Chester County Press 01-31-2024 Edition

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Volume 158, No. 5

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

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Oxford Borough Council receives update on fire debris clean-up The borough also welcomes a new staff member

By Betsy Brewer Brantner Contributing Writer Oxford Borough Manager Pauline Garcia-Allen was all smiles as she introduced Yamilet (Yami) Fernandez to Oxford Borough Council at the Jan. 22 meeting.

Fernandez will be filling the positions of administrative assistant and right-to-know officer for the borough.

Fernandez previously worked for the the Oxford Area School District in Superintendent David Woods’ office. Her family moved to Florida when her husband’s job took him there.

She explained, “My children were raised here and attend the Oxford High School. We are all happy to be back in Oxford.”

Fernandez, who is flu-

ent in two languages, said, “There are a lot of similarities between working for the school district and the Borough of Oxford.”

Garcia-Allen, who has been working multiple positions along with other staff members, said she is delighted to have the full complement of administrative employees that are needed to provide services to the borough residents.

“With the addition of Yami, we now have a Spanish-speaking person in every department, which helps us provide a more inclusive atmosphere,” Garcia-Allen said.

Oxford Borough is constantly moving forward with new initiatives in all departments, including the police department.

Police Chief Sam Iacono announced that the Live

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The artistic achievements of several Avon Grove High School students were lauded during the Avon Grove Digital circulation soars School Board meeting, held at Chester County Library Jan. 25.

System...6A Four talented seniors displayed and discussed their works, and they described how the new high school, and the art department’s teachers, varied curriculum, and abundance of artist tools have enhanced and supported their creative endeavors.

Avon Grove High School Principal Christie Snead introduced the event, that also included student presenters Ryan Boggetta, Helike Milestone, Jacob Peterson, and Ruby Queen.

West Chester Women’s Art department teachers Multisport...1B Jennifer Martorello, Kara Mercer, and Regina Lang were present to describe their roles in supporting students’ artistic growth.

The exhibition of student artwork was a testament to the variety of classes offered by the high school’s art department. Student displays included paintings, drawings, ceramics, graphic design, digital animation, and jewelry. The Avon Grove High School Art Department also offers printmaking, photography, and digital art classes.

“There is really something for everyone,” said Jennifer Martorello, art instructor.

“Our classes are open to every student in the school because everyone needs a creative outlet.”

Queen showed and discussed a drawing she made, but her intention after graduation is to pursue a BFA in jewelry making. She said that drawing classes have provided her with necessary foundational skills for creating jewelry. This semester, she will utilize those core skills in the

to add Live Scan fingerprinting capabilities at the police station.

Oxford Borough has been successful in securing numerous grants which not only improve the services offered to residents, but does so without impacting the borough’s budget.

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FROM OUR LENS

Board celebrates student art

By Colleen Cochran Contributing Writer

Scan is now up and running and will be a tremendous asset to the department.

The department received a grant in the amount of $77,271 through the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) Local Law Enforcement Support Grant Program (LLE). The LLE funding supports the costs of officer training and has enabled the department

Stewardship of our water

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Following a public hearing last week, Chester County Commissioners Josh Maxwell, Marian Moskowitz and Eric Roe approved the Chester County Water Resources Authority’s (CCWRA) Watersheds 2045, a plan that addresses the county’s water resource issues, such as stormwater and flooding, pollution mitigation and prevention, recreational access, and sustainable water supplies – at water sources throughout the county such as Chambers Lake, pictured above.

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Chester County Press names new co-publishers

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer

were recently appointed as the co-publishers of the Chester County Press and Stone Lieberman and its family of “Life” magaAvery Lieberman Eaton zines. They succeed their

father, Randy, who passed away unexpectedly on Dec. 26 at the age of 62.

They will be the third generation of the Lieberman

family to take the helm of the company. Their grandfather, Irv began ownership of the weekly newspaper in 1970, and after succeeding him,

Randy elevated the readership of the Chester County Press by combining a print version with a strong online Continued on Page 4A

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Beauty blooms indoors and tranquility thrives outdoors during Winter Wonder at Longwood Gardens. Winter Wonder is on view now through March 24, and features the timeless allure of Longwood’s grand Conservatory where nearly two acres of flourishing gardens prosper under glass. The Winter Wonder season brings new educational opportunities, captivating performances, and the chance to get away without going away. To purchase tickets, visit longwoodgardens.org.

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Stone Lieberman and Avery Lieberman Eaton have been named as the new publishers of the Chester County Press and its “Life” magazines, succeeding their father, Randy.

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agencies to capture fingerprints and palm prints electronically, without the need for the more traditional methods of ink and paper. Fingerprints are then directly submitted into the computer system to determine who a person is, and provides a complete background check on the individual.

This saves time and money. Before Live Scan, when an officer had to positively identify a suspect immediately, the officer had to transport the individual to the nearest Live Scan. For Oxford police officers, the closest location had been at the Avondale Pennsylvania State Police Barracks.

Having the Live Scan at the Oxford Police Department saves time and resources, and has been described as a game changer. In addition to fingerprinting capabilities, the system will include photographs and improve information-sharing with state and county agencies.

The Oxford Police

Department is also moving forward with their accreditation process.

“Our mock assessment went well,” Iacono said.

Iacono expects the on-site assessment to occur in early February.

Council also discussed the possibility of creating an Oxford Area Recreation Authority and Oxford Library Working Group during the Jan. 22 meeting.

Council plans to work with all groups that the borough supports by bringing them to their Finance Committee meetings and by securing financial supports from those groups.

It was noted that the water bills went out late during last quarter, due to updates for the software that is used. The late fee date has been adjusted as a result.

Residents are encouraged to call the borough if they have not received their water bills yet.

Garcia-Allen told council that the fire debris clean-up has been completed at the site of the large fire. The borough has been reimbursed for its costs as part of the project to remove the

debris. The total amount to remove the debris was $795,000.

“The Borough is happy with the clean-up,” GraciaAllen said. “There is a lot of discussion as to what happens next. Our immediate concern is opening up the sidewalk. We are hoping that will happen by the first or second week in February.”

Emergency Management Coordinator John Reynolds was thanked for his help during and after the fire.

In other business, it was noted that the borough received a $100,000 grant for new water meters. It is hoped that the old meters will be replaced by the end of October. The borough plans to make a software improvement in conjunction with the installation of the new meters.

A complete study of wells at the Cannery was undertaken, and it appears the borough can activate them again as soon as the report is received.

Improvements are being made to the Oxford Borough website that will note the staff chang-

es. Employees will all be trained and the new website will be launched in March.

Council also approved the following: • An agreement with the non-uniform union regarding classification of administrative assistant/ assistant right-to-know officer position.

• A proposal by the Center for Watershed Protection for tasks 1 and 2 of stormwater fee services in the Amount of $17,480.

• A proposal by the Center for Watershed Protection for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Program Services in the amount of $83,010 (twoyear agreement).

• A proposal by Pennoni to provide final design, bidding, contracting and construction oversight for the Hodgson and Eighth streets reconstruction project.

• A proposal by Pennoni for Broad Street Area Storm-sewer preliminary design in the amount of $7,750.

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Yamilet Fernandez (left) was introduced to Oxford Borough Council as the new administrative assistant and right-to-know officer at last week’s council meeting. Oxford Borough Manager Pauline Garcia-Allen (right) welcomed her to the new position.

• A police car purchase in the amount of $46,677.

• The authorization to advertise an ordinance amending the Code of the Borough of Oxford, Chapter 27, Zoning, Part 2, definitions, §27-202, definitions of terms, to redefine terms related to signs, and Part 16, signs, by deleting and replacing the part in its entirety.

• The reappointment of John Reynolds to the

Oxford Area Recreational Authority Board for a fiveyear term ending in 2028.

• The Reappointment of Robert Ketcham to the Oxford Sewer Authority Board for a five-year term ending in 2028.

• The Oxford Regional Planning Committee request for $200 annually from member municipalities.

The next Borough Council meeting will be held on Feb. 5 at the Borough Hall.

State Rep. Lawrence wins battle for transparency when it comes to Chester’s financial plans After an eight-month battle with the City of Chester to obtain records regarding the city’s perilous financial situation, the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records has ruled in favor of State Rep. John Lawrence’s right-

to-know request seeking answers Last spring, state-appointed City Receiver Michael Doweary warned city leaders that Chester could face disincorporation after years of fiscal mismanagement.

Chester Mayor Thaddeus Kirkland responded by telling Doweary that his office “provided the receiver two credible plans” to address the city’s financial woes.

To date, those plans remain a mystery.

Last spring, Lawrence filed right-to-know requests with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) and Chester’s Office of Receiver, seeking copies of the plans, but

both denied they existed.

Lawrence then filed a rightto-know request with the city of Chester in August, after which the city confirmed the existence of the records but blocked their release to the general

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public. Asserting that the law requires such plans be released, Lawrence appealed his case to the Office of Open Records and won.

“On Nov. 30, the Office of Open Records granted my appeal, requiring the city of Chester to provide the requested records within 30 days,” Lawrence said. “Now that the time has passed for the city to appeal this case, the office’s decision is binding, and the city must turn over the records.”

“I sent a letter to counsel representing the city in this matter, demanding that copies of the ‘two credible plans’ be sent to me no later than Jan. 25, 2024. I look forward to seeing the plans and learning how the city is proposing to address its financial crisis.”

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art department’s jewelry and metalsmithing class.

Board member Bill Wood asked if skills learned in art classes borrow from or assist with learning other school curriculum.

Art teacher Kara Mercer gave a specific example of how the art history class gives students perspective into other history and government classes. She said, “In art history class, we don’t just learn about art, we learn about the religions, cultures, politics, and events that inspire that art.”

Boggetta melded her love for sports with her art, and she said the two disciplines complement one another.

She showed off her favorite creation, a digitally produced piece that depicts herself lying on the grass in sports attire surrounded by a shot put, discus, and javelin. Her intent with this piece, she said, was to show how sports, like art, can be very calming.

