Stafford Township historian and official town crier Steve Brescia passed away unexpectedly on Aug. 8; he was 57. Mayor Greg Myhre honored Brescia’s memory at the regular municipal meeting of Dec. 14 with a proclamation he presented to Brescia’s wife, Joan Wiley.

Historic preservation was a driving force in Brescia’s life, as it had been for his parents, who formed the town’s historical society and established the Founder’s Day tradition in 1964, the year Brescia was born.