Tag: Brandywine Creek

Chester County has come a long way since British Quaker William Penn named the land after Chester, England in 1682. The Lenni Lenape called this…

Thanks to a network of local nonprofits, 72 acres of rolling fields in Chadds Ford have been preserved. It will open to the public next…

Federal aid has already started to come in to help victims of Hurricane Ida, but for some struggling families, it cannot come fast enough, writes…

Thanks to dam removals, American shad are once again spawning in the Brandywine Creek for the first time in more than a century, writes Hannah…

Hibernia Park, established as the first park in Chester County in 1964, is home to some of the most historic and beautiful places in the…

A U.S. Geological Survey is closely monitoring the Brandywine Creek, collecting real-time data on the health of the local treasure, writes Pete Bannan…

Chester County Fund for Women and Girls and Crime Victims’ Center of Chester County

Join the CCFWG and the CVC during Sexual Assault Awareness Month…

The full story of Indian Hannah shows that early settlers in Chester County did not treat the Native American as well as local legends indicate…

Michelle Legaspi Sanchez

Michelle Legaspi Sanchez, the executive director of the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls, will discuss at Immaculata University the impact…

He liked to fish along the quiet banks of Brandywine Creek in the Quaker days of the 19th century, but what young Samuel Moon caught…

Opened four years ago, First State National Historical Park is already poised to expand, thanks to deals with the heirs of two deep-rooted, Brandywine…

Pennsylvania Hunt Cup/Chester County Food Bank

The Pennsylvania Hunt Cup Committee – a nonprofit that administers the annual Pennsylvania Hunt Cup, a Timber steeplechase race…

History has demonstrated that civilizations can fail if farmland is not maintained. We have our own examples of significant areas being devastated by lack of…