2020 Volume 27, Number 1
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THE SPRING 2020 Milemarker EAST BRANDYWINE TOWNSHIP QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER Please Do Not Disturb! Birdhouses in our Community Park URING NESTING D SEASON, April through August, volun- teer and bird watcher Marilyn Baiardi walks HISTORICAL COMMISSION through Community Park SPEAKER SERIES monitoring the bird- houses that are in place PROGRAMS HELD AT EAST for nesting of bluebirds, BRANDYWINE TOWNSHIP BUILDING AT 3:30 PM swallows, and wrens. Nest box monitoring is APR Left: Bluebird nestlings. Right: Bluebird hatchlings done at specific times to in houses in Community Park. 19 ensure their conservation and collect data to help increase their populations. “I only open boxes once a week, and keep detailed records of each box, so I have an idea of what is going on before checking inside,” shares Marilyn. “That way there is less chance of SUNDAY, APRIL 19 disturbing the natural course of events. Over monitoring will disrupt them, Downingtown & increase the possibility of abandonment and draw attention to predators.” Lancaster Railroad Historically, the East Brandywine The time of day she checks is important so as not to disturb when the eggs and Waynesburg Railroad Com- typically hatch, when hatchlings are fed, or when the fledglings are ready to pany first connected the Penn- fledge. For 2019 Marilyn reported: sylvania Railroad (PRR) Main Line at Downingtown to Waynesburg Nests Eggs Fledged (now Honey Brook), PA in Novem- Eastern Bluebird 26 90 30 ber 1861. By December 1876, track- Tree Swallow 21 95 29 In this issue age extended west from Honey House Wren 2 5 5 2 Meet Your New Brook to New Holland, PA. The Township Supervisor railroad bordered East Brandywine Our Community Park is a wonderful place to until 1955. Come hear all about the 3 EBYA Spring observe birds create nests, bring back food D&L—nicknamed Dark & Lonely! Baseball & Softball for their young, and fly around. Unfortunately, Mark W. Hoffman, a railroad another activity observed last year was tam- 4 Parks and Recreation enthusiast, photographer and pering with the boxes—including jamming of 6 Historic Marker to (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3) (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3) Dedicate Jim Croce PAGE 2 WWW.EBRANDYWINE.ORG Directory Meet Your New Township Supervisor TOWNSHIP BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Chairman . Kenneth Adler Welcome Ken Ader Vice Chairman . Jason Winters Member . Kyle P . Scribner OR MOST OF the eight TOWNSHIP PUBLIC MEETINGS Fyears Ken Ader has lived in (Held at Township Building) East Brandywine Township, his Board of Supervisors . 3rd THU, 6:30 pm area of service to our com- Bondsville Mill Comm . 4th THU, 8:00 am munity has been as a volunteer Historical Commission . 2nd WED, 7:00 pm firefighter and EMT. “I was a Municipal Authority . 2nd TUE, 8:00 am and LAST FRI, 8:00 am firefighter since I was 16 in Dela- Open Space Committee . 1st THU, 7:30 pm ware County,” says Ken. “When Ordinance Task Force . 3rd WED, 7:30 pm we moved to Chester County, Park and Rec Board . 1st MON, 7:00 pm there was no doubt I would Planning Commission . 1st WED, 7:30 pm continue to serve in the same Trails Committee . 2nd TUE, 7:00 pm capacity in my new community.” Zoning Hearing Board . 1st TUE, 7:30 pm (as needed) Ken’s experience in revenue Township Supervisor Ken Ader. FIRE/AMBULANCE/POLICE management for several firms, Fire, Ambulance, Police (emergency) . 911 including his current position as VP—Revenue Cycle & Contract Management Police (non-emerg) . (610) 383-7000 for a healthcare firm in King of Prussia, led him to serve on the Township Police Admin . (610) 269-4300 Budget Committee for the last three years. His combined experiences over the Police Website . www ebtpd. org. last eight years—fiscal exposure and boots on the ground work with the fire department have allowed him to: RECREATION EBYA . www .ebya .org 1. Know the Township overall is a great place. DARC . www darcinfo. com. 2. Understand what is working for residents—and what isn’t. Park & Rec . parkandrec@ebrandywine org. 3. To ask—what is East Brandywine? And how can we make it better? TOWNSHIP STAFF DIRECTORY (610) 269-8230 | M–F | 9 am-noon & 1-5 pm So, when Ken was encouraged by those with whom he volunteered to run for x200 Norann King, Building Department the Supervisor position Jay Fischer was vacating, it made sense. With the sup- x218 Lisa Taraschi, Administrative Assistant port of his wife Jennifer and two daughters, he ran for Supervisor in the 2019 x203 Scott Piersol, Township Manager/ election. He is honored to have been elected and is excited about supporting Emergency Management Coordinator all areas of the Township. Ken not only wants to be part of the present