Brandywine Hospital adds two to board of trustees
Sue Crume
CALN — Brandywine Hospital – Tower Health announced Sue Crume and John Brunner have joined the Hospital’s Board of Trustees effective July 1, 2020.
Crume is a retired teacher for the Santa Maria-Bonita School District in California where she spent 17 years teaching a fifth-grade class and two years teaching a bilingual first-grade class. In addition to her teaching roles, she served...
DCCC to host virtual spoken word performance: Beacon of Hope
Delaware County Community College will host a virtual spoken word performance, followed by a question-and-answer session, by
Joseph Green
, an award-winning poet, motivational speaker, workshop facilitator, professional storyteller and person in long-term recovery.
“Beacon of Hope” is the title of Green’s spoken word virtual performance, which is open to the public and will be held at 4:30 p.m.,...
What To Do: Tired of lockdown? Go visit a prison
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Eastern State Penitentiary
With COVID-19 still in full throttle attack mode, one of the last places you want to be is a prison.
Actually, under any circumstances, one of the last places you want to be is a prison.
But there are exceptions – such as Alcatraz Island and Eastern State Penitentiary.
Alcatraz Island was a federal prison from 1934 until...
What To Do: Beat cabin fever, enjoy local outdoor attractions
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Longwood Gardens
With the easing up of COVID-19 restrictions in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey, more attractions are re-opening. For people who have been suffering from cabin fever, this is a good thing because it means there are more options for things to do.
The weather even seems to be co-operating.
After several weeks of temperatures...
What To Do: Museums among a few options reopening
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
The Barnes Foundation
COVID-19 restrictions have been relaxed and area attractions are beginning to re-open.
If there are attractions that you wish to visit, it would be a wise move to do it as soon as possible.
Other areas of the country are seeing spikes in reported cases of the coronavirus – mainly because ignorant people have been refusing to...
What To Do: Looking for a safe family outing? Head to the zoo
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
The Philadelphia Zoo
Recently, there has been a relaxing of the area’s state governments’ “stay at home” and “no social gatherings” restrictions which had been imposed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Attractions such as tourist sites, amusement parks, zoos, gardens and arboretums, state and national parks and family fun centers are once...
Brandywine Hospital’s Acharya named to Community Volunteers in Medicine board
Vikram Acharya
CALN — Brandywine Hospital-Tower Health Interim Chief Executive Officer Vikram Acharya will begin serving a three-year term on the Board of Directors for the Community Volunteers in Medicine (CVIM), effective July 1. CVIM is a nonprofit organization that provides medical care to people without health insurance who live or work in Chester County.
“I am honored to be chosen to serve...
What To Do: Bash on the Brandywine makes a splash
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Bash on the Brandywine
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been no live events such as festivals outdoor concerts or cultural celebrations for months – and it has seemed like an eternity.
Now, with the relaxing of “stay at home” and “no social gatherings” restrictions, the schedule of events has started to pick up. While far from its...
Uptown! Opens theater for free viewing of ‘John Lewis: Good Trouble’
WEST CHESTER — On Monday, July 13th, Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center is opening its doors to the public for its first indoor event since the mandated shutdown in March. JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE, a newly released documentary on the legendary civil rights hero and United States Congressman.
Although the film was completed before the current Black Lives Matter movement, it allows the viewer...
Testas, long-time Kennett residents, to celebrate 50th wedding anniversary
Joe and Patti Testa of Columbia Falls will celebrate their 50th anniversary July 11. Friends and family will be gathering for a 50th anniversary party at the home of Liz and Mike Borg in Columbia Falls.
The couple were high school sweethearts and were married July 11, 1970, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Kennett Square, PA. Joe served in the Delaware Air National Guard from 1968 – 1974. He...
