WEST CHESTER — Just after sunset on Friday, people gathered in the heart of the Chester County Justice Center to honor Michael Rellahan, Daily Local News reporter, who died October 25.

Loved ones unveiled a legacy plaque, placed at the center of a wooden bench where Rellahan often sat. It reads: “Remembering Michael P. Rellahan. Our Newspaperman. Daily Local News reporter from 1982 to 2025.”

Led by Chester County Judge Patrick Carmody with the support of county government, people shared remarks honoring Rellahan’s life’s work reporting happenings in the courtroom and the county.

Judge Carmody shared he wrote a “carefully worded” letter to the commissioners acknowledging that while Mike Rellahan at some point angered everyone on the board, here’s what this bench means to the people of th

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