A lane closure is scheduled for Route 1 in Concord Township on Monday and Tuesday for pothole repair Monday and Tuesday. A single lane closure is scheduled on northbound Route 1 between Brinton Lake Road and Evergreen Drive both days from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work area because backups and delays will occur. The schedule is weather dependent.
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Catherine (Kay) Cardillo, 87, of Chadds Ford, died Saturday, Nov. 17 after a long illness in Chadds Ford.
Born in New York City to John and Alvina LaPuma. Catherine graduated in 1947 with a commercial diploma from Evander Childs High School in the Bronx where she was active in the arts, enjoyed roller skating and captain of the basketball team.
She married Rocco Cardillo in 1950 and moved to Mt. Kisco where she raised and was a devoted wife and mother.
She was the beloved mother of Rocco Jr (Rick), Rosemarie Pasquale, Carol Crane. She loved watching and caring for her grandchildren who were the light of her life; Daniel Cardillo, Catherine Pasquale, Matt and Tim Crane. She was predeceased by her husband Rocco, her son Michael and sister Celia Santor from Rome, Georgia.
She worked at Pace University from 1980-1996 in the School of Nursing and the Academic Scheduler for the Pleasantville student body.
Prior to that, she was the insurance secretary at the Mt. Kisco Medical Group from 1969-1980 and the Secretary to the Vice President of Claims at the Phoenix London Group Ins. Co. in NYC.
While raising her family she became the Cub Scout and Brownie Leader as well Girl Scout Troop leader and later served as Neighborhood Chairwoman of the Girl Scouts of America, the executive member of the PTA at Mt. Kisco Elementary school.
When Kay was finished raising her family and decided to “retire” she became very active in the community. She was an active member of St Francis of Assisi Parish in Mt. Kisco for over 40 years. She was the parish secretary for twenty years as well as a lector, Eucharist minister, member of the adult choir and the parish council. She volunteered at Northern Westchester Hospital Center throughout her retirement.
After moving to Chadds Ford with her daughter, she became an active member of the Senior Center and enjoyed monthly tea parties with her friends, taking trips to area musicals and Longwood Gardens, doing arts and crafts and the making hats for Red Hat club.
Family & Friends are invited to Cassidy Flynn Funeral Home Inc. Monday, Nov. 19 from 4-7 p.m., for visitation. A funeral mass will be held for Catherine at St Francis of Assisi Church 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20. Burial to follow St. Francis Cemetery.
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Deborah Ross Bendett, 63 of Chadds Ford, PA, passed away Monday, Nov. 12, in the presence of family and friends.
She was born July 28, 1955, in Ithaca, N.Y. to John McPherson and Beatrice (Riker) Culligan. A strong, resilient woman, Deborah had triumphed through every difficulty life had presented. Her resolve served as an inspiration to those fortunate enough to become close with her. Deborah had a passion for antiquing and searching for hidden gems in thrift stores, always entering with a coffee mug in-hand. She enjoyed cooking and baking given any occasion. More than anything else in life, she cherished time spent with family and friends. Deborah’s most treasured moments each year surrounded the family gathering in front of the ornament-filled tree for Christmas; the holiday season will never again be the same without her.
A caring and loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, and grandmother; Deborah is survived by her husband, Mark Bendett; children, Jennifer McConnell (Joseph) and Craig Ross; grandchildren, Trent and Blake McConnell; in-laws, Anna Mae and Barzilla “Bud” Ross; siblings Danny Culligan (Ro), Kim Dunckley (Ed), Jimmy Culligan, Kenny Culligan, Kevin Culligan (Tammy), JoAnn McPherson Jaeger (Andrew), and Sharon McPherson (Joette); several nieces and nephews; close friends, Joanne Hammond and Annie Scollan, and other dearly loved ones. She joins those that preceded her, first husband, Robin Ross; son, Douglas Ross; mothers and fathers, Beatrice and James Culligan & John and Judith McPherson.
A memorial service will be 11 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 24, at Westfield Friends Meeting House, 2201 Riverton Road, Cinnaminson, NJ, 08077. Interment will follow.
In lieu of flowers, the family continues the tradition of asking donations be made to the Delaware Food Bank which provided Deborah’s son Douglas with opportunity, confidence, and a spirit for cooking. Contributions can be made through www.fbd.orgor Delaware Food Bank, Newark Branch, 14 Garfield Way, Newark, DE, 19713
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The holiday season got underway Saturday night at the Barn Shops in Chadds Ford Township. It was a party atmosphere with live music and people sitting around fire pits in the front parking lot. Santa was visiting and taking Christmas toy requests at Chrome Hair Salon and there was food from Chadds Café. Green Meadows Florist and Barbara Moore Fine Art Gallery stayed open late and the Brandywine Conservancy officially lit the Potts Meadow Tree on the south side of Route 1 across from the barn Shops. Popular artist Jacalyn Beam was also painting the scene well into the dark.
Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.
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If a pregnant woman came up to me and said, “I’ve never had sexual relations with a man, but I conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit,” I’m not sure what I would think. After all, women don’t generally get pregnant without a man’s sperm, even in the age of science. So, based on Occam’s razor (the idea that the simplest solution tends to be the correct one), most of us would assume she is lying or extremely confused.
So, in light of this, you might expect me to say that I also don’t believe in the virgin birth of Jesus Christ. A woman getting pregnant without a man’s sperm was just as unlikely in the 1st century as it is in the 21st century. And I’m sure that very few people believed Mary’s claim to be a virgin when she was pregnant with Jesus 2,000 years ago.
But in reality, I do believe in the virgin birth — with all my heart. But why you might ask?
Well, first of all, even though I would find a virgin birth hard to believe today, it would be intellectually dishonest to reject the possibility. Sometimes, in the name of science, people deny the possibility of God or the supernatural altogether. This “anti-supernatural bias” isn’t the result of deductive reasoning or scientific observation. Rather, it is a philosophical presupposition — an a priori starting place for reasoning. In other words, if an actual miracle were to hit somebody with this kind of naturalistic worldview in the head, they couldn’t recognize it because their assumptions about reality can’t account for anything supernatural. While looking for a “natural explanation,” they would miss what God is doing.
But second, as we read the four gospels in the New Testament, we began to see a glorious picture of Jesus Christ. He wasn’t a liar because his moral teaching shines with too much clarity and power. He wasn’t a lunatic because every page of the New Testament shows his grace and insight into the nature of reality. So only one possibility remains — he was telling the truth. Maybe he really was the Son of God; maybe he really did live a perfect life.
And just the moment we begin to think this is all too good to be true, we confront the reality of the resurrection. It’s fair to say that the resurrection is one of the most compelling arguments for Christianity. I don’t have time in this short article to lay out a case for the historicity the resurrection, but there are many reasons to believe it actually happened in time and space. And if the resurrection is true, then Jesus’ claim to be fully human was true and his claim to be God’s Son was true. And therefore, the Bible’s claim that he was born of a virgin is also true.
So yes, I receive the Bible’s witness to Christ’s virgin birth by faith alone, but that doesn’t mean it’s anti-intellectual. Rather, I see innumerable reasons to believe in the resurrection and to trust the Bible as the Word of God. So, if Jesus really lived a perfect life, died a sacrificial death, and rose again from the dead, then the virgin birth isn’t that hard to believe either; it’s actually the simplest explanation.
Originally from Colorado, Will Stern is the pastor of Hope Presbyterian Church in Garnet Valley. He majored in violin performance for his undergrad and taught violin for a number of years before being called into ministry. He studied theology at Duke University and Westminster Theological Seminary.
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