Pennsbury, Birmingham ‘inadequate’ in stormwater report

Pennsbury and Birmingham townships were given average scores on stormwater management in a report issued by Clean Water Action of Pennsylvania. The non-profit environmental group issued the report Jan. 31. It ranked 25 Chester County communities in the Brandywine Creek Watershed on a scale of 1-100 based on how the municipalities have adopted Low Impact Development ideas as part of their stormwater management plans. Joe…

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CF Board cuts tax collector’s pay

In a special meeting that was at times contentious, Chadds Ford Township supervisors voted to reduce the compensation for the elected tax collector. The reduced salary goes into effect next year. The current compensation package of around $16,000 per year — based on a two-tiered percentage of 5 percent for the first $220,000 collected and 2.5 percent of anything beyond — will be reduced to…

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Combined Patton MS and CFES team scores high in Lego League tournament

The Chef Bot-Ardees, a team comprised of five seventh-graders from Charles F. Patton Middle School and one fifth grader from Chadds Ford Elementary School, won the First Place Research Quality Award at Delaware's FIRST LEGO League State Champion's Tournament at the Bob Carpenter Center on Jan. 26. FLL is a world-wide robotics program for 9 to 14 year olds started by Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway.…

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New ChesCo emergency radio system one step closer

The Chester County Commissioners have authorized staff to work out final details of a contract with Harris Corporation for $27.4 million to replace the county’s emergency radio system, and $14.7 million for maintenance of the system for an additional eight years following installation. Chester County operates an emergency voice radio system that provides emergency voice communication for the County’s law enforcement, fire and emergency medical…

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Police log Jan. 31

• Few details were given, but state police said an 18-year-old from Aston and a 20-year-old from Chadds Ford assaulted and robbed a Glen Mills man on Jan. 19. The incident took place just after midnight on Governor Markham Drive. • Police said someone stole a pocketbook from a car parked near Kicks Dance Studio on Route 202. The unknown suspect smashed the driver’s side…

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Around Town Jan. 31

• The Chadds Ford Historical Society will hold its fifth annual Winter Plein Air event on Saturday, Feb. 2. After a day of painting in Chadds Ford, PA and the Brandywine Valley, 30 award winning artists from the Mid-Atlantic region return to the Chadds Ford Historical Society’s Barn Visitor Center to frame and hang their paintings for a special exhibit and art sale. There will…

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Adopt-a-Pet: Cucumber

Cucumber is a sweet and fun-loving kitty that came to the shelter in September as a stray. She was recently adopted and truly ecstatic to have a chance at a new home. Unfortunately, Cucumber’s new family had some unexpected allergies and could not keep her. Cucumber can’t seem to get enough attention, so she is looking to a family that is home for most of…

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Ralph DiCarlo, Sr. Much of Kennett Square

  Ralph Joseph DiCarlo Sr., 86 years, of Kennett Square, died Sunday, Jan. 27 at Linden Hall. Ralph was a WW11 veteran, and a police officer in Kennett Square before spending many years working in the mushroom business as a grower and a wholesaler. He served on the Unionville High School Board and started the Unionville High School Football Boosters Program. He was an avid…

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Gertrude Käsebier’s Photographs of the Eight

Delaware Art Museum Presents GERTRUDE KÄSEBIER'S Photographs of the Eight: Portraits for Promotion On February 3, 1908, a revolutionary exhibition of paintings opened to great fanfare at Macbeth Galleries in New York. A group of artists known as "the Eight" organized the exhibition to rebel against conservative art critics and the juries at the National Academy of Design. Gertrude Käsebier's Photographs of the Eight: Portraits…

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Marching band now extra curricular; school budget hearings set

As anticipated, the Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board directors voted unanimously to make marching band an extra curricular activity. The 9-0 vote came during the board’s Jan. 22 meeting held at Charles F. Patton Middle School. Marching band involvement had previously been mandatory, or co-curricular, for students involved with the symphonic and concert bands. Board members deemed that to be too much of a commitment for…

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