Closings for March 21

UPDATE: Chester County government and Concord Township municipal offices are also closed. With a forecast of heavy snow, the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District, Kennett Consolidated School District and and the Garnet Valley School District will be closed Wednesday, March 21. The Delaware County Government Center will also be closed..

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Dupuis: Indian not an issue, ‘fake news’

School Board Director Vic Dupuis Monday night tried to diffuse concern over the possibility of changing the high school mascot, but many residents remain concerned. Dupuis opened the meeting saying there is no intention to remove the Indian as the Unionville High School mascot and that there has been a lot of false information being spread about the issue. "A few vocal antagonists on this…

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Early dismissals

Unionville-Chadds Ford School District has decided to dismiss students early today. High school and middle school students will be dismissed at 11:10 this morning and elementary schools will let out at12:25 this afternoon. Kennett Area School District will also be dismissing students early. Middle and high school students will get out at 11:30 a.m., Mary D. Lang Kindergarten Center will dismiss at noon and elementary…

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Photo of the Week: George Was Here

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The Ring House, Washington's Headquarters

Gen. George Washington used the Ring House, the home of the Benjamin Ring Family, as his headquarters the night before the 1777 Battle of Brandywine. Fire destroyed the original structure in 1931, but a replacement was built in 1949 and ’50. The rebuilt structure stands at the Brandywine Battlefield Park on Route 1 in Chadds Ford Township.

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