Kennett Square honored for financial reporting
Borough Manager Brant Kucera resigns, takes position in Oregon
By Rick Marts, Correspondent, The Times
Kennett Square Borough Manager Brant Kucera, left, who submitted his resignation letter on Monday night, discusses the Borough’s 2014 Capital Development Plan with Council President Leon Spencer at a meeting of the Borough Council, Monday night.
At Monday night’s Borough Council meeting, Don Pierce...
Updated: Kennett Square’s water gets OK after tests
Many residents did not get the ‘boil water’ notice; some may still be without full pressure
By Rick Marts, Correspondent, The Times
Kennett Square Borough Manager Brant Kucera provides the Council with the timeline and status of the water main break that occurred late Saturday, September 13
KENNETT SQUARE — After the pledge of allegiance at Monday night’s meeting of Kennett Square...
Upgrades to liven up Downingtown’s Armour Alley
Main Street Association to add plaza between Lancaster Ave. and Mill Alley
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
DOWNINGTOWN – The Borough’s Main Street Association unveiled plans for a plaza at Armour Alley between Downingtown Country Gifts and Belle Vie Salon at Wednesday night’s Borough Council meeting.
Main Street Association member Sarah Peck said that plans include adding trees,...
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”...
Borough Council agenda shows Kennett Square is thriving
Municipal tax rate may be high, but Borough Manager says service quality makes it worth it
By Rick Marts, Correspondent, The Times
KENNETT — While international and national news reports show the Mideast in dangerous disarray and our own borders being flooded with homeless refugee children from Latin America, the Borough of Kennett Square is moving forward at full speed with infrastructure improvements,...
Downingtown Council forbids ATV usage between 9pm-7am
Recreational usage restricted; transportational usage still allowed
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
DOWNINGTOWN – The Borough Council voted to restrict recreational dirt bike and ATV usage between the hours of 9pm and 7am at their meeting Wednesday night.
Police Chief James R. McGowan said that the ordinance further restricts where and when those vehicles can be used and increases fines...
Winter of 2013-2014 yields nine Kennett heroes
Council approves ‘3rd Thursdays on State Street’ to help merchants recoup lost sales
Kennett Square Borough employees and officials were honored this week for their exceptional efforts during this past winter’s extreme weather. From left: These recipients included John Vernon, department assistant director; John Morris, streets department foreman; Eric Petrucci; Mark “Jake”...
Kennett Square rejects Historic District law, 4-3
Distaste for government overreaching trumps protecting heritage
By Rick Marts, Correspondent, The Times
Kenntt Square Council member Dan Maffei (center) gave a passionate defense of a proposed Borough ordinance to redraw the Historic District and create a Historic Architectural Review Board, but the new legislation was defeated by his colleagues on the council, by a 4-3 vote.
KENNETT – Most of Monday...
DMWA plans rate hike to fund repairs
Water Authority plans $15 quarterly increase for the average customer
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
DOWNINGTOWN — Water rates for users of the Downingtown Municipal Water Authority are going to increase in the coming months, as the authority works to pay for badly needed infrastructure improvements.
Hank Hamilton, Assistant Treasurer for the DMWA, made a presentation before Borough Council Wednesday...
Dague appointed to Downingtown Borough Council
Feldman argues process was rushed, secretive
Correction: vote of Nick Winkler was ‘yes.’
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Phil Dague, who lost election to Ann Feldman by one vote in 2013, was appointed Wednesday night to an open Dowingtown East Ward Borough Council seat.
DOWNINGTOWN — This time, Phil Dague won by two votes.
Moments after formally accepting the resignation of Borough...
