Around Town Feb. 20

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on February 19, 2014

• The Chadds Ford Planning Commission will hear a request for a zoning change by K. Hovnanian Homes during its March 12 meeting. Hovnanian wants to build 114 townhomes along Brandywine Drive on a property currently zoned for a business campus.

• The Bride Guide to West Chester, which showcases wedding services by West Chester businesses, is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 23 beginning 11 a.m. at the Chester County Historical Society, High and Chestnut Streets. Brides will find everything they need at specialty businesses conveniently located in West Chester. Services include everything from photography to invitations to wedding gifts to favors.

• The Chadds F0rd Historical Society’s spring lecture series begins 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 25 at the Barn Visitors’ Center. The opening lecture is Mines and Minerals of Chester County. The speaker will be U.S. Geological Survey geologist Ron Sloto, the author of “Mines and Minerals of Chester County.” Admission is free for society members, $10 for others.

•April 29 is the date for the annual golf outing benefitting Camp Cadet. It will be held at Applecross Country Club in Downingtown. Registration and lunch begin at 11 a.m. The shotgun starts at 12:30 p.m. Camp Cadet is a summer camp experience designed to promote a friendly relationship between youngsters and police.

• The Kennett Square Resale Book Shoppe will host a book signing event on Saturday, March 1 from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Author Caroline Hartman will be available for signing copies of her new book “Summer Rose.” The book is a Civil War-based historical romance that provides a perspective from the North. Paperback book copies will be on sale for $15. The Book Shoppe is located at 113 South Union Street and their phone number is 610-444-6069. All proceeds benefit the Kennett Area Senior Center.

• Natural Lands Trust announced that it has been awarded $5.7 million in grants from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Marcellus Legacy Fund administered by the Commonwealth Financing Authority. Some of the money will be used in Delaware County for the purchase of a much-sought-after property along Springfield Road in Darby Township. The 35-acre parcel, locally known as “Darby Heights,” is the site of Woodburne, a neoclassical mansion designed in 1906 by the architecture firm of Horace Trumbauer for the son of Col. Thomas Scott, a former assistant secretary of war under Abraham Lincoln and president of the Pennsylvania Railroad.