December 30, 2015 - Chadds Ford Live

Kennett teen mourned in sea of blue, white

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on December 30, 2015

Brian R. Ayllon, 16, of Kennett Square, who died last week, is shown before the 2015 high school prom. His mother said she values the memory and was so glad he got the opportunity to go as a sophomore.

His smile lit up a room, his laughter energized those around him, and his compassion infused all within reach. So the death of 16-year-old Brian Roberto Ayllon of Kennett Square on Dec. 22 of natural causes sent shock waves through the Kennett and Unionville school districts and beyond. And on a rain-swept Tuesday evening, Dec. 29, hundreds upon hundreds gathered at St. Rocco Catholic Church…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on December 30, 2015

The Chadds Ford Zoning Hearing Board, in a 3-0 decision, turned down a request to use a Webb Road home as a substance abuse rehab center. The decision could be appealed to federal court. Drew and Nicole Barnabei, owners of Stonebridge Mansion at 681 Webb Road, wanted to use their 25-room house as a residential lifestyle modification treatment facility for substance abusers who would have…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on December 30, 2015

Read more about the article Police Log Dec. 30: Accidents, DUI, pedestrian struck

• Police said a driver who fell asleep at the wheel of his vehicle struck a house on Tally Ho Drive in Chadds Ford Township. A passenger in the vehicle was transported to Crozer Medical Center with moderate injuries. According to the report, John S. Wilbank, 68, of Boothwyn, was driving on Tally Ho at 7:03 a.m. on Dec. 3 when he fell asleep while…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on December 30, 2015

Muriel Ann (nee Robinson) Vilbert, 90, longtime resident of West Chester, died Dec. 25, of natural causes. She was the loving wife for 68 years of Benjamin Franklin Vilbert; loving mother of Michael Jonathan and wife Kellie, Benjamin Franklin III and wife Olivia, James Robinson and wife Linda, Ann Elizabeth, and Thomas Patrick and wife Marie; loving grandmother to twelve grandchildren and two great grandchildren (so…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on December 30, 2015

Iris L. Dickerson (nee Laird), 91, of West Chester, and formerly of Springfield, died Dec. 27. Born in Philadelphia in 1924, Iris was the daughter of the late Thomas and Myrtle (Hamill) Laird. She was the beloved wife of Leonard C. Dickerson; loving mother of Keith (Suzanne), Brad (Nancy), Gary (Lynn) and the late Laird (Debbie); loving grandmother of Shannon, Connor, Kelly Anne, Jennifer, Rachael, Jessica,…