DelawareLive Oct 1

DelawareLIVE Weekly Review – October 1, 2023

Sonja FreyDelaware Live, Weekly Review

This Week’s Review Includes: Delaware City Day parade, fireworks salute small town life Biodigester will help Janssen’s keep food waste out of landfill Po’ Boys Creole Restaurant sold to familiar face Wilm. Charter senior 1 of 10 in U.S. picked for leader program Dover celebrates first win over Salesianum in 35 years Click on the image below to view the …

Baby lemur Brandywine Zoo

Awwwwwww: Baby lemur born at Brandywine Zoo

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines

A baby lemur has become the second of two babies born in recent months at Brandywine Zoo. Zoo officials are not yet sure which sex the baby is or how much it weighs and will wait until the baby is older and can leave its mother to find out. Mother and baby will not be on exhibit until sometime later …

The Gordons Pond Trail at Cape Henlopen State Park. (Courtesy of DNREC)

Del. State Parks set attendance record: 8 million-plus

Ken MammarellaCulture, Headlines

Delaware State Parks set another attendance record in 2022, with more than 8 million visitors. Attendance at the 17 Delaware state parks has increased each year since 2015. In the past five years, visitation is up 37%. The most visited state park in 2022 was Cape Henlopen, with 1.9 million visitors. Alapocas Run, Auburn Valley, Brandywine Zoo, Fort Delaware and Killens …

DelawareLive July 3

Delaware LIVE Weekly Review – July 3, 2022

Sonja FreyDelaware Live, Weekly Review

Click on the image below to view as a PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Headlines McGuiness found guilty on 3 of 5 charges Colonial’s dropout prevention program shows impressive results Abandoned Burger King found in Concord Mall sends Internet wild Culture Your guide to the July Fourth weekend in Delaware Here’s where the fireworks are this weekend Mt. Cuba’s …

Brandywine Zoo pudu Haechan

Brandywine Zoo pudu Haechan dies after short illness

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines

A South American deer called a pudu died Saturday after becoming sick the day before at the Brandywine Zoo. The pudu, named Haechan after a K-pop star, came to Delaware in December to mate with the Wilmington zoo’s female, named Clover, and sire offspring. After seeming lethargic Friday and getting worse during the day, Haechan was moved to the Animal …

Halloween, harvest events move into full swing

Brionna N. StonebrakerCulture, Headlines

  Fifer Orchards features a Scooby Doo corn maze with photo opp that lets visitors pretend to be characters.   Along with cooler weather — at last — fall is crammed with so many festivities they could drive you mad if you tried to hit them all. Here’s a short list of some favorites: Farm & Harvest Fifer Orchards: Hayrides, …

Nanticoke Powwow will move to Hudson Fields, offer more attractions

Charlie MegginsonCulture, Headlines

The Nanticoke Indian Powwow will move to Hudson Fields for its September gathering. Photo by Brian Leonard The Nanticoke Indian Tribe’s annual powwow is returning this year — and changing sites. After being canceled in 2020 due to COVID restrictions, the event will take place at Hudson Fields in Milton from Sept. 10 through Sept. 12.  Previously, the event has …