Chester CountyPRESS
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Covering Avon Grove, Chadds Ford, Kennett Square, Oxford, & Unionville Areas
Volume 159, No. 2
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
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Gallivan named chairman of New Garden Township board of supervisors By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer New Garden Township Supervisor Ted Gallivan will assume the duties of board chairman for the fivemember group in 2025, it was announced at the supervisors’ meeting on Jan. 6. He will take over for supervisor David Unger, who served as chairman during 2024. Long-time supervisor Stephen Allaband will serve the board as vice chairman.
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Gallivan, a former auditor and now a chief financial officer in an accounting firm, campaigned for supervisor with his neighbor Troy Wildrick in the fall of 2021 and together, they defeated incumbent Michael Loftus and fellow Republican Dinamarie Vanover in an election held on Nov. 2, 2021. Gallivan’s six-year term on the board will end on Jan. 1, 2028. Gallivan will head a board that is expected to address
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of the Route 41 corridor with conservation and open space initiatives; continuing the conversion of the Smedley Preserve, formerly the Loch Nairn Golf Club and purchased by the township in January 2023 to a 105-acre passive recreation preserve; and implementing several components included on the township’s 2018 Comprehensive Plan. The board also approved the appointments of Jeffrey
Photo by Richard L. Gaw
Ted Gallivan, second from right, will serve as the Chairman of the New Garden Township Board of Supervisors for 2025. Pictured with Gallivan are fellow supervisors (from left) Kristie Brodowski, David Continued on Page 2A Unger, Stephen Allaband and Troy Wildrick.
Game commissions reporting high incidents of ‘poaching’ in Chester County, state
FROM OUR LENS The sweet season of Girl Scout Cookies
By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer
After a nearly twoyear investigation, the Pennsylvania Game Commission filed 71 charges in October against three Chester County residents who are accused of illegally killing dozens of trophy bucks in Chester and Delaware counties. The investigation found nearly 50 mounts and antler Dolce’s clutch three-point- sets. er lifts Unionville...1B Downingtown resident Carroll Nelson IV faces 11 charges including a first-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. His father Carl Nelson III of West Chester faces 35 charges, including a first-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine, and his brother Mark Nelson of West
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several projects that have dominated the township’s discussion over the past few years. Expected to be on the board’s to-do list in 2025 will be the continued recreational and sustainable development of New Garden Hills, the 137-acre property formerly known as Saint Anthony in the Hills that the township purchased in 2018; balancing long-range plans for the commercial and residential development
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After a nearly two-year investigation, the Pennsylvania Game Commission filed 71 charges in October against three Chester County residents who are accused of illegally killing dozens of trophy bucks in Chester and Delaware counties.
Girl Scout Cookies season will kick off on Jan. 16 and extend through March 9 in Chester County, brought to your cookie jar by the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania. These delicious treats represent the impactful, hard work of Girl Scouts, who spend the weeks leading up to cookie season learning the essential skills they need to run the world’s largest girl-led business: goalsetting, decision-making, money management, people skills, and business ethics. Earnings from cookie sales empower experiences such as service projects, troop travel and summer camp. To learn more about the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania, visit www.gsep.org.
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Seven recipients receive grants
Square Roots Community Initiative awarding $282,000 to area entities By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer
(SRCI) – a non-profit arm of Square Roots Collective – has awarded more than Since its inception in $500,000 in grants to sup2022, the Square Roots port community groups Community Initiative in the area, including a
A snowy start to the week
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Photo by Chris Barber
The snow arrived early in Chester County on Monday morning. Local journalist Chris Barber captured this image of the snow falling.
$96,000 grant to drive more than $2 million in state grant funding for the recently completed Kennett Square Borough police station. As 2025 gets underway, that generosity is showing no signs of slowing down. SRCI recently announced that it awarded more than $282,000 in grants to support the following area entities: • The Kennett Trails Alliance received $110,000 grant as part of larger funding commitment from multiple entities for the Kennett Greenway, a 14-mile bike and pedestrian trail • Anson B. Nixon Park received a $60,000 gift toward a grants consultant who will assist the Kennett Area Park Authority with securing funding for planned capital improvements Photo by Richard L. Gaw • Kennett Township Kennett Collaborative, the coordinator of the annual received a $25,000 grant to Holiday Village Market in Kennett Square, was one support the completion of of seven recipients of grants from the Square Roots Continued on Page 3A
Community Initiative.