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In Photos: Natives at Penn’s 13th annual powwow celebrates organization’s 30th anniversary

Attendees at the 13th annual Natives at Penn powwow stand to honor the head staff and organizers at the March 23 event.

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In Photos: Natives at Penn’s 13th annual powwow celebrates organization’s 30th anniversary

By CHENYAO LIU 4 hours ago

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On Feb. 2, 1994, Natives at Penn — known then as Six Directions — was recognized as an official member of the United Minorities Council. 30 years later, Natives at Penn and the Greenfield Intercultural Center (GIC) celebrated their respective 30th and 40th anniversary at Penn’s 13th annual Powwow in the Hall of Flags. The powwow was open to the public and featured singing, intertribal dancing, and Indigenous vendors. 

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Attendees at the Natives at Penn Powwow paired up to participate in a mosquito dance. 

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The Red Blanket Singers of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape nation were the Host Drum for the powwow. 

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Keturah Peters, 2018 Nursing graduate and the Head Woman Dancer, presented a handmade drum to Natives at Penn. 

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Head Man Dancer Brian Weeden leads an intertribal dance. Lenape social dances are typically performed counter-clockwise, and Lenape instruments are usually small enough to be held in the hand and shaken or beaten upon. 

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Three dancers participated in the Women’s Fancy Shawl, a butterfly-like dance that highlights the dancers’ shawls and footwork.

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College seniors Aneeyá Lowe (center),…

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Nanticoke

Poultry stakeholders, environmental groups team up in the name of conservation

 

DELMARVA – Poultry industry stakeholders and environmentalists are teaming up to bring best practices to local farms.

Furnishing Funding

The Delmarva Chicken Association (DCA), Nanticoke Watershed Alliance, and Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay (ACB) have started cost-share programs in Chesapeake Bay watersheds across Delmarva, aiming to promote conservation.

The three organizations are providing more than $1 million, to match a three-year effort, supported by a $997,327 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s (NFWF) Chesapeake Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Grants Program. The program is administered through NFWF and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Cost of Conservation

Farmers awarded with the funding will be able to use it for improving natural buffers, precision nutrient management, conservation drainage, and litter management. Those who participate in the program can be eligible for complete cost coverage on conservation initiatives.

“We have a lot of growers who want to do more for their farm, that want to do more for conservation; but at the end of the day, some of these practices are costly,” said DCA Executive Director, Holly Porter. We want to be there to help streamline this process, and make it really simple for a grower to say, ‘This is what I want from conservation on my farm. How can I make it happen?’”

Bolstering Buffers, Planting Pollinators

The projects won’t be one-size-fits-all. Awardees could choose to plant trees around farm perimeters; or, farmers could plant natural buffers near retention ponds.

“The native plants really help to pull in any excess nutrients and dust,” said Nanticoke Watershed Alliance Executive Director, Lisa Wool. “But they also kind of filter out any of that possible dust and pollutants.”

Another mission is to create pollinator meadows on farms. To do so, farmers would have to plant native wildflowers in grassy…

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Mohegan

Enjoy Sunday Funday with Brunch and Brew at The Hive Taphouse

WILKES-BARRE – The Hive Taphouse, located at Mohegan Pennsylvania, is set to provide guests with a brand-new Sunday brunch option featuring mouthwatering bites, a build-your-own Bloody Mary bar and specialty crafted mocktails and cocktails.

Guests can select a breakfast entrée and pair it with an array of seasonal pastries, pasta, salad, soup, fruit and chef’s features from the brunch bar for $19.99 per person.

Brunch and Brew at The Hive Taphouse is available every Sunday from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Brunch and Brew offers a wide range of breakfast entrées for guests to choose from. Those in the mood for french toast can enjoy three slices of Texas Toast in house-made egg batter served with butter, maple syrup and a choice of bacon or sausage.