Students also described how art classes assist their work in other classes in that they teach them how to take a vision in their heads and then bring it to life and see it through to completion. They remarked that art classes also teach them time management skills.

All of the students praised the large art department space that has been made possible with the construction of the new high school.

The new school was opened to students during the 20222023 school year. They said the art department provides more room to create and

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Avon Grove student Ryan Boggetta melded her love for sports with her artwork with this piece.

display large-scale works of art, and they appreciated all the sinks that enable them to quickly clean up at the end of classes.

Milestone, a senior who enjoys pottery, and in particular raku, talked about how, during her freshman year, she was confined to her bedroom due to the wide-scale COVID-19 outbreak. She said the difference between taking art classes back then and now is tremendous. The big space, myriad of materials, and ability to bounce her ideas off others has tremendously improved and enhanced her works.

She said, “Art is so much more exciting.”

Board member Rick Dumont said he is thrilled to learn that students are so pleased with the large art spaces. He acknowledged the administration and the entire team for making those spaces possible.

He said, “Those spaces just didn’t happen. It took a lot of planning.”

Peterson, a senior who concentrates on creating digital animations, expressed his pleasure over the fact that along with the new building, the art department increased its supply of artist tools and materials. He

said it now has more laptops and professional lighting for digital photography, and it offers the latest software.

Martorello added, “We try to make sure all our art equipment is up to date with industry standards.”

Wood also asked whether students had been experimenting with AI art.

Art generated by artificial intelligence (AI) has been the subject of some controversy since it borrows ideas and styles from actual human artists, without compensating those artists for their contributions to the software. The finished products have been criticized as a step removed from “true” art creation because they are generated when a person simply inputs verbal or textual ideas. The apps, such as DALL-E, not the people, go on to actually create a piece of art.

Art instructor Regina Lang responded, “Whether we like it or not, AI-generated art is here to stay. Students are going to start using AI art, so it’s up to the art instructors to teach them how to use it responsibly.”

Lang said that in the 1920s, many people proclaimed that photography was not real art, and now it’s

displayed in fine art museums. She said it’s possible AI will move in the same direction.

Queen said that she finds the idea of a proliferation of AI art a bit scary, but she would consider using the software programs to generate ideas concerning just how far she might push her art.

If you’d like to see just how far Avon Grove School District students are pushing their art, the Avon Grove district-wide art show will be held May 28 and 29 at the high school. It includes art from all grade levels in the district.

Twelve pieces of Avon Grove High School student art are presently on display at the Delaware County Community College Regional High Art Exhibition. That show, displayed at the college in room 2305 of the Marple Campus, runs through Feb. 16.

The Chester County High School Art Exhibition and PA 6th District Congressional Art Show run by Chester County Art Association will take place April 13-20. High Schoolers throughout Chester County, including students from Avon Grove High School,

Avon Grove High School senior Ruby Queen showed and discussed one of her drawings.

Ryan Boggetta, Helike Milestone, Jacob Peterson, and Ruby Queen were students who discussed their works. Pictured is an example of Milestone’s work.

Peterson, a senior who concentrates on creating digital animations, expressed his pleasure over the fact that along with the new building, the art department increased its supply of artist tools and materials.

will be displaying works in the event. Students will have an opportunity to have their art considered by members of the U.S. House of Representatives,

and the grand prize winner will have their artwork displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year. For the exhibition location, please contact 610-696-5600.

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Neil Patel, MD, Chief Health Oႈcer, Patina Phyllis Stickney prioritized ‘giving back’ throughout her career as a high school teacher. Spending time with students who needed extra help. Writing grants to ensure her students had the latest calculators. Proudly posting the names of honor roll recipients on the hallway bulletin board.

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Phyllis strove to be someone her students could rely on. “I wanted to be the teacher I wanted my three children to have,” she says.

For many years, Phyllis received her medical care from a physician in a well-regarded local practice. But when her physician retired, that practice began to be run more like a business, Phyllis says — a business in which no one ever answered the phone.

Then in 2020, Phyllis experienced a stroke. While she received the care she needed at Jeanes Hospital and Moss Rehab, she still didn’t have a primary care provider she felt she could rely on. She wanted a provider that would take the time to understand her as an individual and honor her values and goals. She wanted to feel seen and heard.

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Local News Penn Medicine will not be purchasing shuttered Brandywine Hospital Brandywine Hospital will not be reopening any time soon after it was reported last week that Penn Medicine would not be purchasing the shuttered hospital after all.

In June of 2023, Penn Medicine started the process of purchasing the shuttered facility.

Chester County Commissioners Josh Maxwell, Marian

Cecil College to present 2024 Lifelong Learning art exhibition The Cecil College Art and Design Program will host the 2024 Lifelong Learning Exhibition located in the Elkton Station Gallery. This year’s exhibition will open with a reception on Friday, Feb. 2, from 5 to 8 p.m. and is held in conjunction with the First Friday Art Loop.

The artwork will remain on display through Thursday, Feb. 22.

This year’s exhibit will feature artwork from students taking classes in the Lifelong Learning Program at Cecil College. Artists of all ages created this mixedmedia exhibit.

Works of art from the Ceramics program will highlight students’ handbuilding, wheel throwing, and mold-making techniques. In addition, works featuring glass cutting, soldering, and copper foiling from the stained-glass stu-

dio will be on display. Many of the advanced students created intricate projects for the exhibit.

The students in the drawing program sharpened their powers of visual observation to perfect drawing methods and illustrate how tools are best used while exploring conceptual ideas of image-making.

Composition, perspective, toning, and shading will be emphasized.

The Elkton Station Gallery is open for visitors Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information on all the exciting art events at Cecil College, visit https://www. cecil.edu/campus-life/galleries-theaters. Or check them out on Facebook at facebook.com/CecilCollege ArtandDesignProgram/

Moskowitz and Eric Roe released the following statement following the most recent development: “We are disappointed that the Brandywine Hospital property did not meet Penn Medicine’s requirements, but we are excited that Penn Medicine remains commit-

ted to bringing emergency and acute care back to the Coatesville area, as well as expanding care for veterans through the agreement with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. We will continue to support Penn Medicine’s plans as they seek an alterna-

tive location to provide the best healthcare facility for Chester County residents and veterans.

“We also remain committed in our support for the Greater Coatesville Health Equity Group, both as members of the Group and in providing

more than $2 million in funding for the Alliance for Health Equity’s Equity Health Center. In every way that we can, we are working with many partners to ensure everyone in the greater Coatesville area has equitable healthcare options and access.”

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“There are not a lot of independently-owned newspapers and magazines left, and we felt as though we owe it to the residents of southern Chester County to continue to deliver locally focused journalism.”

Eaton said that while the Press has covered major news stories in recent years – that include the escape and capture of Danilo Cavalcante and the embezzlement investigation and sentencing of former Kennett Township Manager Lisa Moore – it has also become a key source for community news of other kinds such as coverage of school sports – and coverage and sponsorship of public events like the annual Mushroom Festival and the Kennett Run. “That’s why people continue to turn to the Press, because it’s hyper-local and trains its eye on the accomplishments of the communities it serves,” she said.

While Lieberman and

Eaton said that the management of the media company will continue to evolve, it will do so on the foundational principles and accomplishments made by their grandfather and father.

“The legacy that my grandfather left was his obligation to protect the First Amendment which is paramount to what the Press stands for,” Lieberman said.

“Irv’s dedication to investigative journalism was no doubt a burden to many local politicians back in the day, but it is that very freedom that assures that our elected officials serve us and not the other way around.

“My father had a talent for bringing the focus to the smaller communities in the area through our ‘Life’ magazines – publications that highlight their rich history and reflects many of the gifts that these residents are very proud of.”

Perhaps the most important measure of success for the Chester County Press, Eaton said, has been its service as a local voice that encourages its readers to

actively engage in the communities they live in.

“Through the mission and the pages of the Press, my father instilled the belief that being involved is one of the most important roles of a community member, because that’s how decisions are made,” she said.

“He always said that you can’t complain if you’re not knowledgeable, and you can’t create action if you’re not involved.”

“Locally owned newspapers are truly a treasure and the fact that we are still here is a testament to the truth that we remain engaged in and by the communities we serve,” Lieberman added. “Both Avery and I want to acknowledge the dedication and passion of the staff here who have helped maneuver the Press and its magazines through the challenges of the industry.”

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and social media presence that often provides exclusive coverage of breaking news, politics, business, education and the everchanging cultural scene of the southern Chester County community.

In addition to 52 weekly editions of the Press, the company also annually publishes 37 magazines that include Cecil County Life, Chadds Ford Life, Greenville & Hockessin Life, Kennett Square Life, Landenberg Life, Middletown Life and Newark Life, as well as several business chamber publications and eventbased supplements.

“Succeeding our father was not so much of a choice as it was a duty for Avery and me, to continue the legacy that our Pop-Pop started and our father continued,” Lieberman said. “To be a part of a newspaper that has sustained the matriculation of news – both in

To contact Staff Writer Richard L. Gaw, email rgaw@chestercounty.com.

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Local News Chester County Library System users borrowed 1.1 million digital books in 2023 This places the county among the top 136 public library systems worldwide in total digital circulation Chester County Library System announced that its patrons reached a new milestone: 1.1 million digital books borrowed in 2023.

This achievement illustrates the system’s commitment to serving all members of the community in innovative ways, including with a large catalog of eBooks, eAudiobooks and other digital media.

The Chester County Library System ranks number 136 worldwide among stand-alone libraries and is one of 152 public library systems that surpassed one

million digital checkouts in the last calendar year.

Chester County Library System has been providing readers 24/7 access to eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, and other digital content for several years through the award-winning Libby app, the library reading app created by OverDrive. The large collection serves readers of all ages and interests, and usage has grown throughout the years.

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through Kanopy, the leading video streaming service for public libraries. Viewers enjoyed hundreds/thousands of hours of content ranging from documentaries, children’s TV shows, instructional series and Academy award-winning films, all for free without ads.

“The Chester County Library System is happy to announce we have reached a wonderful milestone, one million electronic books checked out by our patrons,” said Joseph Sherwood, executive director of Chester County Library System.

