Chadds Ford Township supervisors concluded the hearing on proposed zoning changes that could lead to a new townhome development. A decision is tentatively scheduled for the board’s April 1 meeting. Hovnanian Homes wants to build a 107-unit townhouse development on Brandywine Drive at Route 1, but the 20-plus acres parcel is zoned PBC for a planned business campus. The hearing was held to determine whether…
A 23-year-old man accused of initiating an illicit relationship two years ago with a 13-year-old girl he met while working at the Kennett Area YMCA waived his preliminary hearing on Tuesday, March 10. With more than half a dozen supporters in the courtroom, Tyrone A. Rochester, a 2009 graduate of Kennett High and former football star, appeared before Magisterial District Judge Daniel J. Maisano. Rochester…
The Pocopson Township Board of Supervisors wants to take advantage of the free Historic Commission training being provided at the Brandywine Conservancy next month. Referencing an earlier offer by Karen Marshall, the county’s Heritage Preservation coordinator, Supervisors’ Chairman Barney Leonard said at the supervisors’ Monday, March 9, meeting that he hoped the township would send a representative to the daylong session on April 25. He…
With two supervisor seats up for re-election in Concord Township, two Republicans have filed for an election bid. One of those candidates is incumbent Republican Supervisor Kevin O’Donoghue who’s seeking third six-year term in office. He points to saving open space as one of his accomplishments during his first 12 years in office. “We’re very proud to have saved a lot of open space and…
Dewey S. Price, 87, died Saturday, March 7, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He was the husband of Bonnie Mahala Price, with whom he share 56 years of marriage. Born in Creston, N.C., he was the son of the late Malcom and Margie Allen Price. Dewey was a machinist at Wyeth Laboratories in West Chester for 13 years, retiring in 1987. He…