Chester County Press 09-06-2023 Edition

Trail-cam photos capture escaped prisoner

at Longwood Gardens

Search area for Cavalcante expands beyond two-square mile radius

sified, as hundreds of local, state and federal agencies using drones, helicopters and K-9 units narrowed Cavalcante’s whereabouts to a two-square-mile radius near Longwood Gardens –a search area that has now expanded.

At a 30-minute press conference held on Sept. 4, Lt. Col. George Bivens of the

Pennsylvania State Police – now the lead investigator in the search for Cavalcante -- said that four confirmed sightings have led to the narrowing of the search for Cavalcante to an area bordered by the intersection of routes 52 and 926, Route 52 north to Parkerville Road and southeast along Route 926 in Pocopson Township.

The 2023

Mushroom Festival welcomes the return of the mushroom-picking contest and more

“We have secured that area, and continue to actively search it,” Bivens said.

“While there are a number of challenges, we are confident that if he is in there, we will find him.”

Bivens was joined at the Sept. 4 press conference by Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan and Supervisor Deputy U.S.

Comcast is bringing cable to the Borough of Oxford

Betsy Brewer Brantner

Contributing

Writer

Comcast is bringing cable to the Borough of Oxford so residents will now have a choice when it comes to their cable service provider.

Solicitor Stacey Fuller apprised council of the agenda item regarding Comcast.

“This is approving the advertising of an ordinance allowing Comcast to have cable in the Borough of Oxford. However, state law does not provide for Internet from Comcast,” she explained. Cable will be provided to all municipal buildings. However, the story is different when it comes to the Internet services.

Fuller explained, “Residents will be getting cable from Comcast, but

federal and state regulations providing the provision of the internet will not provide for that.”

Fuller was referencing the Communications Act of 1934, the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and any future amendments thereto, the regulations of the Federal Communications Commission and Pennsylvania law that authorizes the borough to grant and renew franchises to construct, operate and maintain a cable system utilizing the Public Ways within the borough’s jurisdiction. However, a franchise authority (the borough) cannot regulate non-cable services and

Marshal Robert Clark.

Trail-cam photos capture Cavalcante at Longwood Gardens

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Oxford shows its wheels at the car show

By Chris Barber

Contributing Writer

Oxford welcomed the Labor Day weekend on Friday evening with a large and enthusiastically received car show on Third Street.

The event was heavily attended, and the weather was perfect for a stroll down the avenue to

behold the approximately 200 vehicles on display.

One elderly visitor who had obviously made the rounds was sitting on a lawn adjacent to Third Street.

“It was a nice day. I wouldn’t have come if it was raining,” he said.

All along the east side of Oxford’s main thoroughfare, the cars were tucked in one after another represent-

ing years from the early 1900s to what appeared to be the end of that century. Across from them on the west side of the street were scores of vendors, many of them local merchants selling snacks, crafts and even packets of information.

The vehicles showed off their owners’ pride,

Photo by Chris Barber Competitors will aim to consume the most mushrooms

Photo by Chris Barber

Many parents appeared to explain to their children the ins and outs of the old cars.

Danelo Cavalcante Photo courtesy of Chester County District Attorney’s Office

Murderer...

Continued from Page 1A however, Bivens said that authorities received notification from security police at Longwood Gardens that trail-cam photographs taken at Longwood Gardens on Sept. 4 depict Cavalcante walking north at 8:21 p.m. and south at 9:33 p.m. at the same location. Bivens said that while Cavalcante has not changed his appearance, he has obtained a backpack, a duffel pack and a hooded sweatshirt.

Bivens said that after consulting with the District Attorney’s Office, it was decided that authorities would expand the search area beyond its original two-mile perimeter to include an area south of Route 1 near Longwood Gardens.

In addition, Bivens said that he and Ryan had lengthy discussions with representatives from the Unionville-Chadds Ford and Kennett Consolidated school districts. As a result, both school districts were closed on Sept. 5, while the U-CF district operated on a Flexible Instructional Day.

“We will continue to work with those districts to determine what will occur in the coming days,” Bivens said. “[At 5:27 a.m.], a reverse 9-1-1 call was sent to the residents within a 1.5-mile area of the camera [that was located at Longwood Gardens]. This was expanded to three miles at around 7 a.m.

“We had already requested and begun to mobilize resources from additional federal agencies last evening to include the FBI and the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. People and equipment from those agen-

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infrastructure of franchised cable operators, including the provision of Internet, Wi-Fi and voice and small cell infrastructure.

Fuller continued, “During negotiations, we expressed to Comcast that it is of the highest priority to the Borough that it obtain adequate Internet access for its residents. The Comcast representative confirmed that it will be building out the entire borough and will be offering its entire suite of products, including Internet to borough residents in the future.”

In other business, council approved the hiring of

cies have been added to the search as we speak.”

On the recommendation of authorities, Longwood Gardens was closed on Sept. 3; however, it offered limited access to its grounds on Labor Day and plans to fully reopen on Sept. 6.

‘Stressed and desperate’

At the Sept. 4 press conference, Bivens said that authorities came very close to capturing Cavalcante; a trooper caught a brief and sighting of the escapee within the perimeter area. The officer promptly attempted to chase him but was unable to catch him as Cavalcante disappeared into the thick woods.

Bivens also said that two burglaries have occurred in the vicinity over the past few days but have not been directly traced to Cavalcante. There is a $10,000 reward for anyone with information that leads to his capture.

Bivens described Cavalcante’s current state as “stressed” and “desperate.”

“We know that [Cavalcante] is going to be looking for a means to sustain himself,” he said. “He’s going to need clothing. He’s going to need food, and because it’s getting hot out there, he’s looking for better shelter.

“One of our practices in how we conduct these types of investigations and manhunts is that we will continue to push him hard. I intend to stress him. I want to push him hard and he will make mistakes. He will show himself. He’s already shown himself a few times. We will contain him, and we will eventually catch him.

part-time police officers

Kristopher S. Thompson and Kenneth Massey.

Massey joins the department having had previously served in West Chester, Upper Chichester and Trainor. He currently lives in West Grove.

Thompson, who graduated from the Police Academy in June, lives in the borough.

Police Chief Sam Iacono explained, “Kris got to know a lot of the officers when they came to his home to help with his youngest sister, who is physically challenged,” he said. Thompson told Council, “It means a lot to work here in the town where I live.”

Both officers will be sworn in at a later date. The

“He is desperate and does not want to be caught and has very little to lose at this time.”

Bivens said that in the likely event that Cavalcante is captured in the next few days and does not actively surrender to authorities, “deadly force is authorized.”

“He has the option to surrender,” Bivens said. “That is what we hope he will do.”

Cavalcante was convicted on August 16, 2023 of firstdegree murder for fatally stabbing his 33-year-old former girlfriend in front of her children in 2021 and sentenced to life in prison without parole. On Aug. 31 at 8:50 a.m., the 34-year-old Cavalcante escaped from Chester County Prison and was later seen walking on Wawaset Road in Pocopson Township.

Chester County District Attorney’s Office reported three days ago that Cavalcante was observed on a residential surveillance camera this morning approximately 12:30 a.m. in the 1800 block of Lenape Road, approximately 1.5 miles from Chester County Prison.

Bivens said that the State

Oxford Police Department is still hiring officers, and those interested should call (610) 998-0032 for more information.

Also speaking before council were James Newby and JJ Medina from the Oxford Arts Alliance. They updated council on the EXPO Project, which was showcased at the First Friday in August.

Newby explained, “We came on in March. Our goal was to bring pedestrian and driver safety to Broad Street. We designed trafficcalming solutions for the street and affixed them to the road. We had a number of college students helping us.

“Much of the project was

Police is continuing to ask for the public’s help in the on-going investigation. He encouraged the public to become familiar with the description of Cavalcante:

The escapee has light skin, is about five feet in height and weighs approximately 120 pounds, with shaggy black hair and brown eyes. As seen on a surveillance video that was released to the public on Saturday –confirmed to be Cavalcante walking beside a residential driveway – he is wearing long pants, a light-colored t-shirt, and white sneakers -- the same items he was wearing when he escaped from the prison early last Thursday.

“Within the secured area I have described as well as near there, we are asking residents to check on their neighbors,” Bivens said. “If they are not at home, please let us know so that we can check their property in their absence. We know that we have numerous homes within the search area in which we presume that the occupants are away for the holiday weekend. We have been checking the exteriors of many of those homes, but as they return, if they find anything disturbed, please stop and call us, so

hand-painted. We will be taking a drone’s eye view of the project soon and share that with the community.”

A survey regarding the EXPO project is available on the borough website and residents are encouraged to complete and forward it.

Krys Sipple and Carolyn Hess from the Oxford Area Historical Association (OAHA) provided an update on their move to the Union School Building at 119 S. Fifth Street. An open house was planned for Aug. 27.

Sipple told council that teachers got their first look at the building as part of their orientation to the school district. They are discussing how they will work this into their course of study.

OAHA has signed a five-

that we can check it out prior to their going through their residence.”

New tip line: (717) 562-2987

Bivens also encouraged residents who live in the search vicinity to check their home security cameras and call a newly created tip line at (717) 562-2987 if they have any additional information that could lead to Cavalcante’s capture – or sign up at ReadyChesco.org to obtain access to alerts.

Bivens said that the State Police have made a recording of Cavalcante’s mother – speaking in Portuguese -- asking her son to surrender peacefully, that is being broadcast on loudspeakers in the vicinity of that twomile radius.

