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Town Square LIVE Weekly Review: April 15, 2021

Sara Pletcher April 15, 2021 Town Square Live, Weekly Review

Town Square LIVE Weekly Review:
April 15, 2021

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This Week’s Top Headlines Include:

Community

Meet incoming president of Salesianum School

How Winterthur handles pests, (how you can, too)

Art informed by artificial leg, Afrofuturism wins Delawarean a Guggenheim award

Government

Carney nominates 1st woman to head Chancery Court

Dewey Beach may allow gazebo to be rented in bid to wisely control use

Delaware libraries give soundproof booths a trial run in Sussex

Business

Culture, health, recreation at heart of Whitehall’s bid to be new American neighborhood

Kid Shelleen’s raises money for injured bartender

Health

Carney: No new restrictions; hopes rise in new cases will slow

Delaware opens vaccine pipeline; will follow federal pause on J&J shot

New COVID cases drop a bit; state will delay some mass vaccination events

Food & Dining

Finally getting out to dine? Try these places in Wilmington

DART to hold spring Stuff the Bus food drive starting April 26

Sports

DIAA lacked quorum for mask vote, will meet again Monday

Week 2 top ten plays from spring sports

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