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Chadds Ford OKs loop road

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on December 7, 2017

The Hillman Drive extension will complete the loop road system around the intersection of Routes 1 and 202. Chadds Ford Township supervisors approved the project Dec. 6, 27 months after the plan was proposed.

After 27 months of bureaucratic back and forth, Chadds Ford Township supervisors finally gave final approval for the Hillman Drive extension on Dec. 6. Once built, the full loop road around the intersection of Routes 1 and 202 will be complete. The build would take up to nine months once started, according to Chuck Olivo, the engineer who developed the plans for The Henderson Group,…

Concord: Wine yes, casinos no

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on December 6, 2017

Concord Township Council voted last night to amend previously granted conditional use approval so the Wawa on Naamans Creek Road can sell wine. But the council voted to prohibit mini-casinos in the township. The votes were 5-0. Council members also adopted a budget with a slight tax increase for fire protection. Concord granted conditional use approval to Wawa for beer sales in the summer of…

‘Shop with the Sheriff’ enchants wide audience

Posted by Press Release on December 5, 2017

Cpl. Daniel Strathy navigates the toy department` with his shopper.

More than 100 enthralled children from the Chester County Family Academy, a K-2 charter school in West Chester, spilled into the Kennett Square Walmart on Saturday, Dec. 2, to enthusiastic applause and high fives from employees, shoppers and a posse of “Shop with the Sheriff” volunteers. The students, who arrived by bus from the Providence Church in West Chester, had already been treated to a…

Court denies Chadds Ford relief

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on December 1, 2017

Delaware County Common Pleas Court Judge Chad F. Kenney denied Chadds Ford Township’s petition for injunctive relief against Ridge Road Development and Concord Township. A hearing was held Thursday, Nov. 30 and the decision released Friday, Dec. 1. Chadds Ford had asked the court to prohibit Concord from signing and releasing final plans for recording in Ridge Road Development’s effort to develop the commercial property…

Residents hear more on Ridge Road widening

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on November 30, 2017

Chadds Ford Township residents last night heard from a PennDOT representative some of the aspects of the controversial Pettinaro commercial development in Concord Township that calls for the widening of Ridge Road. Fran Hanney addressed residents who packed the meeting room to standing room only. Most are concerned that the proposed widening will increase traffic on Ridge and nearby roads and potentially cause an increase…

Geography miscue continues magical odyssey

Posted by Press Release on November 22, 2017

At Philadelphia International Airport, Chester County Sheriffs Carolyn ‘Bunny’ Welsh and Alex Underwood are reunited with Alex Collins, now 12.

Three years ago, a 9-year-old West Chester boy stole hearts when his contest entry -- seeking a hunting and fishing trip with the Chester County Sheriff -- ended up in the wrong state. Fortunately for Alex Collins, Chester County Sheriff Carolyn “Bunny” Welsh, who received the boy’s poignant application, quickly determined that it should have gone to the Chester County in South Carolina. She also…

ATF to investigate West Chester fire

Posted by Press Release on November 17, 2017

Photograph from fire at Barclay Friends Senior Assisted Living Center

The National Response Team (NRT) of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), along with Special Agents from the ATF Philadelphia Field Division, and members of the ATF Philadelphia Arson Task Force were activated to respond to the a 5-alarm fire that occurred at the Barclay Friends Senior Assisted Living Center located at 700 N. Franklin Street in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The fire…

Concord, Pettinaro settle; Chadds Ford sues

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on November 9, 2017

In a surprise move, Concord Township Council Wednesday night entered into a settlement with Ridge Road Development, which ends current litigation over a proposed development on Concord's border with Chadds Ford. Ridge Road development is a subsidiary of Pettinaro Construction. By doing so, Concord agrees that Condition 19 of the approval — which required Chadds Ford's OK — has been satisfied. That change releases the…

Loop road heads to supervisors

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on November 9, 2017

A long journey for a short road has one more stop to make — at a Chadds Ford Township Board of Supervisors' meeting. Members of the township Planning Commission last night voted 5-0 to recommend approval of the final plan for the Hillman Drive extension, the last leg of the loop road around the intersection of Routes 1 and 202. "This idea has been around…

Election results: Status not so quo

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on November 8, 2017

A light voter turnout, but some big changes.

While many of yesterday's local election results reflect business as usual, several county races saw Democrats topping Republicans in what had been traditionally strong GOP areas. And one Republican victory could have an impact on what happens to the Toll Bros. plan to develop Crebilly Farm in Westtown Township. Westtown supervisors are holding a conditional use hearing on that proposal, but incumbent Supervisor Tom Haws,…