Letter: Leff is the real reform candidate in Kennett
To The Editor,
On October 8, I attended a League of Women Voters meeting with the candidates for the upcoming Kennett Board of Supervisors election, where they answered questions submitted from the audience. The winning candidate will replace retiring Board Chairman Michael Elling.
Township voters are obviously in a mood for reform, so both Mr. Leff and Mr. Przywitowski are running on a reform...
Kennett supervisor candidates offer differing visions
League of Women Voters forum covers wide range of subjects
Democrat Richard Leff looks on as Republican James Przywitowski answers a question from the audience, during Tuesday night’s League of Women Voters forum for Kennett Township supervisor candidates.
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
KENNETT — With little in the way of bombast, the two candidates for Kennett Township supervisor spent...
Letter: Leff needed in Kennett for real change
To The Editor,
I just wrote a very big check for KCSD school taxes, up yet again from last year. It is indeed a privilege to live in bucolic Kennett Township, and good schools are important, but the resulting taxes are becoming prohibitively expensive for many of us.
A major part of this problem is the current haphazard approach to development in our township. For every new house built, two...
Mosquito-spraying set for parts of Kennett
Effort is part of county initiative to reduce threat of West Nile virus
Weather permitting, the Chester County Health Department will conduct a mosquito-control treatment in portions of Kennett Square, Kennett Township and Pennsbury Township on Thursday between 8 and 11 p.m., said a department news release.
The treatment will be administered with truck-mounted spray equipment. The equipment dispenses...
Police: Erratic motorist nearly hits marked cruiser
59-year-old Kennett Square resident arrested for suspected drunken-driving
A Kennett Square man almost struck a marked police cruiser on Saturday on Bayard Road in Kennett Township, state police from the Avondale barracks said. David R. Heinze, 59, was stopped for driving erratically near Viburnum Drive and arrested for driving under the influence, police said. Heinze then added resisting arrest...
Kennett supervisors reach deal on gun discharge ordinance
After talks, board members agree to have Sept. 3 hearing on proposal
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
KENNETT — It appears that township Supervisors have reached a compromise that would allow a proposed ordinance to restrict firearm discharges to go to a public hearing, Sept. 3.
Although more than a dozen township residents attended Monday’s Board of Supervisors’ meetings to push for action,...
Letter: Kennett Twp. holds too large a surplus
To The Editor,
The financial management of Kennett Township funds is in disarray. With an operating budget of approximately $3 million/year, the current Board of Supervisors has accumulated a massive General Fund of $9 million dollars. Kennett Township also continues to receive 0.25% Earned Income Tax (EIT) for open space, only a very small fraction of which has been used, and now totals another...
Kennett Twp. takes aim at firearms’ discharge
Proposed ordinance to enhance safety described as ‘work in progress’
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
The Kennett Township Supervisors approved a demolition permit requested by Kendal, which owns an 1860s residence adjacent to the Old Kennett Cemetery that has been bastardized and poorly maintained over the years.
Taking a shot at regulating the discharge of firearms...
PennDOT lists week’s road construction projects
Possible traffic delay spots include Cypress Street in Kennett Township
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) wants residents to be aware of possible traffic delays as work continues on area road projects.
Intermittent lane closures will occur through Thursday on Cypress Street between Cope Road and Ways Lane in Kennett Township from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for base repair.
Brandywine...
Letter: a call for action in Kennett
To The Editor,
Last week, at the Kennett Township Board of Supervisors meeting, dozens of concerned residents came to voice their concerns about repeated, annoying and unsafe discharges of firearms in township neighborhoods. The residents had called the police on numerous occasions and spoke with the homeowner, all to no avail, despite dangerous, high-powered rifles being fired with no berm to...
