Pennsylvania State Police • State police from the Media barracks reported a stolen purse from a car parked on Hoffman’s Mill Road in Chadds Ford Township. A report said the purse was stolen Nov. 23, sometime between 11 a.m. and 1:40 p.m. The unknown suspect entered the car through an open window. • Someone stole more than $500 worth of equipment from a vehicle parked…
Chadds Ford Township is an important gateway to the Brandywine Valley and is renowned for its cultural and historical heritage. For many years, Chadds Ford Village served as a focal point for commerce, housing, and tourism but that position has steadily declined, to the point that the future of the Village is now in question. In the past 10 years, numerous studies have prepared visions…
Working hand-in-hand, police agencies from across Delaware County joined District Attorney Katayoun M. Copeland and victim advocates to accept a donation of stuffed animals and teddy bears for child victims from Andrew J. Edelberg, Esquire, in front of the Delaware County Courthouse in Media. Bringing both happiness and comfort to children, these stuffed animals are an important tool for police and victim advocates in their daily efforts to help comfort children in stressful situations who have suffered abuse and neglect.
A kayaker gives a stretch after paddling upstream in the Brandywine Creek.
The following animals are ready to be adopted from the Brandywine Valley SPCA in West Chester. Mr. Kitty Mr. Kitty never expected to lose his home of 12 years, but he’s kept his spirits up despite his misfortune. This senior sweetheart is so loving, gentle, and calm. He’s a laid-back boy who is content as long as he has a lap to cuddle on or…
Chadds Ford Township resident Rob Porter provided these images of the aftermath of Saturday night’s rain.
Whether you’re a water glass half-full or half-empty kind of person, the medical community will almost always tell you to drink the rest of it. Water is essential to nearly every major system in your body, and there’s an increasing amount of smart water bottles and apps designed to remind you to drink up during the day. After the holiday season rolls through, some of…
It’s Christmas time at the Brandywine River Museum of Art. The museum opened its annual A Brandywine Christmas on Black Friday. Visitors had a chance to see the always-popular O-gauge train display, see a Victorian-era dollhouse as well as check out the museum’s new exhibit on Winslow Homer.
I grew up in a New Jersey mill town that was literally a stone’s throw across the Delaware River from Philadelphia. It may have been South Jersey, but it was not the south, yet when I was young, my mother told me stories about the Ku Klux Klan burning crosses on lawns when she was young. Their bigotry extended beyond hatred of blacks and Jews to…
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 Nov. 24 to Nov. 30. Motorists are urged to allow extra time if they are traveling through one of the construction zones. Work schedules are subject to change. • PennDOT has advised Chadds Ford Township that site work will begin the…