For some Mexican flair, indulge in Morning Tacos with three soft tacos filled with scrambled eggs, sausage, hashbrowns and cheddar jack cheese with salsa and sour cream on the side; or a breakfast quesadilla featuring scrambled eggs, roasted onions and peppers, cheddar jack cheese and pico de gallo on a grilled tortilla with salsa and sour cream on the side.

Chicken & Biscuit fans are in luck, as Brunch and Brew at The Hive Taphouse is serving up a version that includes breaded fried chicken with a sunny side up egg on a buttermilk biscuit, topped with creamy pepper gravy.

Additional breakfast entrée options include classic two eggs any style, ham & cheese omelette, Western omelette, veggie omelette, avocado toast and a breakfast flatbread.

Guests looking to complement their entrée with a beverage can choose from a selection of specialty crafted mocktails and cocktails. Mocktails include a Cucumber Lime Mint Refresher, an Orange & Vanilla Refresher and a Raspberry Peach Refresher.

On the spiked side of things, options include a Hive Bloody…

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First Colony Foundation’s Elizabethan Gardens multi-year dig project completed; new excavations slated at Fort Raleigh in April

First Colony Foundation’s Elizabethan Gardens multi-year dig project completed; new excavations slated at Fort Raleigh in April

Published 9:17 am Wednesday, March 27, 2024

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Ramona Currie (foreground) and Paul Carson sift soil for artifacts. Courtesy First Colony Foundation

Jeremy Bliven shovels sand deposited centuries ago. Courtesy First Colony Foundation

Ramona Currie finds a small sherd of Algonquian pottery. Courtesy First Colony Foundation

Eric Klingelhofer examines a soil sample brought up using an auger. Courtesy First Colony Foundation

Area print and television media visit the Elizabethan Gardens dig. Courtesy First Colony Foundation

Jeremy Bliven stands in the 16th Century – on the dark soil of the ground level back then, anyway. Courtesy First Colony Foundation

Jay Ward digs through centuries-old sand, while Paul Carson looks on. Courtesy First Colony Foundation

Eric Klingelhofer directs volunteers Jeremy Bliven (foreground) and Jay Ward, as digging begins, while Tama Creef looks on. Courtesy First Colony Foundation

By Jack Currie, special to The Coastland Times

Pottery sherds uncovered during First Colony Foundation’s most recent dig at Elizabethan Gardens on Roanoke Island may have been used during the key First Contact between Sir Walter Raleigh’s explorers and local Native Americans in 1584. And, in the present day, they help establish the size and extent of the Algonquian village of Roanoac that hosted that long-ago encounter.

The goal of the dig was to determine the extent of this part of the native village reached as well as uncovering any additional artifacts that could shed light on this historic period. In the course of the excavation, the team found good deal of…

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Mohican

Lake George Churches to walk The Way of the Cross; hold Easter Sunrise Service

Lake George Churches will continue their annual tradition of Walking the Way of the Cross along the Village streets on Good Friday and celebrating Easter with a sunrise service on the lake shore.

The Walking of the Way of the Cross will begin at noon on Friday, March 29. The observance will start at Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Mohican Street and travel to St. James Episcopal Church on Montcalm Street. The procession will continue to Lake George Community Methodist Church and end at Caldwell Presbyterian Church, both also on Montcalm Street.

Retracing Jesus’ final footsteps is a Christian tradition that dates back to the 4th Century when pilgrims would travel to the Holy Land to walk the original Way of the Cross. The path is marked with 14 stations beginning with Pontius Pilate’s Court condemning Jesus to death and ending with Jesus being laid in his tomb. During the season of Lent, Christians worldwide celebrate the Stations of the Cross each Friday.

The sun rises over Lake George.

On Easter Sunday, the four Lake George Churches will celebrate the Resurrection with an ecumenical Easter Sunrise Service on MacDonald Pier in Shepard Park. The service will begin at 6:30 a.m. A free continental breakfast at Caldwell Presbyterian Church will follow the Easter Sunrise Service.

Featured image: Parishioners walk The Way of the Cross on Montcalm Street, Good Friday 2019.

