Sarah B. Wolff, 98, of Kendal at Longwood in Kennett Square, died Monday, Jan. 2. She was born in Philadelphia on Nov. 22, 1924, to Walter J. and Christine Spofford Beadle. She graduated from Germantown Friends School before moving to Wilmington and then graduating from Vassar College. While raising her family she did volunteer work as a member of the Junior League of Wilmington and…
Maurice “Bunny” R. Pickel, 74, of Landenberg, died peacefully on Tuesday, Jan. 3. He was the husband of Mary Ann Jasienski Pickel, with whom he shared 45 years of marriage. Born in Wilmington, on Sept. 27, 1948, he was the son of the late Maurice R Pickel and the late Christine Johnson. Bunny was a graduate of Avon Grove High School and went on to…
Opening at the Brandywine Museum of Art on February 4, 2023, Andrew Wyeth: Home Places presents nearly 50 paintings and drawings of local buildings that inspired Wyeth time and again over seven decades of his career. The artworks in this exhibition are drawn exclusively from the nearly 7,000-object Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection of the Wyeth Foundation for American Art, now managed by the Brandywine.…
• For those interested in creating a wildlife-friendly garden and some libation, check out Longwood at the Creamery in Kennett Square on Thursday, Jan. 19 at 6 p.m. Learn how to make your landscape inviting for songbirds and butterflies to other wildlife alongside Longwood Fellow Ryan Gott. Explore the reasons, benefits, and basic principles of wildlife-minded landscaping, as well as region-specific resources to help you…
Ring in 2023 by celebrating art in all its forms! Galleries are gearing up for fantastic exhibitions all year long. We can’t wait to see what this year brings for art in the Brandywine Valley! Cool off at the Oxford Arts Alliance at the Opening Reception for Floating Blue from artist Thomas Pickarski on Friday, January 6th from 5 to 8 pm. The evening will…
Chadds Ford Township supervisors are trying to decide whether to partner with Concord Township for a license plate reading camera system at the intersections of Routes 1 and 202. A least, that was their understanding as of a Jan. 3 request. Shawn Petty of Platelogiq gave a brief presentation to the board during Tuesday night’s reorganization and regular monthly meeting. It was the same type…
Strategic regionalization and a review of township committees are two of the priorities of the new chairman of the Kennett Township Board of Supervisors. Geoffrey Gamble became the chairman at the annual reorganization meeting Tuesday, and Richard Leff the vice chairman in 2023. Supervisor Scudder Stevens was absent due to a recent surgery. In a statement he read at the meeting, held at the Red…
Pennsylvania State Police UPDATE: State police from the Media barracks have that a suspected rape at Maris Grove, reported on Dec. 28, was unfounded. End of UPDATE. Avondale Barracks • Police are calling it theft by deception but a 63-year-old man from West Marlborough Township is out $3,100 after he sent the money to someone to whom he also sent explicit photos of himself. The…
PennDOT continues to work on Route 1 in Chadds Ford and Concord Townships. Motorists should expect daytime lane closures in both directions between Creek and Pole Cat roads from Thursday, Jan. 5 through Saturday, Jan. 7.
Trees in a field off of Fairville Road lose their clarity in thick fog on Saturday morning.
The following animals are ready to be adopted from the Brandywine Valley SPCA in West Chester. Diesel Looking for a dog to play fetch with? Diesel is your buddy. One of our staff favorites, Diesel loves tennis balls maybe more than anything and will run and play fetch for hours if you’re up for it. He loves attention and is wanting to be a real…