The Kennett Township Board of Supervisors officially thanked one member of the Historical Commission and welcomed a new commissioner at the board’s meeting Wednesday night. The supervisors presented a certificate of merit to longtime commission member Judy Merhar, who has spent 20 years working to preserve the township’s history and is resigning before her term is up. They also unanimously approved township resident Tina Bennett…
Kennett Township snowplows will be clearing the way on Kaolin and Creek roads and Old Kennett Pike this winter, thanks to an agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The township supervisors approved a resolution Wednesday that would allow for a “Supplemental Winter Maintenance Services Agreement” permitting Kennett’s public works department to clear snow and ice from those three state-owned roads and compensating them an…
The Kennett Board of Supervisors awarded the township’s outgoing planning and zoning director with the first Kennett Township Medal of Merit. The presentation happened at the July 17 meeting, when the board also approved a resolution that created the medal. Hicks will receive the medal after serving as the planning and zoning point-person for the last 10 years. “Whereas in recognition of 10 years of…
The Kennett Township Planning Commission honored former member and current supervisor Pat Muller at the July 17 supervisors’ meeting. Muller was elected to the three-member board of supervisors last year and took office in January. In her speech thanking the planning commission, she stressed the importance of residents’ involvement in shaping the future of the township. “It is so important to just have regular people,…
The Kennett Area Park Authority announced that Chester County Disc Golf will assume responsibility in collaboration with KAPA and its staff to maintain and promote events for the disc golf course located in Anson B. Nixon Park. CCDG club is a registered organization in the state, with a mission to help grow the sport of disc golf through community outreach, course development, fundraising, membership in…
Kennett Township has a new township manager. Alison S. Dobbins, 44, officially begins April 22. Her new responsibilities will also include acting as township secretary and right-to-know officer. She was introduced and formally voted in at the April 17 supervisors’ meeting and told those in attendance that she deeply believes in municipalities' impact on the community. “I believe work at the municipal level is most…
Kennett Square native and member of the Newport Rowing Club Justin Best is now on the United States Olympic Rowing Team for the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics. This marks Best's second consecutive Olympic appearance, following his silver medal win in the men's four at the 2023 World Rowing Championships and his performance in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. A graduate of Drexel University, Best has had…
The Kennett Library which opened last year is planning a May 3 fundraiser from 6-9:30 p.m. The Starlight Soirée will celebrate the new library and the first annual fundraising event for innovative programming and operations. Chris Manna, the executive director of Kennett Library, said in a press release, “The first fundraising soirée in the new library is our way of showing the community our vision…
Beginning March 1, the Pennsylvania State Police will respond to emergency calls in Kennett Township between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m. The Kennett Township supervisors voted Wednesday to make that change to the police coverage. That means the township police department, which has been operating 24/7 for several years, will cover the township from 6 a.m. to midnight. There is no charge to…
Plans for a new Greenwood Elementary School moved a step closer to reality after the Feb. 7 Kennett Township meeting. Township supervisors approved the conditional land development plan to build a new 105,000-square-foot building on the same property as the current school at 420 Greenwood Road. The township’s planning commission voted to recommend approval for the supervisors. Diane Hicks, Kennett Township’s director of planning and…
Update: In a follow-up email, the deputy borough manager said the project will take longer than two weeks. Schedule updates will be announced as they come in. End update. Kennett Square is making some changes to improve pedestrian safety in the borough. The borough is taking part in a PennDOT Safer Routes project, the Pedestrian Safer Access Project that’s expected to run through Feb. 3.…