Photo of the Week: Patterns
Patterns
There’s a party with dancing in the lower right area. Above that are a duck, a miniature dinosaur, and a guy wearing an old-style suit. And there are faces all over.
Monthly Archives: March 2024
BRCA holds ‘two-fold’ cleanup
Volunteers for the Brandywine Red Clay Alliance put the trash they picked up along the roads and the Red Clay Creek into trash bins in Yorklyn, Del.
Saturday’s rain forced the annual Brandywine Red Clay Alliance cleanup to be a day late. But, considering Sunday was Palm Sunday and cold, the number of volunteers was roughly halved, according to BRCA’s Executive Director and CEO Jim Jordan. Jordan said Sunday the organization doesn’t plan rain dates, but Saturday’s rain made walking along the roadways and creek too dangerous. So, Sunday it was. But…
U-CF to hold threat exercise
The Unionville-Chadds F9rd School District is planning an Active Threat Exercise on Wednesday, April 10. That day is a scheduled in-service day with no students in class. “This planned exercise is an effort to ensure our emergency preparedness,” said District Director of Communications Nikki Laroya in a press release. During the exercise, the district office, Unionville High. School and Charles F. Patton Middle School campuses…
Adopt-a-Pet March 25
The following animals are ready to be adopted from the Brandywine Valley SPCA in West Chester. Ferry Jerry Ferry Jerry is a handsome buff and white boy, who is quite affectionate and laid back. This 6-year-old loves to get ear and head scratches and loves to give head butts. Please come meet this really nice fellow just as soon as you can. You can name…
Brandywine Art Guide: 101 artists at Baker Gallery
By Joe Naujokas
More than just funding artists, galleries, and exhibitions, art patrons create community, share their favorite artists with others, and support up-and-coming artists. Art collections take on their own life, combining themes and subjects and mediums in unexpected ways. The new exhibition at the Baker Gallery at West Chester University, 101 Artists: Selections from the Fred Danziger Collection of Contemporary Art, takes a unique approach to…
Road Report for March 25 through March 29
PennDOT has announced the following weather-dependent road projects that could affect drivers in the greater Chadds Ford area from March 25 through March 29. Motorists are urged to allow extra time traveling through one of the construction zones. Work schedules are subject to change. • Construction will begin on Monday, April 1, on a $15.2 million project to replace the South Creek Road bridge over…
Library planning fundraiser
The Kennett Library is planning a Starlight Soirée for May 3.
The Kennett Library which opened last year is planning a May 3 fundraiser from 6-9:30 p.m. The Starlight Soirée will celebrate the new library and the first annual fundraising event for innovative programming and operations. Chris Manna, the executive director of Kennett Library, said in a press release, “The first fundraising soirée in the new library is our way of showing the community our vision…
Around Town March 21
Learn about those fierce women of Chester County on walking tour of West Chester with the Chester County History Center.
• In honor of Women’s History Month, the Chester County History Center is offering a walking tour Fierce: Women of West Chester on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, March 27-28, from 6-7:30 p.m. This 1 ½ hour walking tour will visit the homes and businesses of the women who shaped West Chester from colonial times to the present. The tour covers approximately 1.5 miles and lasts…
Ida, an ‘800-year storm’
Brandywine Conservancy’s Director Of Community Services Grant DeCosta addresses Chadds Ford Township residents during a presentation of the flood study project spawned by the effects of Hurricane Ida.
The Brandywine Conservancy and its partners are taking their flood study meetings on the road. The first stop was in Chadds Ford Township this week. Grant DeCosta, the conservancy’s director of community services, conducted the session as he did a larger meeting at the conservancy last month. This week’s meeting focused on reminding Chadds Ford residents what the conservancy and its partners are doing to…
Blogging Along the Brandywine: Standing ovation, 90 years late
It happened Sunday, March 17 in the Adler Theater of the Wells School of Music at West Chester University — a musically sophisticated audience jumped to its feet in a roaring, standing ovation while the last note of the performance was still ringing through the recital hall, demanding an encore. The ovation was for the Kennett Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Michael Hall and…
Police Log March 20: Thefts, DUIs, crashes
Pennsylvania State Police Media Barracks • State police said they arrested a 31-year-old man from New Castle for shoplifting at the Acme in Concord Township. The arrest came on March 18 but no details were released on what merchandise was taken. • Detra Bush, 27, of Wilmington, was arrested for shoplifting at Lululemon in Concord Township, a police report said. The report said Bush was…