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FOHG Position Paper on La Grange Record Plan Submission 8/24/08
Land Use Fails To Support Historic Review Board (2/22/08)
La Grange Facts Sheet (1/18/2008)
Developer refiles SLAPP suits against FoHG members (2/20/2007)
La Grange developer's SLAPP suit dismissed (2/7/07)
Follow the players in New Castle County development (5/30/06)
POSSIBLE TEST OF ANTI-SLAPP LAW IN DE (5/28/06)
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Going, Going, Gone? (3/26/04)
Obituary for Anne Barczewski (1/8/06)
Larding the Lean Earth: Soil and Society in 19th C. America
Developer sues ex-owners of historic farm (1/15/06)
Historic Farm in Jeopardy (2/11/05)
Glasgow auction bids on history (7/13/03)
Open land isn't worth paying any price in competition (9/29/04)
La Grange Communities LLC development project plan # 20051045
SLAPP suit filed against LaGrange development opponents
West End Dairy founder, farmer dies at age 95 (1/7/06)
National Register: La Grange (1974)
Developer looks to add homes, shops, school to historic Glasgow
Petition to save Historic Glasgow
Press Release (9/13/05)
Delaware's history can be reduced to street names (8/30/05)
Preservationists must act fast to save historic farm (8/20/05)
School district is seeking to destroy historic farm (8/10/05)
1600 Artifacts Discovered At La Grange (7/25/05 Press Release)
LaGrange Press Release: Developer wants more time (5/8/05)
PLUS review – PLUS 2005-06-15; La Grange (Barczewski farm)
Capital of the Rebellion: Phila. and the Revolution. (8/26/1777)
Feinting Spell: Howe headquarters at Aikin's Tavern
Battle of Cooch's Bridge
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Geo. Washington letter: Iron Hill, Coach's [Cooch's] Mill 1777
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Aithim's Tavern [Aiken's Tavern], Crouch's Mills [Cooch's] 1777
Glasgow Regional Park welcomed (10/26/03)
Glasgow park gets under way (9/14/03)
Bidding for farm in NCCo hits snag (6/9/2003)
Glasgow park parcel could cost county $12 million (9/16/04)
Delaware's heritage is disappearing (12/3/03)
Citizens Work To Save Historic Landmarks (Glasgow) (3/8/04)
Friends of Historic Glasgow news (8/20/04)
Glasgow property is historic (10/5/04)
Historic farm sold to NCCo developer (2/4/05) - WRONG!
Christina Basin's importance is undeniable (7/18/04)
NCCo decides $12 million too much for 236-acre property 9/21/04
Where Green Trees, Not Greenbacks, Flourish (6/21/97)
La Grange Press Release: Battle to Save LaGrange (2/11/05)
National Register: Cooch's Bridge Historic District (1973)
National Register: Aiken's Tavern Historic District (1977)
HABS DE-216: La Grange Granary (aka.: Samuel H. Black Farm)
New Castle County Parcel View of La Grange (Barczewski farm)
Royal Farms developing Battle of Cooch's Bridge gateway (3/2/05)
Brooks House Historic Zoning Overlay (7/14/04)
Threatened by Cloverleaf - News Gazette article (5/30/73)
History of nepotism at historic Glasgow's expense (5/17/05)
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School district is seeking to destroy historic farm (8/10/05)
News Journal editorial on LaGrange
Your Aug. 4 article on the progress toward tearing up the historic La Grange farm contained a telling quote from Kelli Racca, of the Christina School District: "We've had our eye on the property for a while." Why would the school district have been eyeing La Grange long after Anne Barczewski placed an Historic Zoning Overlay on the entire farm in 1996? Perhaps the school district believes this can be rendered meaningless.
I have known Barczewski for 18 years. Years ago, she refused to sell any land for school construction. Why didn't the district seek other sites back then, when many other locations were still available?
When the county requested and she agreed to the historic overlay, she was told it would prevent development of her farm. She also believed her three children would honor her wishes to see the farm preserved as open space. Now a developer with a sly legal team, lead by Pamela Scott, wife of County Council President Paul Clark, is pitting one part of county government against another. If the Historic Review Board and county politicians oppose placement of a school next to the historic manor house, and deeding that house to the school district, they can be attacked as opposing needed schools.
Last year, the council refused to increase its offer to buy the property for parkland, ostensibly because of doubts over the farm's development potential. Where are those doubts today? This entire situation is a travesty of exploitation in the name of greed. If La Grange is destroyed, it can never be reclaimed.
David Arday, Member, Friends of Historic Glasgow, Fulton
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