activity x204 Matthew VanLew, Roadmaster in the Township but the future too. x205 Luke Reven, Assistant Township Mgr . x210 Dennis Mulhern, Tax Collector When asked about his goals for our community, Ader shared, “I want to help x100 Police Administration keep the community engaged in the growth and change that East Brandywine TAX INFORMATION will continue to experience. There will be more homes, but it will be balanced County Taxes . (610) 344-6361 with the Open Space initiative that has been set in place. East Brandywine may Tax Claim Office . (610) 344-6360 no longer be the farming community it once was, but it will be a good, strong Assessment Office . (610) 344-6105 community if we all work together.” EIT and LST . (610) 269-4402 School Taxes . 1 (866) 300-1714 We wish you much success, Supervisor Ader. SPRING 2020 WWW.EBRANDYWINE.ORG PAGE 3 East Brandywine Youth Cal HISTORICAL COMMISSION Ripkin Baseball & ASA Softball SPEAKER SERIES PROGRAMS HELD AT EAST Calling all players and sponsors! BRANDYWINE TOWNSHIP BUILDING AT 3:30 PM UICKBALL (K) THROUGH 12U, [CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1] QEBYA focuses on teaching lifelong historian from Leola, PA, will pres- skills such as teamwork, sportsman-like ent an overview of the Downing- conduct, hand-eye coordination and ex- town and Lancaster Railroad. His cellent field techniques all while working digital presentation will review the towards creating championship teams! 39-mile line’s history and route. As a non-profit and 100% volunteer In addition, he will cover current organization, EBYA wouldn't be possible operations on the remaining track- without the incredible support of all of our amazing local business sponsors! age in Lancaster County. Use the email below to learn more about sponsorship! MAY Register now for the few remaining openings for all ages—EBYA gets your kids out into the fresh air and momentarily away from the screens! 17 HTTPS://TINYURL.COM/EBYAREGISTRATION or [email protected] Birdhouses (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) SUNDAY, MAY 17 Bypassed— branches into a box, trash placed in boxes, resting of sports equipment against A Community the boxes, and actually opening boxes and leaving them open. Because of this Voice Project tampering, Marilyn noted two flattened tree swallow eggs and missing eggs, most likely due to a predator who had easy access to open boxes. This feature-length documen- tary aims to change the way we “Tampering with the boxes will affect the mortality rate of the birds,” says think about our neighboring Marilyn. “It is very important to not disturb the nesting boxes for their survival. city—Coatesville—a place known Human interference can attract predators and/or cause abandonment of the more for its stigma than its stories. eggs/hatchlings.” Bypassed was created as a way for residents to tell their story in their As we approach nesting season, it is important own ways. to share this message with our community. If Presenter Sarah Alderman is the Creator and Project Director and you see someone tampering with boxes, please has roots that go back many gen- ask them to stop. And do not place trash or erations in both her mother’s and father's families. Sarah owns an equipment on or in the boxes. internationally published wedding photography studio and photo Marilyn invites anyone interested in more information to feel free to stop her booth. Her degree in Anthropol- to chat when they see her monitoring boxes or contact Parks and Rec Board ogy and passion for her hometown members to get in touch with her. comes through in Bypassed! PAGE 4 WWW.EBRANDYWINE.ORG MAY 19 Parks and Recreation Events for 2020 Mark your calendars for FUN! MEMORIAL DAY Our Parks and Recreation Board has filled the calendar with many events for the 2020 year. TUESDAY, MAY 19, 6PM COMMUNITY PARK We are excited about several new activities Help us install 1,776 American Flags and look forward to seeing residents old and as we honor all our Military with our Memorial Day Flag Display at new join us in the fun. the Community Park. Installation will take place on Tuesday, May 19 HIGHLIGHTS: beginning at 6:00 pm. A new event this year, an Easter Egg Hunt, is scheduled for March 29. Let’s start the spring watching the joy on the faces of our young residents. On May 19 our 13th annual Memorial Day Flag Display will salute all our military with a JUN display of 1,776 American Flags! Our first ofthree summer movies (TBA) will be 22 held on June 5 beginning at dusk (approximately 8:30 pm). July 10 and August 7 are the other movie dates. Our first summer concert will be on June 11 at 6:30 pm featuring the Walton-Marquette Project. Summer Solstice, June 20, is the date for Run for the Parks, a major fundraiser for our Parks. The run starts at 5:30 pm, followed by a concert at 7:00 pm.