Chadds Ford budget passes, roads don’t

Chadds Ford Township has a new budget for 2015 and the good news for property owners is that taxes will remain the same as they have been. Supervisors passed the spending plan during their Dec. 3 meeting. The budget is balanced with revenues and expenses expected to be $1.46 million. The largest sources of income are the various property taxes, including the basic township tax,…

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History comes alive, decked out for holidays

For the 29th year, the Chadds Ford Historical Society will offer its popular Candlelight Christmas Tour, a stroll into the past that helps fund the society's historic mission. The 2014 tour not only celebrates the 300-year history of the society’s 1714 Barns-Brinton House, but it also includes over 15 homes and historic sites in Pennsbury and Kennett Townships, all decked out in holiday style – and one…

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Unprecedented gift from Scaife art collection

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(Left) Martin Johnson Heade, New Jersey Salt Marsh, ND, Oil on canvas. Collection Brandywine River Museum of Art. Gift from the Estate of Richard Mellon Scaife (Right) George Inness, Moonrise, Alexandria Bay, 1891, Oil on canvas. Collection Westmoreland Museum of American Art.

The Brandywine River Museum of Art and the Westmoreland Museum of American Art began the process today of dividing up the art collection of publisher and American art proponent Richard Mellon Scaife. Scaife, who died July 4, bequeathed his art collection, which includes over 500 works, to both museums, specifying that it should be divided evenly between the two institutions. The staff and board of…

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Around Town Dec. 4

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The annual O-gauge model train display at the Brandywine River Museum of Art is an eye-popper for kids of all ages and both genders. The display is part of Brandywine Christmas, which opens Friday.

• During its Dec. 1 organization meeting, the Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board re-elected Vic Dupuis and Gregg Lindner as president and vice president respectively. • The Concord Township Christmas Tree lighting is this Friday, Dec. 5. Santa will light the tree at 6 p.m. and will listen to wishes until 8 p.m. The event is at the Concord Community center at 45 Thornton Road. •…

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Adopt-a-Pet: Leche

Meet Leche.
This beautiful kitten is four-five months old, and is completely white. Leche is incredibly rare, because he is a male, white, blue eyed, and is not deaf which is common for the combination. His left eye is blind from an old infection, but he has not let that slow him down or dampen his loving personality. Leche was found on a golf course very…

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Dickens’ kin to perform ‘A Christmas Carol’

Gerald Charles Dickens, an English actor and the great-great-grandson of literary master Charles Dickens, will perform a one-man show of A Christmas Carol at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library on Thursday, Dec. 4, at 1 and 6 p.m. Charles Dickens originally toured the U.S. in 1867, reading his literary works before spellbound audiences. According to Gerald Charles Dickens, his great-great-grandfather adored theater and initially wished to be an actor.…

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Police Log Dec. 4: Knives thrown; burglary; thefts; accidents and DUIs

• A domestic dispute on Thanksgiving Day resulted in the woman throwing knives at the man. No identities were revealed. The victim suffered minor lacerations to the back, but refused medical attention, police said. The accused was charged with simple assault in connection with the Nov. 27 incident on James Getty Lane in Concord Township. The victim also faces harassment charges, police later said. • A…

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Museum’s yarn bomb explodes with pizzazz

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Yarn bomb aficionado Sharon Silverman gets ready to transfer the snake from her car trunk to the museum.

A slithering 40-foot-long creature has established temporary residency at the Delaware Museum of Natural History, but if the thought of a mammoth reptile makes you recoil, this one offers a more positive spin. Created entirely of yarn – about 9,000 yards’ worth – this fuzzy critter is hanging from the ceiling near the front entrance of the Delaware Museum of Natural History, complementing the museum’s…

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Concord Township in brief

The regular December meeting of the Concord Board of Supervisors was brief and uneventful. More significant meetings are scheduled for later this month. Supervisors will hold their preliminary budget preview at 5 p.m. on Dec. 9 and then vote on the 2015 spending plan a week later during a 6 p.m. meeting on Dec. 16. They will also conduct an ordinance amendment hearing that date…

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