Enough is enough. That was the sentiment of the Chester County Commissioners when they announced at their meeting on Thursday, Dec. 3, that they will immediately cease remitting funds collected by county row offices on behalf of the state for the duration of the state budget impasse – a sum that averages $4 million a month. In a prepared statement signed by all three commissioners,…
The Kennett Township Board of Supervisors spent the bulk of its meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 2, discussing a developer’s request to amend the township’s zoning code. Michael Pia Jr. of Walnut Street Development Partners appeared with his attorney, J. Charles Gerbron Jr., as well as John D. Snook, a senior advisor for the Brandywine Conservancy. Pia plans to develop a 16.6-acre tract with a mix…
William “Dusty” A. Rhodes Jr., 95, of Avondale, died Sunday, Nov. 29, at the Atlantic Regional Medical Center in Pomona, N.J. while visiting his daughter. Born in Kingston, Pa., he was a son of the late William A. Rhodes Sr. and the late Louise Isaac Rhodes. Dusty proudly served our country during WWII in the Navy as a radio operator on the "Catalina" PBY sea…
Chadds Ford Township has a budget for 2016 and, as has been the case for the last half dozen years, there’s no township property tax increase. As projected in November, the budget calls for just more than $1.2 million in anticipated revenue and expenses, while township property taxes will remain 0.882 mills for property owners within areas that have fire hydrants, or 0.787 for property…
George Thorpe has signed his last escrow release as a supervisor in Chadds Ford Township. After 28 years as a supervisor, Thorpe returns to the status of resident. The Dec. 2 meeting was Thorpe’s last as supervisor. He did not run for re-election in November, and his current term ends on Dec. 31. But long before his professional and political lives began, Thorpe, now 77,…
Christmas traditions regain the spotlight in the Chadds Ford area with two favorites. Brandywine Christmas, the annual exhibit at the Brandywine River Museum of Art, launched the season the day after Thanksgiving with the O-gauge train exhibit and the Ann Wyeth McCoy Doll Collection. The trains, with more than 2,000 feet of track, fill 12,000 square feet of space in the second floor gallery at…
Hi everyone my name is Freddy and I'm 13 years old. I arrived as an owner surrender on Oct. 3. My coat is short and my fur is black to match any occasion. I've become the volunteer favorite and have been told I'm spry for my advanced years. I have plenty of life and energy in me still that make all these whipper snappers jealous.…
Strong light shows variations in texture between bare tree roots and the Brandywine Creek.
• State police said they arrested Thomas Davis, 25, of Newark, for DUI and drug possession. A police report said Davis was stopped on Route 202 at the Dilworthtown Wawa shortly after 1 a.m. on Nov. 22. • A four-vehicle accident along Route 202 near Spring Hill Road on Nov. 28 resulted in a minor injury of a passenger in one of the cars. A…
• Darlington Arts Center in Concord Township invites the community to a free Holiday Arts Party on Sunday, Dec. 6 starting at 2:30 p.m. The party will display music, art, dance, and drama and celebrate Darlington’s mission – Every Art for Everyone. The party kicks off with an art gallery and reception for local artist Lauren Litwa Holden, a longtime resident of Wawa. Her collection…
Every student in West Broad Elementary School in Columbus, Ohio, will receive a new winter coat on Dec. 15, thanks to a local nonprofit. All of the students in the selected school qualify for the federal free and reduced lunch program, and their needs were matched with Operation Warm, a Chadds Ford-based providing the coats and a corporate sponsor Hollister California, a clothing retailer. Operation…