Faster than the Pony Express! Faster than a speeding car down Warren Avenue, it’s time for the Sunday morning rumor mill in Willistown.
At 5:30 AM this morning, yes on a Sunday no less, the neighbors of Laurel Circle were awakened from their weekend slumber by a noisy rooster and kind of like nails on a chalkboard with deep ridges at this point, right?
So the rumor around Willistown this morning is the subsequent and lovely generosity of the two cool farming and agricultural supervisors.
The rumor is that they will adopt the notorious and extremely loud rooster to give a residential neighborhood a break and isn’t that fabulous? After all they have the acreage right? And farms where farm animals belong?
Aren’t they just awesome for their generosity of spirit? Maybe they will adopt not just the rooster but the bakers dozen or whatever of goats including unneutered billy goats, a manure pile, big ass rats, etc?
But alas… that is just a rumor and if you believed this deliberately sarcastic post, consider yourself punked.Sadly they seem to be rooster blind in Willistown or don’t want to deal with rooster mommy do they? It’s like they can’t see it is a residential neighborhood WITH NO ACTUAL FARMS IN THEM, right?
But Willistown PD did come out and the rooster mommy was given a new warning, wasn’t she? That much is not a rumor is it? (The rooster truth shall set you free or something like that and all, right?)
Willistown could fix this, but they choose not to.
No it’s not a garage sale.
All the white noise machines in the world won’t fix this problem but zoning corrections would, but hey Willistown always gets hoisted by their own petard by their zoning hiccups, right?
I am borrowing the quoted below which will end this post along with the commencement speech from a friend of mine regarding Harris Butthead errr Butker. They are spot on.
I am also adding my own comments before this. I will point out that we all have the right to an opinion and if you don’t like mine, scroll past this.
Butthead’s speech was full of misogynistic and everything unpleasant. He’s also completely homophobic and phobic to alternative lifestyle and life choices to the point it makes you wonder if he has doubts about himself ? What I don’t understand is why so phobic? The life choices of other people doesn’t affect him or his narrow minded pea brained world.
He laments the the loss of traditional Catholic values in daily life, saying that “abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia as well as a growing support for degenerate cultural values and media” come from “the pervasiveness of disorder.”
Abortion is a complicated topic, and he obviously doesn’t have the intelligence to discuss it. As a medical procedure it is often medically necessary to save a mother when a baby is dying in the womb. Obviously he is one of those assholes that think women should go through as much pain as possible. I know a woman who was told her baby was dying in the womb. She was Catholic and struggling with a decision that she didn’t know how to make when the baby died in utero. If she had been forced to wait to deliver a dead child she might not be alive today and she would have been even more traumatized than she was by just losing a child.
A woman’s right to choose means just that. They have the right to choose what is best for them. And they have the right to choose, regardless of what any of us think, and that includes politicians, the pulpit, and asshole professional football players.
And his issue with surrogacy and IVF doesn’t even make any sense. It literally doesn’t affect his world at all and in a lot of cases, it is the only viable option for parents who want to have a family with children who are theirs genetically. It’s their choice, their business, and no one else’s.
Ironically he also has issues with the Catholic Church. Yet there he was giving a commencement speech at a Catholic school?
According to him women are supposed to be subservient beings. I guess marriage to him is not a relationship or partnership but slavery, oppression, domination? Gosh, dude is a real peach.
According to him, women are not supposed to have careers, or want to do anything other than serve their man and give blow jobs, I guess.
And his opinion about single mothers is abhorrent. I am 60 years old, and at this point I have known single mothers, who are single mothers for a whole host of different reasons, and they are some of the bravest people I know.
He also wants to tell everyone that we live in a “post God world.” What the hell does that even mean? People do not have to proselytize to believe in God. And I don’t believe in a God that serves angry Christianity that fuels people like Donald Trump that’s not God. God don’t like ugly and that is the beginning and end of it.
The Kansas City Chiefs I predict will do exactly nothing about this unless they see a reduction in revenue due to tickets, etc. I also, don’t think we should be surprised given the Coach is Andy Reid. Those of us who either lived on the Main Line at the time or were in Eagles territory remember all too well the dysfunctional Reid family. We will never forget the mess his sons were.
