A state appeals court overturned a lower court decision and continues to allow Pennsbury Township Supervisor Wendell Fenton to take part in discussions and votes regarding Pennsbury Village. The ruling, in an opinion by Senior Judge Jim Flaherty, overturned a decision by Common Pleas Court Judge Thomas Gavin in a Writ of Prohibition filed by Pennsbury Village ...
Archive for August 27th, 2009
Battlefield park reopens after weeklong hiatus

Brandywine Battlefield Park reopened for business Aug. 25 following a weeklong closure after the Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission pulled the plug on the Chadds Ford-based facility. Volunteers from the Brandywine Battlefield Associates will man the park under a temporary agreement with PHMC. Linda Kaat, associates’ president, said the temporary agreement ...
Lindner is interim replacement for Wandersee

The Unionville-Chadds Ford School District Board voted 5-3 Wednesday night to appoint Chadds Ford Township resident Gregg Lindner as an interim replacement for Ed Wandersee. Lindner will serve through the end of this year, but will run in a November election for the remaining two years of Wandersee’s term. Lindner’s opponent in November will be fellow Chadds ...
It takes people to build a village

Area residents and nonresident alike were stunned and dismayed when the Wawa in the Village of Chadds Ford shut down in early 2008. For a year, the parking lot at the little strip mall with the US Post Office, First Keystone Bank, and other businesses, was a virtual ghost town after the bank and post office would close on Saturdays. All that was missing from a ...
Police log for Aug. 27
Pennsylvania State Police from the Media barracks will conduct a sobriety checkpoint at an undisclosed location in Delaware County from Friday, Aug. 28 to Sunday, Aug. 30. • State police are investigating two more burglaries that took place on Pennsbury Way in Pennsbury Township. In one incident jewelry and cash were stolen sometime between Aug. 14 and 17. In ...
Blogging Along the Brandywine
Several months ago I was shopping in the Giant at Dilworthtown, when I saw a lady coming towards me seemingly carrying on an animated conversation with herself. I began to feel a bit uncomfortable, thinking perhaps she was deranged. But as she got closer I noticed she was wearing a Bluetooth headpiece, a wireless phone earpiece. About 12 years ...
Ellen J. Soltesz of Kennett Square
Ellen J. Soltesz, 69, of Kennett Square, died Tuesday, August 25. She was the wife of John A. Soltesz, who died in 1988, and with whom she shared 29 years of marriage. Born in Pittsburgh, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Dolores Talak. Ellen was a registered nurse and committed her professional career to helping the elderly. She was very passionate ...