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Lenni Lenape

Atlantic City girls crew team looking to build on last year’s success

The Atlantic City High School girls crew team took home its share of first-place trophies last year.

Many of the rowers who made that happen are back this spring.

Atlantic City won the girls team title at the Atlantic County High School Rowing Championships last May on Lake Lenape in Mays Landing. The Vikings’ girls won the varsity four, junior eight and varsity quad championships at the regatta. A.C. finished the season ranked No. 2 in The Press Elite 11, behind only Holy Spirit.

Despite losing six key rowers to graduation, Atlantic City has a lot back and should be a strong contender in various divisions again this year.

“In my 15 years of coaching, the group we have right now is one of the most dedicated,” Vikings coach Sean Duffey said. “They love the sport, and that’s huge. They love being there every day, and they don’t complain. They’re a good group of athletes, and they’re good leaders toward the younger rowers, which is great.”

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The Vikings will begin the season April 6 at the Lake Lenape Sprints II in Mays Landing. The A.C. girls also compete the following day at the Manny Flick-Horvat Series regatta on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia.

“We’ll start out with a first eight, a second eight and a varsity four for the first couple races and see how things go,” Duffey said. “We’ll go from there.”

Atlantic City’s varsity-eight lineup includes stroke Lexi Gormley, Lauren Fox, Anna Tran, Kaitlyn Do, Zuzanna Turska, Gabriela Tayoun, Maggie Morgan and bow Mardiha Ahmed. The varsity four consists of stroke Elon Lomax, Ellie Carrasco, Sophia Mammucari and bow Gabby Pagliaro. The Vikings have two good coxswains in Tasnova Tayeba and Isabella Gravely. Ten of those rowers and both coxswains were Press All-Stars last spring.

Duffey and A.C. boys…

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Nanticoke

$2 Million Investment Aimed at Supporting Eco-Friendly Poultry Farming on Delmarva

DELMARVA – The Delmarva Chicken Association (DCA) has teamed with the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay to invest $2 million in cost-share programs to encourage farmers to adopt chicken farming best management practices. 

According to the Delmarva Chicken Association, the investment aims to improve vegetation buffers along streams, precision nutrient management, litter management, and conservation drainage in across Chesapeake Bay watersheds.

Backed by a $997,327 grant from the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation and $1 million in matching funds from the Delmarva Chicken Association, the State of Maryland, the Environmental Protection Agency, and other groups, the effort is hoped to bring increased conservation measures to Delmarva farms and improve the waters of the Chesapeake.

“Since the 1980s, farmers have increased food production to meet growing demand while meaningfully reducing agriculture’s yearly nitrogen and phosphorus contributions to the Bay, contributing to its improved health today,” said Holly Porter, DCA’s executive director. “Innovative, collaborative efforts like this one between the chicken community, environmental groups, and funding partners provide an opportunity to realize even more agricultural nutrient reductions, benefiting everyone in the watershed.”

DCA says participating farmers can be eligible for up to 100% cost-share for installed practices, which include:

-Trees around the perimeter of farms to provide a visual buffer from neighbors and roads, reduce noise, dust and odor, absorb soil nutrients, and provide shade.

-Large warm-season grasses near tunnel fans that can act like an outdoor air filter, capturing dust and feathers and absorbing ammonia.

-Pollinator plots that can be planted in the swales between houses, around retention ponds, or in open areas that normally are mowed, reducing flooding and capturing soil nutrients in their roots.

“The partnership that has been forged between Nanticoke Watershed Alliance (NWA) and Delmarva Chicken Association is a testimony to each organization’s commitment to preserving the environment while supporting…

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Announces August Show At Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun

MÖTLEY CRÜE Announces August Show At Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun

March 26, 2024, 3 hours ago

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Announces August Show At Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun

Mötley Crüe have announced a show at Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun on August 31. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 29 at 10 AM EST at mohegansun.com. This is the band’s fourth confirmed show for 2024.

Mötley Crüe will perform at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand on Thursday, August 29. This show is a part of the 2024 Grandstand Concert Series sponsored by Sleep Number.