“This is over 25 percent of our total materials checked out. In my 12 years as executive director, I’ve been happy to see this service grow as our libraries have allocated resources to meet community needs.

“These materials are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to any resident of Chester County. As we move into 2024 and as technology permeates our society I expect this service to continue to flourish and expand.”

The highest-circulating title Chester County Library System readers borrowed in 2023 was Spare by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex.

The top-circulating genre, thriller, represents the most popular in a vast catalog that also includes fiction, romance, romance, mystery, children/young adult

and more.

The top 5 eBook titles borrowed through Chester County Library System’s digital collection in 2023 were the following: Verity by Colleen Hoover Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand Spare by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex

The top 5 eAudiobook titles borrowed through Chester County Library System’s digital collection in 2023 were: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros The Covenant of Water

by Abraham Verghese Spare by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex You Shouldn’t Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose Girl, Forgotten by Karin Slaughter

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Editorial

Farewell to a friend Richard C. Winchester passed away this week and a lot of people are now saying farewell to a dear friend.

As a professor, a writer, a teacher, a Democratic activist, a public servant, and a community leader, Winchester is well-respected by many. Mr. Winchester was a longtime friend of this newspaper—and specifically he was a great friend of Irvin Lieberman. Uncle Irv, of course, was the longtime publisher of the Chester County Press until he moved into the role of publisher emeritus as his sons, Randy and Andy, became the second generation of the family to lead the newspaper.

When this writer was hired by the Chester County Press to cover the Oxford beat in the summer of 1996, one of the people that I wrote about early on was Connie Winchester. She was part of the small group of people who helped start the Oxford Area Neighborhood Services Center (NSC) in 1971. As the organization’s longtime executive director, Connie worked tirelessly to achieve the initial mission of NSC—to serve as a valuable lifeline to the most vulnerable men, women, and children in the community.

More than 50 years later, that good work continues at NSC. It’s a place where families and individuals can turn to during a time of crisis.

Connie has had quite a positive impact on the world around her, and it’s truly amazing to consider that her impact is matched by the impact of her husband Richard.

Richard C. Winchester was a talented young professor when, during the turbulent 1960s, he fought to end racial injustice. Later, he was selected to serve as the chairman of the Department of History at Lincoln University. He also served for over six years as vice president for academic affairs. Richard retired in 2000 after 39 years of dedicated service to Lincoln University.

He was also a community leader. He was a member of the Oxford Presbyterian Church and in 1971 became an Elder and Commissioner to the General Assembly. He was also very active in Democratic politics. He served as a Committeeman in Lower Oxford Township from 1969 to 2014. He was a candidate for the State legislature and a delegate to the 1968 National Democratic Convention. He was elected to serve on the Oxford Area School Board from 1987 to 1995, and served as school board president in 1990. He was a member and president of the Oxford Educational Foundation, member and president of the Oxford Day Care Board and he served on the Oxford Borough Council from 2020 to 2021.

By the time I started reporting for the Chester County Press, Mr. Winchester’s tenure on the Oxford School Board was over and he was nearing his retirement from Lincoln University. While I can’t remember exactly when I first heard about the esteemed history professor, it was probably Uncle Irv who introduced me to his fine work.

Winchester and Uncle Irv were on the polar opposite ends of the political spectrum: one was a social justice warrior who fought for liberal ideals, while the other was a staunch Republican who favored a small government that didn’t overstep its boundaries.

Their political differences didn’t divide these two highly intelligent men; indeed, the differences helped bring them closer together as they learned from each other. For more than three years in the early 1980s, Winchester even wrote a column called “In Other Words” every other week for the Chester County Press.

Winchester never stopped teaching, writing, or working for the ideals that he believed in. He was a co-editor of “The Anti-Imperialist Reader Volume 1” and the editor of “Glimpses of the Past,” a Donegal Presbytery publication. In his later years, he became a public servant again, serving as a council member in Oxford, and he also authored, in 2023, “On Taking Sides,” which is a work based on his time at Lincoln University.

A memorial service for Winchester will be held 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 2 at the Oxford Presbyterian Church, 6 Pine St. in Oxford, where friends and family may visit from 9:30 to 11 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be contributed to the Oxford Educational Foundation at P.O. Box 142, Oxford, Pa. 19363 or Oxford Neighborhood Services Center at 35 N. Third St., Oxford, Pa. 19363.

These are obviously two organizations very close to Winchester’s heart. A gift in his name to either or both would be a fine way to say farewell to a friend of so many.

Opinion Red Clay Alliance will receive more than $200,000 in funding for stream restoration Rep. Sappey and Sen. Kane announced the funding on Jan. 19 State Rep. Christina Sappey and State Sen. John Kane announced that more than $200,000 in state grants have been awarded to the Brandywine Red Clay Alliance to help fund flood mitigation efforts in Chester County.

A $117,775 Commonwealth Financing Authority grant was awarded to Brandywine Red Clay Alliance to aid stream restoration at the East Branch Red Clay Creek headwaters. The goal of this project is to improve water quality in the headwaters of the East Branch of Red Clay Creek with a holistic approach implementing a stream restoration on 1,850 feet of stream, flood plain connection and expanded riparian buffer. This project is a continuation of agri-

cultural best management practices implemented just upstream with the equine operation and crop farming to reduce the flow of nutrients and sediments to this headwater stream.

Additionally, $91,700 was awarded from state Growing Greener funds to help in Pocopson Township’s Pocopson Creek Watershed Restoration Plan. This watershed assessment and planning effort will identify known impairments in the Pocopson Creek Watershed study area, assess water quality, riparian buffer habitat and land use data and make site visits for the entire stream sections to prioritize areas for restoration.

The plan will also provide a road map for future restoration by identifying

and prioritizing sections for riparian buffer habitat improvement, stream restoration and flood plain reconnection and other appropriate best management practices to improve water quality, aquatic habitat and riparian buffer habitats.

“I hold Brandywine Red Clay Alliance in very high regard, and I am very pleased that they are receiving this funding,” Sappey said. “They arean outstanding organization with the experience and skill to plan and implement important projects like these that ultimately benefit all residents in the district.”

Kane expressed his excitement over the grant awarded saying, “This project serves as a model for environmental conserva-

tion and showcases BRC’s dedication to significantly reducing contamination and pollution in our county.

“I take pride in supporting this mission to rejuvenate our watershed and preserve our ecosystem for future generations.

Congratulations to the entire team for securing the funds they rightfully deserve.”

The Commonwealth Financing Authority awarded the grant through the Watershed Restoration Protection Program, which helps organizations and municipalities fund projects that improve public parks, recreation areas, greenways, trails, and river conservation.

The Department of Environmental Protection funds Growing Greener.

Emrick bill will give voters final say over new high-impact warehouses State Rep. Joe Emrick announced last week that he has introduced legislation that would give voters the final say over whether new high-impact warehouses and distribution centers should be approved in their community.

“These high-impact warehouses and distribution centers have had a devastating impact on our region,” Emrick said.

“The loss of open space and farmland coupled with a lack of adequate infrastructure magnified

by increased truck traffic and higher amounts of air, sound and light pollution are just some of the negative effects warehouses and distribution centers have had on our area.

“While high-impact warehouses and distribution centers are approved by local governments, the people who are most affected—the community—have no say in whether they should become part of the fabric of our region.”

According to House Bill 1960, approval by voter referendum would be

required for a warehouse or distribution center that is a development of regional significance at least 100,000 square feet in size and on three acres of land or more. Current law states that a “development of regional significance” is any land development that, because of its character, magnitude or location, will have substantial effect upon the health, safety or welfare of citizens in more than one municipality.

This designation ensures smaller businesses open for retail sales would not

be impacted by the referendum requirement.

“I have heard loud and clear from local officials about the need for more local control in the Pennsylvania Municipal Planning Code,” Emrick added. “That is why I introduced House Bill 1960: To maximize local control by giving the people a voice at the ballot box in the final approval of these high-impact warehouses.

This way the community can say with one voice when and how this kind of growth should continue.”

State loan secured for Northwestern Chester County Municipal Authority Pennsylvania will loan the Northwestern Chester County Municipal Authority $12.6 million for system upgrades, state Rep. Dan Williams announced. The loan will be administered through the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority.

Currently, the municipal authority’s wastewater treatment system cannot reach ammonia removal limits during the winter months in accordance with the requirements of its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit, despite attempts to implement changes and improvements to treatment operations.

The loan will allow the authority to remove the aerated fixed film system from the tertiary lagoons and replace it with a new moving bed biofilm reactor system.

Upon project completion,

the authority will be able to ensure proper wastewater treatment and maintain compliance. Additionally, the adequately treated wastewater, ensured by this project, will be discharged into Brandywine Creek, which is designated as a High Quality Waters stream by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

“This project will create long-term savings for the users of the Northwestern Chester County Municipal Authority as it will allow the authority to operate more efficiently,” Williams said. “In addition, the upgrades will create a more environmentally friendly system.”

The Northwestern Chester County Municipal Authority serves 723 households in Honey Brook Township and 488 households in Honey

Brook Borough.

Williams represents the 74th Legislative District comprised of Atglen, Coatesville, Honey Brook Borough, Honey Brook

Township, Modena, Parkesburg, Sadsbury, South Coatesville, Valley, West Caln, West Sadsbury and Districts 1, 2 and 3 of Caln in Chester County.

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The Girl Gang: one step, one pedal push and one stroke at a time Founded in 2016, West Chester Women’s Multisport empowers female athletes of all levels to attain their personal goals. This weekend, they will be participating in the Frozen Frogman event at the Hockessin Athletic Club

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer At first, it was the outlandishly stunning colors of the jerseys – a funky swatch of paisley purples, pinks, turquoise and lime green -that first attracted Suzanne Muench of East Fallowfield Township to the members of West Chester Women’s Multisport (WCWMS).

“It was July of 2017, and I attended an open water swimming event held at Marsh Creek,” Muench said. “There was this group of women there and they all had these cool hoodies and looked like they were all having fun in the camaraderie of each other.

