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 July 27-Aug. 2. Motorists are urged to allow extra time if they are traveling through one of the construction zones. Work schedules are subject to change. • Utility pole replacement will cause lane closures on Pocopson Road — between Street and Parkerville…
• Calligrapher Pam Bennett will be back at Rachel Kohl Library on Aug. 6 at 6 p.m. to teach how to transform old books into works of mixed-media art by adding pockets, pop-ups, and more. Registration is required. To register, phone 610-358-3445. • Hot Club Of Cowtown will perform at The Kennett Flash on Friday, July 26. Tickets are available at www.kennettflash.org. All tickets are…
Chadds Ford Township supervisors Wednesday night granted conditional use approval for relief from building in a steep slope. The approval is for the Tulloch property at 101 Bullock Road. The driveway needs to be repaired but is in a steep slope area. Supervisors granted approval last September but the work wasn’t done by the specified deadline of May 31 this year. The board held another…
Chester County commissioners announced today the significant achievement of the County’s Health Department in earning national accreditation from the Public Health Accreditation Board. To earn this accolade, the health department underwent a rigorous, multi-faceted, peer-reviewed assessment process to ensure it met or exceeded a set of public health quality standards and measures. Chester County Commissioners’ Chair Michelle Kichline said, “The Chester County Health Department has…
Domenic G. Urbani, 58, of Chadds Ford, died July 20, at Riddle Memorial Hospital. Born in Philadelphia and raised and educated in Aston, Domenic was a 1978 graduate of Sun Valley High School. He lived in Chadds Ford for the past 28 years. Domenic was a neon bender and the owner and operator of Urban Neon Inc. since 1992. A business that he started in…
Pennsylvania State Police • Police are investigating the theft $300 in cash from an apartment in the 100 block of Wilmington Pike in Concord Township. Police said unknown suspects gained entry by unknown means sometime between 8:45 a.m. on July 19 and 7:40 a.m. on July 20. • A 15-year-old Chadds Ford female was charged with harassment after she engaged in in a physical altercation…
Carolyn Furca Kleinpeter, 75, formerly of Chadds Ford, died on July 20, after battling mesothelioma for 16 months. She was a native of Hammond, LA]a., a resident of Pensacola, Fla., and lived for more than 35 years in Chadds Ford, where for 25 years she operated Estate, Tag and Consignment Sales Inc. She was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, and for many…
Christopher Brooke Miller, 38, of West Chester, died Saturday, July 20 after an on-going battle with addiction. Chris was born Jan. 30, 1981, in Wilmington, to Lolly and Brooke Miller. Chris will be forever missed and loved by all who knew him. He truly was one of a kind. Those close to Chris would agree that his personality was larger than life. A longtime resident…
Thursday will mark three months since the discovery of suspicious transactions in Kennett Township’s financial accounts. And in those three months, the supervisors — aided by the interim township manager and the Meyner Center at Lafayette College — continue to take steps to secure township finances, review policies and procedures, and hire a full-time township manager. The investigations by the Chester County District Attorney’s office…
A flight of butterflies lands and takes a stroll near the Brandywine Creek.
With the heat and humidity continuing, so does the threat of heavy thunderstorms. The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Chester and Southwestern Delaware counties until 4:45 p.m. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways