In addition to voting to approve Tim Hoffman as the new superintendent of schools, the Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board will be voting on several facility upgrades next week. The board did, however, vote during its May 12 meeting to approve the proposed final budget for next school year. The board was also updated on the status of the middle school project. As previously reported, the…
The Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board announced in an email that it will be voting next week, May 19, on whether to name Tim Hoffman as the new superintendent of schools. “After a rigorous selection process that included a diverse and highly qualified pool of educators (47 candidates from 17 states) and multiple rounds of interviews, Dr. Hoffman emerged as the clear choice. His vision and…
A bird in the fork of a tree branch presents an almost Disney-like appearance.
Calvary Chapel must wait another month before it learns whether the Chadd Ford Planning Commission will recommend approval for the chapel’s planned expansion. For background, Calvary Chapel received approval for the church at 500 Brandywine Drive in 2008 and was opened in 2009 after getting land use and conditional use approval. The bureaucratic process took five years because of continuances. The church was before the…
With the closing of Crozer Chester Hospital, Chadds Ford Township supervisors officially declared a state of emergency in the township. The vote came during a special meeting of the board on Wednesday, May 7. “I did declare a state of emergency last week because of the closure of Chester Crozer Hospital, which is really putting a cramp in our emergency services,” said Supervisors’ Chairman Timotha…
Sample ballots are out for the 2025 primary election, and, being that it’s an off-year election, the focus is on local races. Most of them, though, have candidates running unopposed or, as in the case of school board races, candidates cross-file. In Chadds Ford Township, Kathleen Goodier is running unopposed in the Republican Party primary for township supervisor. Goodier was appointed supervisor in February of…
After several years of scrutiny since the flooding from Hurricane Ida, the Brandywine Conservancy and its partners in the project released the Brandywine Flood Study. The conservancy launched the study in August 2023, two years after the storm. Flooding from Ida caused nearly $45 million in damages in Southeastern Pennsylvania and Northern Delaware. The purpose of the study was to find ways to mitigate damage…
Unless there’s a major change in numbers, taxes in the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District will increase again. During a presentation of the proposed final budget, Director of Finance Joe Deady said during the May 5 budget meeting that the proposed budget increases anticipated revenue and expenditures, and with an increase in the school property tax. Expenditures are anticipated at almost $108.42 million, an increase of…
The Victorian House on the Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art campus has a spooky feel to it on a gray evening, a bit reminiscent of the house on the Addams Family. The building is one of several that will be demolished because of damage from Hurricane Ida flooding.
Pennsylvania Department of Education has dropped an Educator Misconduct Complaint filed against Unionville-Chadds Ford School Superintendent John Sanville. That word came in an email from the school district on April 29, but the person who filed the complaint, Chad Williams of Birmingham Township, is challenging the district’s reaction. (The educator misconduct complaint pertained to the district’s COVID policies. See story here.) Sanville, who announced on…
Robert Keates, the owner of Heroes Bar & Grill, needs to wait until May 13 to learn if he can have outdoor dining at the restaurant. Keates represented himself at an unusually short — maybe 10 minutes — conditional use hearing Tuesday night and was the only person to give testimony. There was no one present to oppose the application. Since Nov. 11, Heroes Bar…