• Sometime between 12:30 p.m. on May 14 and 8 a.m. on May 15, someone stole $3 in change from a car parked in the driveway of a home on Smithbridge Road in Chadds Ford Township. • No injuries were reported, but a driver was cited following a one-car accident on Route 1 near Route 82 in East Marlborough Township on May 13. State police said Ramon Rodriguez Jr., 38, of ...
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Art Watch: Art Circles Kennett Square
Posted by Lele Galer on May 30th, 2017
June kicks off with a mammoth art event in Kennett Square this Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. to celebrate the arts and salute the first public art sculpture installation in the town. From the start of State Street all the way to the Creamery on Birch Street, art is happening indoors and out. On Saturday, the beautiful Scarlett Thicket Farm Art Show, at 284 West Street Road ...
Dealing with panic attacks
Posted by Crozer Keystone Staff on May 29th, 2017
Many people mistake a panic attack for a heart attack or other serious illness. Panic attacks are traumatic. They can come out of nowhere for seemingly no reason and stop you in your tracks. The symptoms are physical and emotional. Sufferers describe it as a sense of impending doom, intense fear, and a feeling like you’re going to die. It may even send you to the ...
Antiques Show bursts into bloom
Posted by Lora B. Englehart on May 28th, 2017
Like a precious spring bud, the Brandywine River Museum of Art’s annual Antiques Show develops from the parent organism, in this case, the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art. During the months of the preceding year, layer upon layer of detailed planning forms an organism that duplicates its parent. On Friday morning of Memorial Day Weekend, the antiques show ...
Photo of the Week: Smith’s Bridge View
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on May 27th, 2017
Sunshine and blue skies light up Brandywine Creek as seen through the openings of Smith’s Bridge.
Mind Matters: Writing to heal
Posted by Dr. Kayta Gajdos on May 27th, 2017
In the sturm und drang of adolescence, I remember sitting alone on the living room sofa or in my bedroom writing about my wretched state of being in a stream of consciousness fashion. After doing this for 20 minutes or so, I could hardly read these tomes and so would tear them up with a: “blah.” However, I felt relief in pouring out my soul on paper and could get ...
Roadwork for May 27 through June 2
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on May 26th, 2017
PennDOT has announced the following road projects, which are weather-dependent and could affect residents in the greater Chadds Ford area during the week of May 27 through June 2. Motorists are urged to allow extra time if they are traveling through one of the construction zones. • Expect lane restrictions on Wawaset Road between Spring House Way and W. Doe Run Road ...
Hero Fund poised for changing of guard
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on May 26th, 2017
On Aug. 5, 2010, James “Jay” Raffetto, a young Navy Corpsman from Chester County, experienced the unfathomable while serving in Afghanistan: A blast from an improvised explosive device destroyed both of his legs above the knee, his left arm above the elbow, and three fingers on his right hand. Today, after countless surgeries and intensive rehabilitation, the 2000 ...
The Human Resource: When to investigation
Posted by Warren Cook on May 26th, 2017
An employee arrives at your office and asks to speak with you. You agree and they tell you a story of alleged harassment, inappropriate behavior by their supervisor, and finish by indicating they don’t want you to do anything, but they needed to get the information of their chest, they do not want to get anyone in trouble. Sound familiar? This is all too common a ...
$90 million revitalized garden to open
Posted by Press Release on May 25th, 2017
Longwood Gardens announced its Main Fountain Garden will make its grand return on May 27, following a two-year, $90 million revitalization. The crown jewel of the most significant fountain collection in North America, Longwood’s Main Fountain Garden rivals the magnificent fountains of Europe with its beauty and ingenious application of leading-edge technologies and ...
Be a spy for Washington
Posted by Press Release on May 25th, 2017
Your mission, should you accept it, is to find Gen. William Howe’s battle plan and defeat the British at Chadds Ford. That’s the basic idea behind Escape Brandywine, a new program at the Chadds Ford Historical Society. Designed like other popular escape room games, Escape Brandywine places players in the roles of spies on the eve of the Battle of Brandywine. Players ...
