Deciding on Painters’ Folly

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Chadds Ford Township residents listen to Carol Quigley, standing at left, discuss a project designed to preserve Painter’s Folly for possible adaptive reuse.

When Chadds Ford Township supervisors announced in December of 2017 that they intended to buy Painter's Folly, they had no firm idea of what they wanted to do with the old house on Route 1. Supervisors’ Chairman Frank Murphy said at the time that they wanted to keep it out of the hands of a developer and save it as open space. The house is…

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Musings: Eminent ugliness

There are many ugly things that governments do. Slavery, war, genocide, and subjugation, to name a few. But, of course, they do those things because those who want to rule over others say it's for your good, or maybe it's for the greater good. What's the greater good? It's whatever rulers choose that to mean. Sometimes those in government will smile to your face, tell…

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Police Log July 28: Car theft, drug bust, deception

Pennsylvania State Police Media Barracks • State police are investigating a report of a vehicle stolen in Chadds Ford on July 18. Police said an unknown suspect, described only as a white male wearing dark clothing, went into the David Dodge dealership and stole a gray 2021 Jeep Gladiator. • Police said they arrested José Gonzalez, 40, of Philadelphia, for giving false identification to police…

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