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Nanticoke Riverfest, Sandcastle Building Contest Highlight This Weekend’s Events Calendar

We’re just a few days removed now from the fantastic July 4th holiday weekend. We certainly hope everyone had a great time celebrating Independence Day here in the coastal region.

But the Summer of 2021 rolls on this week with several more fantastic mid-year events planned at and near the Delaware and Maryland beaches.

This week’s featured event actually requires a short drive to the west of the beaches, but is one of the summer’s most highly anticipated annual festivals.

Read more about the 2021 Nanticoke Riverfest festivities below, as well as events in Lewes, Rehoboth Beach, Ocean City, Wilmington and more.

And whatever you happen to have planned for this second weekend of July, make it a memorable one while the weather is still warm and the beaches are alive with excitement.

Have a great few days everyone!

NOTE: We also wanted to mention that the popular Funland Amusement Park on the Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk will no longer be requiring advance reservations effective Thursday, July 8, and will be reverting back to its long-time practice of selling individual tickets for all rides. Great news!

Nanticoke Riverfest (July 10)

One of the summer’s most popular festivals returns this weekend after a one-year hiatus, when the Nanticoke Riverfest again takes center stage in nearby Seaford.

The highlight of this annual event is the popular float-in, which begins at 8:30 a.m., on Saturday, July 10. So grab an intertube or anything else that floats on the water and join hundreds of other festival goers on a long and relaxing float down the Nanticoke River.

In addition to the wildly popular float-in, other entertainment and activities planned throughout the day include a performance by the Nanticoke Indian Dance Troupe, several musical performances, a large car show, a children’s area, a “hidden idol” activity,…

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(#MMA/’Bellator!) Bellator 261 Live Free: Watch Streams, Odds, Reddit! – Film Daily

Bellator 261: Johnson vs. Moldavsky is set to take place on Friday, June 25 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT. Prelims will start at 6:00 ET with the main card getting underway at 9:00 PM ET. 

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Timothy Johnson vs Valentin Moldavsky will face off for the Bellator interim heavyweight title on June 25 at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, the promotion announced Friday. The card will be dubbed Bellator 261. The main bout will have Timothy Johnson facing Valentin Moldavsky for the Interim Heavyweight World Championship.  

Event Name: Bellator 261
Date: 25 June 2021
Where: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT
Free Live Online Stream: Watch Free Live

In the past, Bellator 261 events were streamed on DAZN but that has changed. You will now need to have a subscription to Showtime to watch the events live. To sign up for the service and watch Bellator events on Showtime you will need an IP address in the United States. If you are currently outside the country or plan to travel during future fights, you will want to connect to a VPN server back in the states. Here are some of our top choices.

Bellator 261: Timothy Johnson vs Valentin Moldavsky interim heavyweight title fight booked for June 25

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Grappenhall teacher braves Mohican as part of fundraiser in memory of pupil

A TEACHER from Grappenhall is embracing his new hair style after bravely shaving his hair it as part of a charity event.

Greg Allcock had hair styled into a Mohican as part of the ‘Lop the Mop’ challenge.

The challenge meant the more money raised, the shorter the haircut, with all funds donated to the Teenage Cancer Trust.

Greg, a computer teacher at Wirral Grammar School for Boys, chose to raise money for the charity after one of the school’s pupils tragically died from cancer after a long battle.

After over £800 was raised for the challenge, Greg was set to face a Mohican.

All money raised will go to the Teenage Cancer Trust

All money raised will go to the Teenage Cancer Trust

The challenge took place Thursday, 2 July when one of the maths teachers, Mr Thomason, volunteered to style a Mohican on Greg and the event was livestreamed on the school’s Facebook page.

The 48 year old said: ‘‘The challenge was brought about by the staff and pupils at Wirral Grammar School for Boys raising over £800 for Teenage Cancer Trust.

‘‘I would like to say a special thank you to the pupils, staff, parents and many others who have given so generously and supported the ‘Lop the Mop’ challenge.

‘‘It really demonstrates what can be achieved when so many people choose to come together to support a worthy charity.’’

