Living an unexpected dream

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George and Helen Sipala go through one of their photo albums with photos of their times with Andy Wyeth and friends.

Most people want to live a dream, their own special dream. Others, however, get to live a dream they didn’t know they had. Such is the case with George and Helen Sipala. The Sipalas were the owners of Painters Folly on Route 1 next to the Brandywine Battlefield Park from 1974 until earlier this year when Chadds Ford Township bought the property. It’s an historic…

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Testimony by the numbers in Concord

It was testimony by the numbers during the May 8 hearing in Concord Township for Concord Ventures, a proposed planned residential development near Watkin Avenue and Route 202. The proposal is to build 29 townhouses in six buildings and 166 apartment units in three five-story buildings on 49 acres of a 64-acre property. For nearly two hours, attorney Marc Kaplin, representing the applicant, questioned Ben…

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Police Log May 9

Pennsylvania State Police • State police from the Media barracks said they arrested Isaac Stephen Shellenberger, 28, of Upper Chichester, on drug charges following a traffic stop in Concord Township on April 4. A report said Shellenberger was determined to be under the influence of marijuana when he was stopped for vehicle violations on Sawmill Road at Temple Road at 2 a.m. • Police are…

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