• Natalie Chow of Chadds Ford was named to the Boston University College of Arts & Sciences’ Dean’s List for the fall 2025 term. The Dean’s List is an honor awarded to those CAS students who earned at least 15 academic units and had a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher.
• Ursinus College has named two Chadds Ford residents to its Provost’s List for Fall 2025. They are Vienna Gurev and Ryan Zhuge. This prestigious honor recognizes full-time students who have achieved a GPA of 3.5 or higher and is a testament to students’ dedication to academic excellence.
• Three Chadds Ford residents received honors from the University of Alabama. Natalie Gartner and Sheila Tucker were named to the President’s List, and Mitchell Houck was named to the Dean’s List.
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.
PennDOT has announced the following weather-dependent road projects that could affect drivers in the greater Chadds Ford area from Feb. 9 to Feb. 13. Motorists are urged to allow extra time traveling through one of the construction zones. Work schedules are subject to change.
• Tree work will cause daytime lane closures on Route 162 (Embreeville Road) between Scott and Stargazer roads in Newlin Township through Feb. 21.
• Meter relocation will cause daytime lane closures on Route 52 (Price Street) at S. Church Street in West Chester through Feb. 23.
• Tree trimming will cause daytime lane closures on E. Street Road between E. Doe Run Road and School House Road in East Marlborough Township through Feb. 27.
• Tree trimming will cause daytime lane closures on Lenape Road between W. Lafayette Drive and E. Street Road in Pocopson, East Marlborough, and Pennsbury townshipsthrough Feb. 27.
• Tree trimming will also cause daytime lane closures on Wawaset Road between County Prison Farm and Route 52 in Pocopson Township through Feb. 27.
• Tree trimming will cause daytime lane closures on Route 162 between Cannery. and Harvey’s Bridge roads in Newlin Township through Feb. 13.
• Continuing, motorists should expect daytime lane closures in both directions on Route 1 between the Kennett Oxford Bypass and Greenwood Road in Kennett and East Marlborough townships. The closures are to facilitate widening that 1.3-mile stretch of roadway to three lanes in both directions. Work is expected top continued through April 17.
• Boardwalk construction will cause daytime lane closures between Baltimore Pike and Upper Bank Drive in Chadds Ford Township through Feb. 27.
• Intersection reconstruction will cause a full 24/7 closure of Bethel Avenue between Conchester Highway and Cherry Tree Road through late 2026. Detours to be posted.
• Road reconstruction will continue to cause lane shifts on Conchester Highway between Chelsea Parkway and Cherry Tree Road in Upper Chichester through Oct. 15.
• Roadway construction will cause daytime lane closures on Route 1 between the Kennett Oxford Bypass and Webb Barn Lane in East Marlborough and Kennett townships through April 24, 2026.
• Overhead utility construction will continue, causing daytime lane shifts on Route 1 between the Kennett Oxford Bypass and Walnut Street in Kennett Township.
• Kennett Square is reporting that the Birch Street Reconstruction Project is scheduled to end in the spring of 2026. During this time, Birch Street will experience rolling road closures where one or both lanes of traffic may be closed for a few hundred feet at a time. In general, the road will be open to local traffic, and road closures will be minimized as much as possible. When both lanes of traffic need to be closed for construction activities, access will be available on both sides of Birch Street, from South Broad Street and South Walnut Street.
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.
• Ursinus College has named two Chadds Ford residents to its Provost’s List for Fall 2025. They are Vienna Gurev and Ryan Zhuge. This prestigious honor recognizes full-time students who have achieved a GPA of 3.5 or higher and is a testament to students’ dedication to academic excellence.
• Tree trimming will cause daytime lane closures on E. Street Road between E. Doe Run Road and School House Road in East Marlborough Township through Feb. 27.