In a brief workshop Wednesday night, Chadds Ford Township supervisors voted to grant conditional use approval for a swimming pool on Webb Road, an extension for Hank’s Place to continue using the food truck for another six months, and they renewed the township’s agreement with Verizon to provide television service in Chadds Ford.
Thomas Moffa and Kelly Bolkus of 475 Webb Road needed approval for the swimming pool and stormwater management system because the property is in a steep slope area. The board voted 2-0 in favor.
Supervisors held hearings for the pool request and the franchise renewal during the March 30 workshop.
Hank’s Place — which needed no hearing —needs the food truck because the Sept. 1 flood destroyed the restaurant. The extension gives owners Anthony and Katie Young the ability to serve customers from the truck through Sept. 30 of this year. During that time, if the truck has to move because of the construction of the new building, the Youngs would need permission to place it elsewhere.
•It’s that bloomin’ time again. Hundreds of lush acres featuring daffodils, tulips, azaleas, wisteria, and more, are springing to life at Longwood Gardens during Spring Blooms. Wander among flowering magnolias, cherry blossoms, and dogwoods as they begin to color the outdoor landscape as spring begins to arrive. Indoors, forsythia, hyacinths, narcissus, tulips, delphinium, and foxgloves take center stage, filling the Conservatory with fragrance and color. Spring Blooms runs April 2-May 1.
Brandy wine Hills Point-to-Point is this Sunday.
•The 79thBrandywine Hills Point-to-Point is this Sunday, April 3, at the Brandywine Red Clay Alliance Myrick Conservation Center on Route 842 — 1760 Unionville-Wawaset Road. Gates open at 11 a.m., and the first race is at noon. Admission is by the carload, and parking starts at $25.
The Delaware County Symphony’s final chamber concert of the season is Sunday, April 10, 3 p.m. at the Meagher Theater, Neumann University, in Aston.
•The Delaware County Symphony presents Century Brass and Jazz Chamber Concert Sunday, April 10, at 3 p.m. at the Meagher Theater, Neumann University, in Aston. This is the fourth and final chamber concert of the season and features performances of classic pieces for brass quintet and some jazz standards. The DCS brass quintet will be performing two traditional pieces for brass: Victor Ewald’s Quintet No. 2 and Sonny Kompanek’s Killer Tango and Ludwig Göransson’s theme from The Mandalorian series. Tickets are available online or at the box office.
•On July 28, 1797, an elderly Lenape woman stood before the newly appointed almsman of Pennsylvania’s Chester County and delivered a brief account of her life. In a sad irony, Hannah Freeman was establishing her residency—a claim that paved the way for her removal to the poorhouse. Unfortunately, however, it meant the final removal from the ancestral land she had so tenaciously maintained. Learn more about this woman during a virtual history lesson: A Lenape Among the Quakers: The Life of Hannah Freeman, on Wednesday, April 13, through the Chester County History Center. This is a pay-as-you-wish event. Go here to get tickets.
•The Chadds Ford Residents Association plans its spring roadside cleanup for Saturday, April 23. Volunteers should report to the township building – Turner’s Mill — at 8 a.m. for safety vests, trash bags, coffee, and donuts. Just bring gloves and a water bottle. The rain date is April 30.