“I would like to thank the community for their support,” Bivens said. “I know that this has gone on for a couple of days now. I know it’s stressful for the community, but I want to assure you that all of us up here and our respective offices are working diligently to bring this to a conclusion as quickly as possible.”

Ryan said that the District Attorney’s Office continues to be in contact with nearby

year lease on the property and an agreement of sale for the property at $700,000. They are required to put down $50,000 a year, which starts in September.

“Our campaign group is already receiving training,” Sipple said. “As we progress, we will give the borough updates on big gifts. We will be asking for donations. We are hopeful that the borough and other municipalities will support us going further. Ideally, I’d like to have the borough and townships funnel some money to provide a staff person at the building. We are hoping the regional planning commission can help us reach out to other municipalities. We are looking for a pledge from everyone. Our ultimate goal is to become a gateway to

residents about the latest updates, as well as with the superintendents of nearby school districts.

While she avoided providing any details on how Cavalcante managed to escape Chester County Prison, Ryan said that the goal of the District Attorney’s Office is to “find this man and capture him.”

“We are channeling all of our effort to bring him into custody,” she said. “All manpower has been executed to find and hunt down this fugitive. We will be able to update our investigation with respect to what happened at the prison at a later date.”

Clark assured that the investigation into the search for Cavalcante is being engineered by the best assets out there.

Clark said, “Our position is that Danelo Cavalcante’s desperation will not outlast the resolve of our investigators, and that goes for the state police, the U.S. Marshals Service, and our state and county investigators. We are all on the same team.”

To contact Staff Writer Richard L. Gaw, email rgaw@chestercounty.com.

Chester County.”

OAHA started as a result of people presenting them with historical documents and artifacts from the area. Now, with the move to the Union Building, they will finally have room to store and display what they have received, and can strategically reach out to other areas and ask for other things for the exhibits they are building. Their first exhibit, “Education in Oxford,” was presented at the recent open house. Moving forward, the association members plan to be at the building on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. There are also plans for children’s programs as well.

Hess told council that she is the only member of the commission at this time, and would welcome anyone with any interest in serving on the commission to call the borough. The commission requires a 4-year term, and they meet once a month.

The Historic Architecture Board (HARB) is also looking for more volunteers.

Council announced that their Stormwater Committee will meet on Sept. 11 at 6 p.m. at the borough hall.

Mayor Phil Harris reminded everyone that school started on Aug. 28 and encouraged everyone to watch for school busses and children walking to school.

Harris also told council the police department is still looking for full-time officers.

Harris also reminded council, “The legal age for purchasing cigarettes or

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Courtesy photo Authorities were notified by security police at Longwood Gardens that trail-cam photographs were taken of Cavalcante that captured him walking north at 8:21 p.m. and south at 9:33 p.m. at the same location at Longwood Gardens on Sept. 4.

Photo courtesy of Chester County District Attorney’s Office Cavalcante escaped from the Chester County Prison on Aug. 31.

Mushroom Festival...

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What started out as a simple, one-day celebration on State Street in 1986 that attracted a modest crowd of onlookers has turned into a nationally recognized celebration of the locally grown crop. Now, the festival is spread out over two fun-filled days and draws tens of thousands of visitors on each day.

When longtime chairman Kathi Lafferty retired from her position after the 2019 event, Kennett Fire Company administrator Puoci and mushroom company co-owner Ferrante took the reins. They faced significant challenges as the fair had been cancelled due to the pandemic in 2020 and was greatly diminished in 2021 with a change of location to the parking lot of the former Genesis building across from Kennett High School. Nonetheless, they proceeded in that 2021 comeback year with vendors, kids rides, demonstrations, entertainment and even the eating contest in that limited courtyard.

When the full-blown version of the festival came back in 2022, they moved back uptown and brought the return of a wide variety of vendors, the car show, souvenirs, the painted mushrooms and all the excitement people fill the street for.

The 2023 festival, as is tradition, will take place uptown in the borough on the weekend after Labor Day, this year on Sept. 9 and 10. Geographically, it will run on State Street at Church Alley on the east to Garfield Street on the west (Church Alley is the narrow road that runs between the former library and the rear of the American Legion.). The antique car show will run the length of South Broad Street and another stage will be added on South Union Street for culinary events.

Puoci said the festival’s duration will be shortened by one hour from last year on both Saturday and Sunday, running the event from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, giving the crew more time to clean up.

Admission is $5 this year.

Through the years, some features have come and gone, like the Miss America-like queen pageant, the Friday night parade, the three-night carnival downtown, the Ferris Wheel and the art show. But this popular annual festival has survived hurricanes, blistering heat, rainstorms and the devastating COVID-19 pandemic.

Through it all, the fair has almost always attracted visitors from far away –not just Philadelphia and Delaware County. It was reported that some even arrived from European countries because they

heard so many good reports about the festival.

This year, the big news is that the mushroom-picking contest, which took place for several years more than a decade ago, is returning.

This event in the past has elicited a great deal of enthusiasm, especially among the harvesters in the respective companies.

This year the contest will take place on South Broad Street and will pit three teams of two pickers each against each other both days. There will be a winning team each day.

“I’m really excited about that. It has a lot of support. The winners will get something and everyone else will get something [as well],” Ferrante said.

The winners will be judged on speed, quality and size of the mushrooms picked. The potential competitors are invited to submit a request to participate ahead of time and will be chosen by random lottery.

Ferrante, who speaks fondly of the support the Mushroom Festival gives to the surrounding community in the form of donations, said the inclusiveness of this contest will widen the scope of the people it includes.

Also on South Broad Street will be the large growing tent where visitors can see and even touch the trays and contents where mushrooms actually grow. Mushroom growers are there to answer questions.

Additionally, in a related new event, the American Legion building will be open for showings of a continuously running video of the whole growing process of mushrooms. This replaces and significantly simplifies the past practice of offering bus rides to tours of nearby mushroom farms to see the operations onsite.

One block to the west of the Broad Street events, South Union Street, the area that borders on the Fragale Barber Shop and former Senior book store, will house a new stage that offers culinary events.

The cooking contest will be there in the form of two “chopper” contests in which adults in one and youth in the other are given a preselected quantity of food, and they must make it into a delicious entree.

South Union Street will also be the site of a lecture by Kiki Aranita, who formerly owned Poi Diog restaurant in Philadelphia. The ever-popular and exciting mushroom eating contest will be back again at 12:30 p.m.

Attendees at recent Mushroom Festivals may have fond memories of the Sunday afternoon soup and wine event. This is another event that has yielded to

newer features. There will be no lack of food, however. Visitors will have no problem satisfying their hunger and interest in cooking—there will be plenty of vendors, contests and lectures about mushrooms.

As of mid-July, Puoci said, almost 200 vendors, including local restaurants, had already signed up to place their booths along the street. Many will be selling craft and souvenir products, but others will offer everything from ice cream to mushroom specialties. There will also be soup for sale on South Broad Street.

Many familiar events will also be back such as Cuteas-a-Button photos of kids, souvenir T-shirts and painted mushrooms. Kids’ rides will take place at the west end of State Street.

After a long run of having visitors park at the parking lot at Exelon in Kennett Township, that

venue became unavailable in 2020. The Chatham Financial parking lot on McFarlan Road served the purpose well last year, Puoci said, and that will be the location this year as well as Kennett High School. Bus transportation

will be provided throughout the festival to shuttle visitors to the event.

More information about the festival, including an updated schedule of events, is available online at www. Mushroomfestival.org.

The growing tent on Broad Street invites visitors to view the process and ask questions.

Photos by Chris Barber

Crowds arrive early and in great quantity every year at this engaging event.

The cooking contest also engages youth in their own competition.

The kids’ rides will be at the west end of town.

The challenge cooking contest will present competitors with a container of foods to make into an entrée.

Oxford Car Show...

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as they were polished and gleaming in the late afternoon sun. Their hoods were open and their interiors cleaned up, displaying the complexity of their motors and any alterations owners had made.

The visitors seemed especially interested in the very old vehicles – Model T Fords and others from that era. Many people who appeared to be younger parents pointed out and explained to their children that they indeed had been owners of cars similar to the ones on display.

Old military vehicles held banners proclaiming American patriotism, and some old VFW camper vans elicited memories of a different era.

Brent Kell, a visitor from Parkesburg, was perusing the cars and wearing a T-shirt that loudly proclaimed he was “Chevy Muscle.” When asked if he wore it to any other event besides car shows, his female companion said, “He really loves his Chevrolets.”

Oxford Education Foundation President Steve Roberts returned with his friends this year with five vehicles evolving from one of the earliest Model T Fords to an electric Tesla. He explained to onlookers how the cars were fueled and operated through the years from gas and steam to battery.

Present with Roberts was John Trout, who brought his 1909 Model T. He explained that the very earliest Fords were not limited to black. In fact, his was white. He added that it was not until 1912 when Ford’s producers said, “You can get a Model T in any color, as long as it’s black.”

Also returning was Jim Herr’s original potato chip delivery truck as well as the car with flowers in the trunk and on the hood.

In addition to cars on view, there was plenty to eat. Both ends of town held food trucks, and the restaurants along Market Street moved their tables onto the sidewalk so diners were able to eat, schmooze and watch the crowd.

The Locust Street intersection held the “Bike Lane,” where even some riders on simple bicycles stopped by. Adjacent to

the bike lane was the food court. Like the cars that lined Third Street, the bikes were polished and gleaming for the show.

