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Darby Township Meeting Has Special Guest

(The Delaware County Daily Times)DARBY TOWNSHIP — Judge Greg Mathis from the popular “Judge Mathis” television show joined the Darby Township Board of Commissioners recent reorganization meeting to swear in new Commissioner Richard Womack Jr.

Womack ran unopposed and was elected to the board along with incumbent Lawrence Patterson in November. The two were sworn in to office during the meeting.

Mathis drew a bigger-than-usual crown to the event. Womack, a 46-year resident of Darby Township, is the national vice president for A. Philip Randolph Institute and serves on the National NAACP Labor Committee.

Also at the meeting, Patterson was nominated and voted back into the president’s seat, a position he has held for 29 years. Commissioner James Sandone was named vice president for his 30th year in this role.

Michael Pierce of Pierce & Hughes in Media was re-appointed to solicitor and Charles Catania of Catania Engineering Associates Inc., in Folsom, was re-appointed to township engineer.

Other appointments included Barry Merlino as treasurer and Paul Straus as controller.