Chadds Ford Planning Commission members are gearing up for a December decision on a zoning change that could allow for townhouses on Brandywine Drive. They may also be discussing updating noise and firearms ordinances in the township next month. Both topics were on the Nov. 12 agenda, but were tabled because there wasn’t enough material to review, according to commission Chairman Craig Huffman. When draft ordinances…
Clean air and bold colors along the Brandywine Creek.
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• According to a police report, someone caused an estimated $200-$300 worth of damage trying to steal a vehicle parked on Coopershawk Lane in Chadds Ford Township. The incident happened between 9 p.m. and midnight on Nov. 8. A report said the damage was caused when the vehicle rolled down the hill into a light post and bushes. • A Chadds Ford resident is the…
• The Nov. 17 meeting of the Concord Township Planning Commission has been canceled. The meeting was to have included a decision on the Vineyard Commons plan that would have developed part of the Woodlawn Trustees property. The applicant has granted the township an extension for review until February, according to an e-mail from Concord Township. • The Delaware Museum of Natural History will be…
When Colonel John Hannum, Commander of the First Battalion of Chester County militia and his friend Thomas “Squire” Cheyney left Martin’s Tavern in Marshallton, Pa. on the morning of Sept. 11, 1777, they didn’t know they’d be witnesses to a pivotal episode in American history. That morning as they rode toward Chadds Ford to join the rest of the local militia, “they discovered coming down…
There is an old story about two very competitive classmates at an Ivy League college. For four years they jockey with each other to see who can get better grades, lead more organizations and collect more invitations to various parties and societies. As often happens, even though so much of their college careers are defined by their relationship to each other, soon after graduation they…
Few topics get people so hot under the collar as vaccines. It’s easy to find a rabid opinion on the topic, but is the issue really as polarized as it is portrayed? Is it really a never-ending debate between the “anti-vaxxers” and the rest of the general public, where one side is absolutely right and the other dead wrong? As an Empowered Parent, you know…
In my previous column, I wrote about calm versus fear, and how we need to, simplistically put, calm fear with facts. However, the fear mongers continue their drum roll and that’s too bad because lies can seem so loud in comparison to truth spoken reasonably. Instead of listening to the scientists and healthcare professionals who are working either in the research of infectious diseases or…