For those residents already getting queasy about traffic jams from the Democratic National Convention, Gov. Tom Wolf announced on Thursday, July 14, that PennDOT has launched www.511pa.com/DNC, a detailed travelers’ website. It is designed to assist residents and visitors as Philadelphia hosts the convention from Monday, July 25, to Thursday, July 28. The site is linked both to PennDOT’s 511PA site and the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s…
Updated on July 14 to add link to study The singer and rapper Pharrell Williams, known to many as a judge on TV’s “The Voice,” has nothing on a certain Chester County commissioner – give or take a few million dollars, perhaps. At the Chester County Commissioners’ Sunshine Meeting, on Tuesday, July 12, Commissioners’ Chairman Terence Farrrell struck a note of gleeful competition. It originated,…
Birmingham Township supervisors on Monday gave preliminary approval to a land development plan for Freddy’s Frozen Custard and Steakburgers. Restaurant owner Stephen DiMarco — who owns the Freddy’s on Sproul Road in Broomall — wants to open a second restaurant at the intersection of Route 202 and Old Wilmington Pike, across from Penn Oaks Golf Club. Supervisors gave conditional approval for the restaurant following a…
Clark Hoffman and Bill Bunch expressed the right idea at last month’s Chadds Ford Planning Commission meeting. Hoffman said local people have to solve local problems. Bunch readily agreed. Hoffman is president of the Painters Crossing Condominium Association. Bunch owns William Bunch Auction located in the Chadds Ford Business Campus on Hillman Drive, facing Route 202. The problem in question is the loop road, the…
For area residents, it has become increasingly difficult to avoid treading on hallowed ground – mainly because the footprint of the Brandywine Battlefield continues to grow. That increase has occurred in large part from the efforts of the Brandywine Battlefield Task Force. Formed in1993 with municipal, state, and federal representatives along with nonprofit institutions, it has been working to ensure that this integral part of…
For the many hundreds of first responders operating daily in Chester County, the possibility of injury accompanies every call. But sometimes it’s “the invisible wounds that can be more devastating,” the county commissioners were told at their Sunshine meeting on Tuesday, June 21. The speaker was Chaplain Jerry Schwartz, the coordinator of Chester County’s Critical Incident Stress Management Team, a partnership between mental health professionals…
The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls, together with over 80 community leaders, nonprofit agencies and Chester County citizens, recognized its 2016 grant award recipients last week. The annual Grants Celebration was held at the Gables at Chadds Ford. This year, 23 agencies were awarded funding, totaling a quarter of a million dollars, according to a fund press release. For a list of organizations…
Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board directors have passed the 2016-2017 school year budget, a plan that calls for a tax increase that’s slightly less than originally proposed. Less for Chadds Ford Township property owners, that is. A proposed final budget that was agreed upon in May called for an increase of 3.06 percent for Delaware County property owners. However, board President Vic Dupuis said he was…
For the 25th year in a row, Chester County has received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the fiscal year beginning 2015 from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) of the United States and Canada. The recognition marks a milestone, according to a county press release: No other county in Pennsylvania has achieved this quarter-century honor, and Chester County is one of fewer than 40…
As the Kennett area community has grown, efforts to prevent hunger and homelessness have as well – matched only by the increasing need for those services. In 1954, a group of local families distributed holiday food baskets to a few families in need in the area. Decades later, Kennett Area Community Service (KACS), which operates the Kennett Food Cupboard, has evolved into a valued nonprofit.…
Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board directors are preparing to vote next week on the final budget for the 2016-2017 school budget. Board members voted on a proposed final budget last month, a budget that would increase school taxes an average of 2.77 percent between Chester and Delaware County residents. However, during the June 13 work session, Business Manager Bob Cochran offered another option that would result…