January 3, 2024 - ChaddsFordLive.com

Students raise $ for fire company

_1JF6023 — Students help Concordville Fire & Protection Assn.

Garnet Valley School District students, siblings Sanjay, Shyla, and Sachin Misra, presented a $400 check to the Concordville Fire & Protection Assn. Wednesday afternoon. The students sang Christmas Carols to raise the money. This was the second year they raised funds for the fire company, Sanjay Misra said. Flanking the students in the photo are, from left, are Matt Tiger, Fire Chief Bob Vasek, fire company President Lee Weersing, and Zach Ruth.

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New supervisor in Kennett

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The Kennett Township Board of Supervisors welcomed its newest member during the annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 2.

Pat Muller, who was elected in November to fill Scudder Stevens’ seat, was sworn in and then addressed the residents and township staff in attendance.

“I love Kennett Township, and I will continue the work to help find solutions to problems,” she said.

Muller encouraged the township residents to be civically engaged and to volunteer with community organizations.

“Kennett Township is fortunate … to be a community that values public input and civil engagement,” she said. “Ultimately we are all neighbors looking to find solutions.”

She joins supervisors Geoff Gamble and Richard Leff on the three-person board.

Also at the reorganization meeting, Gamble was re-elected chairman for the second year, and Leff was re-elected vice chairman.

“As we begin our 320^th year as a township, I want to express my gratitude for the privilege of serving,” Gamble said.

The supervisors appointed representatives to a number of positions, including Planning and Zoning Director Diane Hicks as the voting delegate to the PA State Association of Township Supervisors convention; Muller as the board’s representative to the Chester County Association of Township Officials, the voting delegate to the Pennsylvania Municipal League, and the alternate voting commissioner to the Kennett Fire and EMS Regional Commission; Leff as the voting commissioner to the fire and EMS commission; township Manager Eden Ratliff as the voting delegate to the Chester County Tax Collection Committee; and Finance Director Amy Heinrich as the alternate to the county tax collection committee.

The board also appointed its staff and consultants, including Ratliff as manager and right-to-know officer, Heinrich as finance and HR director, Hicks as planning/zoning director and codes enforcement officer, Matthew Gordon as police chief, and Bruce Mitchell and AJ McCarthy as fire marshal and deputy marshal respectively.

A full list can be found on the township’s website at kennett.pa.us.

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Monica Thompson Fragale is a freelance reporter who spent her life dreaming of being in the newspaper business. That dream came true after college when she started working at The Kennett Paper and, years later The Reporter newspaper in Lansdale and other dailies. She turned to non-profit work after her first daughter was born and spent the next 13 years in that field. But while you can take the girl out of journalism, you can’t take journalism out of the girl. Offers to freelance sparked the writing bug again started her fingers happily tapping away on the keyboard. Monica lives with her husband and two children in Kennett Square.

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Chadds Ford reorganizes

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Timotha-oath — Timotha Trigg takes the oath of office before assuming her role as a supervisor in Chadds Ford Township. Administering the oath is Judge Wendy Roberts; holding the Bible is Trigg’s husband Jon.

Chadds Ford Township now has a new supervisor. Timotha Trigg was sworn into office during the annual reorganization meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 2. She replaces Noelle Barbone who chose not to run for reelection last year.

Trigg will serve a six-year term. She had been on the Planning Commission, but she officially resigned from that commission, and supervisors appointed Carolyn Daniels to replace her. Daniels will serve the remainder of Trigg’s term on the Planning Commission, which runs through the rest of this year.

Also, during the reorg, Samantha Reiner was voted in as chairman and Frank Murphy as vice chair. Bob Reardon and Bill Mock were reappointed to the Zoning Hearing Board and Dennis Henry was appointed to the Sewer Authority.

Other appointments and reappointments included Lacey Faber as township manager, Emily Pisano as assistant manager, Mike Maddren as solicitor, Mike Schneider as engineer, Tom Comitta as land planner, and Phil Wenrich as roadmaster, fire marshal, and emergency management coordinator.