As for darling Harrison, even NUNS are denouncing him:
My favorite Neanderthal address came from a former Chiefs cheerleader Stef Hills.
What a pathetic excuse for a man. There I said it.
To follow after the video is what a friend of mine said that was just so true. Below that is his speech.
Stay dry in the rain.
‼️ My vow to stay out of politics is in direct opposition to not commenting on Harrison Butker’s commencement speech.
I’ll just say this. The folks who think celebrities and sport’s star should keep their “woke” opinions to themselves, in other words, “shut up and dribble”, are so pleased that Butker is a man of God and is sharing his opinion. What? Where? When did a sport’s person earn the right to publicly voice an opinion? Oh, if it aligns with your beliefs, it’s okay.
My belief is that if a woman wants to be a homemaker and the family has the income to provide without mom working, and it’s her desire, I’m happy for her. Not many families have that luxury.
2019-2024 Extension Harrison Butker signed a 5 year , $20,275,000 contract with the Kansas City Chiefs, including $3,500,000 signing bonus, $9,100,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $4,055,000.
His wife, as she chooses, has that luxury. I know I didn’t. I would have liked to take a year or so off, even a month or two when my kids were born but we didn’t have the income for that. I needed to work. You know, the old… women can have it all. I love to work but having it all with an infant is exhausting.
For women who educate themselves for a career, I bow down to you for your perseverance and your contributions to society, and if you have a family, your contributions at home as well.
You can believe what you want. He can believe what he wants. I can believe what I want. This is just another distraction.‼️
Come on. The signs are up. Ticketing is happening and yet there is this. COME ON BRICKETTE! I have been harassed on Facebook for writing about this but tell me, is this OK that these patrons literally don’t give a damn?
The photos received tonight are 100 and Kirkland. They came with a message:
Worse it’s been yet!
Called twice and they said they have received numerous calls.
Can’t see either way, and you have to be fully in the lane of traffic to even see.
Seriously, what does it take? I mean we all know what it will take and that’s a terrible accident that might result in not only injury but worse.
No one wants that.
This is unacceptable. The Brickette took away parking for the patio and smoker area. They need satellite parking and perhaps a shuttle. Either that, or they are over their stated occupancy because of all the parking issues but no one has ever said one way or the other what the occupancy was versus the number of parking spaces with prior owners and new owners.
And I will state for the record once again that because I point out these issues with the parking it doesn’t mean that I don’t think the Brickette should be there. And the neighbors are not saying that either.
But West Whiteland is baby sitting bar patrons. Neighbors are not being treated well. This is a problem, so Brickette are you going to step up or be put in the category of nuisance bar?
The other day I saw this post pop up. And I’ve had plenty of friends over the years who own, and have owned restaurants and other eateries, so I am sensitive to how these issues affect them. And it’s just a crappy thing to do. It doesn’t matter if it’s a big chain with lots of locations or a small independently owned restaurant. These people work hard in this industry. And a lot of times the staff who are victimized by the dine and dash are told (right or wrong) they are responsible then for the loss.
So I posted and shared the above screenshot. But little did I know the flood gates would open and all of a sudden people were talking about this. Lots of people shared the post from the Valley House owner and/or recognized this guy.
I started getting messages. This is a known person. And he has been identified to me but it’s not my tale to tell, and the car is not a Subaru. It’s a Hyundai I think.
This man has done a dine and dash in so many places. Here is the list I have so far:
Valley House
Marchwood Tavern
Pour House
P.J. Whelihan’s
Flying Pig
Brickette Lounge
And I think the fact that this guy’s travel circle is pretty small as to where he goes means that he has gotten tripped up as far as I have been told off of the record by people.
Because of the location of the Valley House in Malvern it is Pennsylvania State Police jurisdiction.
And I think this guy needs to be accountable for his dine and dash pattern. He needs to pay his tabs. I am not disclosing his name because although there are things out there for other things he has not been charged with doing this. Not yet, anyway.
