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 April 20-April 26. Motorists are urged to allow extra time if they are traveling through one of the construction zones. Work schedules are subject to change. Reconstruction on the Conchester Highway continues to have Merion Drive — between Marlborough Lane and Cambridge…
Successful entrepreneurs know instinctively that “time is money” and that’s why business owners hire others to do tasks they could otherwise do themselves: accounting, marketing, phone sales, etc. However, not everyone in the world of business is adept at time management. They procrastinate, squander time on trivial tasks, and have long conversations without an objective. What’s worse is some of us are not only susceptible…
The Unionville Community Fair is entering its 95th year with new leadership. After three years as president, Deb Deckman has stepped down to pursue other endeavors. Bonnie Musser has volunteered to step up as president for the 2019 fair. Musser has a long history of passionately supporting the fair in many different roles. She began serving on the board in 1978, serving as a director…
John Andrew Pennington, who volunteered for the Navy and served his country honorably in Vietnam, died Friday, April 12, at Chestnut Hill Hospital in Philadelphia after a long and hard-fought battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumonia-related illnesses. He was 70 and had resided in Wilmington for the past 35 years. John was born in Wilmington, the son of Margaret Grady Pennington and the…
It’s party time for Canine Partners for Life. CPL is celebrating 30 years of helping people gain greater independence with the help of man’s best friend. It’s Unleashed and “Uncorked: Puppies & Pearls” on Saturday, May 4 at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington. The event runs from 7-10 p.m. Guests can test their luck in the wine pull and crowd-favorite wine toss. Guests will also…
• The Revolutionary Dining series concludes next week with a talk by Christian DiSpigna. The talk is “Founding Martyr: The Life and Death of Dr. Joseph Warren, the American Revolution’s Lost Hero.” DiSpigna recently published a book on Warren and says had Warren lived — he was killed at Bunker Hill — he might have led the country in the same manner as Washington and…
Pennsylvania State Police • State police from the Media barracks said Kenneth Gregory Shamberged, 71, of Wilmington, was charged with retail theft after he stole $28 worth of merchandise from Wegmans in Concord Township. The incident happened on March 13. • Austin Joseph Wescoat, 24, of Tionesta, Pa., was charged with simple assault after he got into a fight with his cousin at Firewaters in…
Area residents interested in the fate of Crebilly Farm and who want to see Commonwealth Court in action now have a chance to witness an appeal first hand. Randell Spackman, of Thornbury Farm, has hired a bus for people to take to Pittsburgh on May 6 to watch the proceedings. Westtown Township supervisors in December 2017, verbally denied Toll Bros’ request for a plan that…
Bill Carr, 83, of West Grove, died Sunday, April 14, at the Chester County Hospital. He was the husband of Ruth Jordan Carr, with whom he shared 59 years of marriage. Born in Bluff City, Tenn. he was the son of the late Paul Carr and the late Nola Cagle Carr. Bill worked in the Parts Department at Chrysler Corp in Newark, retiring in 1996, after…
Claude J. “June” Watson, 91, of Kennett Square, died Friday, April 12, at Penn Medicine Hospice. He was the husband of Virginia Roark Watson who died in 2013, and with whom he shared 66 years of marriage. Born in Mountain City, Tenn., he was the son of the late Claude Watson and the late Winnie Graybill Watson. Claude worked in the mushroom industry and in…
