PennDOT has announced the following road projects, which are weather-dependent and could affect residents in the greater Chadds Ford area during the week of Jan. 27 through Feb. 2. Motorists are urged to allow extra time if they are traveling through one of the construction zones. • PennDOT maintenance and contractor crews will be working on more than 60 state highways next week to repair…
Fred P. Pratola Sr., 92, of Avondale, died Thursday, Jan. 25, surrounded by his loving family. Born to Michael and Grace Pratola on April 25, 1925, in Madison, N.J., he was the husband to the love of his life, the late Angeline Pratola who died in 2007, and with whom he shared 58 years of marriage. A WWII veteran, Fred worked side by side with…
Msgr. Gregory Parlante, formerly of St. Cornelius Church in Chadds Ford, was arrested on charges of drug possession and theft, according to the Pennsylvania State Police. In May of 2017, police began investigating a suspicious package sent to the church's administration office on Ridge Road. Church personnel who found the package with some of Parlante's personal items thought it contained drugs. Parlante, 61, was on leave…
If you have ever solicited an employee engagement survey and became surprised at the results you are not effectively demonstrating or holding accountable the right individuals in your leadership and management to achieve the desired results. Engagement begins with leadership and ends with the supervisor-employee relationship in which the supervisor is promulgating the culture and information necessary to achieve success. Generally, the results of a…