However if you are someone whom he did a dine and dash on, I would suggest contacting the Pennsylvania State police and find out who is investigating it. Or contact the Valley House owner Sean and tell him. The Valley House located in Charlestown Township and I don’t know what barracks of the state police service that Township. I am told that Charlestown Township is served by the Pennsylvania State Police, Troop J, Embreville Barracks. The non-emergency contact number is (610) 486-6280.
This is stealing. And he’s not some teenager doing it once on a lark, not that teenagers should be doing dine and dash anyway, but that’s when you usually hear about dine and dash.
This guy needs help. This is as much a psychological problem as mere petty criminal behavior.
The City of Filthadelphia is destroying a gem: the meadows at FDR Park in South Philadelphia are being destroyed for turf fields. The irony is, of course, the City of Philadelphia can’t even take care of the parks they have, but they’re going to add very expensive turf fields. Turf fields contain forever chemicals. Nature is being destroyed for that? Animals and birds are losing their refuge and what about the natural water sources?
This needs to be STOPPED.
You know, everybody thought Mayor Cherelle Parker was going to be like the second coming of Christ. Except I thought was she’s a Wiley Coyote of a politician who’s going to play everyone. How am I doing so far?
The Exton Square Mall carnival for spring 2024 is over barely after it began. Ruined by gangs of marauding kids who also tried to wreak havoc at Round 1 Bowling and Arcade and the now creepy dying mall as well.
These kids were so bad that I am told West Whiteland PD called in an assist from other municipalities. There is also an unconfirmed report of a police officer being struck. That is horrible and UNACCEPTABLE behavior.
From last evening
Then at another carnival not so far away, a shooting. Again, teenagers.
The Exton carnival had it’s permit revoked – the carnival is canceled. If you know something, saw something, please let the police know. Also if you have photos or videos, they also would be helpful.
We had a great time at Joey Chops this evening from start to finish. Food, ambiance, service.
I will start with the starters/appetizers. Seafood and it was great seafood. The scallops and shrimp were just off the boat fresh.
The steaks were amazing and the sides perfection. I had the Delmonico with grilled asparagus on the side and they remember the extra nice touch of shaving the bottoms of the stalks. No one remembers to do that anymore. My husband had a strip with mushrooms that were to die for. Our son had the Westholme Wagyu Teres Major with broccolini. And the quick pickled red onions served with each steak were perfect.
Joey Chops has a good wine list. They even have a blanc de blanc sparkling from a favorite vineyard of mine, Gruet in New Mexico. I also noted French (Provence) and Italian (Puglia) rosés I would like to try in the future.
Tonight I had a glass of Prosecco from the Veneto region of Italy. It was lovely and light and dry and not sweet. My husband had a glass of a Cabernet I think from Paso Robles, California- I forget the name but Sean our waiter said it was new to the menu.
The cheesecake cart was a big hit with my husband and son because they love New York style cheesecake.
A special mention is necessary about Sean who was our waiter and he was hands down the best waiter especially in a steak house since Old Homestead and Delmonico’s in NYC. And the kids who were bussing and helping run food were also wonderful and friendly and very poised. All of the employees were terrific, truthfully.
The silverware has good weight to it and the steak knives are a well weighted knife and not some hulking exaggerated size, they are more like a Laguiole style knife.
Suggestions are they need larger water glasses, however. They are cute and I know little water glasses are a trend, but I am a big water drinker and these were the size of little juice glasses. And they need bigger candles on the tables or more than one.
We sat in the banquette seating underneath the windows . Very comfortable and pretty chairs. The big velvety curtains make you forget you are in a strip mall parking lot. And that is not the fault of the restaurant. It just happens to be in Lincoln Court Shopping Center in Frazer/Malvern. It took over and reinvented the space that was once Carrabba’s Italian Grill.
We had started in a booth (and no didn’t request a booth, it just happened), but like most modern restaurants, they are a bit uncomfortable, so they were super accommodating and moved us. The banquette seating was just perfect.
The banquette seating and tables are the way to go for sure. The chairs for the round tables that run down the center of the dining room are like a modern Windsor style chair, and they looked quite comfortable. If this were my restaurant, I’d replace the booths with additional banquette seating, or smaller tables with regular chairs. Sorry not sorry, but modern booths in a lot of restaurants are like what airlines are doing to seating unless you pony up for first class: just not enough room, space, depth.
