Local News Chadds Ford

Brush fire easily extinguished

Firefighters from Concord Fire Co. made short work of putting out a brush fire on Route 1 in Chadds Ford Township Wednesday afternoon. According to Rob King of Chadds Ford Tree Service, the fire apparently started when some bamboo on his northern property line hit an electrical line and sparked. There were no injuries.

 
 

Henderson seeks support for housing, loop road

The Henderson Group is continuing its effort to gain support from the community for an age-restricted community so it can complete the loop road project around Routes 1 and 202. To that end, Brian Coyle, the president, and CEO of Henderson held an informational meeting in the Chadds Ford Business Campus Friday to explain options and goals. About two-dozen area ...

 

Chadds Ford in Brief

Chadds Ford Township supervisors Wednesday announced that North American Land Trust is looking for volunteers to plant trees at the Brinton Run Preserve on May 6. The planting is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with s rain date set for May 13. If interested, send an email to brintonrunpreserve@nalt.org. A HARB meeting previously scheduled to hear the Brandywine ...

 

New coffee shop? Maybe

The Chadds Ford Zoning Hearing Board heard two applications last week. Members approved one zoning variance request from the Brandywine Conservancy but continued the other for a possible coffee shop in the old First Keystone Bank/Bryn Mawr Trust location. The board approved a zoning variance for the Brandywine Conservancy to use a residential property on Creek Road ...

 

From a schoolhouse to church to a home

The Jan. 31 Photo of the Week of the small octagonal building at Ridge and Heyburn roads in Chadds Ford Live drew a lot of attention on the CFL Facebook page. There were 18,288 views with two dozen comments. Those comments ranged from curiosity about the property and its history to people sharing memories or what they had been told about the place. Comments range ...

 

Chadds Ford in Brief

Chadds Ford Township supervisors accepted the resignation of Joe Pileggi as township auditor and appointed Ben Simon as his replacement. The move came during the Board of Supervisors’ Feb. 1 meeting. Simon will serve through 2023. Also at the meeting, the board announced they’re looking for a new roadmaster to replace Dennis Henry who’s held the position for four ...

 

Open space site needs volunteers

North American Land Trust is seeking community volunteers to help plant trees, make improvements, and monitor wildlife at its Brinton Run Preserve, which NALT opened to the public in the spring of 2022. NALT bought the Chadds Ford property in 2021 after a previously approved residential development plan fell through. NALT  will protect the land from development ...

 

Supervisors updated on library

An informal presentation for the Rachel Kohl Library turned into a discussion on taxes at Wednesday night’s Chadds Ford supervisors’ meeting. Jen Panaro, the library’s treasurer, and the board member from Chadds Ford Township, filled in for Executive Director Susan Sternberg and said the library received a $200,000 bequest about a year-and-a-half ago and is applying ...

 

Traffic cameras in CF?

Chadds Ford Township supervisors are trying to decide whether to partner with Concord Township for a license plate reading camera system at the intersections of Routes 1 and 202. A least, that was their understanding as of a Jan. 3 request. Shawn Petty of Platelogiq gave a brief presentation to the board during Tuesday night’s reorganization and regular monthly ...

 

Hank’s plan OK’d

It was two thumbs up for Hank’s Place as Chadds Ford Township supervisors granted approval Thursday for both the land development plan and the conditional use for the restaurant’s rebuild. Owners Anthony and Katie Young weren’t yet sure what or when their next move would be, but it will include the demolition of the current building that was destroyed in the Sept. 1, ...

 

Piazza still eying Chadds Ford

Piazza Auto Group is still looking to bring two car dealerships — Hyundai and Genesis — to Chadds Ford Township. The applicant presented a sketch plan in July and returned to the Planning Commission for the second time Wednesday evening to get some more input on what the commission thinks and wants to see in order to get a favorable recommendation. The auto group ...