After a three-year hiatus, the annual Fall Harvest Festival is returning to Newlin Grist Mill on Saturday, Oct. 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The last one was in 2019. The festival will feature a variety of demonstrations and displays of traditional skills and trades. This year’s theme, Food Traditions Past and Present, will highlight historic foods and cooking, along with the trades that…
A zipliner crosses Lums Pond and heads to the shore for a landing on the last sunny Saturday of summer.
Ofelia Luna de Lopez, 64, of Wilmington, died Wednesday, Sept. 20, at Christiana Hospital in Newark. She was the spouse of Fidencio López Zavala, with whom she shared 48 years of marriage. Born in Moroleón, Guanajuato, México, she was the daughter of the late Jose Luna Magaña and Jovita López López. She was a member of St. Rocco’s Catholic Church in Avondale, PA. Ofelia will…
Caryl Entwistle Huffaker, 92, of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, died Wednesday, Sept. 20, in Media. Caryl was born on Feb. 26, 1931, in Richmond, Va. to Frederick Turner Entwistle and Blanch Greene Entwistle. Caryl grew up in Richmond, and Buenos Aries, Argentina due to her father’s career moves. She graduated from Middlebury College with a Bachelor of Arts in American literature and later did graduate work in…
The Kennett Library will be dedicating the Melton Terrace in honor and memory of Dennis C. Melton on Sunday, Oct. 1, at 2 p.m. at the \library. The afternoon will open with a short reception and dedication ceremony on the Melton Terrace. It will be followed by a family concert in the Auditorium, featuring music Dennis wrote and songs he loved performing featuring Michael, Donna,…
The following animals are ready to be adopted from the Brandywine Valley SPCA in West Chester. McCollum Meet McCollum. This 7-year-old guy is full of love and talent. He is super food motivated and knows commands such as sit, down, paw. He absolutely loves being pampered. He appears to be house-trained and enjoys having conversations with you. McCollum is waiting for you. You can name…
Dorothy May Garzia died Friday, Sept. 22, in West Grove. Her friends called her “Dot”. She was 95 years old. Dorothy was born in Lower Macungie Township, on Oct. 25, 1927. She was the daughter of the late Emma Reinbold Rohrbach Gaugler and William S. Rohrbach. She was married to Robert Garzia (also known as “Peck”) until his death in 2006. They were married for…
I needed to pinch myself. I caught myself partially agreeing with two Democratic Party politicians. And I generally do not like politicians from either of the two old parties. An email came in from state Reps. Jared Solomon and Chris Rabb, both representing legislative districts in Philadelphia, calling for open primaries in Pennsylvania. Yes, open primaries are needed. As it stands now with our closed…
Spooky season has swept in on a crisp breeze full of pumpkin spice, fall festivals, and twelve-foot-tall skeletons. As more people have embraced Halloween as a chance to express their creativity, the spirit has enchanted the art world as well. 100 Skulls, a new exhibition at Aston Mill Arts, celebrates life, death, and Memento Mori. “Horror and gore scares me,” said Katelyn Adams, in an…
If this was “Jeopardy,” someone in Kennett Township could choose “Name That Stream” for $50. That $50 is the application fee to name an unnamed stream in the township. It’s refundable if the name is rejected. The Kennett Township supervisors approved guidelines at Wednesday’s meeting allowing residents to “name heretofore unnamed naturally running year-round streams of water lying in whole or in part in their…
Concord Township residents and the owner of Penns Woods Winery must wait until November to learn whether the Zoning Hearing Board OKs a request for a special exception. The winery wants to replace its 1,400-square-foot barn with a 4,500-square-foot structure. The proposed new building would have 2,500 square feet of storage space and an additional 2,000 square foot deck for wine tasting. Many residents, especially…