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Looking for older and historic homes in the State of Delaware or in Southern Chester County, Pennsylvania? Carolyn Roland is a trained Architectural Historian and a Board Member of the Chester County Historic Preservation Network and Friends of the Furness Railroad District as well as the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Delaware and Chester County Historical Societies.,..

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2011 

Just sit tight, folks, and New Castle County will repair your South Graylyn Crest sewers. Contractors are now on Crestover Road in South Graylyn Crest bringing an end, hopefully, to problems which have existed for at least the last 30 years in Graylyn Crest and much of Brandywine Hundred.. For ye...
08/25/2011
                  This last week has brought lots of rain, thunder, and lightning, but it has also brought Beauty. Beauty in the form of a black Swallowtail Butterfly enjoying the white Lantana flowers in my Wilmington yard. Beauty in the form of a pink Lantana that was sad looking a month ago wh...
08/18/2011
                   Last night was the last outdoor concert of the season in Rockford Park in Wilmington, Delaware. I especially wanted to attend, since my friends Mike and Tracy Connolly were playing with their band, Seven Rings. Mike is the Director of the New Castle Historical Society, and not ...
08/16/2011
                  Last night was the first of 3 days of the Riverfront Blues Festival on the Christina Riverfront in Wilmington. The big stage had Smokin' Joe Kubek and then the James Cotton Band. But in between the big acts, the side stage was, in my opinion, the place to be. You could get up cl...
08/06/2011
This last weekend was Garden Walk weekend in Buffalo, New York, and I took advantage of being able to stay with my son and daughter-in-law, and having a son who is willing to go on treks with me. I had read that Garden Walk Buffalo is the largest garden tour in the U.S., so off we went!          ...
08/02/2011