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Chadds Ford man earns health scholarship

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on July 22, 2020

Chadds Ford resident Nicholas Scull, right, is a recipient of the Robert C. Reeder Scholarship, which is awarded to members of Crozer Hospital EMS. With him is Larry Worrilow, left, the assistant EMS chief, and former Chadds Ford Township Supervisors Deborah Love, a nurse at Crozer.

Chadds Ford’s Nicholas Scull owes his career choice to his grandmother. She’s the person who got him a job as a hospital orderly 14 years ago, and now the 38-year-old father of two is on his way to a degree in public safety — with the help of a scholarship from Crozer Hospital EMS. Scull, a working paramedic, is one of six recipients of the…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on July 22, 2020

The National Weather Service is continuing its heat advisory from 11 a.m. through 8 p.m. tonight, July 22. A heat index of up to 104 is expected. Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses to occur. People are encouraged to drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young children…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on July 22, 2020

Pennsylvania State Police Media Barracks • State police said they cited Alyce Faye Eichelberger, 22, of West Chester, for following too closely following an accident on Route 202 in Chadds Ford on July 15. Details on the accident were not included in the release, but police said Eichelberger was transported for treatment of injures. • Police said they arrested Ryan Kendall, 28, and Victoria Pate,…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on July 21, 2020

Read more about the article Grand unable to produce new shows

The Board of Directors of The Grand Opera House issued the following statement regarding cutbacks. The Grand Opera House in Wilmington, like most nonprofit organizations across the country, finds itself in a very challenging position. As directors of this cherished institution, our primary responsibility is to preserve The Grand and the performing arts in the State of Delaware, not only for the present but also…

Posted by Constance McBride on July 21, 2020

Read more about the article Art Live: Summer exhibits

Eleven Green Apples by David Oleski at RAL

Yes, the Covid-19 summer surge is making it trickier to stick to a schedule for in-person, live art events but it isn’t holding folks back from finding creative ways to share art. Organizers are fast becoming as comfortable producing online exhibitions as collectors are in perusing them. The Art Trust Gallery at Meridian Bank in West Chester is taking things a step further by going live…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on July 21, 2020

Blue Accents

Black-Eyed Susans, punctuated with some Bachelor’s Buttons (AKA cornflower), add some pop to the sidewalk next to Barbara Moore Fine Art Gallery in The Barn Shops.

Posted by Press Release on July 20, 2020

Read more about the article Land trusts saving battlefield

The American Battlefield Trust and the North American Land Trust have launched a fundraising campaign to protect a key portion of one of the critical battles on our journey to independence, Brinton Run Preserve on the Brandywine Battlefield. This 72-acre property will be owned and maintained by NALT, marking the first time the organization typically focused on holding and administering conservation easements, will manage and…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on July 20, 2020

Peter Kurt Schwarz Sr., 51, of Kennett Square, died Sunday, July 12, at his home. He was the amazing, loving husband of Christine (Buckland) Schwarz. They shared 23 years of marriage and three awesome children: Peter Jr., Emma and Margo. He was the son of Kurt W. Schwarz and the late Lore (Ruof) Schwarz. Pete is survived by his brother Steven and wife Lynne, and…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on July 20, 2020

Donna Pratola, 66, died peacefully while holding her son Christopher’s hand on July 15 at the Penn Medicine Inpatient Hospice Unit in West Chester after a nearly four-year battle with Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease. Born on Feb. 21, 1954, Donna was the second of three children born to the late Fred Pratola, Sr. and Angeline (Giroso) Pratola. She was a 1972 graduate of Kennett High…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on July 20, 2020

Barbara Kay Dalton, 79, of Chadds Ford, died Sunday, July 12, at Penn Medicine Hospice at Chester County in West Chester. She was the loving wife of William O. Dalton for 57 years. Born July 23, 1940, in St. Louis, Mo. she was the daughter of the late John O. Pinks and the late Elizabeth I. Coates Pinks. Barbara received a bachelor’s degree from Illinois…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on July 20, 2020

Read more about the article Adopt-a-Pet July 20

The following animals are ready to be adopted from the Brandywine Valley SPCA in West Chester. Bentley Bentley came to the BVSPCA from Tennessee through their second chance program. The BVSPCA takes locally first, but if there are extra cages, they take animals like Bentley. This blue-eyed boy was at his previous shelter for almost three years, more than half his life, and he had…