• The Unionville-Chadds Ford
PTO Umbrella Organization and the League of Women Voters are sponsoring a Meet
the School Board Candidates Forum on Wednesday, Oct. 26, from 7-9 p.m., at
Chadds Ford Elementary School. This is an opportunity for the public to ask
questions of, and receive answers from, all the school board candidates in a
controlled and moderated setting.
There are two candidates running for one seat in Region A, which comprises East
and West Marlborough townships: Vic Dupuis and Robert MacPherson. There is one
candidate running for one seat unopposed in Region B, which comprises Newlin,
Pocopson, and Birmingham, Chester County townships: Eileen Bushelow. There are
five candidates running for three seats in Region C, which comprises Chadds
Ford and Pennsbury townships: Kathleen Meehan Do, Sharon Jones, Gregg Lindner,
Frank Murphy, and Timotha Trigg.
• Chadds Ford Township is scheduled to begin making
repairs to Marshall and Bullock roads this week, according to a letter sent out
by Township Manager Joe Barakat. This will necessitate road closures during the
daytime hours. The work will last about six weeks, the letter said. Demolition using bulldozers and the
like will be performed sequentially in mid-October in multiple locations. The
final paving is scheduled to take place at the end of the project, closer to
Thanksgiving, according to the letter.
• Brandywine Battlefield is
holding its second annual Halloween event, from 4-8 p.m., on Oct. 29. The
Family Halloween Adventure will present “The Life and Times of James
Fitzpatrick,” aka, Sandy Flash. The notorious 18th century local
highwayman will be captured and tried at Washington's Headquarters. Want to put
a loved one in jail? We have a jail in front of the Visitors Center. State Rep.
Stephen Barrar has committed himself to our jail at 5 p.m. that evening.
Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for youth. There is no charge for children under
6. There will be a film, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." Refreshments
are free.
• The Brandywine Smile Center will be collecting candy for
the troops this Halloween season. Each year the center collects candy and sends
it in care packages to our troops.Items must be
dropped off no later than Wednesday, Nov. 9. The
center acceptsany commercially produced,
individually wrapped candy or snack. We cannot ship beverages or items that are
perishable. Brandywine Smile Center is located at736 Baltimore Pike Glen Mills, PA
19342. For more information call610-558-0416.
• On Oct. 21, Darlington Arts Center will present Etty,a touring one-woman theatrical play based on
the diaries and letters of Etty Hillesum, adapted and performed by Susan Stein.
Sharing the stage with a suitcase, Etty speaks as she tries to gain clarity and
insight into her life as she prepares for her three-day journey to Auschwitz.
Darlington’s Coffee House starts with an open micfor amateurs and students at 7:30 p.m., followed by the featured
performers at 8 p.m. Bring a picnic and a corkscrew. The coffee house is BYOB.
Darlington Arts Center is at 977 Shavertown Road in Garnet Valley. For more information, call
610-358-3632 or visit www.darlingtonarts.org.
• Highly-acclaimed children's book author and illustrator
Charles Santore, a native and current resident of Philadelphia, will sign
copies of his latest book, The Night
Before Christmas, at Brandywine River Museum on Saturday, Nov. 5, from
2 to 4 p.m.
On Dec. 17, Philadelphia native Jerry Pinkney
will sign copies of his latest book, Twinkle,
Twinkle, Little Star and the recently re-issued A Starlit Snowfall. In Twinkle, Twinkle,a little chipmunk's
curiosity about the stars takes him on a sailboat journey through the sky,
across the earth, under water and back home again. The book signings are free with museum admission. The books
are available in the Museum Shop and online.
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