Cremation art DOGS Greg Losco makes glass memorials that use ashes from cremations. This set uses ashes from the dogs Duke and Abby. (Greg Losco photo)

Wilmington glass artisan specializes in cremation art

Ken MammarellaCulture, Headlines

Glass artist Greg Losco was giving a demonstration in Lewes when he met a woman wearing a keepsake pendant holding her mother’s cremated ashes in a vial with a cork. He had heard of a better way to memorialize loved ones: encasing the ashes in the glass. He tried the technique in front of her, and thus was born his …

Color guard at a Newark 9/11 ceremony (City of Newark)

All around Delaware, ways to commemorate 9/11 attacks

Ken MammarellaCulture, Headlines

Color guard at a Newark 9/11 ceremony (City of Newark) Multiple upcoming events are giving Delawareans a chance to mark the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Here are some highlights, in chronological order. The Wilmington VA Medical Center in Elsmere will host a virtual remembrance ceremony, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8. The event will include …