The pilot killed in a helicopter crash in Bucks County on Oct. 17 was as Doug Brigham, a native of Birmingham Township. Brigham, 52, was a retired Pennsylvania State Police trooper who worked, for a time, out of the Media barracks. He was the son of Dick Brigham, a past clerk at Birmingham Friends Meeting. The helicopter Brigham was piloting crashed in the same neighborhood…
The Chadds Ford Zoning Hearing Board denied a sign variance requested for Keystone Plaza. Chairman Bob Reardon said during the Oct. 17 hearing that approving the request would have been “transformative.” Keystone Plaza owner Andy Varriale had requested the new sign for the shopping center located along the southbound side of Route 202 because, he said, motorists couldn’t read the tenants’ names as they drove…
Affordable housing has become an issue in Southern Chester County. Habitat for Humanity is looking to help and it raffled off a Mercedes Benz to raise money for the cause.
Local artist Robert Stack doesn’t put a label on his style of painting. “It’s sort of whatever I see, different things I like, [things] that just sort of hit me a certain way,” Stack said during the opening of Defining Light, his new exhibit at the Chadds Ford Gallery running through Oct. 28. The exhibit captures those things he‘s seen from the greater Chadds Ford…
For those with a taste for cuisine from south of the border, Qdoba Mexican Grill is now open in Glen Eagle Square. Perhaps Qdoba is also for people who are looking to expand the range of their taste buds. The new restaurant — a national chain based in Denver — bills itself as offering “food for people who love food.” “We strive to offer unique…
Rick Hostetler, supervisor of Buildings and Grounds, told school board members that the high school renovation project is ahead of schedule. “Our original project completion date was January 2013. Except for a few punch list items, the renovation is now complete and all the construction trailers and equipment are gone,” Hostetler said during the Oct. 15 school board work session Robert Cochran, director of Business…
• An undisclosed amount of jewelry was stolen from a location on Evergreen Drive in Concord Township. A police report said the unknown suspect removed the jewelry by unknown means and fled in an unknown direction by unknown means. The theft occurred sometime between Sept. 17 and Oct. 7. • There was a residential burglary on Concord Crossing in Concord Township sometime between 8:55 a.m.,…
Cossart Road in Pennsbury Township’s, also known as “Devil’s Road”, will get some extra patrolling by the Pennsylvania State Police during the Halloween season. Township Manager Kathleen Howley asked State Police Cpl. Michael Stoner during the Oct. 17 Board of Supervisors’ meeting to step up patrolling Cossart Road during “mischief season”. Howley told Stoner, who was making his quarterly report to the township, that during…
• Birmingham Township supervisors accepted the resignation of Ed Zaloga from the Historic Commission. Zaloga will not be replaced at this time. The commission had been a nine-member body, but is now down to five members. Supervisors Chairman John Conklin said the Planning Commission and Recreation, Parks and Open Space Committee have been downsized to five members each and are doing well and have…
• Chadds Ford resident Cmdr. William Mock was installed as the commanding officer of Naval Construction Battalion 21 (Seabees) at the Naval Air Engineering Station in Lakehurst, N.J. on Oct. 13. • The Brandywine Battlefield Park is running a Halloween event from 4 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20. Catch a witch and put her on trial in front of a jury made up…
Sweetie is another long-term resident at CCSPCA who is more than ready for her forever home. Sweetie, like many others, came to the shelter in early spring as a pregnant stray. She was placed into a foster home where she could raise her kittens and become acclimated to a home environment. While in foster, Sweetie was losing some fur and was found to have some…