I went home and googled ‘West Chester Women’s Multisport’ and thought, this could potentially become a group I could be involved in.”

After speaking with WCWMS co-founders Sam Bowman and Melissa Slifer, Muench attended a swimming training session, where upon arrival she saw a small group of women of all sizes and ages and abilities -- from ironman athletes to those who were new to swimming.

This is a group for everyone, she thought. She has been a member ever since.

“West Chester Women’s Multisport is an amazing group of women where everyone is celebrated, and the things that we have been able to do and the ways that we have been able to support each other is beyond what I thought could ever happen,” Muench said.

“The group shows up for each other not just for training sessions and competitions but for life events that have elated us and life

Photos courtesy of Melissa Slifer

Founded in 2016, West Chester Women’s Multisport (WCWMS) provides connection to women athletes throughout Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties who are involved in swimming, running and cycling.

events that have broken us down.

“I belong to a group of women who empower other women to be the best they can for their jobs, for their families and for themselves.”

Formed in 2016 by Bowman and Slifer as an LLC that operates like a non-profit, grassroots organization, WCWMS is dedicated to women who are involved as participants in cycling, running and swimming and Ironman and triathlon events throughout southeastern Pennsylvania.

In any given year, the size of the group varies between 75 and 100 and is made up of women from their 20s to their 70s who live in Chester, Montgomery and Delaware counties, as well as those who have moved to other states and continue their membership. During any given year, they can be found running through trail races, swimming in pools and lakes and cycling along the backroads of the county.

On Feb. 3 and 4, Muench will join 35 other WCWMS members at the Frozen

Frogman swimming competition at the Hockessin Athletic Club (HAC). The annual event will bring individuals and groups from the tri-state area together to compete at the HAC’s outdoor pool in 5K swims, 1-mile swims and challenge competitions that include a 500-yard swim, push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups and a 1.5-mile run.

Jersey, which operated for ten years before ending last year.

“Getting to Mullica Hill was taking us more than an hour each way from our homes in West Chester, so we thought, ‘Why don’t we create our own club?’”

Bowman said. “Because Melissa is also a profes-

participate in is generated from WCWMS members themselves, and often, the ideas are infectious, Bowman said.

“Somebody told us several years ago that she was interested in participating in something called ‘Frozen Frogman’ at the Hockessin Athletic Club,

lives have been positively impacted 100 times more.

The women of WCWMS are the friends we never knew we needed, but now feel blessed to know we have. Our relationships are an invaluable treasure.”

‘Stop typing and get on your bike’ During a recent frigid

“I belong to a group of women who empower weekend, Muench posted a note on the WCWMS other women to be the best they can for their social media page, stating that she was having difjobs, for their families and for themselves.” ficulty motivating herself Suzanne Muench, member, West Chester Women’s Multisport Begun in 2016, Frozen Frogman has raised nearly $200,000 for the Travis Manion Foundation in honor of families of veterans who have given the ultimate sacrifice for their country. WCWMS has also participated in charity events that have raised funds for dozens of other charitable organizations throughout southeastern Pennsylvania.

‘A sisterhood of believers’

Dressed in appropriate attire, WCWMS members participated in a Saint Patrick’s Day 5K.

The group averages between 75-100 members every year, who range in age from their 20s to their 70s and participate at all skill levels.

The story that eventually became West Chester Women’s Multisport started with Bowman’s and Slifer’s mutual pursuit of triathlons, that saw them train together as members of the Mullica Hill Women’s Tri Club in New

WCWMS members frequently participate in non-athletic events, such as their appearance at the annual Pumpkin Carve in Chadds Ford.

sional graphic designer, she soon handed me a newly designed t-shirt that had ‘West Chester Women’s Multisport’ emblazoned on it, and that’s when I told her that now that we have a t-shirt, there is no turning back.”

For Bowman, the original mission of the group quickly morphed from a mere forum for training and competition to one that inspired her personal growth and resilience – a sisterhood of believers, she calls them.

“Before we formed West Chester Women’s Multisport, I had participated in sprint level triathlons, and then my fellow members lifted me up and encouraged me to do things I never thought were possible, to the point where I participated in and completed an ironman competition in Lake Placid, N.Y. and then another event that saw me ‘escape’ from Alcatraz and swim back to the shore of San Francisco,” she said.

Often, the degree of that sisterhood does not involve bicycling, running or swimming, she said.

“I see a huge heart in the club for each other, from a flurry of encouraging cards that suddenly appear in a mailbox to other selfless acts of kindness,” Bowman said. “One of our sisters was coping with breast cancer last year, and the rest of us coordinated her meal delivery until she was in a place where she could do these things on her own.”

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and that she would jump in the water outside and swim and raise money for the Travis Manion Foundation,” she said.

“We had a team sign-up calendar, and the response from others was along the lines of, ‘Yeah, that sounds crazy. What time do we meet?’

“To me, it is a distinct privilege to participate in the lives of these women who trust Melissa and I with their goals and their aspirations and their lives,” Bowman added. “It makes us so proud watching women achieve goals they never thought possible and seeing the relationships that have developed on and off the race course.

No matter how many times we’ve been told ‘Thank you for starting this club, it’s changed my life,’ we honestly feel that our

to get her bike from her basement and then train in the cold weather.

“Within ten minutes, I heard responses from other members ranging from those who told me that they feel my pain to those who said, ‘Stop typing and get on your bike,’” she said.

“The support and encouragement that we give each other on those days when it’s hard is important. There is always somebody who is willing to be a cheerleader.

“They are my friends.

They are my sisters. They are my girl gang.”

To learn more about West Chester Women’s Multisport visit www. wcwms.com.

To learn more about the 2024 Frozen Frogman event at the Hockessin Athletic Club on Feb. 3 and 4, visit www.hachealthclub. com/frozenfrogman To contact Staff Writer Richard L. Gaw, email rgaw@chestercounty.com.

The group regularly participates in events that raise funding for charitable organizations.

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Obituaries JOHN E. GIFT John E. Gift, a resident of Landenberg, passed away unexpectedly on Jan. 15, 2024 at his residence. He was 62.

He was the husband of Janet Crossan Gift, with whom he shared 43 years of marriage.

Born in West Grove, he was the son of June Scotten Gift of Kemblesville, Pa. and the late George Gift of Landenberg. John was a cement finisher at C.M. Tech. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, reading, going to Texas Roadhouse, taking care of his son Michael and being with his family and friends.

John is survived by his loving wife Janet, his two sons, John M. Gift and Michael J. Gift of Landenberg, his mother, June Gift, a brother, Joe Gift and a sister, Lyn Harper, all of Kemblesville.

Services were held on Jan. 27 at the Landenberg United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Kemblesville Cemetery, Route 896, in Kemblesville.

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests donations to be made to Landenberg United Methodist Church, 205 Penn Green Road, Landenberg Pa., 19350.

To view his online tribute and to share a memory with his family, please visit www. kuzoandfoulkfh.com.

Arrangements are being handled by the Kuzo Funeral Home in Kennett Square.

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RICHARD C. WINCHESTER Richard C. Winchester, of Oxford, passed away at home on Jan. 25, 2024. He was 87.

He was the husband of Constance Cross Winchester, whom he married in 1958.

Born in Philadelphia on Nov. 12 1936, he was the son of the late Theodore C. and Mabel Smiley Winchester.

Richard was a graduate of Central High School in Philadelphia, class of 1953, and he received a bachelor of arts degree with honors in history from Ursinus College, class of 1957, and his Ph.D. in history from the University of Rochester, class of 1966.

He was employed with Lincoln University as a professor and then as the chairman of the Department of History. He also served for over six years as vice president for academic affairs. Richard retired in 2000 after 39 years of service to Lincoln University.

He was a member of the Oxford Presbyterian Church and in 1971 became an Elder and Commissioner to the General Assembly.

Richard was active in Democratic politics. He served as a Committeeman in Lower Oxford Township from 1969 to 2014. He was a candidate for the State legislature and a delegate to the 1968 National Democratic Convention.

He was also a member of the Oxford Area School Board from 1987 to 1995 and served as president in 1990. He was a member and president of the Oxford Educational Foundation, member and president of the Oxford Day Care Board and he served on the Oxford Borough Council from 2020 to 2021.

Richard wrote a bimonthly column called “In Other Words” for the Chester County Press from 1981 to 1984. He was also a co-editor of The Anti-Imperialist Reader, Volume 1, editor of Glimpses of the Past, a Donegal Presbytery publication, and authored On Taking Sides in 2023, which is a work based on his time at Lincoln University.

He is survived by his wife; two daughters, Sherry Hunter (John, Jr.) of Birdsboro and Laurie Harper (Stephen) of Culloden, West Va.; five grandchildren, John Hunter, Colleen Hunter, Kacee Hunter, April Harper and Chloe Harper; and one sister, Dorothy Kane.

A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 2 at the Oxford Presbyterian Church, 6 Pine St. in Oxford, where friends and family may visit from 9:30 to 11 a.m.

Interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be contributed to the Oxford Educational Foundation at P.O. Box 142, Oxford, Pa. 19363 or Oxford Neighborhood Services Center at 35 N. Third St., Oxford, Pa. 19363.

Arrangements are being handled by the Edward L. Collins, Jr. Funeral Home, Inc. in Oxford. Online condolences may be made at www.elcollinsfuneralhome.com.

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Obituaries PHOEBE (MCBERTY) RANDALL

ZELDA D. SWISHER Zelda D. “Dolly” Swisher, 64, of Lincoln University, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Jan. 26, 2024 at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Del. She was the wife of William B. Swisher, with whom she shared 21 years of marriage.

Born in Oxford, she was the daughter of the late Claud and Betty Smith Campbell and was preceded in death by her son, Lawrence E. Swain, Jr. Dolly was formerly employed with Swish Trans in Kemblesville as a school bus driver, and as a CNA for Pocopson Home in West Chester and KendalCrosslands in Kennett Square.

