TSD Review Sept 28

TownSquareLIVE Weekly Review – September 28, 2023

Sonja FreyTown Square Live, Weekly Review

This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Awwwwwww: Baby lemur born at Brandywine Zoo Junior League’s Whale of a Sale is back, big time Delaware trooper charged with assaulting, injuring two teens Ban of anime club, manga draws ire from Magnolia Middle parents On the Pitch: Week 3 boys soccer top 10 rankings Click on the image below to view the PDF …

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 …

TSD Review June 30

Town Square LIVE Weekly Review – June 30, 2022

Sonja FreyTown Square Live, Weekly Review

Click on the image below to view the PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: COMMUNITY Mark Fields to retire from The Grand after 16 years Mt. Cuba’s 5 kestrel chicks get banded Longwood Gardens to light up June 30 with Munro exhibit Brandywine Zoo pudu Haechan dies after short illness Your guide to Delaware fireworks, and so Fourth BUSINESS Abandoned …

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 …

fifer2 2

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, …

a woman wearing a costume

Nanticoke Powwow will move to Hudson Fields, offer more attractions

Charles 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 cancelled 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 …