December 18, 2020 - ChaddsFordLive.com

Business Briefs Dec. 18

• Bove Jewelers in Kennett Square has converted its store into an art museum for customers. The exhibit, which is free for visitors and open through Pennsylvania’s shutdown order on Jan. 4, showcases original artwork from some of history’s most famous artists, including Vincent Van Gogh, Marc Chagall, Georges Seurat, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Edgar Degas, Erte’ and Andy Warhol. Visitors must wear masks, and the store is operating at 50 percent capacity and following social distancing guidelines.

• Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, REALTORS® salutes sales associates in the Chadds Ford office for being leaders for November. They include Susan Manners’ Team, recognized for volume, and Aaron Wilson, recognized for Units.

• The Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center has received a generous $50,000 grant from the Chester County Community Foundation and Chester County Commissioners to support the venue’s ongoing “Raise Up the Curtain” initiative. As part of the CARES Act, the funds will be used to reopen the theater (after its shutdown due to COVID-19) as well as support its live stream show series, which will kick into high gear in 2021. Specifically, according to April Evans, executive director for Uptown!, the grant will go toward the purchase of advanced, state-of-the-art equipment for its live stream shows, increase COVID-19-approved cleaning and sanitizing measures as outlined by the CDC, install social distance infrastructures like plexiglass dividers at concession stands, and re-design all marketing materials to COVID-19 compliance.

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Road report for Dec 19 to Dec 25

Along the Ford

PennDOT has announced the following road projects, which are weather-dependent and could affect drivers in the greater Chadds Ford area during the week of Dec 19 to Dec 25. Motorists are urged to allow extra time if they are traveling through one of the construction zones. Work schedules are subject to change.

• Construction will begin in early January 2021 on a project to replace the culverts that carry Green Valley Road over a tributary of West Brandywine Creek and over Green Valley Creek in Newlin Township. Due to the nature of construction, Green Valley Road will be closed and detoured 24/7 between Powell Road and Brandywine Creek Road beginning Monday, Jan. 4, through the completion of the project, which is scheduled for late-March 2021. During the closure, Green Valley Road motorists will be directed to use Brandywine Creek Road and Powell Road. Local access will be maintained up to the construction zone.

• Utility work is expected to cause lane restrictions on High Street, between Price and Norfolk streets in West Chester, through Dec. 20.

• The Concord Road bridge over Green Creek will be closed and detoured between Valentine Drive and Foulk Road in Concord Township. Work is expected to be completed in early February 2021. During the closure, Concord Road motorists will be detoured over Valley Brook Road and Smithbridge Road. Local access will be maintained up to the construction zone.

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Mary Elizabeth “Betsy” Harris of Kennett Square

Obituaries

Mary Elizabeth “Betsy” Harris, 100, of Kennett Square, died Tuesday, Dec. 15, at Twin Pines Nursing Home in West Grove. She was the wife of the late Raymond G. “Archie” Harris, who died in 2001 and with whom she shared 57 years of marriage.

Born in Toughkenamon, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Ross and Dorcas Richardson Ross. Betsy moved to the Village of London Grove at the age of 3 and lived there the next 97 years of her life.

Betsy and her husband Archie owned and operated “Archies Luncheonette” deli and gas stop in the village of London Grove for most of her life, which has been open since Dec 17, 1950. Her son and his wife run the business to this day. In addition to operating the store with her husband Archie, she worked for 20 years at the MGA Canary in Kennett Square retiring in 1984 and then continued to run “Archie’s” until 2007.

Betsy loved spending time at home and dedicated her life to working and providing for her family. She thoroughly enjoyed conversing with folks, who would stop in the store for lunch and developed life-long friendships with many of them. In her younger years, she would gather with her three sisters to play music, sing, and play the harmonica.

Survivors include her two sons, Gerald Harris and his wife Patricia and Ronald Harris and his wife Valerie, of the Village of London Grove. Loving Grandmother of Jerry, Ronnie (Elaina), Brian, Philip (Amanda), and Jonathan (Darlene) and three great-granddaughters Maya, Emerson, and Hallie.

You are invited to visit with Betsy’s family from 1- 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22, at the Episcopal Church of the Advent 401 N. Union St. Kennett Square, PA 19348. Due to COVID, guests will be welcomed 15 people at a time (facemasks required) and her funeral service will be held privately. Interment will be in London Grove Friends Cemetery. Arrangements are by Matthew Grieco of Grieco Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc. (484-734-8100) To view her online obituary, please visit www.griecofunerals.com

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