Cheers, Wilhelm Schimmel. Young Friends met for in depth research of folk artist Wilhem Schimmel Thursday evening June 12 at the Brandywine River Museum of Art. Museum curator Amanda Burdan read newspaper accounts of Schimmel’s adventures in the area around Carlisle Pennsylvania. Many of his ventures landed him in jail. Newspaper articles from the mid to late 1800s leave a trail of drunken mischief so…
From pizza pie to apple pie, the annual Dine-Around event was a taste trip through Delaware County. Undeterred by rain, members and guests of the Business and Professional Association of Western Delaware County boarded buses in downtown Chadds Ford Wednesday evening, May 21. First stop was La Porta, a new restaurant on Middletown Road in Media. The restaurant is owned by Hugh Donaghue, Esquire and…
As a Chamber of Commerce group, Women in Business is open to all members. Today at the Stone Barn, the group was all women. Chef Ray Maxwell stayed in the kitchen preparing breakfast. Christine Gordon, Wells Fargo Financial Advisors, presented a method for visualizing the life you want. Gordon gave participants a "Prosperity Workbook" with cards describing activities of daily life such as reading, music,…
The past met the future at the historic Chadds Ford Inn Wednesday night. A 3-D printer was busy producing a linked chain for the members of the Business and Professional Association of Western Delaware County. The Inn, home of Brandywine Prime, served dinner as members saw objects produced by a printer. No assembly is required. One of the most amazing features of the printer is…
David Rahbee’s ambition for the Kennett Symphony is to increase its surface area in the community. “I don’t want to be seen as in someone in a penguin suit,” said Rahbee in a recent interview. He added that a symphony orchestra should be out in the community beyond just asking people to attend performances. While “Sharing music is essential to my life,” according to Rahbee,…
Chester County Habitat for Humanity has met residents’ needs for shelter with a brigade of volunteer labor and donations for more than 25 years. Showing support for that work, Bryn Mawr Trust Company welcomed area business leaders to its Willowdale Branch to hear about Habitat’s latest project. The idea of matching people who need shelter with people who want to help is the basis of…
Rei Hotoda began playing piano at the age of 3 in Japan. Hotoda arrived Tuesday in Kennett Square to audition for the position of Conductor of the Kennett Symphony. The next morning she told her story — a geographic and career journey — to a group from the Southern Chester County Chamber of Commerce. After an undergraduate and doctoral degree in piano performance, a career…
Cancer survivor Kim Doherty is facing a new challenge in her life, the Philadelphia Marathon. Doherty seems almost surprised when describing the path that led her to marathon contention. Her trainer, Mike Bullinger, is not surprised at all having witnessed her determination. Doherty’s first step to marathon running began when she saw a sign while driving south on Route 202. The sign said Slim and…
Wanda McCue is making good on the promise she made to herself and her cancer doctor. When McCue was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma 18 months ago, she made a promise to help others with cancer if she was cured. Part of the promise was fulfilled by a 5K run/walk on Sunday October 20. McCue’s husband, Rich, said that he appreciated the compassion shown after receiving…
I confess that living and working in Chadds Ford, there is no way to be fair and balanced about the Brandywine River Museum, the Chadds Ford Historical Society, and all of our advertisers. I personally have supported most of these organizations and businesses for more than 30 years. Now they are advertising in Chadds Ford Live, and I continue to support them personally and as…
Should you buy, sell or hold? Members of the Chadds Ford Business Association met at William Bunch Auctions on Route 202 for lunch to hear about the auction business. Bill Bunch surveyed the changes in the business during his decades of buying and selling. The biggest change is technology. Bunch jumped on electronic auctions soon after e-bay offered a companion electronic auction to run in…