Sometimes it doesn't take wind gusts or intense downpours. This tree toppled under sunny skies with minimal breezes on Friday, Dec. 4, along Ring Road in Chadds Ford Township. PECO spokeswoman Liz Williamson said the tree fell about 12:30 p.m. in the area of Bullock Road, and crews were on the scene by 12:45 p.m. She said 596 customers lost power initially, but about 400…
Chadds Ford Township has a budget for 2016 and, as has been the case for the last half dozen years, there’s no township property tax increase. As projected in November, the budget calls for just more than $1.2 million in anticipated revenue and expenses, while township property taxes will remain 0.882 mills for property owners within areas that have fire hydrants, or 0.787 for property…
George Thorpe has signed his last escrow release as a supervisor in Chadds Ford Township. After 28 years as a supervisor, Thorpe returns to the status of resident. The Dec. 2 meeting was Thorpe’s last as supervisor. He did not run for re-election in November, and his current term ends on Dec. 31. But long before his professional and political lives began, Thorpe, now 77,…
Twin Bridges, the span across the Brandywine Creek along Creek Road near Rocky Hill Road in Chadds Ford Township and the Haskell Farm in Pennsbury Township, is scheduled to be replaced beginning in 2019. The work is expected to take about 18 months and be finished by the end of 2020. That was the general take-away from a stakeholders’ meeting in Pennsbury Township on Nov.…
Many area nonprofits depend on donations to survive, a fiscal precariousness that has been exacerbated this year by ripple effects from the state budget impasse. As a result, institutions that typically benefit from state grants, either directly or indirectly, are hoping that the public will help fill the gap this year on Tuesday, Dec. 1, also known as #GivingTuesday. Designed as a prelude to the…
Chadds Ford Township solicitor Hugh Donaghue will be stepping down from that position as of the first of the year. He announced his intention at the conclusion of the Nov. 24 supervisors’ workshop. “Please be advised that I do not wish to be considered for solicitor in 2016, as I do not desire to serve in that capacity,” he said, reading from a two-page statement.…
PennDOT will host a public meeting to inform citizens and receive feedback on the plan to replace the Creek Road Bridge over Brandywine Creek and Octoraro Railroad in Pennsbury and Chadds Ford townships, a press release said. The meeting will be held Monday, Nov. 30, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m in the Pennsbury Township Municipal Building at 702 Baltimore Pike. PennDOT’s design team will be…
In an ongoing effort to keep students safe, the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District held a community conversation last week on school security. The meeting included what the district has accomplished in securing buildings, what policies are in place, updates from the Chester County District Attorney's Office, and exchanges among the participants. The school district has reviewed the input that was gathered from the community and…
The Chester County Department of Emergency Services (DES), Fire Services Division, held graduation for the Spring 2015 Firefighter I class. Twenty-six graduates were given their certification at a ceremony that was held at the Wagontown Fire Company on Thursday, Nov. 19, a county press release said. Family, friends and fire company officials were on hand to witness the graduation and certification recognition. Chaplain Jerry Schwartz,…
A zoning hearing on whether a Chadds Ford home on Webb Road may be used as a residential rehab center concluded, and a decision is scheduled for Dec. 16. The session was filled with legal objections that were summarily overruled. Chadds Ford Township is opposing a request by Drew and Nicole Barnabei, owners of the property at 681 Webb Road known as Stonebridge Mansion, to…
The anticipation was building for years and the day finally arrived. Wegmans Food Market is now open in Concord Township. The store, located at 100 Applied bank Boulevard, officially opened at 7 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 8 after store manager Todd Strassner Jr, led the employees in a chant of “Give me W…” A crowd of hundreds began forming a line by 6:15 a.m. and they…