October 2018 - Page 7 of 8 - Chadds Ford Live

Mixed Media: First Friday starts Thursday

Posted by Caroline Roosevelt on October 3, 2018

Artwork of Karen Delaney and Gus Sebras on exhibit at Blue Streak Gallery

Gallery DUO starts First Friday a little early. Their reception for Visions of Summer on Thursday from 7-9 p.m. will feature new work by gallery owners/artists Alessandra Manzotti and Sus Iserbyt. Alessandra showed me around the gallery, which is in the old forge building in Fairville. The exposed beams and leaning brick chimney which cuts through the back end of the gallery make for a…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on October 3, 2018

Jacob L. Burnham, 17, of West Grove, died Friday, Sept. 28. He was a student at Avon Grove High School and also a student at the Chester County Technical College High School. He was learning about what he loved in the Automotive Technology Services program. Jacob was all about trucks and his truck, Maggie Mae, was his passion. He had big plans for her. He…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on October 3, 2018

Concord Township Council, Tuesday night, approved what was considered a “minor amendment” to the controversial Shops at Ridge Road plan that allows a new shopping center at Ridge Road and Route 202. A series of lawsuits in 2017 — with Chadds Ford Township involved — led eventually to the original plan going through, but a member of Concord Township’s Planning Commission discovered an error in…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on October 3, 2018

• State police from the Avondale barracks have accused Benjamin Alika Talbert, 37, of Chadds Ford, with harassment following a Sept. 25 incident on Hillendale Road. A report said Talbert followed the victim, a 33-year-old woman, to their children’s schools after a verbal altercation and engaged in another verbal altercation. • Corey Michelle Grabowski, 31, of Wilmington, was taken into custody for driving under the…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on October 2, 2018

Read more about the article Photo of the Week: NC’s Studio

The NC Wyeth Studio

Large northern facing windows brought in a lot even light for NC Wyeth. The studio is on Murphy Road in Chadds Ford Township.

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on October 2, 2018

Chester County Judge Mark L. Tunnell, Monday, upheld Westtown Township’s denial of the Toll Bros. conditional use application for a flexible development at the 320-plus-acre Crebilly Farm property on Route 926. “(T)he Board properly denied Toll Pa’s conditional use application on four separate grounds,” Tunnell wrote in his 23-page decision. “Consequently, the appeal is denied.” The four issues Tunnell noted are a failure on Toll’s…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on October 2, 2018

Birmingham Township supervisors Monday made quick work of their monthly meeting for October. A light agenda had the board meeting for only 30 minutes. The township lost one of its police officers to another township and the board voted to hire a part-time replacement, Robert A. Dowd, at the training rate of $19 per hour. Supervisors also chose to talk with solicitor Kristen Camp before…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on October 2, 2018

Senators from both the Republican and Democratic parties are showing themselves to be equally guilty of ignoring their sworn duty to uphold the Constitution. They’d both rather promote their own partisan political agenda than do what they’re required to do. But what else is new? The latest evidence stems from the Senate Judiciary Committee questioning witnesses during the Judge Brett Kavanaugh hearings. They are showing…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on October 2, 2018

Read more about the article Wyeth working to promote pink-pumpkin trend

Wearing sneakers to match her finished products, Victoria Wyeth transforms a bunch of pumpkins into breast-cancer awareness symbols

A year ago, the October observances for Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Halloween spawned a smattering of pink pumpkins at the Wyeth homestead on Creek Road in Chadds Ford, but that was just the beginning. The creator of the inaugural pink display was Victoria Browning Wyeth, who had faced a double mastectomy right around Halloween. Even though she wasn't feeling particularly festive, she didn't want…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on October 2, 2018

Elizabeth A. Armstrong, 63, of West Chester, died Thursday, Sept. 27, at Pembrooke Nursing and Rehabilitation in West Chester. Born in Wilmington, , she was the daughter of the late John H. Armstrong and the late Mary Horty Armstrong. She was a food service worker Aramark. Elizabeth enjoyed playing Bingo, bike riding, sports, computer games and reading. She is survived by one brother, John H.…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on October 2, 2018

Ida A. DiNorscia, 91, of Kennett Square, died Thursday, Sept. 27, at the Jennersville Hospital. She was the wife of the late Anthony O. DiNorscia, who died in 1994, and with whom she shared 45 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Salvatore Dazio and the late Bridgetta DiLulius Dazio. Ida was a homemaker. She was a member…