Chadds Ford Township supervisors will hold a conditional use hearing at 7 p.m. on Nov. 6 for a proposed hotel along Route 202. The proposed site is on the Brandywine Summit property north of Keystone Plaza and south of the Residences at Chadds Ford.
Also during the Nov. 6 meeting, supervisors anticipate reviewing the township’s draft budget for 2020. Township Manager Maryann Furlong said she hopes to have the draft prepared for that night with an eye on a final vote during the Dec. 4 meeting. Supervisors’ Chairman Frank Murphy said that would allow enough time for a special budget meeting if necessary.
Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.
New exhibit at Barbara Moore Fine Art“The Nearby Wild-Impressionistic” features the works of Signe Sundberg-Hall, left, and Carol Mangano, right. It runs through Nov. 6.
A new exhibit at Barbara Moore Fine Art in Chadds Ford features the works of Signe Sundberg-Hall and Carol Mangano. According to Moore, the exhibit — The Nearby Wild -Impressionistic — is “a good mix of Carol’s vibrancy and Signe’s softness. They don’t compete. Yin and yang work together.”
Sundberg-Hall, whose palette is soft, works landscapes that she refers to as “the natural atmosphere of Chester County.”
Mangano’s palette is bolder, but changes with the season and even the time of day. She said she tries to “capture the essence of the scene or the personality of the still-life.” She is also a true plein air painter who does all the work outside at the scene.
Barbara Moore Fine Art is located in the Barn Shops on Route 1 — 1609 Baltimore Pike — in Chadds Ford Township. The exhibit runs through Nov. 6.
Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.
Chadds Ford Township volunteers get ready to clean up trash from township roads during the semiannual Civic Association Roadside Cleanup Day on Saturday, Oct. 19.
•The Kennett Square Farmers Market presents a Fermentation Festival on Friday, Nov. 1 from 3–7 p.m. Meet the makers of locally fermented foods and beverages, explore “live” cultures and demos, and bring the kids for the “Farmers Market Forage, a scavenger hunt. Additional information about that event can be found here.
•Saturday, Nov. 2, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., is Nature Play Day at Mt. Cuba Center when visitors can discover the wild side of the center with a day of outdoor fun. Fly a kite; get up close and personal with tractors and trucks; navigate a nature obstacle course and more. Embrace your inner explorer on a guided hike or hop aboard a hayride through rolling terrain. This event takes place outside our main gardens area. Parking and admission for this event is located at 1003 Old Wilmington Road, in Hockessin, just east of Brackenville Road. All activities included with a general admission ticket, free for members. Rain date: Sunday, Nov. 3.
•The Clover Market is coming back to Kennett Square for a first-time fall event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 3. The event is free and open to all, with parking across the street at Kennett High School and a free shuttle running back and forth to town all day. It features a curated lineup of antique and handmade vendors, a fabulous food truck lineup (Cow and Curd, Dos Hermanos, Natalie’s Fine Foods, Phyllodelphia, Say Cheese, Flour and Oats Artisan Cookies & Gotta Lotta Gelata), Victory Beer and Harvest Ridge/Rebel Hill Cider, live music, face-painting, and meet and greets with the adoptable animals from Finding Shelter Animal Rescue.
Beach Boys tribute band Sail On plays at Uptown! on Nov. 9.and
• Uptown! is pleased to present Sail On, the top Beach Boys tribute band in the world. Based out of Nashville, Tenn., the group will perform one show only at Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center, Saturday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m., offering fans of an Endless Summer the chance to have Fun, Fun, Fun in West Chester. If you catch the wave and get tickets to this event, you are encouraged to dress for a beach party in your favorite Hawaiian shirt, shades & flip flops. Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center is located at 226 North High Street, West Chester. Ticket prices start at $35. Purchase tickets at UptownWestChester.org, at the box office or call 610-356-ARTS(2787).
•It’s time for a puppet show at the Chester County Historical Society. On Saturday, Nov. 2, CCHS hosts Harmony Hill Puppet Theatre’s The Mystery of Mannerly Mansion. Mannerly Mansion has been robbed just days after the “Sure-Lock Homes Security Agency” installed an alarm system. Fox Mouldy and Danish Kelly are sent to investigate. Did the alarm system fail? Or was it the butler? Or the Legendary Mannerly Ghost? During the show, the elements of a mystery story are discussed, and audience members are given the chance to guess the solution. By the end, it is discovered that there is more than one secret within Mannerly Mansion, and one goes all the way back to the time of the Underground Railroad. Tickets are $5 per child at the door; adult caregivers are admitted free. Showtime is 10-11 a.m.
Chadds Ford’s Timotha Trigg, right, receives the 2019 Outstanding Chadds Ford Citizen of the year award during a Civic Association meeting on Oct. 22. Trigg served eight years as a Unionville Chadds Ford School Board director, two years as president of the School Board and two years as vice president. She currently serves on the Chadds Ford Township Planning Commission. Mary Kot, left, made the presentation.
Chadds Ford Township supervisors will hold a conditional use hearing at 7 p.m. on Nov. 6 for a proposed hotel along Route 202. The proposed site is on the Brandywine Summit property north of Keystone Plaza and south of the Residences at Chadds Ford.
