The Brandywine Conservancy is still in the process of recovering from Hurricane Ida, and the Chadds Ford Zoning Hearing Board has granted some help. The board voted 3-0 Tuesday night to grant a series of variances that would allow the conservancy to make some changes to its property at 6 Station Way Road. There are some conditions attached, though. Attorney Andrew Rau, representing the conservancy,…
Pennsylvania State Police Media Barracks • State police are now reporting that a harassment complaint was filed against a 34-year-old man from Philadelphia. The suspect, not identified in the report, is alleged to have made phone threats to his former girlfriend working at Citizens Bank in Concord Township. The calls came in through the bank's public phone line. Police were called into the case on…
Geese wade and walk on a pond at Anson Nixon Park that’s still partly frozen under a late afternoon sun.
The following animals are ready to be adopted from the Brandywine Valley SPCA in West Chester. Jakey The shelter is no place for a senior dog. Jakey is an 11-year-old who needs a soft place to land and in a home that will help him shine in his golden years. Jakey is super sweet and allows all handling from humans. He still has lots of…
Winterfest may be a fundraiser for Kennett Collaborative, but for visitors it’s all about the beer, and maybe some food trucks. Case in point, Sean Wills from Exton said, “It’s the best beer festival in the area.” Saturday’s event was his third Winterfest, and he’s also attended four Kennett Brewfests. Wills wasn’t alone. Matt Jenkins came in from Kirkwood in Lancaster County to enjoy the…
Tufts University announced that two students from Chadds Ford made the school’s Dean’s List for the fall 2024 semester. Those students are Melissa Griswold and Maille Mojica, both in the Class of 2028. Dean's List honors at Tufts University require a semester grade point average of 3.4 or greater.
PennDOT has announced the following weather-dependent road projects that could affect drivers in the greater Chadds Ford area from Feb. 24 to Feb. 28. Motorists are urged to allow extra time traveling through one of the construction zones. Work schedules are subject to change. • Utility installation will cause daytime lane closures on High. Street between Sharpless and E. Nields streets in West Chester through…
Directors of the Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board, somewhat reluctantly, unanimously agreed to accept the resignation of Superintendent John Sanville. He was hired in September 2011 after former Superintendent Sharon Parker retired. Sanville announced his retirement publicly in an email on Jan. 31, saying it will be effective July 31. While it was only an agenda item for the meeting with no planned ceremony, several of…
Pennsbury Township now has a new supervisor replacing Dan Boyle. Kay Ellsworth was sworn in at the beginning of the Feb. 19 meeting. She will serve out the remainder of this year when Boyle’s term would have ended, and she will run for her own six-year term in November. Ellsworth has lived in Pennsbury for four years and has been on the Planning Commission for…
• One exhibit is leaving but two more are underway. The Andrew Wyeth exhibit Up East: Andrew Wyeth in Maine at the Brandywine Museum of Art is closing this Sunday, Feb. 23 but another two exhibits are already on display. The photo exhibit Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955 (https://chaddsfordlive.com/2025/02/08/new-photo-exhibit-at-brandywine/) runs through May 11, while Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl…
The Kennett Township Board of Supervisors has canceled their meeting tonight because the power is out at the township building. In an email sent out to residents, the township said “We are canceling tonight’s Board of Supervisors meeting due to lack of heat and electricity in the public meeting room. Our township office and police headquarters are on a backup generator.” Items on the agenda…
