Berwyn Man Dies at 96

Obituaries from Greater Philadelphia for the week of March 11.

Theodora Connett Stack, of Strafford-Wayne, dies at 89. John Flanigan, of Wynnewood and Berwyn, dies at 96. Angela Marie, of Berwyn, dies at 86. Carleen Miller, of Berwyn, dies at 83 Virginia Marie Sterling, of Berwyn, dies at 93. Elsewhere in the region: Linda Knapp, of Bala Cynwyd, died on March 2. Helen Warner, of Narberth and Gladwyne, dies at 86. Gloria Silverberg, of Penn Valley, died on March 9. Alfred Stumpo, of Bellmont Hills, dies at 87. Jane Morgan Shoemaker, of Ardmore, dies at 95. Robert Walker, of Ardmore, died in March. John Boehringer, of Wynnewood, dies at 82. John Flanigan, of Wynnewood and Berwyn, dies at 96. Nancy Louise Graham, of Wynnewood and Bryn Mawr, died on March 7. Helen Warner, of Narberth and Gladwyne, dies at…

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30 Main Gets Ready To Open in Berwyn

The inclement weather couldn't stop Berwyn’s newest restaurant from getting its new sign Wednesday afternoon.

Crews were putting up the sign for 30 Main in Berwyn Wednesday afternoon. The new restaurant is going into the site of the former Black Sheep Saloon and Main Line Cafe on Lancaster Avenue. (It’s next to the Berwyn post office and across from the train station.) The new restaurant is a venture by Matt DiDomenico and his son Michael, according to Philly.com. Share: What do you think of the new sign? Are you excited about a new restaurant?

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Girl Scout Robbery Confession Made, Police Say

The 31-year-old former Berwyn resident is charged in other recent incidents, too.

Tredyffrin Township police on Wednesday announced an arrest, and a confession, in the Jan. 20 robbery from a Girl Scout cookie sale at the Berwyn Pathmark. Jevon Michael Avis, 31, of Carlisle, and formerly of the 300 block of Beechwood Avenue in Berwyn, was arrested Tuesday evening. He admitted stealing from the scouts in an interview with a police detective, police say. Avis is charged with robbery and related crimes in that case, as well as facing charges in a purse-snatching that happened Monday at Pathmark. His arraignment and preliminary hearing in Devon District Court are pending. On Jan. 20, according to police, a man they now identify as Avis stole from a Pathmark plastic donation container intended to benefit U.S. troops, then …

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2 Lanes Closed Thursday on Lancaster Avenue

Crews are expected to shut down half of the road to finish a two day project.

A paving crew is expected to back on the job Thursday, closing down to eastbound lanes of Lancaster Ave./Rt. 30 in Berwyn. The same crew was in the same location in front of Conestoga Collision Wednesday patching up a utility dig location. The crew on the site told Patch they will be back on Thursday, between rush hours to patch the eastbound lanes. Traffic is expected to be shifted to one lane in each direction between the morning and evening rush hours.

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And the Winners Are....These Local Houses Win

The awards are in for Berwyn's Best Decorated Houses

The winners are in in the best holiday decoration contest. The Berwyn Devon Business Association judged entries from the village of Berwyn and nearby streets over the weekend. The winners get bragging rights and a big sign to display in ther yards. That's where we have a much more extensive gallery of the winners. It's also where you'll find out about great deals and offers from local TE businesses.

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What Happened to Banner Over Lancaster Ave?

The banner announcing the Berwyn Christmas Tree Lighting mysteriously disappeared within hours of being hung Friday.

Eagle-eyed drivers and observant Patch readers may have noticed something missing over Lancaster Avenue over the weekend. A history-making banner that was hung over Lancaster Avenue Friday morning disappered almost as quickly as it appeared. The banner made history because it is the first-ever to clear all the bureaucratic hurdles to get the ok to be hung over Lancaster Avenue in Berwyn. Now you see it, now you don't According to informed sources, there was a glitch with a piece of the rigging hardware used to hang the banner and it came down in an apparent high wind sometime around noon on Friday. There were no injuries and no traffic incidents caused when the banner came down. A banner project insider tells Patch that the hardware …

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Easttown Makes History on Lancaster Ave Today

Easttown Township, a merchants association and the T/E School District are teaming up to make a little local history early Friday morning.

Something that's never happened before in Easttown will happen Friday morning-right in the middle of Lancaster Avenue/Route 30. The Berwyn-Devon Business Association is going to hang a banner across the middle of the state highway, in the center of Berwyn. It's no small feat, either. The banner will promote the annual Holiday featival held in the Berwyn Train Station parking lot in early December. Getting the ok for the banner involved PennDOT (Lancaster Ave/Route 30 is a state road), Easttown Township approval, PECO,  cooperation from the owner of a building that the banner will be attached to (it will be string between a utility pole and a building on the south side of Lancaster Ave), and the T/E School District which is donating the use…

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Flood Prone Areas to Avoid

The Berwyn Fire Co. released this list of flood prone areas to avoid.

These are some areas to avoid in Tredyffrin Township if you are on the road at any point during the storm. This is not an all inclusive list, but these are areas that usually will flood first during a major rain event. We strongly discourage your from traveling in this storm unless it is an emergency. Walker Rd. Trout Creek Bridge between Glenhardie Rd. & General McIntosh Rd. This information is provided by the Berwyn Fire Co., which also has more tips on what to do during a flood and who to call should your basement flood.

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4th of July

More Photos From Berwyn's 4th of July Events

Photographer Jack Ansley shared a huge new album of photos from the Easttown Fourth of July Parade and Picnic held at Johnson Park in Berwyn.

At Patch we love it when you send us photos of events and things matter to you.  Photographer Jack Ansley of John Ansley Photography in Devon brought his keen eye and his camera to the Easttown Fourth of July Parade and Picnic Wednesday and shared his shots with TE Patch. We have some of them here, but we've posted all 95 new shots on our Tredyffrin-Easttown Patch Facebook page which you can find by clicking here.  See if you, your kids, your family, or friends made the album. You can upload your photos from the Fourth of July too. Simply click on the button on at the top of this article and you can share your photos with other TE Patch readers. Editor's Note: While you're checking out all of Jack Ansley's great photos, please take a …

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