Op/Ed: And the winner is…

And the winner of the Kennett Symphony conductor search is… For those attending all three audition-concerts, the choice is clear. One could hear the name on people’s lips as they exited Saturday’s final concert. When former director Mary Woodmansee Green announced her retirement in the fall of 2012 after 25 seasons with the orchestra, the long search for a new music director began. And despite…

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Letter to the Editor: Say ‘no’ to barn teen center

The Teen Center Barn proposal being put forth on the land of the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District is not consistent with current zoning and land use classifications and further efforts to secure such approvals should not be encouraged or entertained. When the land was acquired, the School District stipulated that the parcel was for “proper school purposes, namely, to expand the District’s secondary school campus.”…

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Joanne Stern Skemer of Unionville

Joanne Stern Skemer, 83, of Unionville, died Monday March 24, at the Jenner's Pond Retirement community in West Grove.  She was the wife of Robert Skemer, with whom she shared 64 years of marriage. Born in Yonkers, N.Y., she was a daughter of the late Louis and the late Frances (Eisnitz) Stern. Joanne graduate from Hunter College with a bachelor’s degree in education and attended…

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