DelawareLive July 7

DelawareLIVE Weekly Review – July 7, 2024

Sonja FreyDelaware Live, Weekly Review

This Week’s Review Includes: ‘Lost Delaware’ explores what once was in the state Stressed? Throw a pot, Kennett clay studio owner says Study shows Delaware’s art stirs $210 million in economic activity Abbott’s Grill is Now Open in Milton Legislative Wrap-up: animal-related bills passed in 2024 5 First State teens named national leaders Click on the image below to read …

“The Clippers played an exhibition game against the servicemembers of Fort DuPont in 1941, with process doing to uniforms,” “Lost Delaware” writes. Courtesy of Delaware Public Archives

‘Lost Delaware’ explores what once was in the state

Ken MammarellaCulture, Headlines

A new book offers striking stories about 71 Delaware landmarks that “now live solely in memory,” from the Greenbaum cannery (a Seaford operation that was sometimes described as the world’s biggest and was known for canning tomatoes, peas, peaches and pears) to the Cape Henlopen Light (a beacon that operated from 1767 to about 12:45 p.m. April 13, 1926, when …

Secret Delaware

‘Secret Delaware’ uncovers First State’s fun facts, figures

Ken MammarellaCulture, Headlines

A border marker buried under a manhole, a fiberglass presidential candidate and lots and lots of lima beans are some of the “weird, wonderful and obscure” elements that define Delaware in a new book. “Secret Delaware” is the second book written together by Rachel Kipp and Dan Shortridge, a married couple who have lived or worked in all three counties. …