Florence Wainger Ploener, 91, formerly of Chadds Ford, died peacefully on March 29, in New York, surrounded by family. Predeceased by her husband Arthur Ploener, and siblings James Wainger and Sally Weiner. She will be greatly missed by her children, Paul Ploener, Maggie Ploener and Josh Ploener. By grandchildren, Faith Naoi, Rebekah Bolton, Amanda Ploener, and AJ Ploener and great-grandchildren Palmer, Mirabel and Nolan. Florence…
Like everyone else, artists have had to seriously re-think how they do business since the Coronavirus made its way across the world. Local plein air artist Jacalyn Beam ordinarily participates in a lot of juried events across the country. When out of state traveling restrictions were put in place, she had no choice but to stay put so she turned to painting in her backyard.…
Members of the Cloudy and Porritt families on Monday enjoyed their first chance to eat at Hank's Place in three months. Kathleen Cloudy, of Kennett Square, said eating at a restaurant after three months of lockdown made her feel free. Brandon Porritt said he's delighted that small businesses can start reopening now that the Southeastern region of the state is out of the red and…
A dead and broken tree shows its rough texture against the backdrop of some lush greenery.