PECO shedding light on service upgrades
Company says improvements produced record-breaking dip in outages
PHILADELPHIA – From January through March, PECO completed more than 200 projects to enhance electric service reliability for customers throughout the region, part of an annual investment of about $500 million to improve the electric system infrastructure, a PECO news release said.
Specifically, 168 projects were completed...
Kennett Township posts bridge information
Residents unable to attend Chandler Mill meeting can access material
Chandler Mill Bridge
Days after the Kennett Township Board of Supervisors held a meeting to discuss the future of the Chandler Mill Bridge, officials want to make sure residents have information about the options.
The township’s engineer, Remington Vernick, made a presentation on five options presented to the board in the...
Chandler Mill Bridge: A controversial future
Open space advocates face off against Planning Commissioners
By Rick Marts, Staff Writer, The Times
Kennett Township supervisors (from left) Scudder Stevens, Richard Leff and Robert Hammaker listen to public comment on the future of the Chandler Mill Bridge, during a special meeting Wednesday night.
KENNETT — After dozens of witnesses, from engineers to emergency services and school transportation...
Meeting to focus on fate of Chandler Mill Bridge
Kennett Township invites public to presentation on feasibility study
Chandler Mill Bridge
The Chandler Mill Bridge, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010, is Kennett Township’s oldest one-lane bridge, a county-owned span that has been awash in conflict for a number of years.
Closed to vehicular traffic for the past two years, the 1910 stone and steel bridge has...
Deteriorating bridges to cause woes for motorists
Collapse in New Garden spurs closure, rust in Kennett prompts another
As weather and age continue to take their toll on the area’s infrastructure, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced a bridge closing in Kennett Township, and New Garden Township has notified residents that a road will be closed due to a bridge collapse.
PennDOT said it would close the state-owned...
Possibility of regional police force advances
Borough Council vote sets up free state study on feasibility
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Kennett Square Borough Manager Brant Kucera (from left) discusses finances as Borough Council President Leon R. Spencer Jr. and Mayor Matt Fetick listen.
A quarterly assessment of finances, an update on the proposed historic district map and ordinance, and an analysis of the feasibility...
Ways Lane: Kennett will fix potholes to improve access
Longer term: Twp. will propose rehab options for private road
By Rick Marts, Staff Writer, Kennett Times
Kennett Township has come up with a short term solution to dealing with the nearly impassable Ways Lane: fixing the numerous potholes on the private road, so that emergency vehicles can safely access the area. The long-term solution, township officials, will be largely up to the 18 owners of...
Kennett Square man facing multiple charges
Records show interaction with 3 police departments in less than 24 hours
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
A 9-1-1 call for suspicious activity led to the arrest of a 30-year-old Kennett Square resident for burglary and related offenses on Wednesday, April 9, Kennett Township Police said.
Officers were dispatched to the 300 block of Elizabeth Drive at 3:30 p.m., a Kennett Township...
Kennett discusses changes to gun ordinance
Two concerns emerge: freedom to shoot vs. protection from shooters
By Rick Marts, Staff Writer, Kennett Times
Scudder Stevens, chairman of Kennett Township Board of Supervisors, and David Sander, township solicitor, listen intently to residents’ questions and concerns about recent amendments to the township’s Firearm Discharge Ordinance. Another public meeting will occur in May
KENNETT —...
Kennett firearm ordinance shot down by courts, can it be fixed?
Drivers may think twice about aggressive driving in Kennett Twp.
By Rick Marts, Staff Writer, The Times
Kennett Township Police Chief McCarthy discussing his soon-to-be greater focus on aggressive driving in Kennett Township. Sara Meadows, Kennett Township Clerk, is shown filling in for Township Manager Lisa Moore at the meeting.
The public comment period at the end of an otherwise docile meeting...
