Final stages for Birmingham Hill master plan

The master plan for the Birmingham Hill Preserve is entering its final stage of development. Sheila Fleming, from the Brandywine Conservancy, said during an Oct. 28 webinar that the conservancy would keep the public comment period open through Nov. 15. The aim is to have the plan finalized in December, with implementation beginning in 2021. The plan aims to determine how best to use the…

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Kennett considering local services tax

Should Kennett Township have a local services tax? That is the question supervisors will discuss in the coming weeks after they voted 2-1 at their Oct. 21 meeting to advertise consideration of the tax as a way to offset proposed budget expenses in 2021. “We have a lot of requests and will not have enough revenue,” said Kennett Township Finance Director Amy Heinrich. “One opportunity…

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Special meeting in Kennett Twp.

Kennett Township supervisors will hold a special budget meeting tonight —Thursday, Oct. 29, — to discuss fire and EMS funding. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. Instructions on how to join the remote meeting can be found at the township website, Kennett.pa.us. Tonight’s meeting will continue a discussion that started at the supervisors’ Oct. 21 meeting. The Kennett Fire and EMS Regional Commission, which sets…

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Around Town Oct. 29

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The Ann Wyeth McCoy Doll collection will be on display at the Brandywine River Museum of Art. (File photo.)

• The annual Christmas tradition at the Brandywine River Museum of Art gets underway this Saturday, Oct. 31, with the opening of the train exhibit — The Brandywine Railroad — and with the return of the Ann Wyeth McCoy dollhouse display in six rooms filled with three-dozen dolls in various tableaus. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. • Traffic was a little backed up along S.…

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