School board gets an earful

Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board directors got an earful from residents during the board’s first meeting of the year, a meeting that lasted nearly four hours. The residents told the board they don’t like how the district has been handling the long-range facilities plan. Superintendent of Schools John Sanville said, “The process has been open and transparent,” while Director Robert Sage said disagreements are normal, he…

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Stephen S. Danby Sr. of Chadds Ford

Stephen S. Danby Sr., 97 years, of Chadds Ford, died Sunday, Jan. 6. He was born in Gradyville, Delaware County, to Arthur William and Martha Alice Westgarth Danby, both having emigrated from England, in 1921 into a family of three sisters and five brothers. Steve was a WWII combat veteran who served as a gunner’s mate in the United States Navy from September 1942 through December 1945…

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Academic Achievement Jan. 15

• Maura McManus, Class of 2021, from Chadds Ford, was named to the dean's list at Bucknell University during the fall semester of the 2018-19 academic year. A student must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a scale of 4.0 to receive dean's list recognition. • Michaela Clarkson, of Chadds Ford, was named to the dean's list for the fall 2018…

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