Conservation work meets the dinner table during the Brandywine Conservancy’s Farm to Table event on Wednesday, Aug. 9, celebrating 50 years of protecting open space and clean water in the Brandywine Valley. The evening will be hosted by H.G. Haskell III, of SIW Vegetables, and the food will be prepared by Chef MacGregor Mann of the Millstone Café at the Brandywine River Museum of Art. Guests will dine…
Chadds Ford Township has announced that Heyburn Road, between Route 1 and Tally H Drive will be closed today, July 24, for emergency repairs. Concord Township announced that Glasgow Inc. will begin road work today with milling on Clayton Park Drive and Green Creek Lane. It is anticipated that Swan Lake Drive, Levi Run, and Lockhart Drive will begin on Tuesday. Glasgow will notify affected residents.…
Faced with another night of tossing and turning followed by a day made harder by a lack of sleep, many people turn to an over-the-counter sleep aid for help. However, it’s a slippery slope from using a sleeping pill once in a while to relying on it every night – and many people quickly find themselves unable to get a good night’s rest without it.…
Elizabeth Minuchin, in “The Evil of Banality,” argues that when people don’t think critically, they simply “follow” and can become agents of evil without questioning the morality of their actions. An evil system, she says, only works when ordinary people carry out its orders. The work of Philip Zimbardo corroborates her premise. He and his colleagues devised the Stanford (University) Prison Experiment in 1971 where…
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 July 22 through July 28. Motorists are urged to allow extra time if they are traveling through one of the construction zones. • Lane restrictions are scheduled on Newark Road between Route 41 and Big Toe Road in New Garden Township…
Steven P. Smith, 50, of Kemblesville, died Monday, July 17. He was the husband of Denise Boyle Smith, with whom he shared 27 loving years of marriage. Born in West Chester, he was a son of the late Jerry Smith and Phyllis (Lebby) Smith of West Grove. He was a 1985 graduate of Unionville High School. Steven was a printing press operator at the Dee Paper…
As a business owner, it is a great feeling when you have examined your workforce and designed an effective infrastructure for your employment practices. Policies were carefully and deliberately designed to educate the workforce on expectations, communicate benefits and programs, and establish guidelines for workplace behavior and job performance. Prior to issuance of these policies, you examined the regulatory obligations of your organization and established…
Harold J. Shore, 76, of Elkton, Md., died Monday, July 17, at the Christiana Hospital. He was the husband of Donna Smith Staats, with whom he shared 17 years of marriage. Born in Boone, N.C., he was the son of the late James C. and Alice Delphyne Jones Shore. Harold was a security officer at the Chester County Sheriff’s Office, West Chester, for the past…
Lena D. Lovisa, 81, of Kennett Square, died Wednesday, July 19. Lena was the wife of the late Frank Lovisa with whom she shared 26 years of marriage and the daughter of the late Augusto and Alfonsina Zunino. She is survived by her daughter, Roseann Jester and her husband Joseph, her sisters Anna Marrone and Teresa Waller, and her brothers Harry and Anthony Zunino. She…
Artist Jamie Wyeth, with his handsome looks and charm, has always left the ladies swooning. Since the death of his famous father, Andrew Wyeth, in 2009, however, Jamie has taken on an almost avuncular persona when talking about his father’s art and growing up Wyeth. For local residents, his stories are not new, but they are so funny, no one minds hearing them again. Wyeth…
