Westtown
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‘Battle Venue’ Moved to Pittsburgh in the Case of Crebilly Farm
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court arguments on Toll Brothers’ appeal to build a 319-house subdivision at Crebilly Farm in Westtown Township have been moved to Pittsburgh, writes Fran Maye for the Daily Local News. Toll Brothers has filed an appeal of last year’s decision by Westtown Township supervisors to deny the developer a conditional use application for…
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Local High-Schooler Accepts Basketball Scholarship to Powerhouse Program
Jalen Gaffney, a four-star basketball recruit and senior at the Westtown School, has committed to playing collegiately for the University of Connecticut, writes David Borges for the New Haven (Conn.) Register. The 6-foot-2 combo guard from Columbus, N.J., pledged to the Huskies during his official visit to the school last week. Gaffney also had home…
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Toll Brothers Appeals Denial of Development on ‘Crown Jewel’ of Westtown
On Monday at the Chester County Justice Center, Toll Brothers presented its appeal of the denial to construct a housing development at the Crebilly Farm site, writes Michael Rellahan for the Daily Local News. The developer is asking Common Pleas Court Judge Mark Tunnell to overturn a decision made last year by the three-member Westtown…
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Nation’s Top Basketball Recruits to Descend Upon Chester County Later This Month
Two high-profile AAU programs – the Nike-sponsored PSA Cardinals and the Adidas-sponsored New York Jayhawks – have joined forces to organize a combine/showcase at the Westtown School for around 65 of the best high school basketball players in the country, writes Adam Zagoria for Flohoops. The July 22 event is expected to attract representatives of…
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Westtown School Graduate’s Senior Thesis Receives Rave Reviews at Princeton
Taylor Griffith, a Glen Mills native and Westtown School graduate, examined the lead roles of black women on television for her senior thesis at Princeton, writes Denise Valenti for Princeton University News. The research is a continuation of Griffith’s junior paper, for which she explored advertising targeted at women. She realized that viewers spend years…
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Westtown School in National Spotlight with Release of New Basketball Documentary
Most of us living here in Chester County are familiar with the Westtown School because of its stellar academic reputation, as well as its 600-acre, slice-of-heaven campus that includes a lake, arboretum, and organic farm tucked away in West Chester. Now, the rest of America, particularly sports fans, will soon learn of the school for…
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Crebilly Farm Saga Continues as Toll Brothers Appeals Denial of Building Permit
The Crebilly Farm saga continued last week as Toll Brothers appealed the decision by Westtown Township to deny it a permit to develop more than 300 apartments on the Chester County property, writes Caitlin McCabe for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Horsham-based developer of luxury homes asked a Chester County Court judge to reverse the decision…
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Westtown Township Supervisors Explain Denial of Toll Brothers’ Development Permit
The decision made in December by Westtown Township supervisors to deny Toll Brothers a permit to build 317 homes on Crebilly Farm came as a surprise to many, writes Caitlin McCabe for the Philadelphia Inquirer. For weeks, nobody knew the reasons, but the three decision-makers have finally provided an explanation. Their 53-page document, published last…
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Westtown School’s Eighth-Graders Solve Congressional Map Problem
Eighth-grade students at the Westtown School decided to redraw Pennsylvania’s congressional map with the help of their math teacher, Jon Kimmel, writes Michael Rellahan for the Daily Local News. The students took on the task after they started looking at the oddly shaped districts on the current map. To get a better picture of how…
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