Concord gets new council member

In a special meeting of Concord Township Council today, members voted to appoint Vinita Deshmukh to fill the vacancy left by Michael Harding. Harding resigned from Council in early December, the second resignation in the fall of 2020. Peter Pagano resigned in October. In a Facebook statement, the township said, “Township Council is excited to appoint Ms. Deshmukh. They are looking forward to working together…

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Shelley Roberts Jones of West Grove

Shelley Roberts Jones, 83, of West Grove, died Thursday, Jan. 7, at the Jennersville Hospital. She was the loving wife of Donald Raymond Jones, with whom she shared 43 years of marriage. Born in 1937 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth S. Roberts and the late Grace Chardy Roberts. At the age of 13, Shelley and her family returned…

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Sylvia M. Meloni of Glen Mills

Sylvia M. Meloni, 87, of Glen Mills, died Monday, Jan. 11. She was born in the Bronx, N.Y. to Nicholas and Rose Perrucci Serafini. Sylvia lived in Glen Mills, for 20 years, previously living in Thornton, Pa. and Wilmington, Del. A homemaker, Sylvia volunteered for more than 40 years at the DuPont Children's Hospital where she received the "Hall of Fame Recognition" award in 2019.…

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Police Log Jan. 13: Ethnic intimidation, statutory rape

Pennsylvania State Police Media Barracks • State police are investigating a Christmas Eve burglary at a Dunkin Donuts on Route 1 in Concord Township. A report said someone unlocked the front door, entered, and stole $450 from a business dropbox. • Police said they arrested Vanessa Thomas, 40, of Louisiana, Mo., at the Sunoco Station at Routes 1 and 202 for ethnic intimidation. According to…

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