TSD Review Aug 29

TownSquareLIVE Weekly Review – August 29, 2024

Sonja FreyTown Square Live, Weekly Review

This Week’s Top Stories Include Delaware’s guide to Labor Day Weekend 2024 State $$$ to help Newark dairy upgrade filling machines Sleeping Bird Doughnuts opens on Concord Pike Round 1 of early voting for Sept. 10 primary opens Wednesday Pritchett Academy opening rocks Wilmington with celebration Click on the image below to view the PDF Sonja Frey

A historical marker for the Industrial School for Colored Girls was unveiled Thursday. (All photos by Jarek Rutz/Delaware LIVE News)

Historical marker for Industrial School for Colored Girls unveiled

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Culture

More than 50 people read in unison for 30 seconds the story of the Industrial School for Colored Girls Thursday morning in Wilmington. It’s a tradition the Delaware Public Archives keeps whenever it unveils a new historical marker.  “We walk through history every day…and very few of us have an idea of what was once here,” said David Battafarano, a …