This was Oxford’s ninth annual car show, and it is one of the borough’s biggest annual events. It was held

on the first Friday of the month, as are many of the special events sponsored by Oxford Mainstreet, Inc.

Motorcycles and even bicycles were polished and gleaming in the bike lane.

Photos by Chris Barber

Hundreds of visitors packed Third Street to see the antique cars.

Many visitors stopped to look at the car with a carburetor that was so big it extended through a hole in the hood.

John Trout’s 2009 Model T was painted white – a model that was made before black was the only color available.

Visitors seemed very interested in viewing the oldest cars on display.

The car that regaled with flowers returned again.

Brent Kell from Parkesburg let the world know he loves Chevys.

On July 11, the sevenmember Kennett Square Borough Planning Commission submitted a proposal to the Borough Council outlining measures that if enacted could possibly increase the amount of what the proposal called “non-luxury housing” – commonly referred to as affordable housing -- in the borough.

“The need for policies aimed at housing affordability in the borough is broadly recognized throughout the community and is reinforced by available data,” the proposal stated, and was immediately followed by four bullet points of Kennett Square Borough housing reality: overcrowding in an already densely-populated borough that is only one square-mile large; the fact that housing demand has exceeded housing inventory; that new housing development may open the door for upper middleincome families but not for those of the middleand lower-income sector of the economic spectrum;

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and the most glaring reality of all – that the developers building these new units have no plans to slice out even a small portion of their complexes to accommodate the working class without being forced to do so through governmental policies.

Free from these restrictions, real estate developers have conspired to capitalize on the growing popularity of a borough that has earned a reputation – and rightfully so – as one of America’s best small towns. For nearly the past decade, an entire cross-section of humanity has endeared itself to the borough and set out to own a piece of that very limited pie – young couples wanting to raise their children in a diverse and thriving borough with an outstanding school district; active seniors who wish to live a minutes’ walk from culture and restaurants and activities; and small business owners desiring to join a fraternity of merchants whose collective energy has created a harmonious buzz up and down State Street and its tributaries.

Sometimes, however, it is bad to be good, and right now, the elected and appointed officials who lead this borough forward are faced with another reality: Kennett Square Borough is choking on its own success. The Flats of Kennett, opened in 2020, is at full capacity with a long waiting list, with monthly rents that start at $1,920 for a one-bedroom apartment; the Lofts at Kennett Pointe are anticipated to reach full capacity when completed, and where one-bedroom apartments start at $2,150 a month; and the current construction of Kennett Square Apartments on West State Street and Mill Road will showcase 166 Class A luxury units.

There’s gold in Kennett Square Borough, and real estate developers are panning what’s left of it like ravenous excavators, and why? Because they can, unregulated.

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When the new Kennett Borough Council first discussed their goals last year,

their first was to get the brough’s financial house in order. Their second priority was to create opportunities that will allow those of lesser means to be able to live in a community where they work, where they worship and where they send their children to school. It is time for this Council – and indeed, Chester County Government -- to enact policies and zoning regulations that level an embarrassingly unfair and lopsided playing field.

They would do well to start this journey by exploring what is going on in Montgomery County, Md., one of the nation’s leading innovators in affordable housing.

In the Aug. 27 New York Times article, “This is Public Housing. Just Don’t Call It That,” author Conor Dougherty wrote that for the past several decades, the county has enforced regulations that require developers to set aside about 15 percent of all new units throughout the county for households earning less than two-thirds of area’s median income, which is $52,000

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for a family of four. One of the best examples of the county’s efforts to enact affordable housing regulations is seen at The Laureate -- whose controlling ownership is through the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County, a government agency – where 30 percent of its 268 units are designated as affordable housing, and where residents pay as little as half the advertised monthly rental fee.

Over the past four decades, the HOC in Montgomery County has acquired 2,000 moderate income units throughout the county. In short, it’s an investment in what HOC Executive Director Chelsea Andrews called “the public good.”

“The market on its own is not functioning the way we need it to, and that’s when we want the government to step up,” said Andrew Friedson, a member of the Montgomery County Council.

Whether the affordable housing shortage in Kennett Borough and in other towns in southern Chester County is solved through the establishment of government-based

agencies or by enacting hard line regulations, the first method of determining a solution is to admit there is a problem, and the Kennett Borough Planning Commission has done just that.

“Our situation is not a unique one,” Commission member Luke Zubrod said at an Aug. 9 Borough Council work session meeting, when he introduced the Commission’s proposal. “Communities in Chester County and in the state are facing similar challenges. These aren’t silver-bullet solutions, but they would lay a foundation for progress in this area.

“The Planning Commission’s goal is to spark a conversation about housing policies. I think the value of going through a process like this is that we are looking at all of the issues and pursuing some concrete action steps in parallel. I don’t think we need to get through the end of the journey in order to start making progress on it.”

Consider financial gifts for grandchildren

If you have grandchildren, you probably enjoy spending time with them and watching them grow. And to help them achieve a bright future, you might like to make some financial gifts — but which ones?

You have several options.

Let’s look at three of them:

• 529 plans: When you invest in a 529 education savings plan, any earnings growth is distributed federally tax free, as long as withdrawals are used for qualified education expenses. (Withdrawals used for expenses other than qualified education expenses may be subject to federal and state taxes, plus a 10 percent penalty.) And in-state residents who invest in their home state’s 529 plan may also receive state tax incentives. A 529 plan can be used for college, approved trade school programs, qualified student loan repayments and even some K-12 costs. And if the grandchild you’ve named as a beneficiary of a 529 plan decides to forego further education, you can generally switch beneficiaries to another immediate family member. You can contribute up to $17,000 in

2023, per grandchild, to a 529 plan without incurring gift taxes. Furthermore, as of the 2024–25 school year, grandparent-owned 529 plans won’t affect financial aid eligibility. However, tax issues for 529 plans can be complex, so consult with your tax advisor about your situation.

• Roth IRA: Any earnings growth in a Roth IRA is distributed tax free, provided the owner is at least 59½ and has had the account at least five years. If your grandchildren earn money from babysitting or a parttime job, they can open a Roth IRA with the help of a parent or other adult. You could “match” your grandchildren’s contributions, possibly on a dollar-for-dollar basis, to provide them with an incentive for saving. In fact, you could fully fund the Roth IRA, up to the annual contribution limit, which is $6,500 or the amount of your grandchild’s taxable compensation, whichever is less. (The annual limit is $7,500 for those 50 or older.) And your grandchildren can withdraw the contributions — not the earnings — at any time to

pay for college or anything else.

• Custodial account: You can open a custodial account, also known as an UGMA or UTMA account, for a grandchild, and fund it with most types of investments: stocks, mutual funds, bonds and so on. For that reason, it can be a good way to teach grandchildren about the nature of investing — risks, returns and the value of holding investments for the long term. Plus, there’s an initial tax benefit to custodial accounts: The first $1,250 of your grandchild’s investment income (dividends, interest, capital gains) is tax free, and the next $1,250 is taxed at the child’s rate. Anything above

that amount is taxed at the parents’ marginal tax rate. However, once your grandchildren reach the age of termination — usually 18 or 21, depending on where they live — they take control of the account and can do whatever they choose with the money. So, while a custodial account could be considered as a funding source for college, it might alternatively serve as a gift that could eventually enable your grandchild to fulfill another desire or goal — take an overseas trip, pay for a car or maybe even start on a path to entrepreneurship. Making financial gifts to your grandchildren can be rewarding — for them and for you. So, consider the

possibilities carefully and put your generosity to work.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by Joe Oliver, Financial Advisor for Edward Jones, Member SIPC.

Edward Jones, its employees and financial advisors cannot provide tax or legal advice. You should consult your attorney or qualified tax advisor regarding your situation.

Joe Oliver is a life-long Oxfordian, husband, father, and financial advisor with Edward Joes Investments. Joe services business owners and individual investors by helping them accomplish their financial goals. For a complimentary finan-

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Joe Oliver, AAMS Financial Advisor 2250 Baltimore Pike Oxford, Pa. 19363 484-702-9311 www.edwardjones.com/ joe-oliver

Longwood’s Pride, the Chinese Scholar Tree ( Styphnolobium Japonicum), a 1928 Legacy Uprooted

By Marie-Louise Meyers

Swirling with vengeance

making a wide swathe in corn

cutting across fields to surgically remove a roof top, skipping lesser trees to settle on the Scholar Tree, (85 feet high, spread 105 feet, trunk diameter 68 inches)

along with one of its Dogwood proteges, furnishing shade and solitude in a protected corner of Dogwood Plaza heralded as a Legacy Tree, a recording of what had transpired within its rings exposed while all who saw it impressed by its timeless bequest to the public, who came to view what Nature had wrought and Longwood planted with such success and tenderness.

While insects bore into its soul, the wind made the

conquest.

How the Longwood tree laid down its pride while our wild cherry overwrought with berries voluptuous and ripe to the birds’ delight, laid down its life with its sweet burden, slowly dying while the chainsaw was whining, birds sighing, to hear the suddenness by which it dropped out of sight. Only splashes of its blood red stain my clothes line.

How bereft Mother’s loving hands felt after she planted the Queen Anne Cherry in honor of her new grandson when it was felled by the tornado as if the wind had snatched the babe right out of her hands.

There is a hierarchy of trees reaching skyward filling in according to design and pedigree at Longwood, but

not for birds; some spreading their branches outright, some hugging tight to the nests with light and shadow playing, enticing fledglings to take first steps from security to the boundless sky forever testing fragile wings, erupting in song at the same time.

