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 years. The board also reappointed former…
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 through a conservation easement. The conservation group raised…
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 for a Keystone grant to go along with the…
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 meeting. It was the same type…
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, 2021, flooding…
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 would…
Chadds Ford Township supervisors will hold a conditional use hearing and hear the land use application for Hank’s Place at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 22. They were originally scheduled for Dec. 7, but there was a mix-up in advertising which necessitated the change. Supervisors are also scheduled to vote on the 2023 budget during that special meeting. During the Dec. 7 meeting, the board…
In a recent op/ed piece, Brian Coyle, the president and CEO of the Henderson Group, made Henderson’s case for what Coyle said is a needed trade-off, an apartment complex in exchange for a completed loop road system. He wants Chadds Ford Township to approve a text amendment allowing for an age-restricted apartment complex — ages 55-plus — on the vacant lot at Route 1 and…
Richard Falcone, who was charged with three criminal counts had two of the charges completely waived and a third waived down to a misdemeanor in a Nov. 15 hearing. Falcone had been charged in connection with a Sept. 10 shooting incident on Webb Road. Police were called in the early morning hours of that Saturday for reports of gunshots. Falcone eventually surrendered after a standoff…
Chadds Ford Planning Commission members gave two recommendations for Hank’s Place during the commission’s meeting Wednesday night. They recommended the Board of Supervisors approve Hank’s conditional use application and land use plan. The vote on both was unanimous. The commission is a recommending body only and does not grant approvals on its own. As previously reported, owners Anthony and Katie Young want to rebuild after…
The continuation of the Nov. 2 Chadds Ford Board of Supervisors meeting planned for Nov. 10 is back on. It had been canceled due to a lack of a quorum, but there will be at least two supervisors taking part, based on an email from the township. The meeting is for a discussion on the 2023 budget and will start at 9 a.m.