The place was very clean, but they do need to fix one of the doors in the ladies room. Three of the louvered slats in the bottom of the door are broken.
But we had a wonderful night. It has been quite a while since I had a higher end dining experience that flowed as well as this and had good ambiance.
I am a little obsessed with the simply gorgeous sofa with its brilliant pop of color across from the hostess stand in the little alcove area.
We will definitely be back.
Thanks Joey Chops for a great meal and experience!
⭐️Please note that this is my honest review. I was not compensated in any way for this. I’m not a compensated blogger or some weird influencer.It’s where we went to dinner for a big birthday.⭐️
Malinda Hoagland. Say this poor child’s name. Remember it. She didn’t have to die. In my opinion the state, the county, the very system that was supposed to protect her, in fact failed her. Adults failed her.
How is it nothing was done to save this child? What is the deal with “Child Line” in PA? What is the deal with Children and Youth services in Chester County Pennsylvania? Why didn’t the school district also call the police? Are they not allowed to call the police? Or did they call the police? What is the point of having a system to protect kids if it doesn’t protect the kids?
Below is a statement from the woman who is the Superintendent of the Coatesville School District. Sorry, not sorry those are hollow words and it’s too little too late. Wearing blue sounds nice, but it would’ve been better if this child had actually been paid attention to and was safe, not dead.
But I can’t quite get my head wrapped around is how people do this to their own children? 
It is with an extremely heavy heart that I share with you the devastating and tragic news that one of our former students, 12-year-old Malinda Hoagland, was found dead over the weekend, a victim of inhumane abuse by her father and his girlfriend. While this horrific news was shared in a press conference and is making headlines in the media today, the district just learned of this child’s death late this morning, and we have been working to get details, understand and process this information, and communicate with our entire school community. Malinda Hoagland was enrolled at King’s Highway Elementary in April 2022 and continued on to Scott Middle School and then North Brandywine Middle School. Our staff diligently reported concerns about Malinda’s care to Childline, the state agency that receives and manages concerns regarding child abuse. Shortly thereafter, her family withdrew her from our schools in December 2023, and enrolled her in another cyber charter school. Her younger brother remained a student at King’s Highway. He is now in protective custody and is expected to be relocated to another county and school district. This news shakes our entire school community, and we are deeply saddened and upset by the horrific details of the abuse this child suffered. Counselors trained in grief and trauma support will be available at King’s Highway Elementary, Scott MS, and North Brandywine MS tomorrow for both staff and students who may need to speak with someone or want some help processing this tragedy. I know we join collectively in mourning the life of this child. No matter the length of time a child is a student in our school district, every child matters deeply and their welfare and well-being is critically important to us. We will collaborate in the coming days on ways in which we can honor Malinda’s life as a school community and support our students as they cope with this tragic information.
With care and support for all, Dr. Catherine Van Vooren Superintendent, Coatesville Area School District
Wearing blue does not unring this bell. And court records show she did this BEFORE?? In Pennsylvania no less ? Monroe County?
Monroe County Children and Youth Service’s handling of the McKinley Warren child abuse allegations has earned high praise from a frequent agency critic.
Angela and Bruce Bayer of Stroud Township have a lawsuit pending against C&Y based on allegations the county agency improperly handled a 2003 investigation involving two of the Bayer children.
But the Bayers and the board of a child advocacy organization they founded — Heads Held High — say C&Y did everything possible to protect the children of McKinley Warren.
Warren, 41, was arrested Jan. 5 and accused of torturing his 3-year-old son. His wife, Cindy Bird Warren, 28, was charged with child endangerment.
“What happened that particular day they followed to a T,” Angela Bayer said of C&Y’s handling of the case. “I know a lot of people in the public are upset. ‘Why didn’t they do something.’ They couldn’t until neighbors said they knew something was going on. Children and Youth didn’t know.”
Another Warren child, 2-year-old Jessica Marie Bock, died from head injuries in 2000 after the Warren’s brought her to Pocono Medical Center. McKinley Warren said the child tumbled out of his car and accidentally hit her head. She died in Philadelphia’s Children’s Hospital. A Philadelphia coroner ruled the death a homicide, though no criminal charges have ever been filed.