I’ve lived in Tornado Alley twice, now it seems to follow me here.

The sun tentative at first, clouds innocent and unrehearsed moisture driven, then ominous till ballooning forth; like a lightning rod, the vortex forms on an unknown track, too late to wait, hyper vigilant, you hide in the bathroom, how quickly everything around you can shatter save your stand-alone tub.

Awe-struck by the aftermath, a sign beyond our wildest imagination clouds punctured as if a giant bubble of awareness is drawn across; an indescribable rainbow of colorations so rare, so pure and unadulterated lights up the sky once turned black with despair to give us insight for Nature is both a bridge and an abridgment to Truth. We suffer the consequence on route, the raw power, knowing we shoulder the burden we must bear like the Scholar Tree for all Eternity.

Trees are both our joy and our duty, but we have our heads in the sand transparent in our demands for a “good life”as each of us has a hand in the weather-related demands which underscore our lives.

Weaving his narrative: Singer-songwriter Ellis Paul celebrating his 30-year career

By Caroline Roosevelt Contributing Writer

The Kennett Flash will be hosting renowned singersongwriter Ellis Paul on Sept. 15 as part of his 30th anniversary tour. A contributor and teacher of the Boston Style of songwriting, which is known for its thick storytelling, rich narratives and colorful placemaking, his songs transport the listener into a beautifully crafted inner world that feels at once intimate and universal.

After 30 years of producing his work through Black Wolf and Rounder Records, Paul ventured off on his own and created his own record label Rosella Records which he kicked off with the album The Storytellers’ Suitcase in 2019. He’s won fifteen Boston Music Awards, has been included in multiple soundtracks (Shallow Hal and Hall Pass) and is a veteran of the touring circuit-having performed over 5,000 shows over the course of his career.

Recently, I had the distinct pleasure of chatting with Ellis leading up his upcoming performance at The Kennett Flash.

You’re not only playing at The Kennett Flash on Sept. 15, but you’re also headed to Europe on your current tour. It’s part of a 30-year touring schedule that has taken you around the world. What are your favorite locales?

I love going to Ireland quite a lot. Anywhere there’s a full house to play will be great. America and Canada are great. The Flash will be a really nice show as well.

I was reading that you really like the more intimate settings for your performances. The

He will perform at The Kennett Flash on Sept. 15

Kennett Flash is great for that. You’re right there with your audience.

It feels really personal. In front of a crowd or a folk festival, I feel like I need a band to get across what I do, but when it’s intimate like that, it can just be me and my guitar.

So, do you have a preference for stage or studio at this point in your career?

I love the studio. You’re creating something out of nothing. I love performing but at this point with the drives and the airplanes and the suitcases and the lugging and all of that stuff -- it's starting to be a little bit of a drag. But everything else about it is great! If I could just be beamed down and play a show that would be the best of all.

Performing is really, really great, but it’s the travel that’s challenging.

There’s something about going into the studio with a blank canvas and you add color to it and shape to it and that’s pretty exciting and then you make a living off of it! Then you go on the road to celebrate that moment. It’s pretty exciting.

Do you pull any inspiration from when you travel? Do you write on the road?

I fortunately have an iPhone with me. Anytime an idea comes up when I’m on the road I record whatever I’m thinking on the iPhone and jot it down. I’m constantly working on songs whether I’m standing still or in transit.

You are from a potato farming town in Maine.

Kennett Square is the Mushroom Capital of the World, so there’s some similarities with that one-

crop agricultural town. But you wound up in Boston.

I was a runner in high school and got a scholarship for track at Boston College. That brought me down to Boston and eventually got me into the folk clubs in Boston because the folk scene was thriving in the 90s. That’s where I got my start.

Tell me about your time in Boston during the 1990s. I know that Tracy Chapman, The Lemonheads and The Pixies, among others, were all up and coming around you. There were national places that people were playing in and I was lucky enough to be doing the open mics there and they would use me as the opener for these national acts that came through. It was a very heady time in Boston because commercial stations would be playing us, as well as folk stations. So, I went from playing for nobody to playing for a thousand people a night, very quickly.

Who among modern

songwriters do you have an interest in? I know you mentor some up-and-coming singer-songwriters. I am of that era where the music from the early 70s is my favorite. Neil Young, Dylan, James Taylor, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, and John Prine. Those guys are sort of my heroes. And then I have closer-to-peer heroes like John Gorka, Cheryl Wheeler, Bill Morrissey, Mark Erelli and Antje Duvekot. They were up and coming as I was getting established. I like trying to mentor people whenever I can. It’s a hard path. You describe your songs as little three-dimensional worlds.

You’re creating a setting for people’s imaginations to settle into, like looking into a snow globe. If I’m doing my job right, if I’m talking about the details of my life, or what’s happening in the snow globe, people are seeing their own lives inside of it. If I can get that through the listener, even though I’m singing about my life, I’m singing about theirs as well, and that’s how you get a hardcore, connected fan.

Who are the authors who inspire you? I know you’d probably go to songwriters, but given that you have such a foot in the literary world, what literature inspires you?

I like people who use language beautifully. I like wordy people like John Updike, and Stephen King, and folks who can really paint a scene. I like brevity like Raymond Carver, and Hemingway, who create a sentence with just nuts and bolts. It swings both ways.

What can we expect from your show on September 15th?

I have a new album out. It’s called 55 and I’ll be doing a lot of songs from that and then tapping into my back catalog and making sure I’m making people happy who haven’t seen me in a while by singing songs they discovered me with, telling stories and trying to weave a narrative in between.

Ellis Paul will be playing at The Kennett Flash on September 15th. Doors open at 7 p.m., with the show at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Tickets are available at www.kennettflash.org.

State Rep. Lawrence takes a back-to-school tour of the Jennersville YMCA Childcare and Early Learning Center

With the start of a new school year underway, State

Rep. John Lawrence met

Lawrence meets with YMCA leaders and educators to highlight the importance of accessible childcare in the community with YMCA leaders to discuss the vital role that Early Childhood Education Centers

play in the community. As the largest provider of licensed, high-quality, affordable

childcare in Chester County, the YMCA of Greater Brandywine (YGBW) is committed to making childcare accessible to local families.

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vaping products is 21 in the state of Pennsylvania unless that person is a veteran. I want people to understand that vaping products come from all over the world, and their ingredients are not always monitored by the Federal Drug Administration. We really need to be aware of this.”

Oxford Borough Council also took the following actions at the meeting:

• Approved the contract with Keystone Alliance Consulting, Inc. in the amount of $20,000 to complete a rate study for the Oxford Water Department.

• Approved the contract with Gannett Fleming to develop a Capital Improvement Plan for

• Appointed Gannett Fleming as the engineer for the Oxford Borough Water Department.

• Approved the advertising of the ordinance for the Cable Franchise Agreement between the Borough of Oxford and Comcast of Pennsylvania, LLC. Approved an LCH request to move designated parking spots on the top, uncovered level of the garage to the covered ramp part of the top level of the parking garage.

• Denied a request for an ADA, on-street parking space at 41 S. 4th Street because there is off-street parking for that individual.

• Declined to approve the Historic Architecture Review Board (HARB)

Certificate of Appropriateness for 9 N. Third Street. Council member Peggy Russell asked if it could be tabled so the police department could weigh in on the safety and legal aspect of the request. The business, Top Grade Vapors, LLC is requesting a lock box be placed on the door of the business to allow persons to pick up items when the business is not open. The issue was tabled. Council held a discussion on a Multi-Municipal Trash Collection Authority. Council President Kathryn Cloyd attended a meeting in Parkesburg where other municipalities discussed the possibility of a multi-municipal trash collection authority. This will be discussed in future meetings.

Lacking access to childcare

“Unfortunately, many Chester County parents are unable to work and raise a family in our community because they lack access to safe and affordable childcare,” said Bertram L. Lawson II, president and CEO of YGBW. “Our preschool and early learning classrooms are filled with waitlists at all eight of our locations.”

Based on 2023 enrollment data, YGBW would need to increase the capacity of their Childcare and Early Learning Centers by nearly 25 percent to meet demand. Renovations are underway at the Jennersville YMCA to add an additional classroom which will increase Jennersville’s capacity by 40 percent.

Making childcare affordable and accessible

“The Jennersville YMCA meets many critical needs in our area, including providing quality, affordable childcare,” said Lawrence. “The Y helps build strong families, which in turn leads to a stronger community.”

According to Start Strong PA, families, employers and taxpayers lose an average of $6.65 billion in lost wages when working families don’t have access to reliable childcare. To help make childcare

more affordable, YGBW offers financial assistance to families that qualify, and the Jennersville YMCA participates in Pre-K Counts, a statewide program which provides no cost pre-kindergarten education for eligible children. More than 25 percent of families enrolled in Childcare and Early Learning at YGBW receive financial assistance.

To learn more about Childcare and Early Learning Centers at the YMCA of Greater Brandywine: https:// ymcagbw.org/ymca-academy.

The performance at The Kennett Flash will be a part of a celebration of his 30 years in the music industry.

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In support of his latest recording 55, Singer-songwriter Ellis Paul will be performing at The Kennett Flash on Sept. 15.

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State Rep. John Lawrence met with YMCA leaders to discuss the vital role that Early Childhood Education Centers play in the community.

Avon Grove School District names new school administrators

The Avon Grove School District (AGSD) Board of Directors approved the appointment of two new school administrators to serve in the elementary school and intermediate school at the Aug. 24 meeting.

