As anticipated, the Chadds Ford Zoning Hearing Board will not render a decision regarding the possible use of Stonebridge Manor as a residential rehabilitation facility on Dec. 22. The Dec. 22 session has been continued to Dec. 29. This is the second continuance in as many weeks. The board was expected to announce a decision on Dec. 16. However, Zoning Hearing Board Chairman Bob Reardon said…
“Welcome to the North Pole at Chadds Ford.” That’s part of the introductory message for the holiday sounds and lights extravaganza on the front lawn of the Schweitzer residence at the end of Joshua Way in Pennsbury Township. It’s an elaborate, multi-media spectacle that has evolved for about 15 years and grows annually, said the homeowner, Frank Schweitzer. During a recent phone interview, he insisted…
Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan announced in a press release that a former 17-year veteran of the Upper Darby Township Police Department is facing multiple theft charges for stealing property including money and narcotics and tampering with evidence from the Upper Darby Township Police Department evidence room. Brad A. Ross, 41, of the 600 block of Massachusetts Avenue, Aldan, is charged with 203 counts…
Following the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, gun sales at Targetmaster went up 50 percent, according to manager Bob Bonnett. Now, he said, after the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, sales at his shop on Route 202 in Concord Township are spiking again. He said the actual figure is hard to gauge, but he estimates gun sales and range use are up 25…
Chadds Ford Township Zoning Hearing Board Chairman Bob Reardon is blaming the holiday season for a delay in rendering a decision on whether Stonebridge Mansion may be used as a residential lifestyle modification treatment facility. The decision is now tentatively scheduled for Dec. 22. Stonebridge, at 681 Webb Road — on the southwest corner of Webb and Route 1 — lies within the R-1 residential…
As Congress works to wrap up its year-end business, it is important that lawmakers not overlook a modest program that has had an outsized impact on our communities and environment. The Land and Water Conservation Fund was established 50 years ago in order to preserve our nation’s natural resources, waterways, and cultural heritage. Iconic national parks like Rocky Mountain and Grand Canyon, as well as…
A free, two-way data-sharing partnership between PennDOT and a real-time crowdsourced navigation app will help drivers share road conditions, Gov. Tom Wolf announced in a press release. Wolf said the partnership between PennDOT and Waze would benefit the state's motorists. “As travelers rely more and more on their smartphones for real-time traffic data, this new partnership represents yet another way PennDOT is modernizing to keep up…
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…
In an attempt to streamline and clarify portions of its zoning ordinance, the Chadds Ford Township Zoning Task Force could have a revamped code ready for examination by spring. The Task Force — made up of members of the Zoning Hearing Board, Planning Commission, Historical and Architectural Review Board, supervisors and others — began work on the project during the summer of 2014. On Dec.…
Delaware County Court of Common Pleas Judge Anthony D. Scanlon sentenced Dr. Lawrence Wean, 61, 10 to 20 years in a state correctional facility for illegally prescribing narcotics and filing false insurance claims. Wean was convicted by a jury on Oct. 2, of 99 counts of unlawful prescribing of controlled substance and all counts of insurance fraud, for examinations of patients that were never performed.…
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…