からは meaning in this sentence


> 町内会 **からは** ちびっこ店長 **と親しまれる** 謎の中国人・魃さんの振るう十字鍋は、ありとあらゆる食材を唐辛子まみれにする。

My TL: The Cross-shaped pot that Batsu-san, a mysterious Chinese man from the
neighborhood association who is known as "The little manager", wields fills
every ingredient with chilli pepper.

FL:  
The manager, a favourite of the neghbourhood association, is a strange little
man known as "Small Manager". Batsu-san has a tendency to fill every dish with
pepper.

I do not understand からは and と親しまれる.  
Where does "a favourite of" come from in this sentence?




[親]{した}しまれる is a passive form of [親]{した}しむ "be familiar with." (親しまれる may be
better translated as "be popular" or as you suggested, "be favored by")

からは is sort of an emphatic form of から "from", or in this context, "by."




[親]{した}しまれる is a passive form of [親]{した}しむ "be familiar with." (親しまれる may be
better translated as "be popular" or as you suggested, "be favored by")

からは is sort of an emphatic form of から "from", or in this context, "by."