Jonathan Blake was selected as the new Assistant Principal of Penn London Elementary School (PLES) which serves students in kindergarten and first grade. Prior to joining Avon Grove, Blake served as a teacher in the WallingfordSwarthmore School District. Blake expressed his appreciation for joining the district. He said, “I am beyond

grateful to join the Avon Grove School District as the new assistant principal at Penn London Elementary School. The enthusiasm and curiosity in our learners, the passion and empathy of staff members, the vision from the administration and unwavering support from the community, truly make Avon Grove School District one of a kind.” Former PLES Assistant Principal Kim Hall was selected as the new Principal of Avon Grove Intermediate School (AGIS). Hall spent three years at PLES and will now be leading the intermediate school which was recently restructured to serve students in grades two

to five.

“I am excited to continue to foster the very best learning environments for all of our students,” Hall said. “I believe that working together is better and I feel privileged to be able to support the Avon Grove community in my new role as the principal of AGIS.”

Additionally, the board of directors approved a new member of the Avon Grove School District. Amy Seamon was selected as controller after serving as the district’s payroll coordinator for 13 years.

Dr. M. Christopher Marchese, the superintendent of schools, shared his excitement about the

appointments.

Marchese said, “We are thrilled to have Mr. Blake and Ms. Hall appointed to

these roles. They both hold leadership qualities that exemplify the values and mission of AGSD, and we

are confident that both our staff and students will benefit from their passion and expertise.”

Chester County Department of Aging

Services to host listening sessions on Pennsylvania’s

Master Plan for Older Adults

The Chester County Department of Aging Services will host listening sessions on the Pennsylvania Department of Aging’s development of the Master Plan for Older Adults. This 10-year, state-led, stakeholder-driven strategic plan is designed to help trans-

Stakeholders, older adults, people living with disabilities, families, caregivers, and community leaders are invited to hear an overview of the plan, its core principles, and why such a plan is needed for Pennsylvania, as well as to give input on the plan.

The upcoming listening sessions will take place on:

• Monday, Sept. 11, 10 a.m., Government Services Center, 601 Westtown Road, West Chester (virtual and in-person).

• Thursday, Sept. 14, 10 a.m., Kennett Area Senior

Center, 427 S. Walnut Street, Kennett Square (in-person).

To register for a listening session, go to https:// chesco.org/ccareg.

Listening Sessions to be held in Coatesville, West Chester, and Kennett Square form the infrastructure and coordination of services for older Pennsylvanians. The Master Plan will also reflect the needs and preferences of this population to live where they choose and access the supports they need to thrive and age in place.

Those unable to attend may review the Master Plan at www.aging.pa.gov/ publications/MasterPlan.

Feedback on the Plan can be provided by emailing AgingPlan@pa.gov, filling out an online form at https://bit.ly/44XNrL6, or mailing the Pennsylvania Department of Aging, c/o Master Plan, 555 Walnut St., 5th Floor, Harrisburg, Pa. 17101.

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Penn London Elementary School Assistant Principal Jonathan Blake and Avon Grove Intermediate School Principal Kim Hall at the school board meeting held on Aug. 24.

First career win for new Head Coach Tim Murphy

Scattolino late TD pass lifts Longhorns to 26-20 victory

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer

Over the course of his 15 years as an assistant coach for the Unionville Indians-Longhorns football teams, Tim Murphy played a part in countless victories under longtime Head Coach Pat Clark. For the first time in 20 years last Friday evening, however, there was a new sheriff in charge –Murphy – who racked up his first career victory as Head Coach with a 26-20 victory over Sun Valley (0-2) on a fourth-quarter, 17-yard touchdown toss from quarterback Dominic Scattolino to tight end Nolan Holt that broke a 20-20 tie.

On its first possession of the game, Unionville (1-1) set the tone for what would become a backand-forth tussle with a ten-play, 62-yard drive that finished with a oneyard TD carry by running back Owen Simcox with 5:31 left in the first quarter. After Sun Valley’s four-and-out gave the ball to the Longhorns near midfield, Unionville took advantage of a 15-yard penalty and two runs by Scattolino to move to the 14-yard line, ending on a TD carry by running back Brody McLaughlin with 43 seconds left in the quarter that staked Unionville to a 13-0 lead. With 18 seconds remaining in the quarter,

a strong kick-off return by the Vanguards’ Noah Griffin gave Sun Valley good field position near midfield. After his two carries, quarterback RJ Scharrer found wide receiver Josh Yanonis on a slant pattern for a 33-yard score with 18 seconds left in the quarter.

Scattolino engineered another touchdown drive in the second quarter

that was highlighted by a 32-yard pass to wide receiver Drew Puleo that moved the ball to the two-yard line. On third and goal, McLaughlin plunged for a one-yard touchdown with 6:12 left in the half that gave Unionville a 20-7 lead.

After a huge kick-off return by Jhamil Smith got Sun Valley to the Unionville 30-yard line,

Scharrer fired a 16-yard TD strike to running back Jack Penzone with 3:35 left in the first half that cut the Longhorns’ lead to 20-14.

On their third play of the second half, the Vanguards tied the game 20-20 on a 65-yard touchdown run by Griffin with 11:42 left in the third quarter, and suddenly, what began with all the

signs of a rout was now a nip-and-tuck, early-season contest between two teams itching to get into the win column.

After the Vanguards surrendered their next possession on downs on the Unionville 22-yard line, Scattolino again helped march his team forward that began with his 9-yard run and continued with an over-the middle pass to Holt that moved the ball to the 29 yard-line. A Scattolino carry and two runs by running back Tristan Mcilrath got the Longhorns to the 17-yard line that led to Scattolino’s game-winning pass to Holt with 4:35 left in the game.

If the Longhorns’ offense was responsible for the win, its fourth-quarter defense was responsible for preserving it. Backed up to its own 20-yard line, the Vanguards were offset by a rash of penalties and upset by an aggressive defense led by Simcox and lineman Jack Hyman, who hurried Scharrer into incomplete passes, including his last that came on fourth-and-six with 2:09 left in the game.

Moments after he was

congratulated by every member of his team and his coaches, Murphy reflected on his first win as a head coach.

“This victory is more about the kids,” Murphy said. “They show up each and every day and they had a heck of a performance and a great effort. We came off a season that we’re not used to having at Unionville (3-7 overall in 2022), and our kids understood that and said that they want to return to Unionville football.

“We have gone back to that mindset of being physical up front, running the ball well, playing good defense and being effective on special teams. We were there at times tonight, and I think our guys are starting to grasp that mindset.”

The Longhorns will travel to Oxford this Friday for a Ches-Mont American battle against winless Oxford, while Sun Valley will look to get into the win column when they host Great Valley on the same night.

To contact Staff Writer Richard L. Gaw, email rgaw@chestercounty.com.

Vandana Shaikh displayed her Longhorn pride.

Photos by Richard L. Gaw

The Unionville varsity football team earned its first victory of the 2023 season with a 26-20 win over Sun Valley on Sept. 1.

The victory was the first for new Head Coach Tim Murphy.

Flanked by running back Brody McLaughlin (No. 16), Unionville quarterback Dominic Scattolino engineered a fourth-quarter touchdown drive that sealed the victory.

Obituaries

GILBERT HOWARD HARBAUGH

Gilbert H. Harbaugh, of Landenberg, passed away on Aug. 27, 2023 at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Del. He was 88. He was the husband of Peggy (Haun) Harbaugh, with whom he shared 58 years of marriage. Born in Thurmont, Md., he was the son of the late Calvin Harbaugh and Marietta (McCleaf) Harbaugh.

Gilbert worked for more than 38 years in the printing industry for Dee Printing company. He served his country in the U.S. Army from 1954 to 1959. In his spare time, Gilbert enjoyed deer hunting with his friends and family members. Gilbert’s garage was the “hub” where everyone gathered.

In addition to his wife Peggy, Gilbert is survived by one daughter, Denise Dugan of Perry Hall, Md., three siblings, Fred Harbaugh, Janet Kennedy, and Shirley Harbaugh, two grandchildren, Kellee and Gregory, two

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great-grandchildren, Kamryn and Colton, and many nieces, nephews, and great-nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, Gilbert is predeceased by his siblings, Irene Lynch, Richard Harbaugh, Harvey Harbaugh, and Linda Harbaugh.

You are invited to visit with Gilbert’s family and friends from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 6 and from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 7 at Willowdale Chapel, 675 Unionville Road, Kennett Square, Pa. 19348. His funeral service will begin at 11 a.m. Interment will follow at Union Hill Cemetery, 424 North Union Street in Kennett Square.

Contributions in his memory may be made to Kennett Area Community Service at https://kacsimpact.org/ support.

Arrangements are being handled by Matthew Grieco of Grieco Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc. (484-7348100) of Kennett Square.

To view Gilbert’s online tribute and to share a memory with his family, please visit www.griecofunerals.com.

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NANCY JENKINS HEDRICK

Nancy Jenkins Hedrick, of Toughkenamon, passed away on Aug. 30, 2023 at her home. She was 92.

She was born on Dec. 28, 1930 in Avondale and was the daughter of the late Albert W. Jenkins and Mary Hodgson Jenkins.

She was a member of the Landenberg United Methodist Church. Nancy enjoyed crocheting, puzzles, playing word games with her sister, and traveling. What she treasured most was spending time with her family, including going out to eat and baking Christmas cookies, with date nut cookies being her specialty.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband George R. Hedrick, with whom she shared 65 years of marriage; her sister, Mabel Guthrie; her brothers, Mark Jenkins and Robert Jenkins; and her daughter-in-law Susan J. Hedrick.

