There were no voting items on the Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board agenda Monday night, but there were discussions on items that will be voted on before the school year ends. School Buses Director of Facilities James Whitesel said the administration is recommending the purchase of five electric school buses and a vote is scheduled for the Nov. 18 board meeting. Several options had been discussed…
A bank of clouds hangs over a field in Chadds Ford like unrolled cotton wadding.
It was a weekend for honoring the flag and remembering U.S. veterans. Concord Township held its 20th annual Veterans’ Day ceremony at its American Hero Memorial, and the Chadds Ford Township Residents Association held an abbreviated flag retirement ceremony at the Brandywine Battlefield Park. The flag retirement ceremony was abbreviated because of the current burn ban. Weather-worn and other flags in poor repair are to…
• Chadds Ford Township supervisors Wednesday night voted to advertise the 2025 budget with an eye on adopting it in December. There have been no substantive changes since the budget discussion during the October workshop. The one exception to that, which was discussed last month, is that the annual Business Privilege Tax would increase from $100 per year to $225 per year. That increase, according…
Dave Kelleher of David Dodge is acting on his announcement of April 2023 to open a detailing shop and training center in Concord Township. His plan also calls for a car wash; for that, he needs a conditional use hearing. The shop and car wash would be on a 5.32-acre site at 830 Conchester Highway, across from Evergreen Drive. Kelleher already received zoning clearance for…
It was a far cry from the spring primary when it was sunny, but with few voters going to the polls. Early morning voters yesterday were met with fog and a lot of neighbors. However, a major incident arose about 70 minutes before the polls closed Tuesday night. Chester County Councilman Josh Maxwell posted on Facebook at 7:32 p.m. that the county Government Services Building…
Birmingham Township supervisors Monday night honored Police Chief Tom Nelling and voted to advertise the 2025 budget. That budget does contain a tax increase. Supervisors also plan to have a hearing for a zoning amendment, though the date for that is uncertain. Nellng has been involved with the township in multiple capacities since he moved into Birmingham in 1984 and has been the police chief…
While the brilliance of the autumn foliage is beginning to fade, some of the reds and golds cling to limbs in this heart- or possibly harp-shaped image along the Brandywine.
It’s budget time again and Chadds Ford Township supervisors want to increase what the township gives to the Concordville Fire & Protection Association. They think they found a way to do so without increasing property millage rates, but businesses could pay more. Township Finance Director Laura Lim gave a presentation on a draft of the 2025 budget at the Oct. 30 supervisors' work session. The…
Let’s start with a story or two. Running up to the 2012 election, a very liberal woman whom I’ve known for a long time said something had to be done about all those nasty guns that kill people. I told her that if she and her fellow Democrats don’t like the Second Amendment, they should work to have it repealed. She didn’t like that idea…
A smiling face of a happy creature peers out of a tree trunk. Tree limbs seem to wave hello.