KURC lease on Barnard House questioned

Underground Railroad threatens to walk away from lease with Pocopson By Karen Cresta, Staff Writer, The Times First floor plans for the Barnard House in Pocopson, which continues to be the subject of controversy. POCOPSON – The Barnard House continued to be the topic of discussion at Pocopson Township’s board of supervisors’ meeting on Monday night, focusing on the validity of the 2014 five-year...

Pocopson supervisors OK day care, Barnard security

Action moves on to long-discussed items By Karen Cresta, Staff Writer, The Times Pocopson Township Supervisors Alice Balsama, Elaine DiMonte and Ricki Stumpo consider options during Monday night’s board meeting. POCOPSON – After much delay in getting approval by the Pocopson Township Board of Supervisors, two consistently tabled agenda items due to outstanding, and some controversial, issues...

Pocopson delays action on day care, Barnard House

Supervisors again reject road dedication from The Preserve By Karen Cresta, Staff Writer, The Times Pocopson officials are awaiting clarification from the county on uses allowed for the Bernard House before taking further action. POCOPSON – Two voting items that have been consistently postponed were again put on hold at Monday night’s board of supervisors’ meeting in hopes of gathering more...

PennDOT slashes Rt. 926 bridge build to six months

$9 million project slated to start in Feb., 2017 By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times PennDOT now says it will only need six months of road closures to replace the Rt. 926 bridge over the Brandywine Creek. POCOPSON — Although it meant a year of delay while operational plans were revised, the new timeline to rebuild the bridge over the Brandywine Creek on Rt. 926 will need only six months of road...

Brandywine Greenway seeks new path through Pocopson

Underground Railroad Center poised to move into Barnard House By Karen Cresta, Staff Writer, The Times Sheila Fleming of the Brandywine Conservancy reviews options for the Brandywine Creek Greenway, during Monday night’s Pocopson Township Supervisors meeting. POCOPSON – The Brandywine Trail Project came seeking a cooperative relationship with the township at Monday night’s board of supervisor’s...

Open house on Rt. 925 bridge replacement, March 30

POCOPSON — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) will hold an open house public meeting on Wednesday, March 30, from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM for the upcoming project to replace the Route 926 (Street Road) bridge over the Brandywine Creek in Birmingham and Pocopson townships. The public meeting will be held at the Pocopson Elementary School, which is located at 1105 Pocopson Road...

926 bridge project delayed, but shortened

Construction now expected to start March, 2016; Rt. 52 traffic light confirmed By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times The aging Route 926 bridge over the Brandywine will have to survive at least one more winter, as PennDOT announced Friday that construction on its replacement will not start until March, 2016 at the earliest. For those of you dreading the start of construction of the Route 926 bridge...

FINALLY: Rt. 52 roundabout is open

End of local traffic snares could only be temporary, though Updated, 3:22 p.m.: Adds opening of roundabout By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times The Route 52 roundabout appears to be close to opening, but Pocopson Township officials have not received any formal notice from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. POCOPSON — Months later than planned — and after detours and traffic messes...

Longwood Fire Co. open house under the stars, Oct. 23

EAST MARLBOROUGH — Longwood Fire Company’s annual open house will be held for the first time under the stars. “We wanted to give our constituents a chance to visit our facility and to meet all of our wonderful personnel,” said Chief A. J. McCarthy. “In the past we’ve held the event on a weekend and we know that families have many activities in the fall. We feel it is important for the...

Brandywine Ace celebrates JD Power award with prizes

This is just one of eight raffle baskets being given away by Brandywine Ace Pet & Farm. For every $10 customers spend now through Oct. 5, they’ll get a ticket which they can place one of eight buckets corresponding to the prize package. POCOPSON — Brandywine Ace Pet and Farm is joining the celebration of Ace Hardware ranking “Highest in Customer Satisfaction with Home Improvement...