale and Mildred Myers Marlette. Lora was an aerospace mathematician at General Electric in Philadelphia, for 40 years, retiring in 1994. She worked mostly with…
James Michael “Jim” Comyns, 61, of Avondale, died Thursday, April 6. Jim is survived by his wife of 24 years, Linda Montalto Comyns; his son, James Montalto Comyns; his two daughters, Rebekah JieYong Comyns and Jennifer Leigh Comyns; three brothers, Michael of Bryn Mawr, PA, Mark (wife Barbara) of Berwyn, and Matthew (wife Jennifer) of Connecticut; two sisters Jean Wierzbicky (husband Mike) and Carol Ann…
As a parent, sometimes you just have a gut feeling that your child is sick or struggling with a challenge – even if they can’t communicate it. Many parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) start investigating the early signs and symptoms of autism because they have this same type of intuitive feeling about their child. The earlier you recognize the warning signs and…
Anne Marie Arnold Finn, 87, of Kennett Square, died Wednesday, April 5, at Brandywine Senior Living at Longwood in Kennett Square. She was the wife of George A. Finn, with whom she shared 64 years of marriage. Born in Elizabeth, N.J., she was the daughter of the late Daniel and the late Mary (Monaghan) Arnold. Anne was a graduate of Benedictine Academy, attended Mt. St.…
Pocopson Township Supervisors will provide an update Monday on the Barnard House feasibility study proposal. The supervisors meet at 7:30 p.m. Proposals to look at possible uses for the Barnard House and the township’s Denton Hollow facility were received by Feb. 28, and the township had been reviewing them in March. There were 19 proposals in total, according to supervisors’ Vice Chairman Elaine DiMonte. Once…
Geese in West Marlborough Township take to a pond on a cold April afternoon.
Now that I've moved to Massachusetts, I miss the blues and purples of the Siberian squill and glory of the snow that carpet the forest of Winterthur. So, I come to the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge to look for nature’s beauty among the dead, whose remains rest there. I can see Boston’s Prudential Center as well as Sanders Theatre in Harvard Square. It’s a…
Chadds Ford Township Supervisors’ Vice Chairman Samantha Reiner gave members of the Chadds Ford Business Association a brief update on several township matters during the CFBA’s April meeting yesterday. The meeting in the Chadds Ford Township municipal building is the only morning session the business organization has and typically comes the morning after a supervisors’ meeting. Reiner touched on the township’s deliberations in updating the…
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Brandywine Conservancy and River Museum of Art. The conservancy will have its 50th anniversary gala on April 29 and, last night, the Chadds Ford Board of Supervisors declared this April as “Brandywine Conservancy and River Museum of Art Appreciation Month.” All three supervisors — Frank Murphy, Samantha Reiner and Noelle Barbone — read from the proclamation citing…
