Denis makes the helpful suggestion, "Next time you are in the store, just grab cans of food for your trip to Plantation Field."
Thursday, August 29, 2019
PLANTATION FIELD: Supporting the Food Bank
Denis Glaccum tells me that spectators and competitors at this year's
Plantation Field International Horse Trials (September 19 to 22) are being asked
to bring nonperishable food to help out the Chester County Food Bank. There will be containers to drop off donations at the
entrance.
Denis makes the helpful suggestion, "Next time you are in the store, just grab cans of food for your trip to Plantation Field."
Denis makes the helpful suggestion, "Next time you are in the store, just grab cans of food for your trip to Plantation Field."
WEST MARLBOROUGH: The Hunt Cup
I just received my invitation to the 85th running of the Pennsylvania Hunt Cup, a hugely popular autumn event. The date is Sunday, Nov. 3, and the course is west of Newark Road, between Routes 926 and 842. In addition to the usual subscription levels, this year tailgaters have the option of reserving a tent with a table -- $500 at the finish line and $350 on the hilltop.
Gates open at 10:30 a.m., with the junior hunt cup race at 11:30 and the carriage parade at 1 p.m. Mr. Stewart's Cheshire Foxhounds will parade at 2 p.m. and there will be a sidesaddle exhibition at 2:30 p.m. The Lewis C. Ledyard Memorial Race starts at 1:30 p.m., the Arthur O. Choate, Jr. Memorial is at 2:15 p.m., the Hunt Cup at 3 p.m. and the Athenian Idol (the flat race) at 3:30 p.m.
Visit www.pahuntcup.org for more information.
Gates open at 10:30 a.m., with the junior hunt cup race at 11:30 and the carriage parade at 1 p.m. Mr. Stewart's Cheshire Foxhounds will parade at 2 p.m. and there will be a sidesaddle exhibition at 2:30 p.m. The Lewis C. Ledyard Memorial Race starts at 1:30 p.m., the Arthur O. Choate, Jr. Memorial is at 2:15 p.m., the Hunt Cup at 3 p.m. and the Athenian Idol (the flat race) at 3:30 p.m.
Visit www.pahuntcup.org for more information.
PENNSBURY: Cutting down trees
In last week's column I asked if anyone knew why a previously wooded site on Route 1, just opposite the Chadds Ford Antique Mall, was being cleared. Two readers were good enough to write and tell me that the owner is taking timber off the property but at present has no plans for development. One reader's reaction to that news: "Whew, we don't need another traffic
light."
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
WEST MARLBOROUGH: Back home safe and sound
Rescuing two loose horses was all in a day's work for West Marlborough road crew member Hugh Lofting on Aug. 29.
Shortly after dawn, on his way to work, he saw several trucks stopped near Archie's restaurant on Newark Road and knew something was up. He stopped and discovered that there were two stray horses that had been rounded up and were being held by Jamie Hicks, of Meadow Spring Farm next door, and Dr. Dean Richardson, the celebrated New Bolton Center vet, who lives nearby. Nobody recognized the horses, and Archie's owner, Ron, was not thrilled about having them hang out on his lawn.
Knowing his wife always keeps her horse trailer hitched up, Hugh phoned her and retrieved the trailer from her farm. By the time he got back, the sister of the horses' owner was on the scene.
Getting the pair, Nigel and Nea, into the trailer was no easy task, as Nea was a yearling and had never been in a trailer before. Hugh, Jamie Hicks and Dr. Richardson managed to load them both, and Hugh drove them back to their pasture.
Both horses are fine, although according to their owner, Deanna Manfredi, Nea needed a few stitches for a cut. The pair had gotten out of their Bartram Road paddock through an unchained gate.
Due to the excitement, Hugh turned up slightly late for a meeting with the engineers working on a Spencer Road drainage problem. They asked if dealing with loose horses was really part of his job description.
"You don't understand," he said. "There are 814 people in this township. I know every one of them."
