Chadds Ford Elementary School now has a new principal and the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District has a new budget for the next school year. What it still doesn’t have is a new board member. Shawn Dutkiewicz was hired to replace Mark Ransford as CFES principal. The appointment becomes effective June 27. Dutkiewicz, who’s been the principal of Pennell Elementary in the Penn-Delco School District for…
For years people complained about conditions at the AMC movie theater in the Painters Crossing shopping center in Chadds Ford. The reason for those complaints may be a thing of past. The theatre, closed for weeks because of a major renovation project, is now open and ready for business. It’s no longer a standard movie theatre, but a dine-in theatre. All nine auditoriums are equipped…
Military aviation history buffs had a Fathers’ Day treat waiting for them at the New Garden Flying Field. Sitting on the tarmac, with it’s bright yellow nose and four bladed prop glistening in the bright, mid-June sun, sat a P-51 Mustang, one of the most iconic fighter aircraft of WWII. While the plane on hand was built during the war, it never saw combat. But…
It was a throwback to an earlier era and part of Chris Sanderson’s legacy. It was also a 6-year old dream. Part of Sanderson’s life was the Pocopson Valley Boys — the band made popular by long time Chadds Ford resident and historian Christian C. Sanderson — and that lived on as the museum that bears his name hosted a concert in its namesake’s honor.…
It was 20 years in the making and needed the relocation of Route 52, but Longwood Gardens has opened the Meadow Garden with more than 100,000 wildflowers and grasses and 1,000 trees and shrubs. Longwood Gardens Director Paul. B. Redman said it also required the work of an army of professionals and 100 tons of Avondale Stone. The new garden debuted June 13. It spans…
Folks at the Newlin Grist Mill are still fighting back against the ravaging effects of the April 30 rains that blasted through the main rock dam along Concord Creek. And on June 14, they received some help from musicians and guests attending a music festival. A temporary dam has been breached three times since the original blast at the end of April. There are 3,800…
• The Chadds Ford Historical Society continues its celebration of the Barns-Brinton House’s 300th anniversary. Barns-Brinton House Day — from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Saturday, June 21 — features a colonial fair with demonstrations of colonial life, informal talks, colonial music, dancing and a tour of the house located along Route 1 in Pennsbury Township. At 11 a.m. there will also be a…
If you are looking for own little fairy, then look no further because she is here at the Chester County SPCA. Say hello to little Tinkerbell, a black and white 2-month-old spayed female domestic shorthair. Tinkerbell's golden eyes sparkle with so much love and kindness. This beauty is an affectionate girl who enjoys cuddling with her people and she's also quite the entertainer! She will like to engage in any fun…
On the inside looking out from the springhouse at the Chadds Ford Historical Society.
Visiting Angels’ Director Kyle Beck prepares to cut the ribbon for the official re-opening of the office in Pennsbury Township. Beck and his father Allen opened the office in the Marshallton Building of Chadds Ford West off of Pond’s Edge Road 18 months ago. Visiting Angels is a home care living assistance franchise that provides a variety of support for the elderly and those needing…
• Chester County Sheriff Carolyn Bunny Welsh has issued a warning about a phone scam. In various parts of Chester County, residents are being targeted by bogus phone calls and threatened with arrest by deputy sheriffs on a bench warrant for failing to report for jury service in Chester County Court. Sometimes they identify themselves as a member of a “Warrant Department.” In the calls,…