Wine and rubber duckies in Concord

It was a mixed bag of topics at the April 4 meeting of the Concord Township Council. Council gets a governor’s award, Wegmans wants a new hearing to change its wine sales hours, and the township plans a rubber ducky race.

Following a request from an attorney representing Wegmans Food Market, council members are considering granting a new hearing for the store to change the original conditions regarding beer and wine sales. When originally approved for alcohol sales in 2015, the township set the hours as 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

But Wegmans now wants to expand those hours. Attorney Ellen Freeman told council members that only the Concord Wegmans has those limited hours. All its other stores in Pennsylvania have longer hours and she wants the Concord store to operate the same way.

The requested new hours for beer and wine sales are 7 a.m. to midnight Monday through Saturday and 9 a.m. to midnight on Sundays, with wine-to-go sales stopping at 11 p.m. daily.

A hearing is needed to change the hours because they were conditions for approval. Council President Dominic Pileggi told Freeman that the township would get back to her once a decision is made on the request for a new hearing.

Other business

Township Manager Amanda Serock announced at the beginning of the meeting that the township will be receiving the Governor’s Award for Local Government Excellence in connection with the partnership it developed with Newlin Grist Mill to preserve the old Newlin Log House that had been on Beaver Valley Road. It was dismantled log by log in 2021 and will be rebuilt at the Newlin Grist Mill Park.

And there will be another collaboration between the township and the grist mill later this spring. Council announced the Race for the Watershed: 5K and Rubber Duck Regatta planned for 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 17 at 219 Cheyney Road.

The event is a fundraiser to help restore the watershed at the grist mill park. There’s a $35 fee for the 5K run/walk, plus a $3.10 sign-up fee. Fees for the duck race are $20 per duck or $50 for three ducks. Registration information can be found here

There will be yoga in the park this Saturday from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Smithbridge Road Park. Participants are urged to bring a friend, a mat, and a water bottle. Anyone showing up more than six minutes late will not be allowed to practice.

Council made two appointments to the Planning Commission during the April 4 meeting. Jeff Santoleri will serve until June 6 of this year and Chris Markland will serve on the commission until April 1 of 2025.

About Rich Schwartzman

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.

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