All four lanes are open again on the Route 1 bridge over the Brandywine Creek between Chadds Ford and Pennsbury townships. Work crews removed the lane restriction signs and left the area Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 15. The lanes had alternately been closed since June because two support pedestals had deteriorated. Barring the unexpected, all four lanes of Route 1 from the creek to Route 202 will remain open until spring, when the road is scheduled for repaving.
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.
The Chester County History Center Library and Photo Archives will be closed in January, but will reopen in February.
In January, the Chester County History Center Library and Photo Archives will be closed to researchers. During the month, the center will focus on behind-the-scenes work to process and rehouse manuscripts and photographs to make more information available to patrons. In-person research will resume on Feb. 1.
The Residence at Chadds Ford is holding an open house on Tuesday, Dec. 21, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, contact Mindy Macauley at 610-222-3333 or mmacauley@residencechaddsford.com. The Residence at Chadds Ford is an independent personal care and memory care living facility at 1778 Wilmington Pike.
The Kennett Library was awarded a $1.9 million grant from Pennsylvania’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program to construct the new Kennett Library & Resource Center. This is in addition to the $1 million RACP grant that the state awarded to the library in 2019. Kennett Library’s Board of Trustees will now begin determining the best way to apply this latest RACP award to support the construction of our new library building at State and Willow streets in downtown Kennett Square. Construction on the new building is just beginning, and a grand opening is planned for Spring 2023.
A motorist was killed in a two-car crash on Conchester Highway, Route 322, in Concord Township on Dec. 12. The accident happened near Cambridge Drive shortly before 2 p.m. A passenger in the decedent’s car, a 2002 Nissan Maxima, was airlifted to Paoli Hospital. The driver and passengers in the other vehicle, a 2017 Hyundai Elantra, were taken by ambulance to Crozer Chester Medical Center for treatment. According to the police report, The Nissan was traveling east in the left lane when it crossed over the center median, hitting the front end of the Hyundai. The Nissan driver was pronounced dead at the scene. Police didn’t release the names of the victims in the report.
Kennett Square Police Department
Police want to talk with these two in connection with a purse snatching on Dec. 2.
•The Kennett Square Police Department is investigating the theft of a purse that occurred at a business in the 100 Block of W. State Street in Kennett Square on Dec. 2 at approximately 2:20 p.m. According to the report, two women entered the store, which was closed to the public, and took a purse that was sitting on the counter. Credit cards were removed and were used to purchase $2,000 in gift cards at the Walgreens Store located in East Marlborough Township. The suspects were seen leaving the scene of the purse theft in a white Toyota Camry with unknown registration. Anybody with further information on the identity of the females and/or vehicle are asked to contact the Kennett Square Police Department at 610-444-0501 and reference incident KS-21-008596.
•On Nov. 19, shortly after 8:36 p.m., Kennett Square police officers were dispatched for a report of a domestic with one subject attempting to leave the residence in the 500 Block of S. Union Street. A report said officers contacted Alejandro Aguilar, who was exiting his vehicle. The vehicle matched the description of a vehicle involved in a hit and run accident an hour earlier in the same area. Officers said they observed indicators suggesting intoxication, and field sobriety tests showed impairment. He was taken into custody for suspicion of DUI and submitted to a chemical test of his breath, resulting in a blood alcohol level of o.195 percent. He was processed and later released to a family member.
