UHS grad awarded Nemours scholarship

Washington and Lee University sophomore and Unionville High School graduate Sophie Wilks ’21 has won a $4,300 Nemours Summer Undergraduate Research Scholarship for a project that she is working on titled “A Mixed-Methods Exploration of Sleep Among Children and Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis (CF).” Wilks is a biology major. “The project is run by a team of several pulmonologists at the AI DuPont Hospital for Children in…

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David Darley of Chadds Ford

David “Dave” Darley, 79, of Chadds Ford, Stone Harbor, N.J., and Marco Island, Fla., died Saturday, April 20 following a sudden cancer diagnosis. Born in Philadelphia to D. James and Eleanor Darley, Dave graduated Springfield Township High School, Montgomery County (‘57) and Ursinus College (‘61) before serving in the United States Air Force (‘62-’65) as an administrative officer. He retired in 1995 after working for…

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School board OKs facility upgrades

Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board directors Monday night voted to go ahead with several building improvements by authorizing the spending of more than $1.35 million on the facilities. They also voted to spend more than $55,000 on kitchen equipment. Charles F. Patton Middle School will be the recipient of most of the work. The board voted to spend $714,710 for a partial roof replacement, as well…

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