Chadds Ford Supervisors OK 3 ordinances

Steep slopes ordinance gets final approval By Kris Firey-Poling, Staff Writer, The Times Phyllis Recca, Chadds Ford resident, thanks Chadds Ford staff and board of supervisors for their help in her recently published book, Chadds Ford Then & Now. CHADDS FORD — After several compliments to the staff and board, the Township Board of supervisors buckled down to a full agenda of legislation and...

Sidewalk ordinance hearing draws a crowd in E. Marlborough

Board tables ordinance, reassures that residents won’t have to pay; plans to save historic dwellings reviewed By Karen Cresta, Correspondent, The Times Although the Unionville village section of East Marlborough is one of the few area’s in the township with sidewalks, residents expressed concern about a potential ordinance that would expand their construction around the township at a meeting...

Kennett Sq. gets group home code in compliance with feds

Codes Department Chief predicts up to $30 million in new development within 5 years By Rick Marts, Correspondent, The Times Joe Scalise, acting Kennett Square Borough manager; Leon Spenser, Council president; and Matthew Fetick, Borough Mayor, discuss enacting amendments to the Borough’s zoning ordinance regarding group homes, Monday night. KENNETT— At its Monday night public meeting, Kennett...

Kennett Sq. adopts ordinance to manage chickens

Flurry of complaints about neighborhood deterioration, YMCA, and Council unresponsiveness And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere hulas hoop, But there is no joy in Kennett – the haughty chicken has been cooped. (Apologies to Ernest Thayer, author of “Casey at the Bat”) Rusty Drumheller, the Borough’s Codes Department director, summarizes the proposed ordinance on “keeping fowl”...

At 2 checkpoints, Kennett Police stop 14 impaired drivers and 7 DUIs

Proposed township ordinances are on-line and available for resident review and comment By Rick Marts, Correspondent, The Times KENNETT — Different from most Board of Supervisors public meetings, controversy did not pervade the order of business at Wednesday evening’s meeting. Instead, it was a night of information and sharing. In her Manager’s Report, Lisa Moore reported that the township is...