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Covering Avon Grove, Chadds Ford, Kennett Square, Oxford, & Unionville Areas

Volume 150, No. 6

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer

Inc., the Newark-based water supplier, submitted a request for a Leave to Withdraw application that effectively ends Artesian’s nearly twoyear-long plans to activate the Broad Run Aquifer on Broad Run and Newark roads in Landenberg. Artesian first filed their request to “offer, render, furnish or supply water service” on Nov. 3, 2014, for the purpose of withdrawing as much as 288,000 gallons per day from the aquifer, at a rate of 200 gallons per minute. Artesian’s decision to back out of their plans comes on

the heels of a Dec. 9 meeting in Washington Crossing in Bucks County, when the five-member Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) gave approval – with a major provision – to Artesian to withdraw water from the aquifer. The key proviso of the agreement stated that before Artesian could begin activating the well, it would need to submit to a rigorous, ninemonth monitoring program Photo by Richard L. Gaw to assure local authorities and Artesian Water Pennsylvania, Inc. has filed an applicaregulatory agencies that these tion with the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission numbers will not decimate to withdraw its request to activate a well on Broad Run Continued on Page 3A

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Artesian files application to withdraw plans for Landenberg well Artesian Water Pennsylvania, Inc., which has been viewed by many residents in southern Chester County as the infringing neighbor, the unwelcome party guest, and the corporate giant from over the state line, is about to leave town. In a Feb. 3 letter to Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) Secretary Rosemary Chiavetta, Alan Michael Seltzer, an attorney for Artesian Water Pennsylvania,

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Behind goalie Sean Edmonds’ nine saves, the Kennett Blue Demons notched a 5-3 comeback victory over the Delaware Military Academy on Feb. 5. For a complete story, see Page 1B.

Gov. Tom Wolf last week signed Senate Bill 880 into law, delaying for two years the use of Keystone Exams as a graduation requirement for high school seniors in Pennsylvania. At Monday night’s Kennett School Board meeting, the news of the delay was regarded positively by dis-

trict officials. In his Legislative Council report, school board member Doug Stirling explained that state officials have now delayed the implementation of the Keystone Exams as a requirement for graduation until at least the 2018-2019 school year. The graduation requirement was supposed to go into effect for the 20162017 school year. Continued on Page 2A

U-CF School District moving towards issuing more Chromebooks to students By John Chambless Staff Writer The long-discussed plan to issue Chromebook devices to students in the UnionvilleChadds Ford School District took another step forward at the school board’s Feb. 8 work session. Board member Carolyn Daniels reported that, at a meeting of the Curriculum Council that preceded the

work session, there was lengthy discussion with teachers and administrators about the merits of the Chromebook pilot program, which has been the focus of study for two and a half years. “We met, and teachers told us that students needed greater access to computers and devices in the classroom,” Daniels said. “The recommendation now is to provide

every student in grades 6 to 12 with a Chromebook, have every course organized using the LMS (an online Learning Management System), and professional development that’s focused on enhancing participation and learning using the Canvas technology with Chromebooks. This is just the beginning. There are many conversations to come.” Ken Batchelor, the assistant

to district superintendent, forward. The next step is to said, “This is about provid- determine if we do we want ing a tool that will enhance to do it, and then how do we Continued on Page 3A learning. It’s not a tool that will be used all the time, but we found that students, with greater access, can have more opportunities for collaboration. There’s two pieces to this discussion -- there is the philosophy, and then there’s how do we want to do this? The recommendation is about moving By Uncle Irvin

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Penn Township board hears about proposed Dunkin’ Donuts By Nancy Johnson Correspondent Andy Rau of Unruh, Bruke, Turner and Frees spoke for Dunkin’ Donuts in a presentation to the Penn Township Board of Supervisors at their Feb. 3 meeting. Several Dunkin’ Donuts corporate representa-

tives were also in attendance to address experiences they have had with other franchise locations. Although the plan is not yet formally submitted, the group wants to build a Dunkin’ Donuts drive-through in Jenners Commons. “Everybody on this board, and probably everybody in

the township, would like to see your outfit here,” said Curtis Mason, chairman of the board of supervisors. However, he and vice chairman Victor Mantegna expressed some concerns about traffic a Dunkin’ Donuts might create because an adjacent parcel is owned by the Avon Grove School

District, and the district intends to build another school there. Unlike the Shoppes at Jenners Village, which is in a C1 zoning district, which permits a drive-through, Jenners Commons is zoned C2 and does not include drivethroughs by right. They

The front-page article in the Jan. 20 Chester County Press, which saluted the 10-year term of Oxford Mayor Geoffrey L. Henry, brought back memories of all the Mayors that Continued on Page 4A © 2007 The Chester County Press

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