Jessica Bock’s death came about 14 months after she was returned to the Warren home after Monroe County Children and Youth placed her in foster care. State law requires families be reunited if at all possible and for children to be returned home if conditions improve.
C&Y acted again in 2003, when the three Warren children were placed in foster care for about three months. Another placement happened last year, according to court records.
STROUDSBURG — Cindy Warren, 30, of East Stroudsburg, was sentenced Wednesday to three to seven years in state prison after pleading guilty to endangering the welfare of her son, Isaiah, now 5.
A concerned neighbor’s phone call led police in January 2007 to discover Isaiah had been physically abused by his father, McKinley Warren Jr., 43.
Warren in December pleaded guilty to both abusing the boy and causing a head injury that led to the December 2000 death of his daughter, Jessica Bock, 2, who was Isaiah’s half-sister. Warren was sentenced to 25 to 50 years in state prison for both crimes.
On Wednesday, Cindy Warren’s friends and brother asked Monroe County Court Judge Margherita Worthington to show leniency. They described Warren as a “kind, loving, fun” mother who herself was abused by a controlling husband and whom no one would help.
“Unless you’ve walked in Cindy’s shoes, you can never understand what she’s been through,” said her friend, Diane Silver. “Three times, she was denied a protection-from-abuse order for herself and her children.
“Whenever she called police to her home, she would always be the one who ended up being taken away in handcuffs, not her husband,” Silver said. “He knew how to twist the truth. The day she lost her children is the day her sentence started.”
Monroe County Children And Youth Services has placed the children with McKinley Warren’s relatives.
“I’ve known Cindy for 20 years,” said a tearful Natasha Eddinger, Warren’s friend. “She was a very good mother. But, when her husband was around, she had no voice. Nobody knows what she went through.”
Warren’s older brother, Raymond Coons, said, “Cindy has been a very loving person ever since she was a little girl. She’s never done anything to take away my respect for her.
“She kept calling the authorities, who did nothing, until finally it took an outsider calling for them to do anything,” Coons said. “Just being away from her husband is a good thing for her, but for her to now lose her freedom is unfair. She doesn’t deserve this.”
Stroud Area Regional Police Capt. William Parrish, who investigated both Jessica’s death and Isaiah’s abuse, struggled with tears as a parent himself when refuting certain statements made by Warren’s supporters.
“To say she did all she could to get the authorities involved is erroneous,” Parrish said. “At any time, she could have identified her husband as the one who caused her stepdaughter’s death and abused her son, but she refused to do so. Instead, she lied with her husband about how Jessica got hurt and left it to a neighbor to report Isaiah’s abuse. Whenever neighbors complained about her and her husband being drunk, loud and boisterous and we responded to their home, she would be the one who remained loud and disorderly while her husband calmed down, so she would be the one taken away,” he said.
So I would love to know how someone like this was able to be around kids after the first time she went to jail ? And “Child Line”? What do they do all day ? Of course, should we be surprised that this thing that falls under the department of human services in Pennsylvania is problematic? Look at who is at the helm – former useless Montgomery County Commissioner and gubernatorial buddy, Val Arkoosh. In Chester County, someone named Eve Large runs the department known as Children, Youth, and Families.
So I think these people running these departments have blood on their hands. Obviously, there’s something very broken about a system that seems to let kids fall through the cracks, let alone let someone who went to jail for abusive kids, access to kids ever again and of course, you have to wonder what’s wrong with this guy that he would participate in this? I wonder where the natural born mother is in all of this? I found a custody/visitation case in Monroe County that seems like it has been active since 2019:
Adoptive parents of the surviving older brother of child murder victim Scott “Scotty” McMillan were horrified last week to learn that another child had fallen victim to fatal physical abuse at the hands of adults in the same Chester County town and under similar circumstances as what their son endured almost 10 years ago.
“It shocks me that this abuse can happen in our county, and that schools don’t pick it up,” said the father of Scotty’s older brother, who will turn 16 later this year. “I don’t understand how this can happen.”……A preliminary hearing for both defendants has been scheduled for 9 a.m. July 8 before Magisterial District Judge J. Timothy Arndt III of Honeybrook. Hoagland is represented by defense attorney Stuart Crichton of West Chester, while Warren is represented by the Chester County Public Defender’s Office. Neither Crichton nor Public Defender Nathan Schenker would comment on the case last week.