Other business

• During the regular monthly meeting that followed the reorganization, supervisors approved certificates of appropriateness for the Brandywine Conservancy to demolish five buildings on the conservancy’s campus that were damaged in the 2021 flooding from Hurricane Ida. The approval came with several conditions that include shared parking for Walkable Chadds Ford, screening of parking areas, and that the conservancy create and maintain a boat launch area with free parking on property it owns farther south along the Brandywine Creek.

• The board tabled a decision on awarding a contract for improving the audio/visual system in the municipal building’s meeting room. Residents, those who attend meetings in person, and those who watch via Zoom, have complained about the poor sound quality.

Faber recommended a bid by DelCo Solutions, of Broomall, as the most comprehensive. The proposal said the company would improve the audio for in-house and Zoom participants, and that it would allow those watching on Zoom to see the main dais, presenters, and computer presentations, something that doesn’t happen now. The bid was for more than $29,000, and Reiner thought that was too steep a price and wanted more information. Trigg agreed and the decision was delayed.

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Police Log Jan. 3: Thefts

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Media Barracks

• State police from the Media barracks are investigating the attempted theft of $4,800 from a 68-year-old woman’s bank account. Police said the unknown suspect was able to gain access to the woman’s bank account using her personal information. The money was recovered but police are continuing their investigation.

• A scammer was able to hack into a 78-year-old woman’s bank account and make fraudulent charges against her debit card. The investigation continues.

• Police arrested a 16-year-old boy for drug possession. The incident took place on Nov. 30 at Garnet Valley High School when the youth was found with a vape pen containing THC.

• Lululemon was again the victim of theft on Dec. 9. Police said an unknown man entered the store on Baltimore Pike and stole $2,500 worth of men’s clothing. Police are investigating.

• Police said Kevin Concepcion Rodriguez, 24, of Philadelphia, was arrested for shoplifting at Wegmans in Concord Township on Dec. 19. He is accused of stealing $822 worth of grocery items.

• King Pugh, 25, of New Castle, was arrested for shoplifting at Wegmans on Nov. 25, a police report said. He is accused of stealing $52 worth of baby formula, a $20 bouquet of flowers, and a 99-cent reusable shopping bag.

Avondale Barracks

• State police from the Avondale barracks said they arrested two 21-year-old women from Delaware on shoplifting charges on Dec. 24. Dayana Cintron of Newark, and Tiana Arroyo, of Wilmington are accused of stealing items from the Walmart in East Marlborough Township. Police said the pair passed all points of sale with items concealed in large purses and tote bags. There was no mention in the report of what they had taken.

• A 27-year-old man from Brooklyn, N.Y. was arrested on Dec. 23 for shoplifting at the East Marlborough Township Walmart. He allegedly stole $145 worth of food items.

• An unidentified person stole $368 worth of merchandise from the East Marlborough Township Walmart on Dec. 23. No other details were provided.

• Someone broke into a car parked in the vicinity of Bayard Road and E. Baltimore Pike on Dec. 20 and stole a computer bag with an iPad and a Microsoft Surface Pro. The items were later found by a passing motorist on E. Baltimore Pike.

• An unidentified 45-year-old man from Wilmington was charged with theft after he allegedly stole $107 worth of merchandise from the East Marlborough Walmart on Dec. 8.

Kennett Square Police Department

Borough Police said Desiderio Ramirez-Tomas, 32, of Avondale, was arrested and charged with DUI and related traffic offenses after the 2007 Chrysler he was operating was stopped for failing to maintain its lane of travel and several other traffic violations. The incident occurred on Dec. 23, at approximately 1:20 a.m., in the 300 block of W. State Street. Upon making contact with Ramirez-Tomas, officers observed indicators suggesting intoxication, and field sobriety tests showed impairment. He was taken into custody for suspicion of DUI and submitted to a chemical test of his breath, resulting in a blood alcohol level of 0.122 percent.

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