Outstanding alumni honored
UD Alumni Association recognizes Blue Hen achievements
The University of Delaware Alumni Association announced the 2021 recipients of the Alumni Wall of Fame and the Outstanding Alumni Awards who, along with recipients of the Emalea Pusey Warner and Alexander J. Taylor Awards for Outstanding Seniors, will be honored at a virtual awards celebration on Saturday, June 5, during Virtual Alumni Weekend. The UD community, friends and families are invited to attend.
Their names will be inscribed on a wall in the Alumni Circle, located near the Carpenter Sports Building (Little Bob) on campus, which honors recipients of the awards as well as alumni volunteers and leaders who have made significant impacts at the University.
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Salon and clothing store owner Marissa Rule values her close relationship with her mother, Lisa Riggin of Ridley Park. She also values the dedicated customers who have remained faithful to her businesses throughout the pandemic. To honor the women for Motherâs Day, the businesswoman decided to hold a complimentary Motherâs Day professional photo shoot and have the photos sent to all participants as a keepsake treasure of them with their mothers and children. Rule, a current resident of Philadelphia who grew up in Glenolden and graduated from Interboro High School and Venus Beauty Academy, owns Colorista Salon at 5 S. Roberts Road, Bryn Mawr, as well as Colorista Closet (www.Coloristascloset.com), an internet clothing company. Although
The entrance to the 455-acre Camp Laughing Waters is located off New Hanover Square Road. MediaNews Group File Photo
NEW HANOVER â With a unanimous vote, the New Hanover Township Supervisors Thursday voted to offer $600,000, spread out over 10 years, to help with the preservation of the 455-acre Laughing Waters Girl Scout Camp.
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The grants being sought â $250,000 from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and $250,000 from the Department of Community and Economic Development â would help get to the $3.9 million price tag of putting a conservation easement on the entire camp.
The supervisors balked at the request last month, and said, somewhat pointedly, that they thought it was a lot to ask for when Upper Frederick Township, where 17 percent of the camp is located, was only being asked to contribute $1,200.
The Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District launched the 2021 competitive grant programs totaling $33.4 million for park development across Los Angeles County, with online applications open until Oct. 28.
Funded by Measure A, the programs are open for online applications by eligible park development entities from April 30 to October 28 at 10:00 a.m.
Virtual workshops for the competitive grant programs will be held on May 12 and June 9.
In 2016, LA County voters passed the Los Angeles County Safe, Clean Neighborhood Parks and Beaches Measure (Measure A) by 74.9%.
The annual parcel tax, which taxes real property in the County at a rate of 1.6 cents per square of development, generates approximately $95 million in revenue every year.
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