She is survived by her son; George Hedrick Jr. (Susan) of Sterling, Alaska, her son, Richard Hedrick of Kennett Square; three grandchildren, Christopher Hedrick (Jamie), Jennifer Dowell (Lucas), and Jeff Hedrick (Jessie); six great-grandchildren, Christopher, Kendell, Rylee, Devon, Juniper, and Jocelyn, and her sister, Kathryn Jennings (Jim), of Cochranville. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

You are invited to visit with her family and friends from 11 a.m. to noon on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023 at the Foulk Funeral Home of West Grove at 200 Rose Hill Road. Her funeral service will follow at noon. Burial will be in Longwood Cemetery in Kennett Square.

In lieu of flowers, a contribution may be made to the Avondale Fire Company, 23 Firehouse Way in Avondale.

To view her online tribute and to share a memory with her family, please visitwww.kuzoandfoulkfh. com.

Arrangements are being handled by the Kuzo Funeral Home in Kennett Square.

The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

Regional Center for Women in the Arts and Delaware Center for Horticulture combine for

three-artist show

A reception for the artists takes place Friday, Sept. 8

The Regional Center for Women in the Arts and the Delaware Center for Horticulture have combined to present a show on the observation and interpretation of nature by three established women artists.

Artists Susan Foley, Nancy Sarangoulis and Deborah Zuchman will exhibit their work at the Delaware Center for

Horticulture, 1810 N. Dupont Street, Wilmington, Del., from Sept. 8 through Oct. 30.

The exhibition opens with a reception to meet the artists on Friday, Sept. 8 from 5:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. RCWA is donating 50 percent of all sales to the Delaware Center for Horticulture for stipends to women artists to help

‘Mother Nature’

exhibit their work. The mission of the Regional Center for Women in the Arts is to promote women artists.

The show concludes on Oct. 30.

For more information, contact Liz Davidson at 302 658-6262 ext. 108. Information is also available at www.rcwaweb.org and www.thedch.org.

Oxford Rotary Club hosts community crab feast

Annual Crab Feast hosted by Oxford Rotary Club raises funds for local causes and projects

The Rotary Club of Oxford is preparing to host its sixth annual Crab Feast at the Wellwood in Charlestown, Md. on Sunday, Sept. 24. The annual event is the Oxford Rotary’s biggest fundraiser of the year and has raised critical funds for many community projects, including an inclusive playground and a bilingual book walk at Oxford Community Park.

The Crab Feast, held from 1 to 4 p.m., features an all-you-can-eat buffet featuring steamed crabs and shrimp, Maryland crab soup, fried chicken, corn on the cob, coleslaw, potato salad, and desserts.

Ticket prices range from $50 for children age 10 and under, $75 for attendees over age 10, and tables of eight for a discounted $540. Tickets can be purchased at this link: https:// OxfordRotaryCrabFeast.

eventbrite.com.

In addition to fantastic food, the afternoon will include raffles, a 50-50 drawing, and a silent auction. All of these activities will raise funds for projects that will strengthen the Oxford community. To sponsor the event, volunteer, or donate an item to our silent auction, please reach out to the club at leeann@lkrgrantsolutions.com.

Obituaries

ALFREDO LOPEZ SANCHEZ

Alfredo Lopez Sanchez, a resident of West Chester, passed away on Aug. 28, 2023 at his residence. He was 88.

He was the husband of Librada Zamudio Villagomez, with whom he shared 69 years of marriage.

Born in Santa Gertrudis, GTO, Mexico, he was the son of the late Arnold Lopez and the late Juana Sanchez.

Alfredo was a farmer. He enjoyed working on his farm, playing poker, and being with his family and friends.

He lived most of his life in Mexico, coming to the United States in 2008.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by five sons, Juan Lopez of Malvern, Pa., Salvador Lopez of Coatesville, Maximino Lopez of Salinas, Calif., Elises Lopez of West Chester and Jose Lopez of Coatesville, and six daughters, Anjelita Lopez of Winter, Calif., Rose Lopez of Mexico, Irma Lopez of Salinas, Calif., Lupe Lopez of Salinas, Calif., Berenise Lopez of West Chester and Eva Lopez of West Chester. Also surviving are two brothers, Angel Zavala of Mexico and Evaristo Zavala of Chicago, Ill. and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

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The Regional Center for Women in the Arts and the Delaware Center for Horticulture have combined to present a show on the observation and interpretation of nature by three established women artists.

New book, Emotional Brandywine, looks at Battle of the Brandywine

On a warm, late summer day—September 11, 1777— American troops under the command of General George Washington bravely fought the British army across the fields of Chadds Ford. For their new book, Emotional Brandywine, artist Karl J. Kuerner created 22 paintings depicting the essence of the largest land battle of the American Revolution, while author Bruce E. Mowday captured the history of the historic engagement and the emotion fashioned by Kuerner’s paintings.

“The area covered by the battle, from the village of Kennett Square, across the fields of Chadds Ford and on to the town of Chester, is special today and in history,” Mowday said. “Karl creates special, thoughtful paintings. Karl’s paintings are impressive in Emotional Brandywine.”

Regent Press of Berkley, California, announced the book’s release is scheduled for Oct. 1. The cost of the book is $40. To reserve signed copies by Kuerner and Mowday of first edition and first printing copies, contact Mowday at mowday@mowday.com. A $4 postage and mailing fee will be charged.

Kuerner and Mowday combined to create the highly successful Emotional Gettysburg on the Civil War engagement, also published by Regent Publishing. “Readers told us after reading Emotional Gettysburg, they never will view Gettysburg the same,” Kuerner said.

Kuerner was raised on land where skirmishes took place during the battle of Brandywine. His neighbors were the Wyeth family of artists. Kuerner’s artistic talent was recognized and nurtured at a very young

age by Carolyn Wyeth – sister of Andrew Wyeth and a renowned artist in her own right.

Kuerner grew up surrounded by artists and the task of painting. From the age of seven he watched Andrew Wyeth paint some of his greatest works at the Kuerner Farm – Karl’s family homestead for three generations – and a major source of inspiration for more than 1,000 of Wyeth’s works of art – and eventually over 300 of Kuerner’s own works.

As Kuerner matured artistically, Andrew Wyeth took a keen interest in the young artist and took him under his wing – mentoring and teaching him for more than three decades. “Wyeth looked at Karl Kuerner and said, ‘It’s up to you to carry this on. And it won’t be easy’. . . . Wyeth added, ‘Karl understands what I’m about: pure, deep, emotion.

Lecture focuses on Kennett Occupation Day

The Kennett Heritage Center is presenting the next lecture in the Speaking of History Series and it focuses on Kennett Occupation Day. The lecture will be presented by Wade P. Catts. He will share recent

findings about troop movements leading up to the 1777 Battle at Brandywine Creek, when Crown Forces pitched a regular camp in two lines at Kennett Square in preparation to fight General Washington’s army.

The lecture begins at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 10 at New Garden Friends Meeting in Toughkenamon.

This program is sponsored by Hadley, a fund of the Chester County Community Foundation.

I have always emphasized to Karl that an artist must paint what he loves . . . and Karl has been painting that which he loves for nearly forty years now. His work is inspiring and deeply introspective . . . it exhibits a strong honest quality that comes from deep within and touches the ordinary in a profound way.”

Although Kuerner was initially influenced by the Wyeths, he is certainly not one of them – nor does he want to be. He is described by many as a fine painter of great merit – possessing his own intimate and straightforward style. He paints realistically using strong abstract shapes. He paints portraits of great variety. For more information on Kuerner and his paintings, see www.karljkuerner.com.

Mowday is an award-winning author and newspaper reporter. He has authored more than 20 books on history, sports, business and true crime. Mowday has appeared on numerous television and radio shows, including Counter Culture, a PBS Emmy-winning show, the Discovery ID channel, ReelZ network, C-SPAN, the Pennsylvania Cable Network, Hollywood and Beyond, Our American Heritage, Whatcha Got, Journey into the Civil War, Chronicles of the American Civil War and local television and radio stations.

He was a guest on the

Massachusetts Historical Society’s Revolution 250. He was twice featured in the Authors of the American Revolution Congress hosted by Nathan’s Papers. Mowday is a frequent speaker at various civic and historical groups. The Congress of Civil War Round Tables has named Bruce a “5-Star” speaker.

A member of the American Friends of Lafayette, Bruce is the Chester County coordinator for the Lafayette Bicentennial Celebration in 2024 and 2025. He is also a member of the county’s 250th committee planning for a celebration of our nation’s founding.

A reader commented, “This man reigns from Chester County and always seemed to present a balanced view in his early career covering the courts. I have watched him blos-

soming into a highly respected author and has not written a boring one yet. We now have another budding celebrity hailing from the region. If you are a book enthusiast, order his books. They are polished and interesting. I’m not usually a big history reader but I’ve enjoyed his work. They are interesting as well as informative His name is Bruce Mowday. I like Bruce because he is talented and a gentleman. I would not push his product if I did not believe it was good work.”

For more information on Mowday and his books, see www.mowday.com. Signed copies, including Emotional Brandywine and Emotional Gettysburg can be ordered by emailing Mowday at mowday@ mowday.com.