READ MORE: Teacher set to take on London Marathon in memory of pupil

Greg, from Grappenhall, will also be taking part in the October London Marathon to raise further funds for the charity.

So far, almost £2,000 has been raised for…

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All Aboard! Tuckerton Seaport Kicks Off Summer Ferry Rides to LBI

(Photo by Ryan Morrill)

Ferry service shuttling folks between the Tuckerton Seaport and Beach Haven got underway on Saturday. There was an 11 a.m. departure waiting for those who had just enjoyed the Tuckerton holiday parade, ready to motor across the bay to enjoy the afternoon in the southernmost town center on Long Beach Island.

Capt. Dick Gouldey awaited at the dock, alongside tour guides Taylor Katchum and Bailey Holcomb, to welcome passengers aboard the Pohatcong II, a 40-foot pontoon boat with two motors and two floats, suitable for navigating the shallow Tuckerton Creek.

ALL ABOARD: (From left) Taylor Katchum, Capt. Dick Gouldey and Bailey Holcomb welcome passengers aboard the Pohatcong II for the first ferry ride of the summer season. (Monique M. Demopoulos)

Holcomb explained to passengers that the Pohatcong II is named after its predecessor (the Pohatcong I), a steam-powered vessel that ferried people from the Tuckerton Railroad over to Beach Haven in the 1800s. Because the Lenni-Lenape were the first people in the area, the Pohatcong takes its name from an Algonquian word meaning “stream between two hills.”

According to Katchum, because the first European settlers to colonize the Tuckerton area in the 1680s were Quakers, and therefore passivists, they had a more peaceful coexistence with the natives than that in most other areas. Despite the relocation of most Eastern tribes to the Midwest, indigenous people remain in New Jersey today. The Lenni-Lenape headquarters are in Bridgeton, Katchum said.

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‘We have a footprint on Main Street again’: ‘Mohican Miles’ exhibit opens in Stockbridge

STOCKBRIDGE — For descendants of the town’s original settlers, the Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians, a return to their ancestral homelands always packs a powerful, emotional punch.

That was especially evident last week, as several tribal members dedicated a new public exhibit at the Trustees of Reservations’ Mission House at 19 Main St. Artifacts from the Mohican Nation’s archives went on display, curated from their museum in Bowler, Wis., in the area where the descendants have resided since the 1850s, after their forced exile from Stockbridge and a long westward journey, enduring tremendous hardship.

In the 1730s, after the 125-member tribe arrived from New York’s Upper Hudson Valley, Stockbridge — it originally was named Indian Town — was settled as a missionary community for the Mohicans and English to coexist and co-govern. The Rev. John Sergeant, an English settler, created a mission house in the town to promote Christianity.

The Stockbridge-Munsee Community now has a five-year agreement with the Trustees to tell its story through the Mission House exhibit, said Bonney Hartley, historic preservation manager for the tribe. “The whole exhibit is told in our own voice so we have a footprint on Main Street again,” she explained.

Stockbridge native Trudy Fadding, a rising junior at Williams College, worked with the tribe’s historical preservation office in Williamstown to help develop the exhibit.

Through a college internship with Hartley last winter, Fadding researched and prepared the content and text for the “Mohican Miles” exhibit panels.

Timeline

1734: The 125-member Mohican tribe arrives at Indian Town (later named Stockbridge) from its ancestral homelands in New York’s Upper Hudson Valley.

1736: John Sergeant, a European settler, creates a mission house to promote Christianity.

1737: A land grant signed by Massachusetts Bay Colony “Governour” Jonathan Belcher, on behalf of King George II, gave 1/60th of the territory each to…

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Oyster House Park opens on Nanticoke riverfront in Seaford

Oyster House Park, at the site of the old J.B. Robinson Oyster House in Seaford, is now open on the Nanticoke River.

The first of four construction phases was recently completed, allowing the public to access an extended riverwalk, fishing nooks, entertainment deck, short-term boat docking facilities and a kayak launch.

