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Hank’s Place Opens Tuesday Morning! Cherished Landmark Returns!!!

Adopt-a-Pet June 30

Digging into Archie’s Corner

Around Town June 26

Photo of the Week: Kuchipudi

Brandywiners Bring Shakespearean Shenanigans to Longwood Gardens with ‘Something Rotten!’

Posted by George Rotsch on July 15, 2025

CHADDS FORD, PA — The Brandywiners Ltd. are trading tragedy for tap shoes and sonnets for slapstick in their 2025 summer production of Something Rotten!, the Broadway hit musical set to run July 23–26 at Longwood Gardens’ iconic Open Air Theatre. A satirical love letter to musical theater, Something Rotten! catapults audiences back to 1595, where struggling playwright brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom embark on…

Posted by George Rotsch on July 14, 2025

Read more about the article Hank’s Place Opens Tuesday Morning! Cherished Landmark Returns!!!

CHADDS FORD, Pa. — After nearly five years of anticipation, Hank’s Place is officially reopening its doors on Tuesday, July 15, at its original site at the intersection of U.S. Route 1 and PA 100 in Chadds Ford. The relaunch of the beloved local diner, known for its warm hospitality and award-winning comfort food, coincides with the 75th anniversary of its founding in 1950. Owned…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on June 30, 2025

Read more about the article Adopt-a-Pet June 30

The following animals are ready to be adopted from the Brandywine Valley SPCA in West Chester. Poncho Meet Poncho. This 7-year-young guy is ready for his fresh start at a great life! Poncho is a mature and dog-friendly pup and likes calm dogs the best. He also doesn’t mind keeping himself entertained. Sound like Poncho might be the one for you? Stop by the West…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on June 26, 2025

• Chris Blango of Chadds Ford has been named to the Spring 2025 Dean's List at Buffalo State University. In general, students who have completed at least 12 credit hours and who have attained a term GPA of 3.5 or higher qualify for the Buffalo State dean's list. • Julianne Bukovacz of Chadds Ford graduated Magna Cum Laude this spring from Commonwealth University-Bloomsburg.

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on June 26, 2025

PennDOT has announced the following weather-dependent road projects that could affect drivers in the greater Chadds Ford area from June 30 to July 4. Motorists are urged to allow extra time traveling through one of the construction zones. Work schedules are subject to change. • Utility trimming will cause daytime lane closures on Lenape Unionville Road near Haines Mill Road in Pocopson Township through June…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on June 26, 2025

Read more about the article Digging into Archie’s Corner

Len Strozier uses ground penetrating radar to locate unmarked graves at Archie’s Corner in Chadds Ford Township.

After years of not much more than occasional cleanup, Chadds Ford Township is looking more deeply into the history and preservation of Archie’s Corner. While there are a number of gravestones at the site, part of the project includes using ground penetrating radar to find unmarked graves. That work is being done by Len Strozier of Georgia. He calls himself a “cemeterian,” a word he…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on June 26, 2025

Read more about the article Around Town June 26

Bluegrass at Longwood on July 9.

• Making a bluegrass debut at Longwood Gardens next month is Americana icon Peter Rowan—member of the transcendent bluegrass outfit Old & In The Way along with bandmates Vassar Clements, David “Dawg” Grisman, and Jerry Garcia—teams up with David Grisman’s son, Sam, and his Sam Grisman Project for this special performance. Together, they capture audiences’ hearts with the music of Dawg and Jerry, originals, and…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on June 25, 2025

Pennsylvania State Police Media Barracks • State police said they are investigating a reported case of blackmail. The victim, a 77-year-old Concord Township man, told police that someone online threatened to reveal screenshots of conversations to the victim’s family unless he paid money. • A 61-year-old man from Wilmington was arrested for shoplifting at Wegmans in Concord Township on June 1. The suspect was not…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on June 24, 2025

Kuchipudi

A student giving a demonstration of a classical Indian dance called Kuchipudi at Anson B. Nixon Park in Kennett Square. The dance is spiritual in nature, telling a story of people and their relationship with the Hindu gods. The dance is named after the village in which it originated.

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on June 23, 2025

Read more about the article Adopt-a-Pet June 23

The following animals are ready to be adopted from the Brandywine Valley SPCA in West Chester. Bouncer Handsome boy Bouncer is a 7-year-old sweetheart who is ready to settle into a home of his very own. Bouncer is a quiet cat who has a laid-back demeanor. Sound like Bouncer might be the one for you? Stop by the West Chester campus to meet him today.…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on June 22, 2025

Read more about the article Wyeth at Kuerners at Brandywine Museum

Snow Hill, by Andrew Wyeth, 1986 Wyeth Foundation for American Art. According to Karl J. Kuerner, Wyeth Told him that the people in the painting are Wyeth’s former models who are dancing in joy that Wyeth was dead.

The names Wyeth and Kuerner are virtually synonymous with Chadds Ford. Indeed, the Kuerner Farm on Ring Road inspired almost 1,000 of those iconic paintings by the late Andrew Wyeth. And now, almost 50 of those paintings are on display at the Brandywine Museum of Art. According to William Coleman, the co-curator for the exhibit, Andrew Wyeth at Kuerner Farm: The Eye of the Earth,…