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©Erik Lattwein/Dreamstime.com Earlier versions of the descriptions of these paintings first appeared in 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die , edited by Stephen Farthing (2018). Writers’ names appear in parentheses. Pinkie (1794) Hovering on the threshold of adulthood, this 11-year-old girl also seems to hover above the landscape in which she is placed. Her filmy skirts and satin ribbons fly up in the brisk wind that sets the clouds racing in the vast sky behind her. This image seizes ...

WEST CHESTER—The borough was forced to borrow $2.5 million; otherwise, some employee salaries for December, and well into 2021, would not have been paid. The loan from Santander Bank, at a 1.25 percent annual interest rate, will cover anticipated borough expenses until property tax revenues are collected in March. Municipalities regularly take out such loans. The borough chose not to tap into the $8 million reserve fund, or accumulated savings. Doing so would have likely impacted the borou...