“This investment will not only draw people to the waterfront to enjoy the natural beauty of the river but also to Seaford’s downtown businesses,” said Seaford Mayor David Genshaw. “We believe this park will have a significant economic boost to not only our downtown but will also impact future investments along the waterfront.”

DOWNSTREAM: New park coming to Seaford is one-of-a-kind on the Nanticoke River

Future construction phases, to be completed over the next five years, include:

  • Phase Two: Construction of 75-seat amphitheater and overflow lawn with room for 200, which will tie into the entertainment deck. Landscaping and water quality enhancement projects.
  • Phase Three: Construction of visitors center, a scaled-down replica of the J.B. Robinson Oyster House. Building will include restrooms, information and historic exhibits and space for meetings, classes and similar events.
  • Phase Four: Construction of a pavilion and a “tribal council ring” for Nanticoke Indian ceremonies, as well as path and walkway improvements. 

RELATED: Work begins on Seaford’s eco- and family-friendly Oyster House Park

The $1.2 million project will focus on enhancing access to both the Nanticoke River and the city of Seaford along the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail (also known as the Chesapeake Trail).

It’s funded by a mix of government and nonprofit money, with the Chesapeake Conservancy playing a pivotal role.

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Shannon Marvel McNaught covers Sussex County and beyond. Reach her at smcnaught@gannett.com.

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Viewing Picks for June 25, 2021

All Times Eastern

Australian Rules Football
Australian Football League — Week 15
North Melbourne Kangaroos vs. Gold Coast Suns — FS2, 11:30 p.m.
Collingwood Magpies vs. Fremantle Dockers — FS2, 2:30 a.m. (Saturday)
Port Adelaide Power vs. Sydney Swans — FS1, 5:30 a.m. (Saturday)

Boxing
Inside Boxing — Fubo Sports Network, 4 p.m.
Max on Boxing — ESPN2, 5 p.m.

College Baseball
College World Series, TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, Omaha, NE
Semifinals
North Carolina State vs. Vanderbilt — ESPN2, 2 p.m.
Mississippi State vs. Texas — ESPN, 7 p.m.

Cycling
Tour de France
Stage 1: Brest-Landerneau — NBCSN/Peacock, 6:30 a.m. (Saturday)

Tour de France Pre-Race Show — NBCSN, 6 a.m. (Saturday)

Formula 1
Grand Prix of Austria, Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Practice 2 — ESPN2, 8:55 a.m.
Practice 3 — ESPN2, 5:55 a.m. (Saturday)

Golf
European Tour
BMW International Open, Golfclub München Eichenried, Munich, Germany
2nd Round — Peacock, 10 a.m.

PGA of America
Women’s PGA Championship, Atlanta Athletic Club (The Highlands Course), Johns Creek, GA
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 10 a.m.

PGA Tour
Greater Hartford Open, TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, CT
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

PGA Tour Champions
Senior Players Championship, Firestone Country Club, Akron, OH
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf Central — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

Gymnastics
U.S. Olympic Team Trials
Women’s Competition, The Dome at America’s Center, St. Louis, MO
Day 1 — Olympic Channel, 7:30 p.m.
Day 1 — NBC, 8 p.m.

Horse Racing
America’s Day at the Races — FS2, 12:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
Bellator 261
Johnson vs. Moldavsky, Mohegan Sun Arena, Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino, Uncasville, CT
Main Event — Showtime, 9…

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Carole Owens: Mohican dispossession a dark part of local history

History is written by the victors — except in the rare instance when it is not.

In 1939, authors Christina Marquand and Sarah Sedgwick wrote, “The Stockbridge of today, swept clean of its original owners, the Indians, is what the Williams and the English families up on the hill built for us.”

In March 1736, the General Court in Boston granted six square miles (23,040 acres) on the Housatonic River north of Sheffield to the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation. In addition, six white families, “the English” — missionary John Sergeant, brothers Timothy and Joseph Woodbridge, Ephraim Williams, Ephraim Brown, and Josiah Jones — were granted 400 acres each. The Mohicans retained 90 percent, the English 10 percent of the settlement called Indian Town. Later, it would be renamed Stockbridge.

