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Michael Thomas Leibrandt: When nothing is sacred

In Philadelphia, many things are sacred. At least they should be.

Our nation will celebrate 250 years of existence in 2026 , with its formation and Declaration of Independence  having taken place within the city boundaries. The City of Philadelphia, designed by William Penn as a safe place for the Quaker People, and placed in a desirable location at the confluence of both the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers, spawned from a treaty negotiated with the Lenni Lenape by Penn himself in 1682, some 600 years after the first Native Americans settled the land around what would become the City of Brotherly Love.

Last month, a cleaning crew uncovered vandalism in the Mother Bethel AME Church in Society Hill. A man was sighted throwing a brick through the Church’s historic windows dating from 1890 causing around $15,000.00 in damage. The Church dates from 1794 and is largely credited for the development of the Free African Society.

Also affected this week was Saint John Neumann Shrine which dates back to 1847, causing $20,000 in damages.

So should the birthplace of America stop desecrating its historic places of worship?

We have some of the most historic churches in America. Philadelphia houses the oldest continuously operating church in America, Gloria Dei Old Swedes Church in South Philadelphia which was originally built between 1698 and 1700, and whose congregation dates back to Swedish worship services as far back as 1655 with worship services originally in Tinicum Island.

In May of 2021, in Northeast Philadelphia,  Tacony’s St. Leo the Great Catholic Church was destroyed in an arson fire. The Church was built in 1884.

Occasionally when dealing with monuments from three centuries ago, things happen. Just north of Philadelphia  —  at the one of the oldest Presbyterian church in Pennsylvania (Abington Presbyterian…

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Caroline Joyce Blondi Dolson 1957 2024, death notice, Canada

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Obituary of Caroline Joyce Dolson
Peacefully, passed away April 3rd, 2024, at the age of 67 years. Predeceased by her long-time partner Rudy Bakelaar (March 1, 2024). Special mention to Rudy’s sisters Susan, Marlene, Linda, Anita, and Katie. Predeceased by her mother Mary Dolson, brother Aaron Dolson and special sister-in-law Heather Dolson, all of Munsee-Delaware Nation.
Survived by sibling Jim Dolson, and God-son Tim Burch. Sadly, missed by many nieces and special mention of her nephew Aaron Dolson, and to her cat “Giz” and many extended family and friends.
Caroline will be sadly missed by Beverlee R Burch and families. She met a lot of people in her life’s path, too many to mention! All of you held a special place in her heart, “You know who you are!”
Thank you to Allison Burch for all your care during this time. A special thank you to her primary care nurse Anthily Jose, and Palliative Care Physician Dr. Andrew Sripalan and Charlene Kent of Home and Community Care, all staff of the various support services – SW under CCAC, to LHSC, University Campus and specialists, as well as, LHSC Victoria Campus all staff and a special mention to the CCTC at Victoria Hospital, London.
“Leaving people I love so much!
Making my peace with some.
That won’t be easy or pleasant!”
To Bruce Elijah, Kingston Huff, and the Firekeepers …… Chi Miigwetch!
And we are sending her home in a good way, as per her request …. with the Horse Song!
As per Caroline’s request cremation has taken place.
Online condolences are available through www.elliottmadill.com.
Arrangements are entrusted to Elliott-Madill Funeral Home Ltd., Mount Brydges, Ontario, 519-264-1100

1957 2024

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Nanticoke

Casey announces $1.35M for Nanticoke Creek restoration project

HANOVER TWP. — When it comes to abandoned coal mine lands, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey on Monday said Pennsylvania has more than most states.

“So I don’t have to tell you what projects like this mean to this area,” said Casey, D-Scranton. “As you look around, you can see quite a view here.”

Casey was in Hanover Township on Monday to announce federal funding to reclaim and restore land impacted by coal mining in Luzerne County.

“With funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, $1,354,600 will be used for the Nanticoke Creek restoration project,” Casey said. “This new funding follows the $244 million Pennsylvania has already received from the infrastructure law.”

Casey said Pennsylvania has already received $270 million for abandoned mine land cleanup — including $244 million from the Casey-backed infrastructure law.

According to Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley, who attended the news conference, Pennsylvania leads the nation with $5.1 billion of abandoned mine damaged land.

“To put that into perspective, West Virginia is number two, and they have $2.3 billion in liabilities,” Shirley said.

Casey said President Joe Biden’s federal infrastructure bill provided $3.7 billion for Pennsylvania over the next 15 years to reclaim abandoned mine land.

Terence J. Ostrowski, president/CEO at Earth Conservancy, attended the news conference. He and Elizabeth W. Hughes, director of communications, explained the scope of the Nanticoke Creek restoration project.

Located in the City of Nanticoke, Hanover and Newport townships, and Warrior Run Borough, the Nanticoke Creek watershed is a sub-watershed of the Susquehanna River Basin. Over the past several years, Earth Conservancy has worked with a team of consultants and agencies to develop a comprehensive plan to restore the historic alignment of the upper portions of the Nanticoke Creek.

