Photo of the Week: Frosty Times
Frosty Times
It’s still early December but ice is already forming around the spillway at Newlin Grist Mill Park.
Author: Rich Schwartzman
Brandywine Railroad keeps on chuggin’
The annual train display during Brandywine Christmas is always a favorite.
The Brandywine Railroad at the Brandywine Museum of Art has been a fan favorite ever since it chugged into an annual Black Friday event in 1972. Everyone of all ages — men, women, boys, and girls — seems to be drawn to the display of O-gauge model trains. This year was no exception. While the display opened to the public two earlier, the room with…
Photo of the Week: Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays
The Brandywine Museum of Art is decked out in its holiday lighting scheme. Have a happy holiday season but be safe.
UHS Art Gala turns 48
Featured artist Carol Apicella discusses her work with Andrew Owen, a collector from Wilmington.
The UHS annual Art Gala this year featured the works of more than 100 artists, half professional and half student, according to event chair Caroline Cullen. And about 35 of the pros were new to the show this year. This year was the 48th anniversary of the show. “We kept the number of artists a little bit smaller this tear because we thought last year…
Shopping with a personal experience
Jackie Tate at The Right Touch Engraver on Route 1 in Chadds Ford Township, says shopping at the small local retailers gives shoppers a personalized shopping experience.
The holiday season has been the shopping season for years. The reason the day after Thanksgiving is called Black Friday is because, traditionally at least, that’s when retailers start getting out of debt and into the black. However, the rise in online shopping has increased over the years to the detriment of small, local, brick-and-mortar retailers. Now those local retailers are looking for ways to…
Chadds Ford seeks gaming grant
Supervisors in Chadds Ford Township voted to apply for an LSA Grant for the Chadds Ford Historical Society. LSA — or Local Share Account — is "a program that distributes gaming revenues to support projects in the public interest in various Pennsylvania counties," according to the Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development. Chadds Ford Township manager Lacey Faber said during the Nov. 20 board…
Fire tax increase in Concord
Concord Township is getting ready for its vote on the 2025 budget and council members are talking a tax increases for fire protection. The proposed overall millage is up from 0.514 total for 2024 to 0.5773 for 2025. That change is based on an increase in the proposed fire protection tax from this year’s 0.044 mils to 0.1683 mils for next year. According to Concord’s…
School board approves electric buses
With the bulk of the discussion having already taken place during the last few months, Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board director unanimously approved the purchase of five electric school buses. Director Raski Akki, who motioned for the vote, said the five buses cost $1,909,697, but that three grants would bring the cost to the district down to $397,697. And it was the grant money that helped…
Photo of the Week: Tree Critters
Tree Critters
The trunk of the tree at the Cheslen Reserve shows itself as a torso and as several different faces.
New playground at Anson B. Nixon Park
State Sen. John Kane, D-9, takes a trip down one of the slides at the new playground at Anson Nixon Park.
Politicians and members of the Kennett Area Park Authority cut the ribbon for the opening of a new playground at Anson Nixon Park on Monday. According to one member of the KAPA board, the new playground expands the park’s reach. There are swings and a 30-foot-high platform with four sliding boards. The new playground is on the lower level of the park near the basketball…
New building planned for Painters Crossing
An architect’s rendering of the proposed new building in the southeast corner of Painters’ Crossing shopping center.
The Henderson Group wants to erect a new building at Painters Crossing shopping center. Henderson President and CEO Brian Coyle, along with attorney Marc D’Amico, and an engineer, took the idea to the Chadds Ford Planning Commission Wednesday night, but no decisions were made. According to D’Amico, the planned building would cover three pads at the southeast corner of the shopping center. Those pads had…
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