In 2009, Warren, 45, was sentenced to three to seven years in state prison in the case of the assault on her son, who was 3 years old at the time of the incident. She was charged with endangering the welfare of a child in that 2007 case, after having escaped being charged with homicide in the earlier death of her 2 1/2-year-old stepdaughter because she cooperated with investigators against her then-husband, McKinley Warren Jr., who was later sentenced to 25-to-50 years in jail.
News of her criminal past left the father of Scotty’s brother outraged.
“Why on earth would (the county Department of Children Youth and Families) not have been more involved and why would they even allow her to have her son again after she got out of jail?” he asked.
There are no clear answers.
A spokeswoman for the county, Rebecca Brain, said officials at CYF were cooperating with the police investigation and could not comment on the matter because of confidentiality concerns.
In her statement, Brain said nCYF staff, “are working closely with law enforcement to provide support and services, as the death of Malinda Hoagland is investigated. We remind everyone in the community to call ChildLine should they suspect or witness child abuse or neglect.
The ChildLine number, 1-800-932-0313, will be answered any time day or night.
On Wednesday, Coatesville Area School District Superintendent Catherine Van Vooren said in a written statement that the school district, where Malinda was enrolled from spring 2022 through December 2023, had had some concerns about Malinda’s welfare.
“Our staff diligently reported concerns about her welfare to the state agency that receives and manages concerns.” The superintendent then said that “shortly thereafter” Malinda withdrew from school and enrolled in a cyber charter school. The victim’s brother remained at King’s Highway Elementary School and is now “in protective custody and is expected to be relocated to another county and school district,” Van Vooren wrote.
Scotty’s brother’s mother said that abusive behavior can in some cases be hidden by the perpetrators when they isolate the child from the outside, much like Malinda’s father did by entering her in cyber school.
Authorities agreed.
In his written arrest affidavit for Hoagland and Warren, Chester County Detective Bernard Martin, who is leading the investigation, wrote that, “Warren and Hoagland secluded (the girl) from mandatory reporters and others who may have offered her assistance in order to physically abuse and torment the child and used her seclusion to facilitate their crimes on an ongoing basis over a period of several months.
“They acted in concert with the intention of terrorizing and abusing the child and continued their actions until the child’s death,” he said.
I just don’t understand it. How could NO ONE have followed up since this girl was pulled from school? I mean didn’t the school district at a minimum have an obligation to check? If they couldn’t follow-up could a social worker have gone to the house given the suspicions and the calls about issues?
This child experienced hell for a good part of her life it seems like. Why couldn’t anyone have done something? If not in Chester County what went on in Monroe County? This girl will never go to high school. She will never go to her prom or see life after high school whether it’s college or something else and she’ll never have her own family she’ll never be loved as a living being.
Wasn’t Scotty McMillan enough of a wake up call? Both of these people are monsters. Just monsters, and they deserve worse than what that little girl experienced.
And the state and county agencies who were supposed to protect are also responsible. And I also can’t help but wonder if school districts were not constantly overrun by distracting bullshit if they would have been less out of site out of mind. And cyber charter schools should have some sort of a system too shouldn’t they?
And let’s talk about these monsters, now, sitting in jail: Cindy Warren and Rendell Hoagland. If they didn’t want this child, why didn’t they just turn the child over to her birth, mother, or grandparents? Cindy already had other charges pending from 3/14/24:
Harassment – Course of Conduct W/No Legitimate Purpose False Alarm To Agency Of Public Safety
So what are those charges about and will the attorney on that docket named Gail Nicolina Marr, Esq out of Bensalem be handling the new even more heinous charges?
I have been struggling with this post all day. And part of the reason I am struggling is because I just don’t understand how someone can do this to a child?
Well that West Goshen case involving Woodward’s widow is alive and well in federal court. The document is embedded above.
One would think the media would still be covering this, but they probably don’t but the case is now in the Eastern District versus Chester County Court.
