Help with trees

From Concord Township: As a result of the last two snow storms, the county is offering volunteer tree work assistance to private property owners in Delaware County. If you are interested in the county assistance for tree work needed on your property as a result of the storms on March 2 and 7, please email the township immediately and by no later than Monday morning at 9 a.m. Please…

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Roadwork for March 10 through March 16

PennDOT has announced the following road projects, which are weather-dependent and could affect residents in the greater Chadds Ford area during the week of Mach 10 through March 16. Motorists are urged to allow extra time if they are traveling through one of the construction zones. • The ramp from the eastbound Route  30/Exton Bypass to northbound Route 202 in East and West Whiteland townships,…

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Sean Patrick Barrett of Chadds Ford

Sean Patrick Barrett, 49, of Chadds Ford, died suddenly on Feb. 25. He will be terribly missed by his loving wife Becky (nee Ralph), his children, Ryan, Brendan and Lyndsey (all at home), his parents Maryanne and Michael Barrett, his grandmother, Anne (MaMere) Lawless and his sister Colleen Barrett. In addition to his immediate family, he will be greatly missed by his parents-in-law George and…

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Ridge Road litigation stopped

Chadds Ford Township will not appeal the court decision that dismissed the township’s complaint against Pettinaro Construction and Concord Township. Chadds Ford has been fighting the planned widening of Ridge Road for more than a year. Widening the road to six lanes for one-quarter of a mile is part of the commercial development at Ridge and Route 202 in Concord. But that stretch of road abuts…

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