She enjoyed the beach but she loved her family and she loved her cats.

She is survived by her husband; one daughter, Heather Lawhorn of Oxford; three grandchildren, Christopher Skelton, Ashlee Frias and Bryan Lawhorn; two greatgrandchildren, Bailey and Skylar Walker; and five sisters, Claudette Garner of Downingtown, Kathy Ayers of Rising Sun, Md., Judy Cissel of Farmville, Va., Robin Martin of Oxford and Thelma Schneider of Elkton, Md. Services are private.

Arrangements are being handled by the Edward L. Collins, Jr. Funeral Home, Inc. in Oxford. Online condolences may be made at www.elcollinsfuneralhome.com.

Phoebe (McBerty) Randall, 99, of Westerville, Ohio passed away on Jan. 22 at Danbury Westerville – Parkside Village while surrounded by her loving family.

She was born on Sept. 29, 1924 in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., the daughter of the late Viola (Weaver) and Ford McBerty.

She was a retired assistant professor of Marshall University, School of Medicine, Health Science Libraries, and was a graduate of the University of Michigan and of Barnard College, Columbia University.

She particularly enjoyed reading, eating great food, traveling, and spending time with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Phoebe was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She will be sadly missed by her daughter, Barbara Walker, of Wilmington, N.C. and her two sons, John Randall of Vancouver, BC, and Munsell Randall V of Westerville, Ohio.

She also leaves nine grandchildren and ten greatgrandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband, Phineas Munsell Randall IV, daughter, Joyce H. Randall and brother, Frank R. McBerty. The family would like to thank Feridean Commons, Danbury Westerville – Parkside Village and Capital City Hospice for their dedication to her care. To share condolences and information about future services please visit www. schoedinger.com.

JUDITH A. SCHMIDT Judith A. Schmidt, of Kennett Square, passed away on Jan. 17, 2024 at Ware Presbyterian Village in Oxford. She was 64.

She was the spouse of Thomas Schmidt, with whom she shared 41 years of marriage.

Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late William Hufford and Florence (Stehle) Hufford.

In addition to her husband, Judith is survived by her son, Andrew (Lacey) Schmidt of Phoenixville, her daughter, Kristin (Nick) Piccari of Philadelphia, and her brothers, William (Carol) Hufford Jr. and Donald (Karen) Hufford.

Judy loved working at Longwood Gardens and enjoyed the many friendships she made there with colleagues. She loved animals, especially her beloved horse (Buffett) and her dogs (Buddy and Abby). She enjoyed playing Scrabble by her pool or on any beach.

She loved gardening, skiing, and traveling. Tennis and paddle-tennis at Kennett Square Golf & Country Club were also favorite activities. Above all else, Judy loved the time spent with her friends and family.

You are invited to visit with Judith’s family and friends on Saturday, Feb. 3 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at The Episcopal Church of the Advent, 401 N. Union Street in Kennett Square. Her memorial service will follow at 11 a.m. A reception will follow at Kennett Square Golf & Country Club at 100 E. Locust Lane in Kennett Square. Interment will be held privately.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to La Mancha Animal Rescue https://www.lamanchaanimalrescue.org/donate.

Arrangements are by Matthew J. Grieco of Grieco Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc. (484-734-8100) of Kennett Square. To view Judy’s online tribute, and to share a memory with her family, please visit www. griecofunerals.com.

CAROLE GRACE ANN STELLER Carole Grace Ann (Auleta) Steller, of Kennett Square, passed away on Jan. 15, 2024 at Crosslands Retirement Community in Kennett Square. She was 89.

She was the spouse of the late William A. Steller, with whom she shared 55 years of marriage. Born in New Haven, Conn., she was the daughter of Frank Auleta and Florence (Cavalier) Auleta.

Carole graduated from The Sacred Heart Academy in Stamford, Conn. in 1952. After graduation, she worked as a secretary at American Cyanamid in Stamford, Connecticut, where she met Bill. She also worked for several years at the College of New Jersey. Carole and Bill raised their family in Pennington, N.J., where she was a lifelong parishioner of St. James Roman Catholic Church.

Carole enjoyed spending time with family, baking, traveling, dancing, sewing, card games, and casino trips.

She will be missed for her caring nature, sweet smile, and loving heart.

Carole is survived by her daughter, Lauri Savage (Chuck); her sons, Bill Steller (Linda) and Greg Steller (Kellie); her grandchildren, Drew Savage (Jesslyn), Meg Miller (James), Sean Steller, Kate Steller, Nicholas Steller, and Caroline Steller; and her great-grandchildren, Logan Miller, Laurel Miller, Wyatt Savage, and Elliot Savage. In addition to her parents and her husband, she was predeceased by her sister, Joan Bergquist.

A memorial gathering to share life stories about Carole was held at Crosslands Retirement Community on Jan. 21 and services were held on Jan. 22 at the Episcopal Church of the Advent in Kennett Square. Interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to the Parkinson’s Foundation https://www. parkinson.org/donate or the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) https://www.jdrf.org/.

Arrangements are being handled by Matthew J. Grieco of Grieco Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc. (484-7348100) of Kennett Square. To view Carole’s online tribute, and to share a memory with her family, please visit www. griecofunerals.com.

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ESTATE NOTICE

Notice is hereby given of the death of Dorothy T. Arnold late of West Whiteland Twp., Chester County, PA. The settlor of the revocable trust set forth below has died, and no personal representative has been appointed for said decedent’s estate. All persons having claims or demands against said decedent or trust are requested to make known the same and all persons indebted to said decedent or trust are requested to make payment without delay to the trustee or the trust’s attorney named below: Trust: Dorothy T. Arnold Revocable Trust, Trustee: Terrance Arnold, 6 Whippoorwill Drive, Petersburg, NJ 08270.

Attorney: David Thierman, Esquire, 551 New Road, Suite D, Somers Point, NJ 08244.

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Estate of Anita Joy Vonhold, Late of Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania, LETTERS TESTAMENTARY, on the above Estate have been granted to the undersigned, who request all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay to Jill Campbell, 243 Joseph Rd., Oxford, PA 19363, Executor, Or Attorney: Ira D. Binder, 227 Cullen Rd, Oxford, PA 19363 1p-24-3t

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OXFORD BOROUGH RESIDENTS NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS Oxford Borough has scheduled the following recurring public meetings in 2024. The Oxford Police and Public Safety Committee Council Meetings will be held on the first Wednesday of each month. The meetings will take place on 2/7; 3/6; 4/10; 6/5; 7/3 No Meeting; 8/7 No Meeting; 9/4; 10/2; 11/6; 12/4. Meetings begin at 5:30 pm. All meetings are open to the public and will be held at Oxford Borough Hall, 1 Octoraro Alley, Oxford, PA. If you are a person with a disability wishing to attend the public meeting and require auxiliary aid, service, or other accommodations to observe or participate in the proceedings, or you have questions please contact the Borough Manager at 610-932- 2500 to discuss how your needs may be best accommodated. By: Pauline Garcia-Allen Borough Manager 1p-31-1t

INCORPORATION NOTICE

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Request for Proposal

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The Food Service Management Company will provide management services according to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulations and guidelines, as well as the Pennsylvania Department of Education policies and guidelines. Food Service Management Companies and/ or their representatives may submit proposals to: Mr. Mark Tracy The Kennett Consolidated School District 300 East South Street Kennett Square, PA 19348 The Kennett Consolidated School District Board of Education reserves the right to accept or reject any and/ or all proposals or to accept the proposal that it finds, in its sole discretion, to be in the best interest of the school district. A walk-through meeting is scheduled for February 23, 2024 at 9 a.m. at the Mary D. Lang Kindergarten Center, 409 Center Street, Kennett Square, PA 19348. All proposals must be submitted no later than 3:30 P.M. on March 22, 2024. All proposals should be delivered in a sealed envelope and addressed to the Kennett Consolidated School District and be clearly marked: Food Service Management Proposal. If you are a person with a disability and wish to attend this meeting and require an auxiliary aid, service, or other accommodation to observe or to participate in the proceeding, please telephone the District Superintendent at (610) 444-6602 to discuss how the Kennett Consolidated School District may best accommodate your needs.

described real estate will be sold at public on-line auction via Bid4Assets, by accessing URL www.bid4assets.com/ chestercopasheriffsales, on Thursday, February 15 th, 2024 at 11AM. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file with the Prothonotary and in the Sheriff’s Office, both located in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Schedules of Distribution on Monday, March 18th, 2024. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedules unless exceptions are filed in the Sheriff’s Office within ten (10) days thereafter.

SALE NO. 24-2-28 Writ of Execution No. 2022-01723 DEBT $498,993.32 ALL TIIOSE CERTAIN LOTS OR PIECES OF GROUND SITUATE IN EAST MARLBOROUGH TOWNSHIP, CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA: BEING PARCEL NUMBER: 61-5-331 IMPROVEMENTS thereon: a residential property PLAINTIFF: BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N. A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I TRUST VS DEFENDANT: MARY JANICE JEFFRIES

SALE ADDRESS: 458 Mimosa Circle, Kennett Square, PA 1p-31-3t 19348

PUBLIC NOTICE

PENN TOWNSHIP ZONING HEARING BOARD NOTICE is hereby given that the Zoning Hearing Board of Penn Township will hold a Public Hearing at the Penn Township Municipal Building, 260 Lewis Road, West Grove, Pennsylvania, on February 21, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. at which time the Board will hear the following matter: Application of Tracy Merges seeking a variance from the requirement that accessory structures not be located in the front yard of a lot under Zoning Ordinance Section 1501.A.2.b. and c., so as to allow the construction of a carport with solar panels in the front yard of property located at 250 Sunnyside Road, West Grove, PA (UPI #58-4-94.6) in the Township’s R-2 Residential Zoning District. If you are a person with a disability and wish to attend the public meeting scheduled above and require an auxiliary aide, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings, please contact the Township Secretary at (610) 869-9620 to discuss how Penn Township may best accommodate your needs. Edward M. Foley, Solicitor Brutscher, Foley, Milliner, Land & Kelly, LLP 213 E. State Street Kennett Square, PA 19348

P L A I N T I F F AT T O R N E Y: ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, SCHNEID, CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC 855-225-6906 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time of the on-line sale.

