There was a township-wide yard sale in Pennsbury and the annual road clean up in Chadds Ford.
By Rich Schwartzman
It was community day on both sides of the Brandywine Creek last weekend with a road cleanup and recycling event in Chadds Ford Township and the annual yard sale in Pennsbury.
Cars by the hundreds poured into the Pennsbury Township Park Saturday morning. More than 300 were on site by 9:30 a.m., one half hour after the event began. People perused almost 60 tables of used goods for sale.
“It’s about community and family,” said Bill Reynolds, a former township supervisor who chaired the yard sale committee.
Resident vendors were charged $20 to set up a table, but nonresidents also took part at $30. Commercial vendors were discouraged, Reynolds said. Buyers, from all over, got in for free.
Reynolds said it was the 11th year for the yard sale.
In Chadds Ford, roughly 30 members of the Civic Association volunteered to pick up litter from township roadways, something they’ve been doing every spring and fall for years. Five years ago, however, the township also began holding a recycling event at the township building.
Township residents were able to get rid of old appliances including air conditioners, computers, printers and even refrigerators — anything with a plug at no cost to them. There was also a shredding truck on hand for residents to securely get rid of old paperwork and documents.
