Who We Are

Ed MaletThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 Publisher
Jo Anne DurakoThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 Editor
Harvey WallsThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 Art Director
Marci TomassoneThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 Associate Editor
Shannon Montgomery Assistant Editor & Social Media Director
Debra FrenchThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 Business Manager
Susan GillespieThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 Account Executive
Cait Du BoisThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 Account Executive
Ivana SamsonovaThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 Account Executive
Eddie Davis Account Executive
Courtney H. Diener-Stokes
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 Food Editor
Courtney Diener-Stokes is an award-winning journalist, author, food writer, photographer and food stylist. Most recently she co-authored the Kimberton Whole Foods Cookbook and Farmhouse Manna: Nourishing Recipes and Rituals for Head, Heart, Hands & Soul. She lives in the Oley Valley countryside with her husband, three children, two Babydoll Southdown sheep, a flock of bantam chickens and a Bernedoodle named Daisy.
Cara Corridoni
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 Writer
Cara Corridoni lives in West Chester and is a huge fan of the Borough. She writes the weekly e-newsletter, “Hello, West Chester.”
Carol Metzker
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 Writer
Carol Metzker is a writer (including at County Lines), frequent speaker and community outreach professional. Using real-life stories to inspire and spark change, she has authored Facing the Monster: How One Person Can Fight Child Slavery, as well as other books and articles. Carol has also led numerous local and international projects for anti-human trafficking, innovative change and wellness.
Wil Moore
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 Contributing Photographer
Wil Moore is a self-taught artistic photography from Detroit, now living in Pottstown. He calls himself an artistic photographer because he’s an artist—with a degree in computer graphic design and fine art—who’s merged his art training with the art of photography. Serving in the armed forces gave him the opportunity to travel, and much of his subject matter stem from places he’s visited. Wil has exhibited nationally and internationally and is represented by the E&S Art Gallery in Louisville. Find him at WilMoorePhotography.com.
Andrew Seymour
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 Contributing Photographer
Andrew Seymour is a 40+ year resident of the Chester County area, who started using traditional film-based cameras in his early teen years. Since then, he has worked at such companies as Kodak, TV Guide, DuPont and IBM, as digital technologies have transformed the areas of photography, prepress and publishing info web based technologies. Andrew currently runs a consulting business in Downingtown that specializes in photography, software training and photographic restorations. Find him at ASeymour.com.
Liz Tarditi Wine Writer
Liz Tarditi, WSET II, is an entrepreneur and classically trained chef with 35 years’ experience in the culinary world. She holds a degree from Villanova University and graduated with honors from the Culinary Arts program at the Art Institute of Seattle. Liz has worked for Fine Wine & Good Spirits for five years, becoming a Wine Specialist in 2020. She enjoys pairing wine and food for special events and celebrations. See Liz at the Villanova Fine Wine & Good Spirits location.
Timlyn Vaughan Contributing Photographer
Tim Vaughan is an artist, photographer, sign consultant, graphic and sign artist living in an 1855 farmhouse in West Chester. He’s worked with digital photography since its inception in the early 1990s. Through 25 years as founder of Elmark Graphics—a local sign, display and graphics company—photography began as a necessary business tool and progressed into an art. Tim sold that business in 2007 to pursue his photography passion and related interests. Today he owns Timlyn Vaughan Photography, specializing in fine art photography, large format and giclee printing of his own artwork and works for other Chester County artists. So many of Tim’s works—including landscapes, familiar and historic buildings—reflect a distinct West Chester/Chester County feel that he’s been called West Chester’s resident chronicler. More at TimlynVaughanPhotos.com.
William Woys Weaver Contributor
William Woys Weaver, renowned food historian and cookbook writer, is Director of the Keystone Center for the Study of Regional Foods and Food Tourism. He’s written 14 books, including Heirloom Vegetable Gardening and Pennsylvania Dutch Country Cooking, both of which received the Julia Child award. In addition to his many articles on heirloom gardening, seed saving and culinary ephemera, Weaver has served as contributing editor to Gourmet and Mother Jones.