At the close of business Friday, Aug. 14, the Brandywine Battlefield Park will be closed and the employees will be furloughed. Mike Harris, museum educator at the park said employees received word about 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11. Harris said the park will be shut down and so far there are no known plans for the facility. “There’s no deal in place with Chadds Ford ...
The long waited improvements to the curbs in the Chadds Ford Knoll should finally be complete in about a month. Work began on the final phase during the first week of August and workers say it should be finished some time around Labor Day. Pennsbury Township manager Kathy Howley hopes it’s sooner. “They started last week and it was supposed to be one month. So I hope ...
A home on Heyburn Road in Chadds Ford Township was broken into sometime between Aug. 8 and 12, a state police report said. Nothing was reported stolen. • Pennsylvania State Police report a theft from a motor vehicle that was parked at the Brandywine River Museum. Police said a 35-year-old woman had a purse with three social security cards stolen when someone popped ...
A recent e-mail exchange with a reader provided some interesting food for thought. This reader is a solid conservative who also appreciates–and even agrees at times–with libertarian thought that some of his fellow Republicans may object to. Specifically, he believes that the leadership and elected representatives of both incumbent parties, on the national level at ...
At some future time, 2009 may be viewed as a pivotal year for Chadds Ford, as we lost two institutions we naively thought would define our little village forever. First, Andrew Wyeth’s death the morning of Jan. 16, at the age of 91 was shocking and heartbreaking to say the least, but in the great circle of life, not unexpected. On June 30, the Pennsylvania ...
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