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Reply May 24, 2021 Chester County Commissioners Marian Moskowitz, Josh Maxwell and Michelle Kichline approved the awarding of $4.2 million in open space preservation and park improvement grants at the most recent public Commissioners' meeting. The grants are made available through Chester County's Preservation Partnership Program, which offers funding to municipalities and non-profit land preservation organizations.  Subscribe This commitment of County funds will help leverage an additional $10 million of non-County funds. "We are pleased to join with our municipalities and land trusts in th...

The Grandeur of Steeplechase Season in the Main Line Region For more than 90 years, steeplechase racing has been cherished spring ritual in Southeastern Pennsylvania and Delaware. Willowdale Steeplechase Willowdale features a world-class steeplechase course in a community known for its top jockeys, trainers and owners. After competing at the highest levels in steeplechase and polo, W.B. Dixon Stroud Jr. decided it was time for a top-notch steeplechase event in the heart of Cheshire Hunt Country. Combining his love for the sport and his commitment to the community, Stroud enlisted the help of ...

The tyranny of the buttercups: Lovely, and taking over the Philly region with a big assist from the weather Anthony R. Wood, The Philadelphia Inquirer © JOSE F. MORENO/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS flowers bloom at Chanticleer Garden in Wayne on Monday. In a splendidly colorful and vibrant spring orchestrated by a fortuitous alignment of weather circumstances, the innocuously named “fig buttercup” is having the time of its life, decorating stream banks, hillsides, and yards with flowers “bright as the sun, himself,” in the words of William Wordsworth. A 19th-century...

Learn About the 2021 Steeplechase Races Around Delaware Share Photo courtesy of Penn Vet’s New Bolton Center Hit the stables this year as Delawareans prepare for the 2021 Steeplechase races around the First State with COVID-19 safety protocols and loads of fun. Willowdale Steeplechase Willowdale features a world-class steeplechase course in a community known for its top jockeys, trainers and owners. After competing at the highest levels in steeplechase and polo, W.B. Dixon Stroud Jr. decided it was time for a top-notch steeplechase event in the heart of Cheshire Hunt Country. Combining his ...

Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review One of the bedroom rooms inside of a home built by Anson Zambano on Harvey Avenue in Hempfield. Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review Courtesy of Nate Bolby In this mid-1980s family snapshot, Emma Zambano (center) poses in front of her home on Hempfield’s Harvey Avenue w...