As Delaware slides into August, our appetite for fresh produce and easy meals expands. Enter restaurants and food festivals, which offer a place to eat and socialize. Hereās the skinny on Delawareās dining scene. Ā Beefsteak tomatoes, burgers & blueberry pies TheĀ Delaware State Fair continues through July 29, and while the fair boasts a heavy roster of entertainment, it also …
Fancy a low-digit Delaware hunting license? Enter State Fair raffle
TheĀ Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental ControlĀ will give away a low digit hunting license during its first-ever hunting license raffle. A raffle ticket will be given to any Delaware resident hunter who buys a 2023/2024 license at the DNREC Building at the Delaware State Fair between opening day, Thursday, June 20, and noon July 27. The winnerās name …
Del. gun advocate groups furious over State Fair weapons ban
Gun owners and gun rights advocates are upset about a no-gun policy at the Delaware State Fair, even though the policy has been in place for decades. The addition of weapon detectors and screening devices at the fair entrance this year seemed to raise awareness of the policy. “The Delaware State Fair is now officially anti-gun,” read a statement from …
Delaware Thunder denied extension by State Fair
The Delaware Thunder professional ice hockey team has been denied a contract extension to continue playing at the Centre Ice Rink located on the Delaware State Fairgrounds. The Thunder have played their home games since their inception in 2019. After three seasons of playing their home games they are being denied a contract extension to keep playing their …
Vanilla Ice, 90s music tour added to State Fair lineup
The Delaware State Fair will chill out this summer when it adds Vanilla Ice and the rest of the I Love the 90s tour to its entertainment lineup. Joining Vanilla Ice will be Rob Base, Color Me Badd, Tone Loc, and Young MC for a concert on Sunday, July 22 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets will be $34 to $74. …
Iglesias to headline concert during State Fair
Fluffy is as Fluffy does, and Fluffy will be right-sizing the Delaware State Fair this year. Comedian Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias will play the M&T Bank Grandstand on Thursday, July 21, at 7:30 p.m. Iglesias is a stand-up comic and actor whose specials for Comedy Central and Netflix, including “I’m Not Fatā¦ I’m Fluffy” and “Hot & Fluffy” have been crowd …
Delaware LIVE Weekly Review ā Nov. 20, 2022
Click on the image below to view as a PDF This Weekās Top Headlines Include: Headlines Interest rises in A.I. duPont going green to stem enrollment drop Bridgewater Jewelry: 5 generations, 140 drama-studded years Colonial surprise: Reading scores higher after COVID Planners want to put 12-acre park on top of I-95 Culture Want a low-digit surf fishing plate? Bids start …
Delaware State Fair announces first summer concert performer
Esteemed rap artist Nelly will once again perform at the Delaware State Fair, event organizers announced Tuesday. āDiamond-selling, multi-platinum, Grammy award-winning rap superstar, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and actor, Nelly, has continually raised the bar for the entertainment industry since stepping on the scene in 2000 with his distinctive vocals and larger-than-life personality,ā the State Fair said in a news release. Nelly …
Delaware LIVE Weekly Review ā July 31, 2022
Click on the image below to view as a PDF This Weekās Top Headlines Include: Headlines House speaker refuses to consider McGuiness removal Delaware lawmakers eye major state capitol expansion DOJ responds to McGuinessā claims of unfair trial: āShe is wrongā Hereās how $600M in COVID education money was spentĀ Culture Baking up a good time: State Fair attracts culinary …
Baking up a good time: State Fair’s culinary competitors
The third time was a charm for baker Amy Watson Bish. At the 2022 Delaware State Fair in Harrington, which continues through July 30, she finally won a blue ribbon for her apple pie with a brown sugar crumb. āIf you know me, you know Iāve been determined since the first year,ā she told her Facebook friends, many of whom …