New Lenfest Center to enhance ChesLen Preserve
Benefactors, local elected officials gather to celebrate ground-breaking for 9,300-sq.-ft. facility
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Gathering to celebrate the ground breaking of the Lenfest Center at the ChesLin Preserve, local elected officials, members of the National Land trust staff and benefactors gathered, Wednesday. From left, back row, Molly Morrison, president of Natural Lands...
Fighting to preserve Brandywine battle’s legacy
Exhibit offers glimpse of soldiers’ movements throughout area
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, UnionvilleTimes.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 circuitous...
Mason-Dixon Park dedicated in Newlin
Twp. Supervisors, County Commissioners, state legislators, residents join in celebration
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Local elected officials gathered Thursday to celebrate the dedication of Newlin's Mason-Dixon Park. The five-acre woodland sits next to the Stargazer Stone, a key landmark from Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon's work to establish the line between Pennsylvania...
Cyclists, residents join up to clean up Newlin
By Catherine Britt, Staff Writer, UnionvilleTimes.com
Ed Stillman, Gary Bianchini (WCCC President), Dan Sabella, and Viktor Ohnjec are set to get to work cleaning up the roadways of Newlin, Sdunay, as part of the township's cleanup day..
NEWLIN — Armed with garbage bags, orange vests, and gloves, members of the West Chester Cycling Club and area residents scoured the streets of the township...
Newlin supervisors work to solve address problem
Inconsistent numbering on Brandywine Drive has been an issue for emergency responders
By Catherine Britt, Staff Writer, UnionvilleTimes.com
This fire, last month on Brandywine Drive in Newlin, was one of a couple recent instances where some emergency services units had trouble finding the proper address because of inconsisent numbering of addresses on the road. Photo courtesy Modena Fire Co.
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Newlin supervisors signal support for prevailing wage change
Supervisors asks legislators to pass HB1329 to cut municipal building costs
By Catherine Britt, Correspondent, UnionvilleTimes.com
NEWLIN — Township supervisors joined the chorus of townships across the state in support of proposed changes to the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act provided for in House Bill 1329. In their monthly meeting on March 12, the Supervisors approved a motion to encourage...
State grant gets Stargazers Stone project halfway home
Local officials hope for county open space funds to match $100K state grant
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Surrounded by a century-old stone enclosure, the Stargazers Stone sits in an open field in Newlin — with no parking or grounds for visitors.
NEWLIN — It sits quietly, almost a historic afterthought. Aside from an old sign, somewhat obscured by vegetation and an old stone monument,...
Dinniman announces repairs planned for Newlin’s Doe Run bridge, six others
State Sen. Andy Dinniman (D-19)
WEST CHESTER – State Senator Andy Dinniman announced today that seven bridges in Chester County are scheduled for repair and rehabilitation this spring.
“Keeping our bridges strong and sound is not only a matter of public safety, it’s also vital to the success of our transportation system and the growth of our economy,” Dinniman said. “I support investing in...
Newlin opens bids for Powell Road drainage work
12 bids for new culvert, to be awarded Feb. 15
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Powell Road, in Newlin.
NEWLIN — The township Board of Supervisors opened and reviewed a total of 12 bids Tuesday night for the repair of a culvert on Powell Road.
While the final bid will not be awarded until Feb. 15, after review by the township’s engineering firm, Yerkes Associates, to determine whether...
Aqua issues boil order for some Newlin residents
NEWLIN —Aqua America is telling some township residents who get service from their Embreeville well to boil their water through at least Thursday, Dec. 23 after a chlorination system this week.
A breakdown in the disinfection system at the Embreeville well in the Aqua Pennsylvania (Aqua) Spring Run Water System was discovered on Dec. 20. The chlorine feed was repaired and the required chlorine...
