Entering its fifth decade as the Brandywine Valley’s premier springtime event, Point-to-Point at Winterthur will return May 5 with all the steeplechase racing action and pageantry that have made it a much-beloved tradition. Pack a picnic lunch, dress your best, and don your finest hats for a day of fun. Tailgate spaces and admission wristbands are on sale through May 4, 2019. Enjoy the spectacle…
The 15th Annual West Chester International Short Film Festival will be held Friday, April 26 through Sunday, April 28 throughout the Borough of West Chester. The festival presents short films — 30 minutes or less — from around the world. During the weekend, more than 60 films will be shown in the official Festival Film Blocks, the Family Film Festival and the Young Filmmaker Festival.…
The following animals are ready to be adopted from the Brandywine Valley SPCA in West Chester. Tennessee Tennessee is a 1-year-old male who is equally affectionate and independent. This little rascal would love an adult home where he can show off his both his sweet and mischievous sides. He is available for a fee you name through Sunday, April 21. Oodi Oodi is a handsome 7-year-old…
For those who have not already heard, the next court date for oral argument has been changed to Monday, May 6th at 1 p.m. in Pittsburgh. Yes, Pittsburgh. The decision to move the court date from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh was appealed by Westtown Township solicitor, Patrick McKenna, and sadly denied, leaving no other alternative. It seems Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh have a week long, rotating…
Anna Martelli, 98, of Kennett Square, died Friday, April 12, at Linden Hall. She was the wife of Anthony J. “AJ” Martelli, who died in 2004, and with whom she shared 45 years of marriage. Her first husband, John David Burke passed away in 1953. Born in Northbrook, she was the daughter of the late DelmarShaw and the late Tressa Smith Shaw Oatman. She was…
My cousin cried at the table. I did not understand why until my mother explained why she herself cried, too. The Passover seder invites learning, traditions, symbolic foods, and all the things that family gatherings might entail. The seder also invites, though, a recognition of darkness that we tend to undervalue. Early in the seder, we hold up the dry, flat cracker known as matzah and…
I'm so happy to be back in India again for the 11th time. This is my home away from home where I feel a passion and purpose in the work done here. There is so much going on here each and every day. I start each morning, sitting on the balcony, drinking coffee (brought from the US, as this is still Nescafé country). It is…
How are you at reading the emotions of others or assessing your own personality? These are among the topics briefly covered in a recent (April 2019) publication of Monitor On Psychology. When researchers asked participants in a study to note the “happiness levels of both black and non-black people photographed with either ‘real’ smiles (which involve movement of muscles at the corner of the eyes) or…
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 13-April 19. 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…
Chadds Ford Planning Commission members Wednesday night heard a presentation for a revised sketch plan for a possible hotel on Route 202. The proposal is for a Fairfield Inn by Marriott on the Brandywine Summit property north of Keystone Plaza and just south of The Residence at Chadds Ford, the personal and memory care facility currently under construction. As a sketch plan, there is no…
• It's dog-gone crazy this Saturday as West Chester University presents “Mutts Gone Nuts,” a comedy dog thrill show that promotes pet adoption, part of the WCU Live! Performing Arts Series. Mutts Gone Nuts is a comedy dog thrill show using all rescue animals. For more information visit http://www.muttsgonenuts.com/theater.html. Mutts Gone Nuts is this Saturday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the Emilie K. Asplundh Concert…