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These summer camps in Delaware offer kids a variety of activities centered around nature, music, arts, education and more.

And to add a little more sweetness to the nostalgic ride, all visitors will get a free candy cane!

Delaware Heads Back to Nature as Summer Camps Plan to Reopen Share Adobe Stock/nullplus Although there may be fewer attendees amid a second year of COVID-19, Delaware summer camps prepare for an active and safe season. As he looks forward to the summer of 2021, Walt Lafontaine is one happy camper. Last spring, he had to make the wrenching decision not to open Camp Arrowhead—the largely residential summer camp he runs on the western shore of Rehoboth Bay—for the COVID-19–haunted summer of ...

Delaware has a new daily snow depth record ... 11 years later Delaware News Journal It has been an active 2021 as far as snowstorms go. This month, the National Center for Environmental Information determined that Delaware broke a record for daily snow depth measurement that was established 42 years ago. Only the new record wasnt set by any of our recent modest storms. It happened 11 years ago during the “Snowmageddon” storm that pelted the region in early February 2010. The center, an off...

Dover man killed Wednesday while driving dirt bike in Camden Delaware News Journal A 33-year-old Dover man was killed Wednesday night while riding a dirt bike near Route 13 in Camden, Delaware State Police said. Police said Richard S. Peace was traveling north on Peachtree Run, approaching Vanessa Drive, behind the Tractor Supply Co. and Honda dealership located on South Du Pont Highway. At the same time, a Dover man driving a sedan and traveling south on Peachtree Run was attempting to make a...

The furry friends join hundreds of other animals bring brought to Delaware from the South this week.

Delaware News Journal A local dog was left shivering but safe Wednesday afternoon after becoming stranded on a block of ice in Carousel Parks pond, requiring a multi-agency rescue. Larry Gladnick had brought his pup, Bowie, to Carousel Bark Park shortly after noon to play in the field. Temperatures on Wednesday reached the mid-50s. When Gladnick let Bowie loose — dogs are allowed to be unleashed in the park — he ran onto the ice in the pond and fell through. Gladnick tried to grab Bo...

PIKE CREEK, Delaware (WPVI) -- A dog stranded in the middle of an icy pond was rescued Wednesday thanks to fire crews in Pike Creek, Delaware. The dogs owner said the pup - named Bowie - got out on an icy pond at Carousel Park. He initially fell through the ice, but was able to get himself out of the cold water.