Highway robbery

Col. John Stoddard, the surveyor, laid out 32 meadow lots along either side of the river for the Mohicans. The six “settling lots” for the English were on the hill. The Mohicans expressed concerns, even fear, but were assured by Stoddard that the law would protect them and their property.

In “The Red Man Dispossessed” (New England Quarterly, March 1994), Lion Miles traces the dispossession and ousting of the Mohicans from their land: “The Indians found the English were not content with [the land grants]. The Indians charged that the English claimed lands amounting to 4800 acres, twice the 2400 originally allocated.”

The methods of theft were various. With Williams in the lead and others following, many questionable practices were employed.

The whites purchased land from the Mohicans for outrageously low prices without first securing the approval of the General Court. The approval was required precisely to ensure fair prices.

To avoid involvement of the General Court, the English swapped land. The Mohicans did not understand relative land values and were duped. To…

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Now 7 years with Bellator, Scott Coker sees ‘a lot of great things ahead’ for the promotion in 2021

UNCASVILLE, Conn. – For over seven years, Scott Coker has been at the Bellator control panel. The time has flown by for Coker, who would rather focus on the future than the past.

“I think we’ve done a lot of great work in the last seven years,” Coker told MMA Junkie on Thursday. “This was a much different roster than it was seven years ago. It takes time to build a company and a league. I think that right now this is the best roster we’ve had to date. We’re with a great new television partner and there’s a lot of great things ahead. I’m really excited about what’s happening here at Bellator and the future.”

Since July 2020, Bellator has held all 20 of its domestic events at Mohegan Sun Arena. After Bellator 261 on Friday and Bellator 262 on July 13, the promotion will travel across the country for Bellator 263 on July 31 in Los Angeles.

Despite his praise for Mohegan Sun, Coker is excited to hit the road again. The hope is that fans across the country – and perhaps even some overseas – will be able to attend a live Bellator event in 2021.

“We’re out there looking for some venues right now,” Coker said. “We’re definitely going to get on the road. We love the Mohegan Sun. This is a great venue that’s been very good to us. It’s been the home for the last (11) months but I think it’s time to get on the road and get back to what we used to do, which is have a little touring roadshow, coming to different cities around the country.

“As soon as international opens up a little bit, we’re definitely going to get on the road and start promoting fights…

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Yudichak: 2021-2022 budget invests in Northeastern Pennsylvania jobs

Jul. 3—NANTICOKE — State Sen. John Yudichak Wednesday said the strength of Pennsylvania’s technology infrastructure directly impacts our ability to compete for private capital investment, attract new companies, and create 21st century jobs.

Yudichak, I-Swoyersville, said the state is failing to attract major data center developers.

“That’s because our tax policy is driving development and private capital to other states,” Yudichak said. “The passage of the state budget demonstrates Pennsylvania is stepping up and competing for high-wage technology jobs, and establishing an economic game plan to attract the world’s tech giants to Pennsylvania.”

Yudichak announced that several initiatives in the 2021-2022 state budget package will help Luzerne County and northeastern Pennsylvania continue to recover from the economic impact of COVID-19 by setting the stage for private sector job growth.

Earlier this year, Yudichak was named the Chairman of the Senate Community, Economic & Recreational Development Committee, which has broad oversight of the Commonwealth’s community and economic development programs.

Yudichak said he collaborated with State Rep. Donna Oberlander and Sen. Scott Hutchinson — the primary sponsors of legislation to provide a sales and use tax exemption for the development of computer data centers — to form a coalition of organized labor and the technology industry that successfully advanced House Bill 952.

Yudichak said the legislation will position Pennsylvania to compete for billions of dollars and thousands of jobs in the construction of enterprise data centers.

Local Share Account — Luzerne County

As part of the Fiscal Code (HB 1348), Yudichak said changes are being made to the Luzerne County Local Share Account Program. He said the changes will create an innovative public-public partnership between the Commonwealth and Luzerne County to fund much needed public infrastructure projects that will improve public safety and enhance the county’s ability to attract large economic development projects.

Local Resource Manufacturing Tax Credit Changes

As part…

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