Payment must be made via Bid4Assets. The balance must be paid within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale via Bid4Assets. FREDDA L. MADDOX, SHERIFF 1p-24-3t

Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writs directed to Sheriff Fredda L. Maddox, the hereindescribed real estate will be sold at public on-line auction via Bid4Assets, by accessing URL www.bid4assets.com/ chestercopasheriffsales, on Thursday, February 15 th, 2024 at 11AM. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file with the Prothonotary and in the Sheriff’s Office, both located in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Schedules of Distribution on Monday, March 18th, 2024. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedules unless exceptions 1p-31-2t are filed in the Sheriff’s Office within ten (10) days thereafter.

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Food Service Management of Real Estate Companies By virtue of the within menThe Kennett Consolidated tioned writs directed to Sheriff School District is requesting proposals for school food ser- Fredda L. Maddox, the herein-

SALE NO. 24-2-36 Writ of Execution No. 2023-04000 DEBT $604,370.33

Lane, Chadds Ford, PA 19317 ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR TRACT OF GROUND, SITUATE IN THE TOWNSHIP OF PENNSBURY, COUNTY OF CHESTER AND COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED ACCORDING TO A PLAN OF PROPERTY OF “CHADDWYCK” MADE BY GEORGE E. REGESTER, JR., AND SONS, REGISTERED LAND SURVEYOR, KENNETT SQUARE, PENNSYLVANIA DATED 2/21/1977 AND RECORDED 5/17/1977 IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF DEEDS OF CHESTER COUNTY IN PLAN #1035, AS FOLLOWS, TO WIT: BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE TITLE LINE OF BRINTONS BRIDGE ROAD. (L.R.15199), SAID POINT BEING THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF CHADDWYCK LANE (50 FEET WIDE) WITH THE SAID TITLE LINE OF BRINTONS BRIDGE ROAD; THENCE LEAVING SAID BEGINNING POINT AND EXTENDING ALONG SAID TITLE LINE OF BRINTONS BRIDGE ROAD THE FOUR FOLLOWING COURSES AND DISTANCES: (1) SOUTH 35° 05’ 20” EAST, 434.33 FEET TO A POINT MARKED BY A P.K. NAIL; THENCE (2) SOUTH 4°43’ 40” WEST 137.45 FEET TO A POINT MARKED BY A P.K. NAIL; THENCE (3) SOUTH 57° 33’ 40” WEST 368.53 FEET TO A POINT MARKED

BY A P.K. NAIL; THENCE (4) SOUTH 86° 32’ 40” WEST 168.78 FEET TO A POINT, A CORNER OF LOT #4 ON SAID PLAN THENCE LEAVING SAID TITLE LINE OF BRINTONS BRIDGE ROAD AND EXTENDING ALONG SAID LOT #4, NORTH 3° 57’ 32” EAST 688.15 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF CHADDWYCK LANE THE TWO FOLLOWING COURSES AND DISTANCES; (1) SOUTHEASTWARDLYALONG THE ARC OF A CIRCLE CURVING TO THE LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF 450.0 FEET THE ARC DISTANCE OF 78.92 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENT; THENCE (2) NORTH 83° 54’ 40” EAST 115.50 FEET TO A POINT IN THE SAID TITLE LINE OF BRINTONS BRIDGE ROAD, THE FIRST MENTIONED POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 5.571 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT# 3 ON SAID PLAN. BEING the same premises which Robert J. Maiersperger and Renell R. Maiersperger by Deed dated November 4, 1996, 2003 and recorded in the Office of Recorder of Deeds of Chester County on November 21, 1996 at Book 4110, Page 212 granted and conveyed unto Renell Maiersperger.

PARCEL NO.: 64-04-0002.010 PLAINTIFF: CitiMortgage, Inc. VS DEFENDANT: Renell Maiersperger SALE ADDRESS: 2 Chaddwyck

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P L A I N T I F F AT T O R N E Y: STERN & EISENBERG, PC 215-572-8111 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time of the on-line sale.

Payment must be made via Bid4Assets. The balance must be paid within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale via Bid4Assets. FREDDA L. MADDOX, SHERIFF

Office, both located in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Schedules of Distribution on Monday, March 18th, 2024. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedules unless exceptions are filed in the Sheriff’s Office within ten (10) days thereafter.

SALE NO. 24-2-48 Writ of Execution No. 2022-04095 DEBT $269,303.41

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writs directed to Sheriff Fredda L. Maddox, the hereindescribed real estate will be sold at public on-line auction via Bid4Assets, by accessing URL www.bid4assets.com/ chestercopasheriffsales, on Thursday, February 15 th, 2024 at 11AM. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file with the Prothonotary and in the Sheriff’s Office, both located in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Schedules of Distribution on Monday, March 18th, 2024. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedules unless exceptions are filed in the Sheriff’s Office within ten (10) days thereafter.

ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of land designated as Lot 15 on the Plan of the lots of The Oxford Land and Improvement recorded in the Office of The Recorder of Deeds, in and for Chester County, in Deed Book X-10 Volume 245, at page 269, situate in the Borough of Oxford, County of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, on the West side of Fifth Street, between South Street and Garfield Street, bounded and described as follow, to wit:

BOUNDED on the North by Lot 14 now owned by John S. Benson, on the East by the West line of Fifth Street, on the South by Lot 16 now owned by Norman M. Stewart and on the West by the East line of a 14 feet wide alley, having a front of 50.3 feet on the West line of Fifth Street and extending back to the East line of the alley aforesaid and SALE NO. 24-2-40 having a width of 50 feet on said Writ of Execution alley, the south line beginning No. 2022-06961 in the West line of Fifth Street, DEBT $142,851.66 100.6 feet Northwardly from the intersection of the North line of Property situate in the BOR- Garfield Street and being 170.5 OUGH OF ATGLEN, CHESTER feet in length.

County, Pennsylvania, being BEING THE SAME PREMISES BLR# 07-03-0039 which Robert M. Stewart Jr., Executor of the Estate of Robert M. IMPROVEMENTS thereon: a Stewart Sr., deceased, by Deed residential dwelling dated October 31, 2016 and recorded November 17, 2016 P L A I N T I F F : F R EE D O M in the Office of the Recorder of MORTGAGE CORPORATION Deeds in and for the County of VS Chester, Pennsylvania in Book DEFENDANT: WILLIAM R. 9436, Page 1335, Document SEMPLE, JR. & KIMBERLY M. ID# 11510416 granted and conSEMPLE veyed unto Kevin James Bell in fee.

SALE ADDRESS: 419 Valley Avenue, Atglen, PA 19310 TAX PARCEL # 6-9-134

P L A I N T I F F AT T O R N E Y: PLAINTIFF: Lakeview Loan BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC 844- Servicing, LLC 856-6646 VS DEFENDANT: Kevin James Bell N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid SALE ADDRESS: 322 South 5th at the time of the on-line sale. Street, Oxford, PA 19363 Payment must be made via Bid4Assets. The balance must PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: LOGS be paid within twenty-one (21) LEGAL GROUP LLP 610-278days from the date of sale via 6800 Bid4Assets. FREDDA L. MADDOX, SHERIFF N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the 1p-24-3t purchase money must be paid at the time of the on-line sale.

Sheriff Sale Payment must be made via of Real Estate Bid4Assets. The balance must By virtue of the within menbe paid within twenty-one (21) tioned writs directed to Sheriff days from the date of sale via Fredda L. Maddox, the hereinBid4Assets. FREDDA L. MADdescribed real estate will be DOX, SHERIFF sold at public on-line auction 1p-24-3t via Bid4Assets, by accessing Sheriff Sale URL www.bid4assets.com/ chestercopasheriffsales, on of Real Estate Thursday, February 15 th, 2024 By virtue of the within menat 11AM. Notice is given to all tioned writs directed to Sheriff parties in interest and claimants Fredda L. Maddox, the hereinthat the Sheriff will file with the described real estate will be Prothonotary and in the Sheriff’s sold at public on-line auction

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via Bid4Assets, by accessing URL www.bid4assets.com/ chestercopasheriffsales, on Thursday, February 15 th, 2024 at 11AM. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file with the Prothonotary and in the Sheriff’s Office, both located in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Schedules of Distribution on Monday, March 18th, 2024. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedules unless exceptions are filed in the Sheriff’s Office within ten (10) days thereafter.

SALE NO. 24-2-51 Writ of Execution No. 2023-02497 DEBT $271,624.67 ALL THAT CERTAIN lot of land, situate in the Township of Lower Oxford, County of Chester and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded and described according to a Final Plan of Subdivision made for Charles N. & Sharon L. Griffith by Herbert E. MacCombe, Jr., P.E., dated March 20, 1989, last revised June 15, 1989, and recorded in Chester County Recorder of Deeds Office as Plan #9496 as follows, to wit; BEGINNING at a point in the bed of Hayesville Road (T-342), a corner of Lot 4 on said Plan; thence extending from the beginning point through the bed of said road North 59 degrees 37 minutes 06 seconds West 165.78 feet to a corner of Lot 2 on said Plan; thence leaving the bed of said road and extending along Lot 2 North 30 degrees 22 minutes 54 seconds East 300.00 feet to a point in line of aforementioned Lot 4; thence extending along Lot 4 South 59 degrees 37 minutes 06 seconds East 165.78 feet; thence extending along same South 30 degrees 22 minutes 54 seconds West 300.00 feet to the first mentioned point of beginning.

BEING Lot 3 on said Plan.

BEING THE SAME PREMISES AS Kathleen M. Lockhart, by Deed dated January 8, 2009, and recorded on January 21, 2009, by the Chester County Recorder of Deeds as Document No. 10896418, granted and conveyed unto Anthony Michael Moulton, an Individual.

