October 4, 2017 - ChaddsFordLive.com

Roads on tap in Chadds Ford

During the Chadds Ford Township Board of Supervisors’ Oct. 4 meeting, interim Township manager Matt DiFillipo said work on Heyburn has begun. The work started Monday, Oct. 2 as previously announced. DiFillipo said the project should finish in five weeks.

Heyburn Road was shut down this summer when a culvert failed, and a portion of the roadway collapsed.

Also announced was that The Henderson Group is scheduled to go before the township Planning Commission on Oct. 11 with a final plan for the Hillman Drive extension. The extension, if approved, will complete all four segments of the loop road around the intersection of Routes 1 and 202.

Supervisors granted preliminary approval for the project last October and in March approved a roundabout at Hillman and Evergreen Place.

The plan for the loop has been a topic of discussion for decades, and it’s something PennDOT officials have said they want. Henderson Vice President Mark Eisenhardt has said his company would pay for the job itself, with no tax money used for the project.

It remains controversial, however. Residents of The Estates a Chadds Ford have expressed displeasure over the fear of more traffic and accidents at the bottom of Evergreen Place, their only means of ingress and egress.t

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Joan Black of Millsboro

Obituaries

Joan Black, 63, of Millsboro, died Sunday, Oct. 1, at her residence.

Born in Chester, she was the daughter of the late Charles J. and the late Veronica McGlynn Flynn.

Joan was a homemaker and she enjoyed taking care of people and being with her family and friends

She is survived by one son, Justin Black, Georgetown, Del.; three daughters, Kimberly O’Brien-Fuller and her husband Jason of West Grove, Cynthia Black and her boyfriend Mike Discavage of Wilmington, and Jessica Cieszynski and her husband Chris of Landenberg; eight grandchildren, 10 siblings and her former husband, Joseph L. Black Jr.

She was predeceased by her son, Joseph L. Black, III

You are invited to visit with her family and friends from 9 to 10:15 a.m. Monday, Oct. 9, at the Assumption BVM Church, 300 State Road, West Grove. Her funeral mass will follow at 10:30. Burial will be private.

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation in loving memory of Joan to “go fund me” at https://www.gofundme.com/in-loving-memory-of-joan-black

To view her online tribute and to share a memory with the family, please visit www.griecocares.com

Arrangements by the Foulk & Grieco Funeral Home, West Grove.

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Changing faces in Concord

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Multiple changes are taking place in Concord Township. A new township manager steps in while a council member steps out.

Township Council officially announced Tuesday night the resignation of Brenda Lamanna as township manager but welcomed Amanda Serock as her replacement. Serock was the manager in Chadds Ford Township for the past three years.

Gail Ryan, left, is leaving concord Township Council while Amanda Serock, right, is Concord’s new township manager.

Council President Dominic Pileggi said Lamanna announced her retirement on Sept. 12, and it went into effect Sept. 30. Lamanna spent 22 years working for Concord.

Sept. 30 was also the last day for Serock in Chadds Ford. Her first day on the job in Concord was Monday, Oct. 2. Before working for Chadds Ford, Serock was the assistant manager in Swarthmore for five years.

Also Tuesday night, Council Member Gail Ryan announced her resignation from council effective Oct. 4. Ryan and her husband are moving to Delaware.

Pileggi said Ryan represented the people of Concord well. He and Council Vice President John Gillespie each said it had been a pleasure working with Ryan and that they would miss her.

Ryan was appointed to fill in for Dominic Cappelli who resigned in June 2015. She and former Supervisor Kevin O’Donaghue then ran for election in November and won. O’Donaghue resigned in July 2016 for business reasons.

Another resignation came from Michele Iacono who stepped down as Concord’s representative on the Rachel Kohl Library Board of Trustees.

However, there was one reappointment. Pennie Scott was reappointed to the township Historical Commission. Her term ends Oct. 6, 2020.

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Mario D. DiLullo of West Chester

Obituaries

Mario D. DiLullo, 84, of West Chester, died Sunday, Oct. 1.

Born in Rome, Italy in 1932, Mario was the beloved son of the late Ireneo and Filomena (DeAngelis) DiLullo.

He was a graduate of the Wharton School of Business, where he earned his Bachelor Degree in Accounting.

Mario loved Frank Sinatra, cigarettes, Scotch and visiting Ocean City, N.J. He was a devoted family man who enjoyed spending time with his children and grandchildren.

He was the beloved husband of Anna (D’Amico) DiLullo; loving father of Michelle DiLullo Orris and Marc DiLullo (Charyse); devoted grandfather of Olivia, Stephen, Zachary, Sophia and Tanner.

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Police Log Oct. 4: Fight, DUIs, sneakers stolen

Police

• State police said two neighbors, both males in their mid-30s living on Park Lane in Concord Township, got into a fight on Sept. 24. Both were cited for harassment.

• State police from the Avondale barracks are investigating a case of retail theft that happened at the Walmart in East Marlborough Township on Aug. 8. They described the suspect only as a black male and said in the report he failed to pay full price for merchandise, then fled. The incident happened at 7:33 p.m.

• Corey Addison Wyatt, 29, of Coatesville, was charged with DUI on Aug. 14, according to a state police report. The report said police stopped Wyatt on Limestone Road south of Webster Lane in East Marlborough Township at 6:35 p.m. and was arrested for driving under the influence.

• State police said Fredy Lemus-Ramirez, 25, of Kennett Square, was arrested for DUI following a traffic stop on Baltimore Pike at Union Street in East Marlborough Township on Sept. 26.

• Sometime between 11 p.m. on Sept. 23 and 7 a.m. on Sept. 24, someone entered an unsecured vehicle in East Marlborough Township and stole a pair of Adidas NMD1 sneakers. According to the police report, the victim said he left his windows open. The incident happened in the 300 block of River Birch Circle.

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