Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board directors Monday voted to accept a proposed final budget that would raise school taxes in Chadds Ford Township by more than 6 percent. Chester County property owners would see an increase of 0.35 percent. Directors will vote on the final budget during their June 18 meeting. The vote was 8-1, with Director John Murphy, of Pennsbury, casting the lone no vote.…
The Music in the Meadow festival, scheduled for this Saturday, May 19, at the Chadds Ford Historical Society has been cancelled due to expected severe weather through the weekend. With heavy rain expected during the days leading up to the event, and rain and thunderstorms expected on the day of the event, the Society’s Board of Directors decided that the best decision to insure the…
Two Boy Scouts from Troop 31 were awarded their Eagle Scout ranking during a Court of Honor ceremony at Hillendale Elementary School Monday night. The two — Connor Mears and Nate Gerstenschlager — became the 150th and 151st scouts in the troop’s 70-year history to achieve the rank. During the ceremony, Mears — a senior at Unionville High School — was awarded a proclamation from…
A member of the Wilmington Trail Club waits for other members of the club before putting their kayaks into the Brandywine Creek on a gray Saturday morning.