PECO Energy kept a promise to Chadds Ford resident Bruce Prabel. It was a promise he didn’t want kept. PECO promised to cut down the trees he loved, and it did. Two years ago, on his birthday, Prabel learned that PECO wanted to cut down more than 300 trees on his and his neighbors’ properties, properties on which PECO has easements. As reported at the time, PECO ...

Chadds Ford Township residents should see their township property taxes hold steady for 2010. Supervisors voted at their Nov. 4 meeting to authorize for public inspection the 2010 budget. They will vote on the budget following a hearing on the spending bill at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 2. Supervisor Garry Paul said that while revenue declined during 2009, the township was ...

Walk into the new Sinful Snacks restaurant and find a statue of Betty Boop in a roller skating waitress’s uniform holding a tray of cookie pieces. Try some. They’re on the house. The Boop statue is part of the retro atmosphere, along with a functional juke box (set on free play) and some 45 rpm vinyl records on the wall. Sinful Snacks, taking off on the phrase ...

A new, all-access playground is under construction in Concord Township due to the efforts of the Concordville-Chadds Ford Rotary. “The playground is meant to service children, including those who need wheelchair access,” said Hank Fischer, who helped spearhead the project for the Rotary. “We thought it as necessary because there are very few facilities like that in ...

Close to two dozen veterans were honored during a Veteran’s Day ceremony at Hillendale Elementary Nov. 11. The vets, from the Gulf to WWII heard words of thanks from school Principal Steve Dissinger, were given American flags by the students and heard a play from 5th-graders about what it means to be a veteran. Dissinger said the ceremony was designed to show ...