Thorndale Giant employees volunteer at Honey Brook Food Pantry

GIANT Thorndale manager Mike Smith, store team members Liane Colon, Sue Rambo On Wednesday, February 24, team members from The GIANT Company’s Thorndale store spent the morning and evening volunteering at Honey Brook Food Pantry, sorting food items and distributing them to food pantry clients.  Thorndale store manager Mike Smith also surprised the pantry with $1,000 in GIANT gift cards, and...

Caln Police save Downingtown man

Officer saves colleague, robbery suspect from onrushing train CALN — A township police office is being called a hero today, after his quick response may have saved the life of a Downingtown man as well as a fellow police officer, Wednesday. Officer David Wardle pulled another officer – Jason Culbertson — and a robbery suspect, Ryan Keith Dolph, age 19 from the path of an oncoming Amtrak...

Police: One shoplifting arrest begets another

Detectives say couple who stole at one Giant linked to second theft   On Friday, April 25, an officer from the West Whiteland Township Police Department responded to the Giant supermarket for a report of a theft, police said. The store’s loss prevention officer advised that a couple had stolen $165 worth of detergent on April 21, a theft captured on surveillance video, police said. An investigation...

Woman accused of causing accidents

Downingtown Police: 46-year-old Thorndale resident was DUI Nanette P. Allred, 46, of Thorndale, was arrested for DUI and traffic violations on Tuesday, April 29, at 9:39 p.m., Downingtown Police said. Allred allegedly operated a vehicle in a reckless manner, causing at least two accidents within three townships, police said. Allred was detained on Humpton Road in Caln Township, police said. On...