Shortly after dawn, on his way to work, he saw several trucks stopped near Archie's restaurant on Newark Road and knew something was up. He stopped and discovered that there were two stray horses that had been rounded up and were being held by Jamie Hicks, of Meadow Spring Farm next door, and Dr. Dean Richardson, the celebrated New Bolton Center vet, who lives nearby. Nobody recognized the horses, and Archie's owner, Ron, was not thrilled about having them hang out on his lawn.
Knowing his wife always keeps her horse trailer hitched up, Hugh phoned her and retrieved the trailer from her farm. By the time he got back, the sister of the horses' owner was on the scene.
Getting the pair, Nigel and Nea, into the trailer was no easy task, as Nea was a yearling and had never been in a trailer before. Hugh, Jamie Hicks and Dr. Richardson managed to load them both, and Hugh drove them back to their pasture.
Both horses are fine, although according to their owner, Deanna Manfredi, Nea needed a few stitches for a cut. The pair had gotten out of their Bartram Road paddock through an unchained gate.
Due to the excitement, Hugh turned up slightly late for a meeting with the engineers working on a Spencer Road drainage problem. They asked if dealing with loose horses was really part of his job description.
"You don't understand," he said. "There are 814 people in this township. I know every one of them."
Thursday, August 22, 2019
PENNSBURY: Explanation sought
A large, formerly wooded site on Route 1 directly across from the Chadds Ford Antique Mall has been cleared, and a curious reader asked if I knew what was going on.
"WHAT is that for?" she said. "It is most disturbing."
I reviewed the minutes of the Pennsbury Township Board of Supervisors and the Planning Commission for the past year and found no discussion about proposed tree clearing or development on the site.
When I drove by the property on Aug. 22, "no trespassing" signs were posted and the street number, 617, was marked in blue paint on some of the remaining trees. A worker was stacking the felled tree trunks using a large claw.
"WHAT is that for?" she said. "It is most disturbing."
I reviewed the minutes of the Pennsbury Township Board of Supervisors and the Planning Commission for the past year and found no discussion about proposed tree clearing or development on the site.
When I drove by the property on Aug. 22, "no trespassing" signs were posted and the street number, 617, was marked in blue paint on some of the remaining trees. A worker was stacking the felled tree trunks using a large claw.
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| The formerly wooded site at 617 Baltimore Pike, opposite the Chadds Ford Antique Mall. |
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| A stack of tree trunks at the site. |
UNIONVILLE: And her dam was ...
Over breakfast this morning a friend was tracing the tangled family connections of a woman we know: "She's the daughter of [Mr. X] out of [Mr. X's second wife]."
I burst into laughter at her unconscious use of horse-breeding terminology.
"Out of?" I repeated. "OUT OF?!"
"Oh my God," said my friend, realizing what she'd said and laughing too. "Only in Unionville!"
I burst into laughter at her unconscious use of horse-breeding terminology.
"Out of?" I repeated. "OUT OF?!"
"Oh my God," said my friend, realizing what she'd said and laughing too. "Only in Unionville!"
EAST MARLBOROUGH: Schoolhouse Road developer
A "Unionville in the News" reader asked me a few weeks ago if I knew who was building the new development on the west side of Schoolhouse Road. I do; Ryan Homes is building the 150-townhouse development, which it's calling "Longwood Preserve."
Just FYI, the other evening I spotted an East Marlborough police vehicle parked conspicuously at the new stop signs on Schoolhouse Road at the entrance to the future development.
Ryan Homes is the same developer who did Sinclair Springs (on Hillendale Road near Five Points) and Stargazer Village (on Strasburg Road at the new roundabout).
Just FYI, the other evening I spotted an East Marlborough police vehicle parked conspicuously at the new stop signs on Schoolhouse Road at the entrance to the future development.
Ryan Homes is the same developer who did Sinclair Springs (on Hillendale Road near Five Points) and Stargazer Village (on Strasburg Road at the new roundabout).
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