The Henderson Group is taking steps to move forward with at least the first part of the Hillman Drive extension to complete the loop road. Henderson has gotten the OK to submit a grading application and plan to build the roundabout at Hillman and Evergreen Place. Attorney Ross Weiss told the Chadds Ford Board of Supervisors during the March 1 meeting that going ahead with…
Significant snow storm is predicted for later tonight and tomorrow morning with a high impact for travel the Thursday morning commute. Snow will quickly develop from west to east after Midnight tonight. However, it will start as rain from about the I-95 corridor eastward, with a transition to snow from northwest to southeast early Thursday morning. The change over to snow will likely occur quickly…
Concord Township is reminding property owners on how to pay their property tax bills. In a township-wide email, property owners are reminded of the five ways to make a payments: Mail your check and tax bill to the TD Bank address indicated on your bill. Checks sent to TD Bank without a tax bill will be rejected and delays in posting will be encountered. Hand…
The Wawa on Route 202 at Naaman's Creek Road in Concord Township is closed for renovations. Motorists can still buy gas, however. The store is scheduled to reopen Feb. 15. At that time, the new beer section will also be open. Concord supervisors gave conditional approval for beer sales at the store in 2015.
Traffic is backed up on northbound Route 202 on Jan. 12 as work crews replace a traffic light that was damaged Saturday when a sand truck snagged overhead power lines. PennDOT was uncertain how long the work would take.
Traffic lights were out along Route 202 between Concord and Chadds Ford township Saturday afternoon and into the evening after a salt truck ran into the overhead lines at State Farm Drive. Preliminary reports said the driver tried to shift the sand to the rear spreader while driving, but didn't realize how close the lines were. There were no injuries, but some businesses in Painter's…
As did all townships in Pennsylvania, Concord held its required re-organization meeting on Jan. 3, but with a slight twist. Instead of re-organizing as a township of the second class, Concord did so as a home rule township. The Board of Supervisors became the Township Council, supervisors became councilmen and councilwomen and, instead of a chairman and vice chairman, Concord’s governing body now has a…
Concord Township supervisors Tuesday approved a preliminary budget for 2017 with no tax increase planned. The board will vote on the final budget next week “I’m proud to announce this is the seventh year in a row we didn’t raise taxes,” said Supervisors’ Chairman Dominic Pileggi. “And we didn’t have to minimalize any of the services the residents of Concord Township have come to expect.”…
The next in a series of decisions regarding the Hillman Drive extension could come this month. Chadds Ford Township supervisors in October granted preliminary approval for that fourth and final leg of the loop road system around the intersection of Routes 1 and 202, but wanted to consider an option of having either a roundabout or a raised intersection at Hillman and Evergreen Place. They…
Concord Township supervisors still have to pass a budget for 2017, but Tuesday night they held the very last regular Board of Supervisors’ meeting. As of Jan. 1, 2017, Concord will cease operating under Pennsylvania’s Second Class Township Code. Instead it will operate under a new Home Rule Charter, which changes the structure of the township’s government. Voters approved that change in April and the supervisors officially…
Delaware County Council formally announced a new emergency services director during its weekly meeting on Nov. 30. Veteran career firefighter and homeland security professional Timothy Boyce will take over as director of emergency services and emergency management, replacing Edwin Truitt who retired after 40 years of dedicated service to the county. Boyce, whose career in public service spans 35 years, most recently served as the…