A spate of daytime residential break-ins affecting a wide swath of homes in Chester and Delaware counties prompted the formation of a police task that caught two men burglarizing a Pocopson Township home on Wednesday, Dec. 9, police said. Daniel S. Freas, 29, of Birmingham Township, and David J. Lee, 36, of Oxford, were taken into custody after a member of the Westtown-East Goshen Regional…
While the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania still doesn’t have a budget for fiscal year 2015-2016, the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District is already in the planning stages for a 2016-2017 school year budget. And newly re-appointed School Board President Vic Dupuis doesn’t like that situation. “I’m personally appalled that our state representatives can’t pass a budget for this past year, yet by law, they require us to…
Enough is enough. That was the sentiment of the Chester County Commissioners when they announced at their meeting on Thursday, Dec. 3, that they will immediately cease remitting funds collected by county row offices on behalf of the state for the duration of the state budget impasse – a sum that averages $4 million a month. In a prepared statement signed by all three commissioners,…
Many area nonprofits depend on donations to survive, a fiscal precariousness that has been exacerbated this year by ripple effects from the state budget impasse. As a result, institutions that typically benefit from state grants, either directly or indirectly, are hoping that the public will help fill the gap this year on Tuesday, Dec. 1, also known as #GivingTuesday. Designed as a prelude to the…
PennDOT has announced the following road projects, which are weather-dependent and could affect residents in the greater Chadds Ford area during the week of Nov. 21 through Nov. 28. Motorists are urged to allow extra time if they are traveling through one of the construction zones. Route 162 in Newlin Township between Brandywine Creek Drive and Route 82 will be subject to lane restrictions for…
In an ongoing effort to keep students safe, the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District held a community conversation last week on school security. The meeting included what the district has accomplished in securing buildings, what policies are in place, updates from the Chester County District Attorney's Office, and exchanges among the participants. The school district has reviewed the input that was gathered from the community and…
Birmingham Township supervisors are taking no formal stance on participating in the Brandywine Creek Greenway project – not yet, anyway. Greenway project participation was on the agenda for the Oct. 5 supervisors’ meeting, but no one representing the project attended the session. Supervisors’ Chairman John Conklin still commented. He said the Brandywine Conservancy — which is spearheading the project — is looking to get more…
Citing structural damage, PennDOT closed the bridge carrying Birmingham Road over Radley Run in Birmingham Township indefinitely on Tuesday, Sept. 22, according to a press release. PennDOT bridge engineers examined the structural damage and determined that a stone masonry abutment had sustained severe deterioration. Engineers will develop a plan to repair the structural damage, the release said. During the bridge closure, which will include the…