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NOTICE

POCOPSON TOWNSHIP ZON-

ING HEARING BOARD

NOTICE is hereby given that the Zoning Hearing Board of Pocopson Township will hold a Public Hearing at the Pocopson Township Municipal Building, 664 South Wawaset Road, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 19382, on September 21, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. at which time the Board will hear the following matter:

Application of Raymond P. Gamble and Terry J. Gamble, concerning property owned by Sheila Bowie, seeking: (i) a special exception pursuant to Zoning Ordinance Section 250-19.C.(4) to permit building coverage exceeding 10% but less than 20% on a pre-existing parcel that is less than 2 net acres in area so as to increase existing building coverage from 7.8% to 13%; (ii) a special exception pursuant to Ordinance Section 250-87.M.(3) to allow modification of the natural resources conservation standards outlined in Section 250-87.B.(8) and Section 250-87.D.(1)(b)

to permit greater than 25% disturbance of steep slope margins on the property so as to disturb approximately 47.6% of the 3,336 square feet of steep slope margins; (iii) a variance from Ordinance Section 25086 to permit an individual on-lot sewage system on a lot having less than the required 20,000 square feet of contiguous area; (iv) a variance from Ordinance Section 250-17.D.(5)(b) to permit an individual on-lot sewage system with only one drainage field; (v) a variance from Ordinance Section 250-85.D.(1) to permit expansion of the existing nonconforming building by 73%, where 50% is the maximum permitted, so as to allow an addition of 769 square feet of habitable floor area for a total of 1,812 square feet of habitable floor area; (vi) a variance from Ordinance Section 250-85.D.(2) to permit expansion of the existing nonconforming building without complying with the requirements of Zoning Ordinance Section 250-86; (vii) a special exception to allow the enlargement of a lawful nonconforming building on a lawful nonconforming lot, pursuant to Ordinance Section 250-85.D(3); and (viii) a variance from Ordinance Sections 25017.C.(9) and 250-19.C.(5)(b) to allow the construction of a deck partially within the required front yard setback, but no closer to the road than the existing dwelling, and such other relief as may be required so as to permit an addition to the existing dwelling, and deck, replacement of the septic system, and reconfiguration of the existing driveway on property located at 1861 Lenape

Road, West Chester, PA (UPI #63-3-145) in the Township’s RA-Residential Agricultural District zoning district. If you are a person with a disability and wish to attend the public meeting scheduled above and require an auxiliary aide, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings; or if you wish to participate remotely, please contact Susan Simone at 610-793-2151 to discuss how Pocopson Township may best accommodate your needs. Edward M. Foley, Solicitor, Brutscher, Foley, Milliner, Land & Kelly, LLP

213 East State Street, Kennett Square, PA 19348

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ESTATE NOTICE

Estate of James L. Woodward aka James L. Wooward, Jr., Deceased. Late of Paoli, PA. Letters Testamentary on the above estate have been granted to the undersigned. All persons having claims against or indebted to the estate should make claims known or forward payment to Michael J. Woodward, Executor, c/o John R. Lundy, Esq., Lundy Beldecos & Milby, PC, 450 N. Narberth Ave., Suite 200, Narberth, PA 19072. 8p-30-3t

ESTATE NOTICE

ESTATE OF Carl Campbell of Oxford Borough, Chester County, Deceased. Letters Testamentary on the estate of the above named Carl Campbell having been granted to the undersigned, all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the said decedent are requested to make known the same and all persons indebted to the said decedent to make payment without delay to: Karen C. Henry, Executor c/o Winifred Moran Sebastian, Esquire ,208 E. Locust Street, P.O. Box 381 Oxford, PA 19363, 610-9323838 9p-6-3t

ESTATE NOTICE

ESTATE OF VIRGINIA H. KELLY a/k/a VIRGINIA KELLY, DECEASED.

Late of East Nottingham Township, Chester County, PA, LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION on the above Estate have been granted to the undersigned, who request all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay to CAITLIN KELLY, ADMINISTRATRIX, 300 E. Evans St., Apt. L139, West Chester, PA 19380, Or to her Attorney: ANITA M. D’AMICO D’AMICO LAW, P.C., 65 S. Third St., Oxford, PA 19363

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writs directed to Sheriff Fredda L. Maddox, the hereindescribed real estate will be sold at public on-line auction via Bid4Assets, by accessing URL www.bid4assets.com/ chestercopasheriffsales, on Thursday, September 21st , 2023 at 11AM. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file with the Prothonotary and in the Sheriff’s Office, both located in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Schedules of Distribution on Monday, October 23rd , 2023. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedules unless exceptions are filed in the Sheriff’s Office within ten (10) days thereafter.

Sale No. 23-9-262

Writ of Execution No. 2015-03579 DEBT $474,464.24

Property situate in the BOROUGH OF OXFORD, CHESTER County, Pennsylvania, Being BLR#6851 IMPROVEMENTS thereon: a residential dwelling

PLAINTIFF: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF ABFS MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2002 2 MORTGAGE BACKED PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 20022 VS DEFENDANT: HENRY J. RUFFENACH

SALE ADDRESS: 224 Penn Avenue, Oxford, PA 19363

PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC, 844856-6646

N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time of the on-line sale. Payment must be made via Bid4Assets. The balance must be paid within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale via Bid4Assets. FREDDA L. MADDOX, SHERIFF 8p-30-3t Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within men-

tioned writs directed to Sheriff Fredda L. Maddox, the hereindescribed real estate will be sold at public on-line auction via Bid4Assets, by accessing URL www.bid4assets.com/ chestercopasheriffsales, on Thursday, September 21st , 2023 at 11AM. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file with the Prothonotary and in the Sheriff’s Office, both located in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Schedules of Distribution on Monday, October 23rd , 2023. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedules unless exceptions are filed in the Sheriff’s Office within ten (10) days thereafter.

Sale No. 23-9-263

Writ of Execution No. 2023-01406

DEBT $14,243.09

ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground situate in Elk Township, Chester County, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded and described in accordance with Survey made by S. Pusey Morrison, Registered Surveyor dated 12/28/1955 as follows, to wit:

BEGINNING at the mouth of Run at Frankford Cave in the centerline of Big Elk Creek; thence leaving said creek and passing over a corner marker 250 feet distant by land of Stokes B. Lewis, South 31 degrees 30 minutes West 1,023 feet to a public road; thence extending along the centerline of said public road North 12 degrees 30 minutes West 150.6 feet to a stake and North 9 degrees 30 minutes West448.8 feet to a stake; thence leaving said road and by land of E.G. Walters North 1 degree 15 minutes West 549.7 feet to a point in the center of Big Elk Creek; thence extending along the center of said creek South 67 degrees 28 minutes East 716.4 feet to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.

EXCEPTING therefrom and thereout all that certain lot or piece of ground which William R. Claypoole and Joyce Claypoole, his wife by deed dated 06/01/1979 recorded in Deed Book Z54, Page 450 conveyed unto James R. Perkins and Sandra J. Perkins, his wife, as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a p.k. nail set in the title line of public road L.R. 15008 known as State Road leading the Northeasterly direction to Thunder Hill Road and the Southwesterly direction to Pennsylvania Route

472 said p.k. nail marking the Northwesterly corner of this about to be described tract and a corner of lands of Ida Walkers, said p.k. nail also being set in the approximately township line dividing Elk Township and New London Township; thence leaving said p.k. nail point of beginning, leaving the title line of said public road and by the approximate township line passing along Big Elk Creek South 72 degrees 53 minutes 44 second East 540.00 (erroneously omitted in prior deed) feet to a point set for the Northeasterly corner of this and the Northwesterly corner of Lot No. 2 on said plan; thence leaving Big Elk Creek and by said lands of Lot No. 2 37 degrees 12 minutes 30 seconds

West 706.29 (erroneously omitted in prior deed) feet to a spike marking a corner of this and set in the title line of public road T307 (erroneously stated at T 503 in prior deed); thence by said title line North 10 degrees 06 (erroneously omitted in prior deed) minutes 11 seconds West 150.00 feet to a spike; thence leaving the said title line and passing by land of Ida Walters, North 06 degrees 14 minutes 16 seconds West 577.08 feet (erroneously omitted in prior deed) to a p.k. nail, being the first point and place of beginning

Tax Parcel : 70224

PLAINTIFF: ELK TOWNSHIP VS DEFENDANT: CURTISHA

HICKS AND WILLIAM T. STERLING

SALE ADDRESS: 1204 Old Forge Road, Oxford, PA 19363

PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: LAMB MCERLANE, 610-701-3260

N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time of the on-line sale. Payment must be made via Bid4Assets. The balance must be paid within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale via Bid4Assets. FREDDA L. MADDOX, SHERIFF

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writs directed to Sheriff Fredda L. Maddox, the hereindescribed real estate will be sold at public on-line auction via Bid4Assets, by accessing URL www.bid4assets.com/ chestercopasheriffsales, on Thursday, September 21st , 2023 at 11AM. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file with the Prothonotary and in the Sheriff’s Office, both located

in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Schedules of Distribution on Monday, October 23rd , 2023. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedules unless exceptions are filed in the Sheriff’s Office within ten (10) days thereafter.

Sale No.23-9-265

Writ of Execution No. 2022-08546 DEBT $109,360.76

ALL THAT CERTAIN , MESSAGE, LOT OR PIECE OF LAND SITUATE ON, IN THE BOROUGH OF AVONDALE, COUNTY OF CHESTER, STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED, AS FOLLOWS, TO WIT:

All that certain messuage and lot of land, situate in the Borough of Avondale, County of Chester and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows:

Beginning in the middle of Pennsylvania Avenue on the Northern side of Fifth Street; thence by land of the Presbyterian Church along the middle of said Pennsylvania Avenue, North nineteen degrees West fifty feet; thence by land late of Almena R. Webb, now of Robert H. Heess and Mary P. Heess, his wife, North seventh one degrees East two hundred feet; thence South nineteen degrees East fifty feet to the North side of Fifth Street aforesaid; thence along the side of said Street, South seventy one degrees West two hundred feet to the place of beginning.

