Michael L. Smith, 68, of Kennett Square, loving father and grandfather died Sunday, Nov. 9. He is survived by daughters Maureen Willson and Megan Parker, son-in-laws Jeff Willson and Matt Parker and three grandchildren, Finn and Fletcher Willson and Abigail Parker. He is a retired executive at DuPont-Merck Pharmaceuticals. A funeral mass will be held at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 212 Meredith Street in Kennett…
The Porter Family (Rob, Jane, Dan) are starting an annual scholarship at Penn Oaks in honor of their son, John Robert Porter, who passed away on August 4, 2014. John made up his mind one day to change his life and change his life he did. He walked through our door a reserved, overweight boy and systematically went about each day tackling his objective to…
This Friday Mala Galleria in Kennett Square has their artist reception from 6-9pm for their November exhibition "Steeling the Show" which is a transformed gallery environment of welded steel structures and oil paintings inside and outside the gallery space on State Street by Lele Galer. "I tried to create the same feeling with the steel that I have in my paintings with strong vertical structures…
The fact-finding process regarding possible school redistricting is continuing and a special meeting of the Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board is planned for December. School Superintendent John Sanville said during the Nov. 10 work session that there was a Redistricting Committee meeting with various stakeholders, including McKissick Associates — the firm conducting the study to see if school boundaries should be redrawn — on Nov. 6.…
Pearl M. Losito, 90, of West Grove, died Sunday, Nov. 9, at Neighborhood Hospice in West Chester. She was the wife of Michael V. Losito, who died in 1972, and with whom she shared 25 years of marriage. Born in Pittsburgh, she was the daughter of the late Luigi and Carlotta Raponi Pucci. Mrs. Losito was a homemaker. She was a member of the Starliters…