TAX PARCEL NO. 56-4-16.3 IMPROVEMENTS thereon: a residential dwelling PLAINTIFF: Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Trustee of Stanwich Mortgage Loan Trust I VS DEFENDANT: Anthony Michael Moulton

SALE NO. 24-2-54 Writ of Execution No. 2022-09373 DEBT $150,605.90

All that certain piece or parcel or Tract of land situate All that certain piece or in the Borough of Parkesburg, parcel or Tract of land situate Chester County, Pennsylvania in the Borough of Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania TAX PARCEL NUMBER: 8-3TAX PARCEL NUMBER: 8-3203 84 and 8-3-85 PLAINTIFF: Citizens Bank, IMPROVEMENTS thereon: a N.A. residential dwelling VS DEFENDANT: Sue Anne Smith PLAINTIFF: Truist Bank forSALE ADDRESS: 414 Main merly known as Branch Banking Street, Parkesburg, PA 19365 & Trust Company VS PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: Mc- DEFENDANT: Trisha A. SimCABE, WEISBERG & CON- mons a/k/a Trisha Simmons and Jason A. Simmons WAY, LLC 215-790-1010 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time of the on-line sale.

Payment must be made via Bid4Assets. The balance must be paid within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale via Bid4Assets. FREDDA L. MADDOX, SHERIFF 1p-24-3t

Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writs directed to Sheriff Fredda L. Maddox, the hereindescribed real estate will be sold at public on-line auction via Bid4Assets, by accessing URL www.bid4assets.com/ chestercopasheriffsales, on Thursday, February 15 th, 2024 at 11AM. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file with the Prothonotary and in the Sheriff’s Office, both located in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Schedules of Distribution on Monday, March 18th, 2024. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedules unless exceptions are filed in the Sheriff’s Office within ten (10) days thereafter.

By virtue of the within mentioned writs directed to Sheriff Fredda L. Maddox, the hereindescribed real estate will be sold at public on-line auction via Bid4Assets, by accessing URL www.bid4assets.com/ chestercopasheriffsales, on Thursday, February 15 th, 2024 at 11AM. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file with the Prothonotary and in the Sheriff’s Office, both located in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Schedules of Distribution on Monday, March 18th, 2024. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedules unless exceptions are filed in the Sheriff’s Office within ten (10) days thereafter.

SALE ADDRESS: 559 Rosemont Avenue, Parkesburg, PA 19365-1032

PLAINTIFF: Longbridge Financial, LLC VS DEFENDANT: Jane Mellinger, Known Surviving Heir of Stephen T. Little, Bruce Robinson, Known Surviving Heir of Stephen T. Little, John Michael Little, Known Surviving Heir of Stephen T. Little, and Unknown Surviving Heirs of Stephen T. Little

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writs directed to Sheriff Fredda L. Maddox, the hereindescribed real estate will be sold at public on-line auction via Bid4Assets, by accessing URL www.bid4assets.com/ chestercopasheriffsales, on Thursday, February 15 th, 2024 at 11AM. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file with the Prothonotary and in the Sheriff’s Office, both located in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Schedules of Distribution on Monday, March 18th, 2024 Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedules unless exceptions are filed in the Sheriff’s Office within ten (10) days thereafter.

nings; thence leaving the said point of beginning and along the title line of East Avondale Road the following three courses and distances to wit: (1) South 65° 56’ 16” East, 218.12 feet to a point; (2) 68° 2’ 46” East, 72.59 feet to a point; (3) South 67° 52’ East, 34.16 feet to a point marking a corner of Lot No. 1 on the said plan; thence along the same and leaving East Avondale Road the following two courses and distances to wit: (1) South 22° 13’ West, 250.31 feet to a point; (2) South 57° 21’ 3” West, 274.03 feet to a point in line of lands of James R. & Theresa K. Devlin; thence partly along the same, partly along lands of Thomas A., Jr. & Jennifer Albertson and partly along lands of James & Kathryn Jennings, aforementioned, North 3° 4’ East, 509.24 feet to the first mentioned point and place of BEGINNING.

CONTAINING 2.224 acres of PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: Mc- land be the same more or less.

CABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC 215-790-1010 BEING Lot No. 2 on said plan.

BEING THE SAME PREMISES which Richard E. and Carol M. Yourgalite, by Deed dated 10/1/1998 and recorded 10/1/1998 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Chester County in Deed Book 4429, Page 634, granted and conveyed unto Thomas and 1p-24-3t Terri L. Ferkler.

N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time of the on-line sale.

Payment must be made via Bid4Assets. The balance must be paid within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale via Bid4Assets. FREDDA L. MADDOX, SHERIFF

Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writs directed to Sheriff Fredda L. Maddox, the hereindescribed real estate will be sold at public on-line auction via Bid4Assets, by accessing URL www.bid4assets.com/ chestercopasheriffsales, on Thursday, February 15 th, 2024 at 11AM. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file with the Prothonotary and in the Sheriff’s Office, both located in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Schedules of SALE NO. 24-2-55 Distribution on Monday, March Writ of Execution 18th, 2024. Distribution will be No. 2023-02867 made in accordance with the DEBT $78,735.73 Schedules unless exceptions All that certain piece or are filed in the Sheriff’s Office parcel or Tract of land situate in within ten (10) days thereafter.

New Garden Township, Chester SALE NO. 24-2-60 County, Pennsylvania Writ of Execution No. 2023-04480 TAX PARCEL NUMBER: 60DEBT $140,640.04 6-14

SALE ADDRESS: 257 Township Road, Lincoln University, SALE ADDRESS: 9129 Gap Newport Pike, Avondale, PA PA 19352 19311 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: HILL WALLACK LLP, 215-579-7700 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: McCABE, WEISBERG & CONN.B. Ten percent (10%) of the WAY, LLC 215-790-1010 purchase money must be paid at the time of the on-line sale. N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the Payment must be made via purchase money must be paid Bid4Assets. The balance must at the time of the on-line sale. be paid within twenty-one (21) Payment must be made via days from the date of sale via Bid4Assets. The balance must Bid4Assets. FREDDA L. MAD- be paid within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale via DOX, SHERIFF 1p-24-3t Bid4Assets. FREDDA L. MADDOX, SHERIFF

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SALE NO. 24-2-56 Writ of Execution No. 2023-00199 DEBT $108,510.63

ALL THAT CERTAIN tract or parcel of land situate in London Grove Township, Chester County, PA, described according to a plan prepared by Regester Associates, Inc., dated July 18, 1994 and last revised August 6, 1998, being Drawing Number F-447 and being Lot No. 2 on the said plan, to wit: BEGINNING at a point in the title line of Public Road T-300 known as East Avondale Road, marking a corner of the herein described tract and a corner of lands of James & Kathryn Jen-

PARCEL NO.: 59-11-122 IMPROVEMENTS thereon: a residential property PLAINTIFF: Citizens Bank, N.A. F/K/A RBS Citizens, N.A. VS DEFENDANT: Thomas Ferkler a/k/a Thomas P. Ferkler & Terri L. Ferkler SALE ADDRESS: 122 East Avondale Road, West Grove, PA 19390 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: LAW OFFICE OF GREGORY JAVARDIAN, LLC 215-942-9690 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time of the on-line sale.

Payment must be made via Bid4Assets. The balance must be paid within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale via Bid4Assets. FREDDA L. MADDOX, SHERIFF 1p-24-3t

Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writs directed to Sheriff Fredda L. Maddox, the hereindescribed real estate will be sold at public on-line auction via Bid4Assets, by accessing URL www.bid4assets.com/ chestercopasheriffsales, on Thursday, February 15 th, 2024 at 11AM. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file with the Prothonotary and in the Sheriff’s Office, both located in the Ches-

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ter County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Schedules of Distribution on Monday, March 18th, 2024. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedules unless exceptions are filed in the Sheriff’s Office within ten (10) days thereafter.

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Local News LCH and Chester County Intermediate Unit team up for student vaccination program LCH Health and Community Services is working with the Chester County Intermediate Unit (CCIU)’s Migrant Education Program to ensure vaccine equity in the migrant student population.

Migrant families who have moved to Chester County in the past three years and have minor children are eligible for vaccine referrals.

LCH, with three health center locations in Chester County, provides primary care, pediatric care, women’s health services, behavioral health, and social assistance. With a mission to improve the health and well-being of people and communities by providing high quality healthcare, LCH offers discounted services to families who do not have insurance coverage.

The CCIU’s Migrant Education program is designed to make sure the children of migrant workers

have access to educational resources. The migrant student vaccination program supports this goal by getting students up to date on vaccinations required for school enrollment.

“The Migrant Education Program (MEP) is very excited to form this partnership with LCH and the Chester County Health Department to get as many of our new MEP students vaccinated as quickly as possible,” said Mayra R. Castillo, the program area coordinator for the Chester County MEP. “With the high influx of recent migrant students into MEP and our Chester County school districts, we’ve had a really tough time keeping up with getting them up to date on their required vaccines for school.

“MEP in Chester County serves recent migrant students and families in eight different Chester County School Districts, from Phoenixville to Coatesville, Honey Brook, down to

Oxford and in between.”

Students who are working with the MEP and need pediatric vaccines will receive a referral to LCH. Students may visit any one of LCH’s three health centers for care. LCH has health centers in Kennett Square, Oxford, and West Grove. The Pediatric office is in the West Grove location, but vaccination appointments may be made at any LCH health center.

LCH has bilingual staff at every location to provide language services as needed.

“One of the biggest barriers to healthcare in the communities we serve is that people aren’t aware of what medical care is available to them,” said Kate Wickersham, director of development at LCH. “The MEP is identifying migrant families who are new to the area and initiating outreach to make sure they have what they need for their school children.

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LCH Health and Community Services is working with the Chester County Intermediate Unit (CCIU)’s Migrant Education program to ensure vaccine equity in the migrant student population.

When they make the referral to us for vaccinations, it allows us to educate parents even further about access to healthcare for the whole family.”

To learn more about education resources, including vaccination referrals, available through the Chester County Intermediate Unit Migrant

Education program, visit cciu.org. Visit lchcommunityhealth.org to find your nearest LCH Health Center or to schedule an appointment.

