TSD Review Aug 11

Town Square LIVE Weekly Review – August 11, 2022

Sonja FreyTown Square Live, Weekly Review

Click on the image below to view the PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: COMMUNITY Statewide youth mountain biking league cranks up Delaware to spend $18 million on EV chargers 10,000-mile walk includes stop in Delaware Claymont eyed for new park with marina, amphitheater North Wilmington Branch Library set for major upgrade BUSINESS If you’re looking for a rental home, …

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Animal shelters win big in 2022 Bond Bill

Charles MegginsonGovernment, Headlines

If anyone ever needed proof that state legislators are animal lovers, they needn’t look any further than this year’s Bond Bill.  The $1.4 billion spending package — the largest in history — includes a record amount of money for the state’s largest animal shelters.  Faithful Friends Animal Society, Brandywine Valley SPCA and Delaware SPCA each received $1 million, while First …

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SPCA will use $500,000 state grant on $4.5 million new shelter

Charles MegginsonGovernment, Headlines

  This artist’s rendering shows the design for the Brandywine Valley SPCA’s new lobby.     The Brandywine Valley SPCA is preparing to move its New Castle operations to a new facility on Churchmans Road, thanks in part to a $500,000 grant included in the bond bill passed by the General Assembly in June. The new facility will replace its …