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By JuneCarter
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By Sam Strike, Special to the Times

Lisa Paolino, a member of the Radnor Township Board of Commissioners for a decade and the first women elected to that governing board, resigned from her post Monday tonight.

Paolino, who was re-elected to the board in 2007 and last year lost a bid for state senate, said that after a decade it "was time for a change."

She said she was stepping down for various reasons, including spending time with her family and with her fiance, musical artist Michael Sembello, with whom she says she has plans to travel the world.

In her parting words, Paolino addressed "vicious" blogging that she said caused her and her family members public pain.

But she said she forgives them "the ridiculous remarks and hurtful things."

Paolino also cautioned people not to blame either the Republican or Democratic party in Radnor for problems in the township.

"Everybody tried to do their best over the years.Some things worked out, some things didn’t," she said. "I challenge anyone in this room to try to do it because it’s difficult," she said of being a commissioner.