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Today’s edition · Sat., Nov. 14

Hail looked like snow in Delco, and Cavan Sullivan makes MLS history

Plus, a $100 million Brandywine expansion plan and a school board vote on a $164 million project.

The West Chester Morning News team2 stories17 sources6 min read

WeatherTop story

Hail piled up like snow in Parkside, and a 42-year emergency veteran says he's never seen it

Hail turned Parkside's streets white from Thursday into Friday

  1. Nov. 12Severe storms begin dropping hail in Delaware County, leading to at least one road closure.
  2. Nov. 12Just after 5 p.m., crews shovel Route 352 in .
  3. Nov. 13Mounds of hail still sit along the roadside Friday morning.

Sources: PHL17.com, WFMZ, FOX 29 Philadelphia

If you saw video of what looked like a blizzard in Delaware County, it was hail. Just after 5 p.m. Thursday, crews were shoveling Route 352 in . Several drivers got stuck, and officials shut down part of the road before it reopened.

Edgmont Avenue also closed after hail overwhelmed the street. Parkside police said PennDOT crews cleared 19 inches of hail from that street and other nearby roadways. Nobody was hurt.

“In my 42 years of service for Delaware County, I've seen a lot of things. Hurricanes, blizzards, snowstorms, floods. I never in my life have seen anything like this from a hailstorm.”

Edward Beebe, deputy director of Delaware County Emergency Services
  • Place: Route 352 near Garrison Road in Parkside
  • Cause: a supercell that spawned a tornado north of Wilmington
  • Next: freezing conditions are expected after the storms

The Parkside hailstorm by the numbers

19 inches
of hail cleared by PennDOT crews, Parkside police said
42 years
Beebe has served Delaware County
20 below
degrees, about, at the thunderstorm's tops

Sources: Media Patch, PHL17.com, WPXI

WPXI explains the cause: so much cold air aloft that the storm's tops were about 20 degrees below zero.

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Union

Union teenager Cavan Sullivan becomes the youngest MVP finalist in MLS history

If you follow the Union, here's a good one. Cavan Sullivan is a finalist for the Landon Donovan MLS MVP award, the youngest player ever shortlisted. He's also one of three Young Player of the Year finalists, with Red Bull New York's Julian Hall and Adri Mehmeti. The Inquirer calls him the favorite for that one.

Messi scored 26 goals this season to Sullivan's nine

Sources: FOX 29 Philadelphia, inquirer.com

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Value
Lionel Messi26
Cavan Sullivan9

Sullivan finished with nine goals and 14 assists, a new MLS single-season record for goal contributions by a teenager. Messi, the favorite for MVP, became the first player in league history to win back-to-back Golden Boots. Evander, Guilherme and Hany Mukhtar are the other finalists.

  • Voting: team staffs, players and media, one-third each
  • Winners: announced throughout the MLS Cup Playoffs
  • Next: the Union face the New England Revolution in a best-of-3
  • Coach of the Year: interim manager Ryan Richter isn't a finalist

17age of Cavan Sullivan, the youngest MVP finalist in MLS history

He's also the first teenager on the MVP shortlist.

Source: inquirer.com

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News Notes

Brandywine

A $100 million expansion would turn the Brandywine Museum of Art's 15-acre campus in Chadds Ford into a 325-acre public preserve. It would be anchored by a new 40,000-square-foot museum designed by . VISTA.Today

The Brandywine preserve would grow the campus from 15 to 325 acres

Area of the proposed Brandywine preserve, beside places you know

The proposed Brandywine preserve325 acres
The museum's current campus15 acres
A football field1.3 acresend zones included

246 football fields would fit inside the proposed Brandywine preserve

Source: VISTA.Today

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Area
The proposed Brandywine preserve325 acres
The museum's current campus15 acres
A football field1.3 acres (end zones included)

School vote

The Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board is expected to vote next week on a proposed $164 million replacement for Charles F. Patton Middle School. The two-story building would be about 206,000 square feet. MyChesCo

Fire station

Chester County plans to seek the release of $850,000 in federal funding on or about Nov. 17 for an $8.47 million rebuild of Goshen Fire Company's at 1320 Park Ave. The station serves approximately 39,000 residents across four townships. MyChesCo

Climate input

If you want a say in the county's Climate Action Plan update, the holds a public meeting Thu., Nov. 19, from 6 to 8 p.m. It's at the Government Services Center, 601 Westtown Road, in Conference Rooms 351 East and West. MyChesCo

Inspections

The Chester County Health Department prohibited food preparation at Fresco's Produce Market, 95 Pennsylvania Ave. in Avondale, until handwashing facilities are repaired and reinspected. Two West Chester restaurants also received citations after inspections the same day, Nov. 12. MyChesCo

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Around Pennsylvania

Route 422

PennDOT announced Friday bridge demolition on westbound U.S. Route 422, Sanatoga Road and Porter Road in Lower Pottsgrove and North Coventry townships. Sanatoga Road will be shut 24 hours a day from Nov. 30 through Dec. 21 between High Street and Linfield Road, with a detour on High Street, Evergreen Road and Linfield Road. Traffic will keep moving on the completed outer sections of the roadway. WFMZPottstown Patch

$83.6 millionstate project to rebuild about 2.1 miles of Route 422 and replace bridges

The work runs between the Sanatoga Interchange and Porter Road.

Source: WFMZ

Farm plan

Gov. Josh Shapiro unveiled Pennsylvania's first-ever 10-year Strategic Plan for Agriculture last month on a Chester County dairy farm. The plan sets five priorities for the industry. The River Reporter

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“My husband took this video of an Eagle flying around the barn property. Give it a few seconds for him to fly above the fence line and be completely visible. Enjoy!”

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The Wrap

Chester County has a few famous faces, and the Inquirer ranked who gets searched most. Downingtown native Miles Teller, 39, tops the list of the most-searched Wikipedia pages for celebrities born in the county, and Coatesville native and two-time Olympian Johnny Weir, 42, follows. Teller played Rooster in Top Gun: Maverick. Not a bad trivia answer to keep handy.

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Past issues

  1. Fri., Nov. 13Tornado in Delaware, hail in Chester County, and a cold Friday
  2. Thurs., Nov. 12Longwood Gardens adds three trustees, plus Chester's $45.7 million number
  3. Wed., Nov. 11Chester County's measles house calls reach 400+ doses; Vishay posts a record quarter
  4. Tues., Nov. 10Uwchlan rejects 492 homes on Lionville Station Road
  5. Mon., Nov. 9Chester County keeps its Triple-A ratings, plus Tredyffrin eyes gas leaf blowers
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West Chester Morning Newsto me · Sat., Nov. 146:00 a.m.

Hail looked like snow in Delco, and Cavan Sullivan makes MLS history

Plus, a $100 million Brandywine expansion plan and a school board vote on a $164 million project.

The TLDR

  1. Hail piled up like snow in Parkside on Thursday
  2. Union's Cavan Sullivan is the youngest MVP finalist ever
  3. Brandywine Museum of Art plans a $100 million expansion
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