Excepting thereout ten feet in width across the Northeast end to the use of the public as an alley or street.

BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO JESUS SALUD CANO WHO ACQUIRED TITLE BY VIRTUE OF A DEED FROM ABEL CANO RAMIREZ AND JESUS SALUD CANO A/K/A JESUS S. CANO ZAVALA, DATED JULY 24, 2009, RECORDED AUGUST 6, 2009, AT DOCUMENT ID 10951388, AND RECORDED IN BOOK 7742, PAGE 983, OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF DEEDS, CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

PARCEL NO.: 4132

PLAINTIFF: US Bank Trust National Association, Not In Its Individual Capacity But Solely As Owner Trustee for VRMTG Asset Trust VS

DEFENDANT: Jesus Salud

Cano

SALE ADDRESS: 501 Pennsylvania Avenue, Avondale, PA 19311

PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: MAN-

LEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLC

614-220-5611

N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time of the on-line sale. Payment must be made via Bid4Assets. The balance must be paid within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale via Bid4Assets. FREDDA L. MAD-

DOX, SHERIFF 8p-30-3t

Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writs directed to Sheriff Fredda L. Maddox, the hereindescribed real estate will be sold at public on-line auction via Bid4Assets, by accessing URL www.bid4assets.com/ chestercopasheriffsales, on Thursday, September 21st , 2023 at 11AM. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file with the Prothonotary and in the Sheriff’s Office, both located in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Schedules of Distribution on Monday, October 23rd , 2023. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedules unless exceptions are filed in the Sheriff’s Office within ten (10) days thereafter.

Sale No. 23-9-270

Writ of Execution No. 2023-01748

DEBT $209,861.23

ALL THAT CERTAIN tract of ground situate in East Nottingham Township, Chester County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania being Parcel 2 as shown on the minor subdivision plan for property of Melvin R. Ludwig and Grace G. Ludwig, husband and wife, prepared by Franco R. Bellafante, Inc., the said property being more fully bounded and described as follows, to wit:

BEGINNING at a spike in Township Road 314, at 33 feet wide (known as The Oakes Road), the said spike being an angle point in the easterly line of lands of Claire S. Herr and Robert H. Herr, her husband and the northwesterly comer of Parcel 1 (one) of lands, now or formerly of E. Willard Bailey and Elwood R. Morris, and wife; thence from the said point and place of beginning, along Township Road 314 and the easterly line of lands of Claire S. Herr and Robert H. Herr, her husband, North 01 degree 43 minutes 50 seconds West, 200.00 feet to a point; thence leaving Township Road 314 and leaving the easterly line of lands of Claire S. Herr and Robert H. Herr, her husband, along lands of Melvin R. Ludwig and Grace G. Lud-

wig, husband and wife, by the following two (2) courses and distances (1) North 88 degrees 16 minutes 10 seconds East, 227.10 feet to an iron pipe and (2) South 01 degree 43 minutes 50 seconds East, 212.76 feet to an iron pipe set in the northerly line of Parcel 1 of lands, now or formerly of E. Willard Bailey and Elwood R. Morris, and wife; thence along the northerly line of Parcel 1 of lands, now or formerly of B. Willard Bailey and Elwood R. Morris and wife, North 88 degrees 30 minutes 50 seconds West, 227.46 feet to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.

Being the same premises which Louise D. Guss by Deed dated 4/30/2019 and recorded 5/7/2019 in Chester County in Record Book 9920 Page 392 conveyed unto Curtis W. Gill, in fee.

Containing 43,560 square feet of land.

BEING UPI 6966.1

PLAINTIFF: Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, its successors and assigns

VS DEFENDANT: Curtis W. Gill

SALE ADDRESS: 119 Oaks Road, Oxford, Chester County, PA 193634014

PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: BARLEY SNYDER 717-231-6615

N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time of the on-line sale. Payment must be made via Bid4Assets. The balance must be paid within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale via Bid4Assets. FREDDA L. MADDOX, SHERIFF

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writs directed to Sheriff Fredda L. Maddox, the hereindescribed real estate will be sold at public on-line auction via Bid4Assets, by accessing URL www.bid4assets.com/ chestercopasheriffsales, on Thursday, September 21st , 2023 at 11AM. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file with the Prothonotary and in the Sheriff’s Office, both located in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Schedules of Distribution on Monday, October 23rd , 2023. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedules unless exceptions are filed in the Sheriff’s Office within ten (10) days thereafter.

SALE NO. 23-9-273

Writ of Execution

No. 2018-11548

DEBT $367,144.70

PROPERTY SITUATE IN NEW

Legals

GARDEN TOWNSHIP

TAX PARCEL #60-040-171/ 60-4-l 71

IMPROVEMENTS thereon: a residential dwelling

PLAINTIFF: M&T BANK VS DEFENDANT: BOUBACAR TOURE

SALE ADDRESS: 106 Birkdale Circle, Avondale, PA 19311

PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: KML

LAW GROUP, P.C. 215-6271322

N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time of the on-line sale. Payment must be made via Bid4Assets. The balance must be paid within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale via Bid4Assets. FREDDA L. MADDOX, SHERIFF 8p-30-3t Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writs directed to Sheriff Fredda L. Maddox, the hereindescribed real estate will be sold at public on-line auction via Bid4Assets, by accessing URL www.bid4assets.com/ chestercopasheriffsales, on Thursday, September 21st , 2023 at 11AM. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file with the Prothonotary and in the Sheriff’s Office, both located in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Schedules of Distribution on Monday, October 23rd , 2023. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedules unless exceptions are filed in the Sheriff’s Office within ten (10) days thereafter.

SALE NO. 23-9-274

Writ of Execution No. 2022-01513

DEBT $55,607.53

PREMISES "A"

ALL THAT CERTAIN messuage and lot of land situate in Penn Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at an iron pin and running thence by land now or late of Oscar G. Hoopes, South 62.25° East, 7.70 perches to a stone in a public road leading from Kelton to New London, thence along said road, South 28 ° West, 8.14 perches to a stone in said road; thence leaving said road and by land now or late of the Milton Hoopes Estate, West, 8 perches to an iron pin; thence by land now or late of Oscar G. Hoopes, North 23.75° East, 11.68 perches to the place of BEGINNING.

CONTAINING 77.79 square perches of land, more or less.

PREMISES "B"

ALL THAT CERTAIN piece or parcel of ground situate in Penn Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, bounded and described according to a preliminary subdivision plot plan of property owned by J. Lambert Smith to be conveyed to Christopher Shipp made by George E. Register, Jr. & Sons, Inc., Registered Land Surveyors, dated 10/31/1973, last revised 2/24/1977, as follows, to wit:

Tax Parcel # 58-5-7

PLAINTIFF: FIRST HORIZON BANK, A TENNESSEE BANKING CORPORATION SUCCESSOR BY CONVERSION TO FIRST TENNESSEE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION VS DEFENDANT: Juan A. Ortega

SALE ADDRESS: 360 South Jennersville Road, West Grove, PA 19390

PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: LAW OFFICE OF GREGORY JAVARDIAN, LLC 215-942-9690 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the

purchase money must be paid at the time of the on-line sale. Payment must be made via Bid4Assets. The balance must be paid within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale via Bid4Assets. FREDDA L. MADDOX, SHERIFF 8p-30-3t

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Please take notice US Storage Centers - Exton located at 371 Gordon Dr., Exton PA 19341 intends to hold a public sale to the highest bidder of the property stored by the following tenants at the storage facility. This sale will occur as an online auction via www.storagetreasures.com on 9/20/2023 at 10:00AM. Georgiana Gamanga unit #C021. This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply.

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PUBLIC REAL ESTATE AUCTION

2 Bed, 1 Bath, Ranch House, 2 Car Garage & Shed on 7.5 +/- Acres

Lancaster County, Fulton Township Thursday, September 14, 2023 @ 6:00 PM

Directions: Rt. 222 South to 2666 Robert Fulton Highway on Right.

Property Description: Charming Ranch home with attached 2car garageand shed. Tastefully renovated complete with today’s amenities. Very good condition. 4+/- Acres of open pasture or tillable land with a couple acres of woods w/food plot area. Many possibilities – produce, horses, cattle,or other livestock. Borders Lancaster Countyconservancy ground providing plenty of recreational opportunities! All information is deemed to be accurate, but not guaranteed.

Open House Dates: Thurs., Aug. 3rd & 10th from 5-7PM & Sat., Aug. 5th & 12th from 10-12PM Terms; Down payment of $35,000.00 required day of auction. Settlement on or before October 27, 2023. Buyer pays 2% transfer tax.

Annual Taxes: $4273+/- (2023).

Attention Realtors: Broker participation offered to Realtors with a preregistered buyer. Must be pre-registered 48 hours prior to the auction. Auctioneers Notes: Seller is relocating out of state. Come prepared to purchase!

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Auctioneer:

Auctioneer: Christ Taylor (717) 371-1915 AU# 005421

Seller: Harvey& Rita Nolt

Attorney: Sam Goodley (610) 998-1000

2666 Robert Fulton Hwy., Peach Bottom, PA 17563

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