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Goodier appointed new supervisor

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on February 29, 2024

Kathleen Goodier, left, takes the oath of office to become the new supervisor in Chadds Ford Township. Judge Wendy Roberts administers the oath while township tax collector Valerie Hoxter holds the Bible.

Kathleen Goodier, a long-time Chadds Ford Township resident and volunteer, became the township’s new supervisor Wednesday night. Supervisors Samantha Reiner and Timotha Trigg voted her in to replace Frank Murphy who died on Jan. 31. Goodier has been on the Open Space Committee and most recently served on the Planning Commission. She will serve through 2025, which would have been the expiration of Murphy’s six-year…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on February 26, 2024

Read more about the article Hank’s rebuild continues

Weather events slow the rebuild of Hank's Place.

UPDATE BELOW It might not look like much has been accomplished so far, but work is continuing on the rebuild of Hank’s Place at Route 1 and Creek Road in Chadds Ford Township. Several rainstorms flooded the area and there were at least two snow events that caused delays. However, crews said Monday that it will be about another one-and-a-half to two months before the…

Posted by Monica Fragale on February 26, 2024

Beginning March 1, the Pennsylvania State Police will respond to emergency calls in Kennett Township between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m. The Kennett Township supervisors voted Wednesday to make that change to the police coverage. That means the township police department, which has been operating 24/7 for several years, will cover the township from 6 a.m. to midnight. There is no charge to…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on February 22, 2024

Read more about the article Hearing continued for Gables

The house on the corner of Brintons Bridge Road and Route 1 next to The Gables could become a B&B.

Pennsbury Township opened a conditional use hearing Wednesday night for the owners of the Gables Restaurant to possibly have a bed and breakfast. The B&B would use two adjacent structures next to the restaurant. Those two structures are a stone house and a carriage house at 1301 Brinton’s Bridge Road, on the corner of Brinton’s Bridge and Route 1. The stone house — the former…

Posted by Monica Fragale on February 9, 2024

Plans for a new Greenwood Elementary School moved a step closer to reality after the Feb. 7 Kennett Township meeting. Township supervisors approved the conditional land development plan to build a new 105,000-square-foot building on the same property as the current school at 420 Greenwood Road. The township’s planning commission voted to recommend approval for the supervisors. Diane Hicks, Kennett Township’s director of planning and…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on February 6, 2024

It was a short and somber Board of Supervisors meeting Monday night as the board paid tribute to former Supervisor Frank Murphy, who died last week. There was a moment of silence in his honor, followed by township solicitor Mike Maddren reading a formal statement. He read, in part: "The Township's accomplishments under Frank's leadership are too many to list here. Frank was most proud…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on February 5, 2024

Read more about the article Local AME Church restored

On Saturday afternoon, Concord Township held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the old Spring Valley African Methodist Episcopal Church on Spring Valley Road. The township bought the property in 2014 for its historic significance with the idea to restore and move it, but then some historic reality came into the mix. For roughly 100 years — from 1880 into the early 1980s — the Spring Valley…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on February 2, 2024

(This post had been accidentally removed for as yet unknown reasons. It's now reposted.) Frank Murphy, Chadds Ford Township supervisor since 2014 has died. Word came via text from fellow supervisor Samantha Reiner. Murphy had been battling cancer for the last three years. He is survived by his wife Anna-Marie and two daughters, Natalie and Juliana. Murphy had two degrees, one in engineering and another…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on January 23, 2024

Update: In a follow-up email, the deputy borough manager said the project will take longer than two weeks. Schedule updates will be announced as they come in. End update. Kennett Square is making some changes to improve pedestrian safety in the borough. The borough is taking part in a PennDOT Safer Routes project, the Pedestrian Safer Access Project that’s expected to run through Feb. 3.…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on January 18, 2024

A winter storm will impact the area early on Friday, Jan. 19. The storm will potentially begin in the early morning hours. The storm is expected to last potentially into Friday evening. Due to this impending storm, a Snow Emergency is being declared for Kennett Square Borough effective at 8 a.m. on Friday, until lifted. All vehicles must be removed from the Snow Emergency and…

Posted by Monica Fragale on January 18, 2024

Kennett Township has recovered 82 percent of the money embezzled by the former township manager and will no longer try to recover additional funds. Lisa Moore, whose embezzlement of more than $3.2 million in township funds was discovered in 2019, will be responsible for paying the remainder through restitution, according to the township. Current Kennett Township Manager Eden Ratliff announced that at the Jan. 17…