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Mohegan

Enter to Win a Pair of Tickets to Bert Kreischer at Mohegan Sun on April 26

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Popular Archeology – Research collaboration dates genetic lineage of Blackfoot Confederacy to late Pleistocene

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE (AAAS)—A new study* describes a previously unidentified genetic lineage from which the modern-day Blood (Kainai) First Nation/Blackfoot Confederacy descended. Through comparisons of DNA from both Ancestral and modern-day Confederacy members, the work dates this Historic Blackfoot lineage to the late Pleistocene, corroborating established oral and archaeological records. The Blackfoot Confederacy is made of member tribes with ancestral ties to nomadic bison hunters that lived across the Northwestern Plains and Rocky Mountain Front. Oral and archaeological records place them in this region during the end of the last glaciation by at least 10,000 years ago.  Yet, the Blackfoot’s legacy has been contested frequently in land and water rights lawsuits. “The objectives of this study were not only to advance scientific knowledge about Indigenous genomic lineages that can provide insight into the peopling of the Americas but also to provide the Blackfoot with an independent line of evidence for evaluating purported ancestral relationships with other North American groups,” Dorothy First Rider and colleagues write. Here, First Rider et al. analyzed samples from 7 historical Ancestors and 6 living Blackfoot people. They found that ancient and modern DNA had a high proportion of shared alleles, demonstrating genetic continuity over millennia. Further modeling suggests that the Blood/Blackfoot ancient lineage split from other ancestral Indigenous American groups roughly 18,000 years ago. Athabascan and Karitiana then separated from this Historic Blackfoot group 13,000 years ago. Notably, the investigations help answer why Blackfoot language has minimal linguistic overlap with other Algic (or Indigenous North American) languages such as central Algonquian. “Certain elements of Blackfoot are older than proto-Algonquian language and likely were spoken by Indigenous peoples in the aboriginal homelands…

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‘We’re the last of the Mohicans … but it’s becoming harder’, says owner of Dublin pub selling €5 pints

Pauric Tighe, originally from Virginia in Co Cavan, has worked in Downey’s Bar in Cabra since his father took it over back in 2002.

Walking into the local, you’ll see a collage of photos of loyal customers, framed pictures of the Downey’s crowd with an Irish flag at Italia 90, cheques of donations they raised for Temple Street Children’s Hospital, and an Elvis Presley flag.

‘We’re the last of the Mohicans, it’s becoming harder,’ says Cabra pub owner trying to keep pints at Cavan prices

You’ll also find a Guinness Six Nations flag with a €5 sign stuck to it, letting people know that Downey’s is one of the few pubs in the capital that still sells it at that price.

But as Diageo continues to raise the price of their alcohol, it’s becoming more and more difficult to keep the pint at a reasonable price.

“We’re the last of the Mohicans, it’s becoming harder,” Mr Tighe told the Irish Independent.

“It’s good to be competitive, but we’re unique, this pub can’t be replicated anywhere else. It’s mostly due to the people who come in here, not us. They’re what make Downey’s, Downey’s.

“We’ve photographs of the customers and memorial cards of our past customers behind the bar. If these types of pubs close, they’ll only be replaced by Starbucks or some sort of coffee shop. This pub is unique to this area.

“We’re trying to get people to come out, not sit and drink at home. We’re saying we’re €5 a pint, why not give us a go one night a week, that’s our offering to people.

“Our customers are locals here in Cabra East. They’re all over the walls. This is a local Cabra pub, having decent prices encourages people to come out.

“That’s what we want, there’s no point in having an expensive drink and an empty…

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Exhibition on New Amsterdam from an Indigenous perspective 

Amsterdam Museum collaborates with the Museum of the City of New York and native New Yorkers

Four hundred years ago, the first Dutch settlers arrived in the area that is now New York. Their mission from the Dutch West India Company (WIC) was to establish the colony New Netherland, with its capital New Amsterdam, at the southern tip of present-day Manhattan. The Amsterdam Museum, together with the Museum of the City of New York and representatives of the Lenape – original inhabitants of this area of the United States – are creating an exhibition about this shared history.

The exhibition Manahahtáanung or New Amsterdam? The Indigenous story behind New York is on display at the Amsterdam Museum aan de Amstel from 16 May to 10 November 2024. This exhibition looks from an Indigenous perspective at the decades-long period of Dutch colonisation of the area, its impact on the Indigenous inhabitants and their struggles. A sequel to the exhibition will be on show at the Museum of the City of New York in autumn 2025. 

Imara Limon, curator, Amsterdam Museum: ”Colonialism in Suriname, the Caribbean and Asia is receiving increasing attention in the Netherlands and also at the Amsterdam Museum. But Amsterdam also left deep traces in North America through colonial activities. I was surprised how little most Amsterdamers and New Yorkers know about New Amsterdam and the Lenape. All the while, the name Amsterdam was used to make the area their own. We are honoured to work with representatives from the Lenape and the Museum of the City of New York to showcase this underexposed part of Dutch colonial history.”

