EAST MARLBOROUGH: An Aldi supermarket is proposed

The rumors are true! An Aldi supermarket wants to take over the Sears hardware store and the PetValu store at 817 East Baltimore Pike (across from Applebee's). To do so, the investors will need to obtain a conditional use permission from the East Marlborough township supervisors, and a hearing is set for 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 19. I have never been to an Aldi, which is an international supermarket chain, but I have heard very positive reviews for the quality of their service, prices and products. The closest one to us is at 154 Airport Road, between Coatesville and Sadsburyville.
In other grocery news, everyone is always asking me what's happening with the long-vacant SuperFresh store in the Longwood shopping center. I don't know.
Also on the agenda at that meeting, the supervisors will be hearing a request from Landhope Investors to allow (once again) wedding receptions to be held at the Yellow House in Willowdale and to allow events in other buildings on the same 156-acre property (where the Unionville Fair takes place every October). In the formal zoning-code language:

1. Grey Barn – to use this building for event space for functions of not more than 300 attendees . . . and for occasional retail sales . . .
2. Yellow House and Little Yellow House – to use the Yellow House as event space for functions of not more than 300 attendees, . . . and, in addition, as a bed and breakfast operation . . . with the use of the Little Yellow House as a bridal suite or overnight suite for family members of event sponsors, and to use both buildings for occasional retail sales
3. Red Barn – to use the Red Barn for event space for functions of not more than 300 attendees . . . and for occasional retail sales related to special events . . .