Kennett Township supervisors approved the 2023 budgets Wednesday night, with a half-mill tax increase to help pay for increasing emergency and police service costs. The 0.5-mill increase will mean the average taxpayer in Kennett, with a property worth $624,000 and assessed at $246,871, would pay an extra $123 each year in township taxes, according to Kennett Finance Director Amy Heinrich. (A mill is $1 for…
It was two thumbs up for Hank’s Place as Chadds Ford Township supervisors granted approval Thursday for both the land development plan and the conditional use for the restaurant’s rebuild. Owners Anthony and Katie Young weren’t yet sure what or when their next move would be, but it will include the demolition of the current building that was destroyed in the Sept. 1, 2021, flooding…
Winter holidays are an excuse for many things. It gives us an excuse to see friends and family, to create special treats and cookies, visit gorgeous sites, make decadent feasts, to overindulge a bit (or more). It is also an excuse to do some extra shopping, including sometimes for ourselves. Galleries, craft fairs, and holiday markets around the Brandywine Valley are ready to make every…
Kennett Township supervisors voted Wednesday to approve the township’s newest open space acquisition. The township will purchase about 23 acres at 421 Burnt Mill Road for $925,669.22 and designate the land for open space. The supervisors accomplished that by unanimously approving two resolutions at Wednesday’s meeting: Resolution 2022-21 designates the land for open space, and Resolution 2022-22 authorizes the acquisition of the land. Open space…
Jennie G. Mount, 94, of Kennett Square, died Sunday, Dec. 18, at her residence at Brandywine Living. Born in Long Branch, N.J., she was the daughter of the late Joseph Fornarotto and the late Antoinette Gammaro Fornarotto. After high school, Jennie went to work at J.J. Newberry’s where she met her future husband Howard Mount. After marriage, they lived in New York and Massachusetts before they…
The Brandywine Conservancy is looking to take down the Hoffman Mill dam on the Brandywine Creek at Route 1. According to the conservancy’s Director of Community Services Grant DeCosta, removing the dam is a matter of safety, reducing flooding, and maintaining the health of the creek itself. DeCosta said the dam adds to flooding issues because it creates what he called “an impoundment behind it,”…
• Haggis anyone? Celebrate the birth of Scotland's beloved poet, Robert Burns, at the Brandywine River Museum of Art on Wednesday, Jan. 25 from 6-9 p.m. with a hearty meal of traditional Scottish fare, including haggis prepared by the Millstone Café's Executive Chef Justin Rumsey and a tasting selection of single-malt whiskies. A bagpiper will perform stirring Scottish music to accompany the haggis as it…
Pennsylvania State Police Media Barracks State police said Ankur Bansal, 27, of Bear, Del., was killed when he was struck by a car after he exited another vehicle that was stopped on the shoulder of Route 202. The accident happened at 3:36 a.m. on Dec. 18. Avondale Barracks • State police arrested a 28-year-old man from Wilmington on drug possession charges following a traffic stop…
Mario “Doc” P. Malchione, 98, of Avondale, died Saturday, Dec. 17. He was the beloved husband of the late Thelma Aquilanti Malchione. They shared 63 years of marriage. Born in Kennett Square, in 1924, he was the son of Peter and Rose Mascaro Malchione and grew up working with his three brothers on their family’s mushroom farm. He graduated from Kennett High School in 1942.…
After what felt like an eternity of clouds and rain, the sun finally makes an appearance to brighten up Saturday.
A coalition of groups, including Southern Chester County Digital Equity Coalition and Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority are looking to improve Internet access and cellphone service in Chester County. To that end, they and the Southern Chester County Chamber of Commerce, held a listening session in Kennett Square Monday to explain how to accomplish that goal. According to state Sen. John Kane, D-9, “There are areas…