Following the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, gun sales at Targetmaster went up 50 percent, according to manager Bob Bonnett. Now, he said, after the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, sales at his shop on Route 202 in Concord Township are spiking again. He said the actual figure is hard to gauge, but he estimates gun sales and range use are up 25…
As has been the case for several years, there will be no tax increase for residents of Birmingham or Pennsbury townships. Both municipalities have passed their respective budgets for 2016 and township property tax millage rates remain steady. Pennsbury’s budget is balanced with revenues and expenses projected to be $1,616,625. Property taxes remain at 1.49 mills. (A mill is a tax of $1 for every…
At its meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 15, the Kennett Public Library Board heard reports that the library is making progress in its quest to relocate to a larger property in the borough – and to rid itself of red ink. Ten board members, including Tom Swett, the newest addition to the 13-member group, and a handful of residents attended the hour-long meeting. Board president Susan…
As Congress works to wrap up its year-end business, it is important that lawmakers not overlook a modest program that has had an outsized impact on our communities and environment. The Land and Water Conservation Fund was established 50 years ago in order to preserve our nation’s natural resources, waterways, and cultural heritage. Iconic national parks like Rocky Mountain and Grand Canyon, as well as…
A free, two-way data-sharing partnership between PennDOT and a real-time crowdsourced navigation app will help drivers share road conditions, Gov. Tom Wolf announced in a press release. Wolf said the partnership between PennDOT and Waze would benefit the state's motorists. “As travelers rely more and more on their smartphones for real-time traffic data, this new partnership represents yet another way PennDOT is modernizing to keep up…
Crime Victims Center of Chester County, Inc. (CVC), an advocacy agency that works to assist crime victims and prevent victimization, will receive $45,000 in state grant funding to assist children impacted by sexual abuse, state Sen. Andy Dinniman said in a press release on Thursday, Dec. 10. The funds, which were approved by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD), come from the Endowment…
A spate of daytime residential break-ins affecting a wide swath of homes in Chester and Delaware counties prompted the formation of a police task that caught two men burglarizing a Pocopson Township home on Wednesday, Dec. 9, police said. Daniel S. Freas, 29, of Birmingham Township, and David J. Lee, 36, of Oxford, were taken into custody after a member of the Westtown-East Goshen Regional…
While the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania still doesn’t have a budget for fiscal year 2015-2016, the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District is already in the planning stages for a 2016-2017 school year budget. And newly re-appointed School Board President Vic Dupuis doesn’t like that situation. “I’m personally appalled that our state representatives can’t pass a budget for this past year, yet by law, they require us to…
Enough is enough. That was the sentiment of the Chester County Commissioners when they announced at their meeting on Thursday, Dec. 3, that they will immediately cease remitting funds collected by county row offices on behalf of the state for the duration of the state budget impasse – a sum that averages $4 million a month. In a prepared statement signed by all three commissioners,…
Twin Bridges, the span across the Brandywine Creek along Creek Road near Rocky Hill Road in Chadds Ford Township and the Haskell Farm in Pennsbury Township, is scheduled to be replaced beginning in 2019. The work is expected to take about 18 months and be finished by the end of 2020. That was the general take-away from a stakeholders’ meeting in Pennsbury Township on Nov.…
Many area nonprofits depend on donations to survive, a fiscal precariousness that has been exacerbated this year by ripple effects from the state budget impasse. As a result, institutions that typically benefit from state grants, either directly or indirectly, are hoping that the public will help fill the gap this year on Tuesday, Dec. 1, also known as #GivingTuesday. Designed as a prelude to the…