Hillendale Elementary School is returning to the Pennsbury Township Zoning Hearing Board for an application that was already approved in May. The reason is to avoid litigation. The hearing board approved a special request application for an outdoor pavilion/classroom for the school on May 31 (see story here) but one neighboring resident — Kathleen Carmody — who was a ...
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The Gables wants a B&B
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on May 30th, 2023
The owners of The Gables restaurant want to turn the old stone house next to the restaurant into a B&B. But the process might not be cut and dried. Mike Shiring, the attorney representing owner Ann Kolenick and her partner, said turning the old historic house into a bed and breakfast is a perfect idea for adaptive reuse, but added that it’s “a complex zoning and ...
Supervisors favor Hillendale request
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on May 18th, 2023
Pennsbury Township supervisors are taking a favorable view at a request for a special exception by Hillendale Elementary School. The school wants to construct a pavilion to serve as an outdoor classroom. Hillendale is the one elementary school in the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District that doesn’t have an outdoor learning space. Hillendale Principal Joshua Leight ...
Parking changes for Constitution Drive
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on April 20th, 2023
Pennsbury Township supervisors Wednesday night made good on a promise to change parking regulations on Constitution Drive in Chadds Ford Knoll. Parking rules were changed in January prohibiting parking on both sides of the street. Residents complained in February and last month Supervisors’ Chairman Aaron McIntyre said a decision would be made in April. The “No ...
Parking on Constitution still an issue
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on March 16th, 2023
There’s still no resolution to the parking issue on Constitution Drive in Chadds Ford Knoll in Pennsbury Township, but Supervisors’ Chairman Aaron McIntyre said he expects one next month. Parking restrictions on the street went into effect in January because of safety and traffic flow issues caused by on-street parking. McIntyre said during the February meeting that ...
Parking issues on Constitution Dr.
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on February 16th, 2023
A handful of residents from Constitution Drive let Pennsbury Township supervisors know that they aren’t happy with new parking restrictions on their street. Those restrictions went into effect in late January. Supervisors’ Chairman Aaron McIntyre said the board made the decision to prohibit on-street parking because of traffic flow issues and safety concerns. There ...
Taxes steady in Pennsbury
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on November 17th, 2022
Supervisors will still have to vote on the budget next month, but property owners in Pennsbury Township won’t face a tax increase if the plan is approved. Township Manager Kathy Howley gave a brief rundown on the proposed 2023 budget during the Board of Supervisors' Nov. 16 meeting, saying the millage rate would remain at 1.49 mils. (A mil is a tax of $1 for every ...
Pennsbury in brief
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on October 20th, 2022
• She had no numbers to share yet, but Pennsbury Township Manager Kathy Howley told supervisors Wednesday night that she’s working on the preliminary budget for next year and will have it finished by the end of October. It will be posted on the website on Nov. 9 and ready for a vote in December, she said. • Supervisors heard a request for guidance from O’Donnell ...
Land trust remembers founder
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on September 22nd, 2022
Pennsbury Land Trust President Holly Manzone gave a brief presentation to township supervisors Wednesday in honor of the late Alma Forsyth, who founded the PLT in 1995. She announced that members of the land trust planted a tree this summer on township property in Forsyth’s name. Manzone referred to Forsyth as a “tireless crusader” and a “driving force in founding ...
Pennsbury in brief
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on July 21st, 2022
• Pennsbury Township Supervisors Wednesday night approved an amendment to the township’s zoning ordinance related to solar panels. Planning Commission Chairman Dennis Smith said the major factor in the amendment is that some residents wanting to install rooftop solar systems might not need to go through a conditional use hearing for approval. The key element, he ...
Pennsbury in brief
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on April 21st, 2022
Pennsbury Township will hold its annual yard sale on Saturday, April 30 from 9 a.m. to noon. Selling is limited to township residents, but anyone can attend to shop and buy. Township Manager Kathy Howley announced during the April 20 Board of Supervisors’ meeting that the Historic Commission will dedicate an historic marker at the Barns-Brinton House at 4:30 p.m. on ...