Condliffe honored with the Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award At West Chester University’s winter commencement in December, Simon Condliffe, professor of economics and finance, was awarded the Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award for demonstrated excellence in teaching students.

Condliffe’s teaching interests are microeconomics, managerial economics for MBA students, business statistics, research methods, and the economics of health care. He has received awards at the University for excellence in advising and has been recognized

by WCU’s Honors College

as an outstanding faculty member.

His research interests include health care economics, microeconomics, regional economics and the economics of gambling.

He has published papers in the American Economic Review, the Municipal Finance Journal, and in the Journal of Regulatory Economics on the topics of health economics, economic development, and environmental economics, respectively. Additionally, he has published in The Review of Regional Studies, Applied Economics Letters, and the UNLV Gaming

Research and Review Journal.

Condliffe earned his doctoral and master of science degrees from the University of Delaware and his undergraduate degree from the University of Humberside, England.

Since 1961, the Lindback Foundation has made grants in support of the Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award to colleges and universities primarily in the Greater Delaware Valley area.

Learn more about WCU’s economics and finance program by visiting www. wcupa.edu.

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Simon Condliffe

Obituaries

WILLIAM E. HOWELL, JR. JOHN H. MONTAGUE John H. Montague, 77, of Unionville, passed away at his home on Jan. 25, 2024. He is survived by his spouse, Patricia (Buckley) Montague, with whom he shared 55 years of marriage.

Born in Doylestown, Pa., he was the son of Harry Montague Jr. and Marie (Parry) Montague. He grew up in Hatboro Pa. John graduated from Elizabethtown College in 1968 and was drafted into the U.S. Army where he served from 1968 to 1970.

He worked as an accountant for both Dupont and the Chester County Finance Department, retiring in 2006.

John and Pat lived for 50 years in their beautiful home in Unionville. John enjoyed working on several antique automobiles, one of which was his grandfather’s, and touring with them with the Model T Ford Club. He was an avid collector of antique furniture, anything historical, particularly if it dealt with Unionville, and taking care of the house and yard. John enjoyed his life in Unionville and talking with fellow community neighbors and friends.

He was a member of the Unionville Presbyterian Church.

John will be remembered for his love and kindness to his family and friends and his unforgettable sense of humor.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by his brother, Russell Montague (Toni); his nieces and nephews, Julie McGoldrick, Carey Reynolds, Brett Montague, Erik Cohen, and Jeremy Cohen; as well as a number of cousins and extended family members.

In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his in-laws, Curtis Buckley and Jean Buckley.

Interment will be private. A memorial service will take place at the Unionville Presbyterian Church at a later date.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions can be made to the Unionville Presbyterian Church, 815 Wollaston Road, Kennett Square, Pa. 19438, or the Po-Mar-Lin Fire Company, 36 Firehouse Drive, Unionville, Pa. 19375.

Arrangements are being handled by Matthew J. Grieco of Grieco Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc. (484-734-8100) of Kennett Square. To view John’s online tribute, and to share a memory with his family, please visit www.griecofunerals.com.

William “Bill” E. Howell, Jr., of Kennett Square, passed away at the age of 80 on Jan. 13, 2024 at Twin Pines Nursing Home in West Grove.

He was the husband of Mary Lou (nee Snyder) Howell.

Together, they shared 53 years of marriage.

Born in Madison, Wisc., Bill was the son of the late William E. Howell and the late Jane Thatcher Howell. Bill graduated from Salesianum High School in Wilmington, Del. He continued his education and graduated from Villanova University in 1965. Bill then went on to earn his Juris Doctor degree from Widener University Delaware Law School.

Early in his career, Bill worked for Wilmington Trust Company as a municipal bond trader. After law school, he and a partner started a law office. Bill eventually opened his own law practice in Kennett Square. After 40 years of service to the community, he retired in 2019.

He served as a member of the Knights of Columbus, Pius X Council # 3858. He was also a longtime member of St. Patrick Church in Kennett Square and the Men of Malvern. In his youth, Bill earned his Eagle Scout recognition in Boy Scouts. When his boys were young, he participated as their Cub Scout leader.

In addition to his wife, Mary Lou, he is survived by three sons, William “Tripp” E. Howell III of West Grove, Kevin D. Howell (Jennifer) of Paoli, and John Scott Howell of Claymont, Del., and two daughters, Deborah Jane Howell (William Nadir) of Warsaw, Poland and Catherine Ann Foley (Mark) of West Chester.

Also surviving are one sister, Barbara Coates of Red Lion, Del., three brothers, Richard F. Howell (Mary Ann) of Newark, Del., Stephen C. Howell of Wilmington, Del., and Kenneth T. Howell (Jeanne) of Fenwick Island, Del. Bill was an endless source of fun, love, and joy to his 11 grandchildren, Allison, Kieran, Tyler, Ariel, Eva, Phoebe, JJ, Alexis, Valerie, Hazel, and Guster.

Services were held on Jan. 24 at the Assumption BVM Catholic Church. Interment will be held privately.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be sent to the Alzheimer’s Association https://act.alz.org, the Boy Scouts of America – Chester County Council https://donations.scouting.org/#/council/539/appeal/7219, and the Knights of Columbus (Avondale chapter) https://www.kofc.org/secure/en/donate/index.html.

Arrangements are by Matthew Grieco of Grieco Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc. (484-734-8100) of Kennett Square.

To view Bill’s online tribute, please visit www.griecofunerals.com.

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Local News Hudson selected to lead development of YMCA of the Greater Brandywine’s programs to support youths The YMCA of Greater Brandywine (YGBW) is welcoming back Chester County native Jazmyn Hudson as a senior director of teen development.

Hudson rejoins YGBW after serving in youth and community development roles, as well as operations, at the YMCA in Central Maryland for five years. She previously served in human resources and youth programming for YGBW. “It’s a full-circle moment for me,” said Hudson. “I grew up in Chester County, went to the Jennersville YMCA as a child, attended West Chester University and started my career right here at YGBW. I never dreamed that I’d be living out my passion – right where I grew up.”

In her new role, Hudson will support the developmental needs of Chester County youths between the ages of 12 and 21 by developing programs and services related to mentorship, career development and public policy. According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, there are nearly 70,000 youths between the ages of 12 and 21 in the region, making up nearly 13 percent of the Chester County population.

“We have an exciting opportunity to fill a need in the community,” said Hudson. “There is a lack of programming for older youth—at a key time when they are discovering their

authentic selves and are exposed to a number of influences. The Y can be a pathway for teens, embracing their energy, highlighting their talents and providing guidance toward the future.

And since the Y has a wide breadth of services, we have the chance to make a big difference.”

Not only does the Y have the opportunity to make a big difference, they also

Heather W. Wilson, chief strategy and growth officer.

“Youth Development is one of the three pillars of our mission and we view teens as a gift to the community— with many talents to share.

At the Y, we want to be part of the teen journey, helping them grow and develop their talents and passions.”

Wilson added, “We’re prepared to invest time and resources to meet the grow-

“It’s a full-circle moment for me. I grew up in Chester County, went to the Jennersville YMCA as a child, attended West Chester University and started my career right here at YGBW. I never dreamed that I’d be living out my passion – right where I grew up.” ~ Jazmyn Hudson plan to make a big commitment to local teens.

“We plan to invest $1.4 million in program development over the next two years,” explained Bertram L. Lawson II, president and CEO of YGBW. “A portion of these funds will be used to fuel the development of teen programming – which is crucial to the health of our community. I continue to read headlines about the hardships facing youth and families across the country and right here at home. I’m proud that our investment will be part of the solution.”

“Creating opportunities for teens in our community is a top priority of YGBW,” said

ing needs of youth between the ages of 12 and 21. It’s a big undertaking and I can’t think of a better person to lead it than Jazmyn. She will lead our organization, our community and our youth in the best direction possible.”

Communication and collaboration YGBW has a wide reach in the county, serving more than 60,000 people through membership and more than 4,500 children and their families through childcare services. Yet there is more work to be done to ensure that the community

is aware of vital services provided by the Y. “I grew up going to the Jennersville Y to swim, play basketball and meet up with my friends,” Hudson said. “However, I missed out on the opportunity to attend Y summer camp or participate in any of the Y programs because I believed my family couldn’t afford it – or, more accurately, I wasn’t aware that we could.

“We need to spread the word that the YMCA is much more than a gym and swim. We are a hub of health, wellness and community – and are available for everyone. And we truly mean everyone.”

In addition to increasing awareness of YGBW’s mission and financial assistance program, which enabled more than 11,000 families to afford childcare, youth programs, and health services in 2022, Hudson sees an opportunity to collaborate across the community to serve teens. No organization is too big or too small to lend a hand.

“When we align goals and combine efforts, we achieve so much more – and the community benefits,” Hudson said. “Whether your organization is a hospital, a restaurant, a retailer or even a car dealer, you have a connection to teens in our community and have the opportunity to make a positive impact.”

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Jazmyn Hudson has been named as a senior director of teen development for the YMCA of Greater Brandywine.

Community members and organizations can join YGBW in supporting youth development by donating to or sponsoring teen programming. Learn more and contribute at https://ymcagbw.org/give.

Above all, Hudson wants to build a path to the future for local teens, helping them develop their passions, discover potential careers, expand their horizons to see the world outside of their own vantage point and understand the difference they can make.

“I love working with teens because I learn from them every day,” Hudson said. “There is often a negative perception about older youth and my goal is to transform that perception – both in the minds of the community and also in the minds of teens. Teens have an unmatched energy and are authentic and helpful.

Whether through passion projects, volunteer work or starting their first jobs, teens have a lot to contribute to our community.”

Leaning on a strong foundation Hudson began her Y journey more than 12 years ago working in sports, after school enrichment and summer camp while attending West Chester University.

After graduation she joined YGBW as a Human Resources Coordinator, later transitioning into youth programming to follow her passion.

Hudson is actively involved with local, national and global YMCA efforts to advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. She currently serves as the co-vice chair for YUSA’s National African American Resource Network.

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