The reason for the collaboration and exhibition is that 2024 will mark four hundred years since the Dutch arrived in America at the mouth of the Hudson River to…

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Casey announces $1.35M for Nanticoke Creek restoration project

Apr. 1—HANOVER TWP. — When it comes to abandoned coal mine lands, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey on Monday said Pennsylvania has more than most states.

“So I don’t have to tell you what projects like this mean to this area,” said Casey, D-Scranton. “As you look around, you can see quite a view here.”

Casey was in Hanover Township on Monday to announce federal funding to reclaim and restore land impacted by coal mining in Luzerne County.

“With funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, $1,354,600 will be used for the Nanticoke Creek restoration project,” Casey said. “This new funding follows the $244 million Pennsylvania has already received from the infrastructure law.”

Casey said Pennsylvania has already received $270 million for abandoned mine land cleanup — including $244 million from the Casey-backed infrastructure law.

According to Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley, who attended the news conference, Pennsylvania leads the nation with $5.1 billion of abandoned mine damaged land.

“To put that into perspective, West Virginia is number two, and they have $2.3 billion in liabilities,” Shirley said.

Casey said President Joe Biden’s federal infrastructure bill provided $3.7 billion for Pennsylvania over the next 15 years to reclaim abandoned mine land.

Terence J. Ostrowski, president/CEO at Earth Conservancy, attended the news conference. He and Elizabeth W. Hughes, director of communications, explained the scope of the Nanticoke Creek restoration project.

Located in the City of Nanticoke, Hanover and Newport townships, and Warrior Run Borough, the Nanticoke Creek watershed is a sub-watershed of the Susquehanna River Basin. Over the past several years, Earth Conservancy has worked with a team of consultants and agencies to develop a comprehensive plan to restore the historic alignment of the upper portions of the Nanticoke Creek.

Ostrowski and Hughes said work will begin near Clarks Cross Road and progress upstream, addressing impairments on…

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Derby Day party returns to Mohegan Pennsylvania with special edition of Party on the Patio

Apr. 3—WILKES-BARRE — With the 150th Kentucky Derby taking place Saturday, May 4, Mohegan Pennsylvania is set to host a Kentucky Derby Party like never before with food trucks, mint juleps, contests, promotions, live music and much more.

Beginning at 2:00 p.m., this annual event provides guests with an opportunity to indulge in delicious bites, try various alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, participate in a Hat Revue for a chance to win up to a $500 Mohegan Pennsylvania gift card and join in on a promotion where guests can win up to $1,000 in free wagers.

Additionally, a special edition of Party on the Patio will take place after the race! There is no cover for the Kentucky Derby Party and Party on the Patio.

The Kentucky Derby Party will feature Coors Light, Blue Moon, a variety of seltzers, spirits and non-alcoholic beverages. Guests can also enjoy the official cocktail of the Kentucky Derby — the Mint Julep — with an opportunity to upgrade to a specialty 150th Anniversary Kentucky Derby glass while supplies last.

Those looking to grab a quick bite can head over to the Burger Bus and Eat Up Now food trucks where a variety of mouthwatering options will be available.

Guests can stop by the Best Cigar Pub booth where a live cigar roller will be in action and a selection of cigars will be available for purchase.

Additionally, guests can relax and listen to acoustic music by Ken Norton from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Throughout the day, the Spa Sapphire team will be set up in the racing lobby and assisting guests with Derby Day essentials. Additionally, guests can explore Spa Sapphire’s exquisite five-star services and plan a day of luxurious self-care.

The Hat Revue is also back, and guests have an opportunity to compete for lucrative prizes! Registration for the Hat Revue…

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American Indian Festival, Powwow set for this weekend in Manteo

Chief Marilyn Morrison teaching tribal members the importance of honoring those who have passed at a Circle of Life ceremony held on Roanoke Island in 2022. Photo: Joan Collins

From CoastalReview.org

The 13th Roanoke Island American Indian Festival and Powwow is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Manteo High School Athletic Complex.

The grand entry will take place at 12 p.m. both days. Organizers recommend attendees bring their own chairs and blankets for seating.

The Algonquian Indians of North Carolina Inc., a nonprofit made up of people genealogically descended from the original historic Roanoke-Hatteras, or Croatan, Indians of Dare County, and Mattamuskeet Indians of Hyde County, are presenting the festival and powwow.

The Pea Island Preservation Society Inc. will have a booth at the event to share information about the society and those who worked at the historic Pea Island lifesaving station with American Indian ties.

The society’s goal is to make the story of Keeper Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island lifesavers broadly known.

Etheridge, who was once enslaved on Roanoke Island, became the nation’s first African American keeper in the U.S. Life-Saving Service in January 1880 when he took command of the Pea Island lifesaving station, known as the only all-Black lifesaving station in Life-Saving Service history, according to information provided by board member Joan Collins, an occasional Coastal Review contributor.

Many of the non-European residents on the Outer Banks were a mixture of African, European, and American Indian residents.

This included many members of the historic Pea Island Lifesaving Station, a facility that included men like Etheridge who was enslaved, and others who were the descendants of enslaved people and people with known American Indian ties.

The festival and powwow connect the historic Pea Island…

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