Birmingham Township supervisors Monday night awarded bids for the 2025 Road Program and for mowing several township-owned properties. They also set a date for a long-awaited hearing to amend the zoning code. The road program went to AF Damon Co. for $182,147. Damon’s was the lowest of 11 bids received, according to Supervisors’ Chairman Scott Boorse. Damon’s bid was lower than the $340,000 that the…
Kennett Township supervisors will look Wednesday at drafting an ordinance that could increase new supervisors’ salaries beginning in 2026. Under Pennsylvania Act 94, supervisors in second-class townships like Kennett can elect to be paid for each meeting. If approved, Kennett Township Manager Alison Dobbins wrote in a memo, the township solicitor would draw up a resolution that could increase a new supervisor’s salary to $4,190…
In “Game of Thrones,” viewers became aware of the phrase “Winter is coming.” In. Kennett Square, though, people know Winterfest is coming. And this year teetotalers can attend with a smaller admission cost. The 2025 Winterfest, put on by Kennett Collective, is now in its 13th year and is set for 12:30-4 p.m. on Feb. 22 at 600 S. Broad Street in Kennett Square. New…
The Chadds Ford Sewer Authority is looking to borrow $300,00 and needs the township to guarantee that loan. The matter was discussed during the Board of Supervisors work session on Jan. 22 and could be voted on in February. Supervisors’ Chairman Timotha Trigg said the loan would be from the Delaware Valley Regional Finance Authority to replace the Woodland Pump Station. “Originally planned for future…
Kennett Square has long billed itself as The Mushroom Capital of the World, but this past autumn the capital was invaded. The attacker? Phorid flies. Kennett Mayor Matt Fetick has issued an emergency declaration and has asked the governor for help in combatting the situation. Phorid flies, about 1/8 of an inch in length, are a large family of flies with an estimated 3,500 species.…
The Henderson Group will return to the Chadds Ford Planning Commission at least one more time before it can get a recommendation for a new building in Painters Crossing. As reported in November, Henderson wants to construct a 15,000-plus square foot building at the southeast corner of the shopping center, taking over the pads that had previously been occupied by Farmers’ Road, Arby’s, and the…
Calvary Chapel still wants to expand and made another presentation to the Chadds Ford Township Planning Commission Wednesday evening, but they’ll have to go back again. As is often the case, issues center around traffic, parking, and sewage. As previously reported in September, Calvary — which was built on Brandywine Drive in 2009 — wants to expand with an 11,500-square-foot addition on the northeast side…
The rain delayed a lot of people, but they eventually showed up for Midnight in the Square with the Kennett Square Mushroom Drop Tuesday night. Most people didn’t show up until 11:30 p.m., but that left more room for partying before the stroke of midnight. Live music and laser lights set the tone for fun with dancing in the street before the mushroom’s descent at…
Concord Township is scheduling a resident Christmas Tree Recycling event for after the holiday season! Trees will be recycled to feed our local goats at Bush Hill Farm and others to be mulched for land use. To have your tree included, residents must: Register for pickup by Dec. 30. Registration must be done by calling the township office at 610-459-8911 or emailing office@concordtownship.org. If registering…
Chadds Ford Township supervisors approved the 2025 budget Wednesday night with no increase in township property taxes. There was a change in the former Business Privilege Tax, however, and the budget had to be readvertised because of that change. The name Business Privilege Tax is gone and is replaced by a Business Registration License. Additionally, the BPT had been $100 per year but the BRL…
Concord Township has closed its conditional use hearing for a carwash on Conchester Highway, but no decision will be released for another month or two. As previously reported, Dave Kelleher of David Auto wants to open a detailing shop and a carwash on a 5.32-acre site at 830 Conchester Highway, across from Evergreen Drive. Concord’s Zoning Hearing Board granted a special exception for the detailing shop…