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Firefighters honored for rescue

Around Town April 17

New website for gardeners

Photo of the Week: Yin and Yang

Davis tract preserved

Around Town April 3

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on April 3, 2025

Wildflower weekend at Mt. Cuba center is Friday to Sunday, April 25-27. (Courtesy image)

• It’s spring and Mt. Cuba Center is again open to the public. The center will have its Wildflower Weekend, Friday to Sunday, April 25-27 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Celebrate spring blooms with special guided tours, activities, native plants for sale, live music, and food trucks during the annual Wildflower Weekend. Go here for ticketing information. • The Brandywine Battlefield Park Associates will hold a…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on April 2, 2025

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Rachel Kohl Library Director Susan Sternberg holds the proclamation recognizing National Library Week. Sternberg said before the meeting that she is retiring later this month.

Concord Township Council meeting Tuesday was brief with no applications on the agenda. There were some brief updates and announcements made, and some proclamations read. Proclamations included celebrating April as Earth Month, recognizing Local Government Week, and recognizing National Library Week. The proclamation celebrating Earth Month was read by Council Co-Vice President John Crossan who said, “Concord Township Council understands the importance of natural land…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on April 2, 2025

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Unionville students bring home the victory and $2,000 after winning the Chester County Academic Competition.

Unionville High School topped 23 other schools in Chester County in the Chester County Academic Competition. The win brings in $2,000 and the academic team will now represent the county in at the Pennsylvania State Academic Competition in Harrisburg on Friday, May 2. Unionville Academic Team Coach Kevin Long spoke highly of the students’ achievement. “These students bring a vast amount of knowledge to the…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on April 2, 2025

Pennsylvania State Police Media Barracks • Police said they arrested a 21-year-old woman from Milford, Del. (not identified in the report) for stealing a blue Honda Civic from Painters Crossing in Chadds Ford Township on March 25. Details were not released, other than the vehicle was recovered with one of two suspects inside. • A Pennsbury man was the victim of identity theft when someone…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on April 1, 2025

Contemplation

A man takes time to pause and reflect, to contemplate, and to commune with nature along the Brandywine.

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on March 31, 2025

Read more about the article Adopt-a-Pet March 31

The following animals are ready to be adopted from the Brandywine Valley SPCA in West Chester. Grey Boy Grey Boy, 8 years old, is a very pretty fellow with subtle classic tabby stripes on his side. You could lose yourself in his lovely eyes! Very sweet and on the shy side, he loves to get his beauty sleep. Grey Boy is a great boy who…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on March 29, 2025

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During a March 23 performance at Longwood Gardens, members of the Kennett Symphony congratulate board President Tim Blair for receiving the Leadership Service Award by the Music Teachers National Association.

Tim Blair, president of the Kennett Symphony Board of Directors was recently honored with the Leadership Service Award by the Music Teachers National Association. The honor came on March 19 during the MTNA National Conference in Minneapolis, Minn. The award was announced in a press release, but in a follow-up email, Blair, reluctant to talk about himself, simply said only, “I am both humbled and…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on March 28, 2025

It’s official. The Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board members voted in a special Friday morning meeting to buy four diesel buses instead of five electric buses they voted to buy in November. The board also voted to table upgrading the bus garage for electric buses. As previously reported, the special meeting came about to give time to the board to learn what was happening concerning the…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on March 28, 2025

PennDOT has announced the following weather-dependent road projects that could affect drivers in the greater Chadds Ford area from March 31 to April 4. Motorists are urged to allow extra time traveling through one of the construction zones. Work schedules are subject to change. • Utility installation will cause full lane closure with a detour of E. State Street between S. Broad and S. Walnut…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on March 27, 2025

Chadds Ford Township supervisors announced Wednesday that the bidding process for Walkable Chadds Ford is underway. Timotha Trigg, the supervisors’ chairman, said during the board’s March 26 workshop that the project has been advertised and that bidders have five weeks to submit their bids through April 17. When bids are received, PennDOT will begin the award process, followed by a preconstruction meeting, which will lead…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on March 27, 2025

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It's a Chamber Concert for All Ages on Sunday, April 6 at 3 p.m.

• The Delaware County Symphony presents A Chamber Concert for All Ages on Sunday, April 6 at 3 p.m. This is an annual chamber concert and features the Chamber Series Winner of the Youth Concerto Competition and includes lighthearted pieces from P.D.Q. Bach, the DCS Percussion Ensemble, and more. Along with the playful tunes, Schleptet in E flat major and Suite No.1 for Cello All…