Battlefield Night at P.J. Whelihan’s, Oct. 23

CHADDS FORD — The Board of Brandywine Battlefield Park Associates is inviting folks to night of food and fun at P.J. Whelihan’s Pub and Restaurant,in the Dilworthtown Crossing Shopping center on US-202 on Thursday Oct. 23, 2014 from 5-9 p.m. in an event to benefit historic Brandywine Battlefield Park. As local historic sites around the country are feeling the effects of budget cuts, it is...

Suit: Attempts to avert foreclosure thwarted

Marshallton preservationist says bank rebuffed repeated efforts to modify mortgage By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Linda Kaat stands in front of the Marshallton home that is the subject of a foreclosure action. Linda Kaat’s suit said her repeated efforts to avert the foreclosure of her Marshallton home were stymied by JPMorgan Chase representatives. A Marshallton woman...

Brandywine Battlefield Task Force talks more regional approach

Bike paths, hiking trails and linking sites from Kennett to Chadds Ford seen in plans By P.J. D’Annunzio, Staff Writer, KennettTimes.com Local proponents of the Brandywine Battlefield area showed off plans for regional preservation and bike and trail links connecting areas of the battlefield area. On this map, presented Thursday night, potential bike paths connecting the areas are shown in orange CHADDS...

Fighting to preserve Brandywine battle’s legacy

Exhibit offers glimpse of soldiers’ movements throughout area By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, KennettTimes.com A sheet used by the late historian Chris Sanderson to illustrate troop movement during the Battle of the Brandywine is part of the exhibit at the Chadds Ford Historical Society. CHADDS FORD  — From a “traveling bedsheet” to an interactive computer program: That...

Brandywine Battlefield Task Force seeks more local engagement

Reorganization meeting reaches out to 15 local towns that saw armies in action in 1777 battle By Mike McGann, Editor, KennettTimes.com "Nation Makers" by Howard Pyle, the legendary local artist, part of the collection at the Brandywine River Museum. This is Pyle's imagined vision of Gen. George Washington leading troops in battle — some say at Brandywine, although in reality,...