Learn more and find ticket links here.

Mötley Crüe will bring their legendary live show to the Iowa State Fair for the first time ever on August 14. The Crüe will perform with special guest Pop Evil on Wednesday, August 14, at 8 PM. Tickets available at iowastatefair.org.

Mötley Crüe previously announced that they will kick off the 2024 North Dakota State Fair on Friday, July 19. Tickets are on sale now.

2024 dates:

July
19 – North Dakota State Fair

August
14 – Iowa State Fair
29 – Minnesota State Fair
31 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena

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Danville inches closer to connector trail between Kokosing Gap and Mohican Valley trails

MOUNT VERNON — Local officials are working to make a connector trail between the Kokosing Gap and Mohican Valley trails a reality.

Representatives of Danville, the Knox County Park District, the Knox Community Foundation, the Area Development Foundation, and the Kokosing Gap Trail Board met with the county commissioners on March 14 to review preliminary plans.

The KGT ends at Richards Street in Danville, and the MVT begins at East Street. Connecting the two is one initiative in the village’s strategic plan.

“Typically, trails would follow the railroad bed, but Danville Feed and Supply has a building on the railroad bed,” explained Sam Filkins, ADF vice president.

“We looked at using an existing bridge on the state route, but it wasn’t wide enough to do a bike trail, and we would have to build a new bridge. That would cost too much.”

Lisa Loyd of the KCF added, “We think the easiest way is to build a bridge over the creek behind the feed mill in Danville.”

Plans call for cyclists to come off of the KGT, head north on Richards Street to Tilton Street, and then east to South Market Street.

Cyclists will cross South Market onto village-owned land, skirt the perimeter of what will become Thomas Wayne Cottrell Jr. Memorial Park, cross the new bridge, and access the Mohican Valley Trail.

The connector trail will be a raised boardwalk over the wetlands areas.

The crosswalk on South Market will include warning lights and roadway striping.

Connector trail brings commerce

Filkins said Danville is one of the few villages that import workers. More than 32 percent of them are in retail and food services.

“They would benefit from tourism and commerce,” he said. “The reality is we’re not able to build a large industrial place in Danville,…

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Lenni Lenape

Spring Speaker Series Announced By New Hope Historians

NEW HOPE, PA — Native Americans in New Hope, covered bridges, postcard collections and premiered one-act plays will provide a wide variety of topics for the New Hope Historical Society’s twenty-second annual Speaker Series each Monday in April at 5 p.m., when the Logan Inn will generously provide its comfortable, modern Logan Theater for the series.

The April Speaker Series, created by longtime board member Lynn Stoner, kicks off on April 1 when Chief Blue Jay, Barbara Michalski, who was given the name by her grandfather, Bill Thompson, late Chief Whippoorwill of the Unalachtigo (people near the ocean) Tribe of the Turkey Clan. She is a member of Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania (LNPA), and she has immersed herself in the activities of the Nation.

Chief Blue Jay serves on the Tribal Council; and is Tribal Secretary and one of the Storytellers of the Nation. Last year she was appointed Chief of Culture. She has been participating in educating the public by attending events or festivals in the Lenapehokink (Homeland of the Lenape). Blue Jay will present an intimate portrait of Lenni-Lenape life and culture in Bucks County dating back more than eight centuries.

On April 8, R. Scott Bomboy, author, and historian who has frequently written about local history. He is the author of “The Lost Covered Bridges of Montgomery County” and “Wooden Treasures: The Story of Bucks County’s Covered Bridges.” Bomboy is also chair of the Bucks County Covered Bridge Society. In his journalism career, Bomboy has received five Edward R. Murrow awards in television, and he currently is the editor-in-chief of the National Constitution Center. Scott will present an in-depth look at the birth, demolition, and preservation of these beloved Bucks County covered bridges.

Postcard collectors and postcrossers are certain to be delighted by Michael Miciak’s presentation on April 15, “Wish…

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