The Chadds Ford Township Zoning Hearing Board heard testimony from township officials whether the Stonebridge Mansion on the corner of Webb Road and Baltimore Pike can host weddings and other events. The property is zoned R-1 residential, and the owners have applied conditional use variance as a bed and breakfast. The required modifications for that variance have not been made on the property. The applicants,…
At the September 16 UCFSD Board meeting, Unionville High School Principal Paula Massanari announced that 13 students were named National Merit Semi-Finalists. The students named were in the top 2% of the PSAT scores: Ari Bleemer, John Cronin, Victoria Francis, Amy Gottsegen, Edward Jing, Erin Kutz, Angela Pam, Barrett Powell, Edward Pyun, Ria Rathi, Jason Shao and Alyssa Trigg. Senior Kate Dietrich-Manion gave her inaugural…
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• Gene Pisasale, on behalf of the Friends of Brandywine Battlefield, accepted proceeds of the Blue Rocks Baseball Benefit. A check for $1300 was presented by Emily Myers. On right, Phyllis Recca, from the Phyllis Recca Foundation, donated matching funds bringing the total amount of the contribution to $2600. Chadds Ford Business Association has sponsored the benefit for the past four years. Myers, on behalf…
Members of the United States Olympic Equestrian team, including Boyd Martin and Phillip Dutton of Chester County, will return to participate in the sixth annual three-day Plantation Field International Horse Trials and Country Fair. Two Olympic members from Sweden are also participating. The three days of Eventing competition, known as the triathlon of the horse world, will take place at picturesque Plantation Field , just…
Sidney seems blue lately, her 4-month wait for a home getting her a bit down. This beautiful, affectionate girl just asks for a little love. Have some to spare?
• Chadds Ford Township remembered the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks with a ceremony at the Brandywine Battlefield Park. The above photos shows park Education Coordinator Andrew Outten with three young members of the Lamont family, from Preston, Conn. as they rang the Remembrance Bells in honor of the passengers of Flight 93 that crashed in Shanksville, Pa. • The Chadds Ford Republican…
It was the 48th annual Chadds Ford days and the weather could not have been more cooperative. Chadds Ford Historical Society President George Franz could not have been more pleased. As usual, the two-day event had a little something for everyone.
The Kennett Square YMCA held a ceremony for its newly expanded facility, but its parent organization still wants a home in Chadds Ford Township. With members, dignitaries — including U.S. rep. Joe Pitts and state Rep. Chris Ross —and a dozens of others on hand, youngsters were asked to officially cut the ribbon of the expanded facility Friday, Sept. 6. The Kennett Y now has…
While the long-proposed widening of Route 202 is still not much more than vaporware, Delaware County is still interested in improving things through the three western most townships. It is proposing a Route 202 Access Management Overlay. Sam Haber, of the county Planning Department, presented the idea to members of the Chadds Ford Planning Commission on Sept. 10. He said that since the state has…
• State police said there was one minor injury resulting from a one-car accident on Garnet Mine Road in Concord Township on Sept. 3. A report said Patricia Waldron, the driver, was also cited when her 2000 Dodge Durango went off the roadway and hit a tree. • A two-car accident on Evergreen Drive in Concord Township resulted in one minor injury and both drivers…