Chadds Ford Township is going after businesses that haven’t paid their Business Privilege Tax. Supervisors voted 3-0 during their June 5 meeting to seek collection going back to 2007. As part of the resolution, they will also go after unpaid Local Services Taxes from employees of companies in the township, but only back to 2012. An earlier consideration was to go after back taxes for…
A Wegman’s supermarket is one bureaucratic step closer to becoming a reality in Concord Township. Major steps are still ahead, though. Supervisors voted June 4 to approve a text amendment and new map for a Loop Road Overlay District that would allow for a Wegman’s in the area of Applied Card Way, Route 1 and Route 202. That’s still a long way off, however. Before…
• Monhegan, a new exhibit at the Brandywine River Museum will run from June 15 to Nov. 17. The exhibit features artistic representations of Monhegan Island, off the coast of Maine, by Rockwell Kent and Jamie Wyeth. The exhibition will include examples of some of Wyeth's most recent paintings and a number of Kent's from major museum collections. Wyeth's paintings are often created with his…
• Someone stole a wooden jewelry box filled with jewelry from a home on Brook Lane in Chadds Ford Township sometime between noon June 4 and 1:30 a.m. June 5, a police report said. • Police apprehended the man, they said, fled the scene after wrapping his car around a utility pole at Route 202 and Johnson Farm Lane in the early morning hours of…
Sometimes common sense is quite inaccurate and sometimes it’s spot on. What I enjoy about rigorous research is that while it can sometimes support common sense perceptions, it often does not. For eons, remember the common sense view was that sunrises and sunsets proved that the earth was the center of the universe and the sun revolved around it. When this “obvious” notion was displaced…
Summer is almost here and the exterior of a home becomes even more important when putting your house on the market. This time of year buyers will spend more time outside looking at your property and envisioning what their summer barbecues and family playtime will look like. The addition of any amount of usable real estate to a property increases value. Customized decks and personalized…
Earl “Bud” G. Miller Jr., of Avondale, died Tuesday, June 4, at the Jennersville Regional Hospital. He was the husband of Marlene Bertrando Miller who died in 1995 and with whom he shared 31 years of marriage. Born in Kennett Square, he was the son of the late Earl G. Miller, Sr. and Mary Blanche Moore Miller. Bud was an inventory control clerk at the…
Charles “Chattie” A. Bush, 81, of New London, died Tuesday, June 4, at Brinton Manor in Glen Mills. Born in New London Township on June 8, 1931, he was the son of the late James P. and Reba Buckalew Bush. He was a farmer for many years and then he worked for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for 29 years, retiring in 1993. Chattie was…
Wayne E. Kofke, 63, of Unionville, died Monday, June 3, at his residence. He was the husband of Patricia Leach Kofke, with whom he shared 43 years of marriage. Born in West Chester, he was the son of Carole Jones Kofke of Glen Rose, Texas and the late William L. Kofke. Wayne was a 1967 graduate of Downingtown High School and attended the West Chester…
Kennett Square, PA – The Kennett Symphony will present Sound the Brass! on Saturday, June 22, 2013, 7:30 pm (Rain date June 23) in the Open Air Theatre of the Longwood Gardens under the direction of Maestra Mary Woodmansee Green. Discover the versatility of the Kennett Symphony’s full brass and percussion sections as they present a musical extravaganza of diverse programming from the Renaissance to…
Foundation To Aid Environmental Education Trash Talkin’ Ladies founder and CEO, Lesley Eisenman announces the creation of the Eisenman-Sebastian Family Foundation. The foundation was created to provide financial assistance to students choosing to study Environmental Science at Delaware County Community College and is funded by Trash Talkin’ Ladies with the proceeds from selling ferrous and non-ferrous metals. “Education is the key to a better life,”…