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Highlands 2023 Easter Egg Hunt
Sunny Skies and Smiles all around at the Highlands Egg Hunt We had a fantastic turnout for the 3rd Annual Egg Hunt on Sunday, April 2nd. We had beautiful sunny skies and hid over 10,000 eggs throughout the sculpture gardens at the Delaware Art Museum. We had a very special guest hop on over, the…
Read MoreHighlands 2022 Neighborhood 5K
Over 200 Participants and Generous Sponsors Supported the Inaugural High [5k] Event Thanks to the over 200 runners, walkers, and generous sponsors who turned up for the High 5, the inaugural Highlands Neighborhood 5K benefitting the Friends of Wilmington Parks. $13,500 was raised to support a new concert stage for the Rockford Park concert series…
Read MoreHighlands 4th Annual Halloween Parade
Halloween Parade Continues To Be A Real Treat, With A High Turnout And Special Community Guests What a day for the Highlands Community! We had an incredible turnout for the 4th Annual Halloween Parade on Sunday, October 30th, 2022. The costumes were outstanding – over 400 participants marched past special judges. Mayor Purzycki, Senator McBride,…
Read MoreLocal Artist Opens “Close To Home”
Wendy Hatch is a highly decorated visual artist with a rich tapestry of experiences including undergraduate printmaking at Syracuse University, and MFA at Pratt and Brooklyn, professorial stints including our own Delaware Art Museum. “Close to Home,” a show of W.A.S. Hatch’s recent work, will be on exhibit at the Delaware Center of Contemporary Arts…
Read MoreHighlands Neighbor Provides “Safe Harbor”
Rossana Arteaga-Lopenza is the President of Casa de Venezuela Delaware Valley, a bilingual nonprofit organization whose purpose is to advance the cultural heritage of Venezuela through a range of programs and services. What follows is a lightly-edited transcript of that conversation. Benjamin Wagner: Rosanna, we like to start with a sense of your Highlands ……
Read MoreLocal Ecologist Dances For Environmental Education
Highlands Live hit the dance floor on Wednesday as Ecotonic Movement Founder and Managing Director at the Alliance for Watershed Education, Dr. Jamē McCray, shared insight, wisdom and expertise gleaned from her experience combining ecology and dance on behalf of the environment. What follows is a lightly-edited transcript of that conversation. Benjamin Wagner: What are…
Read MoreCommunity Leaders Discuss Northeast Wilmington Revitalization
In this lightly-edited transcript of Highlands Live from Wednesday, November 3, REACH Riverside Development Corporation Board Chair, Charlie McDowell, and his colleague, WRK Group CEO, Logan Herring, discuss progress-to-date on their effort to revitalize Northeast Wilmington’s Riverside community. Lindsey DiSabatino: We like to start with your sense of the highlands. Charlie, what are your favorite…
Read MoreWhat’s the Status of Bancroft Bridge?
The Director of Delaware State Parks, Raymond Bivens, met by Zoom with several groups on October 27, 2021, to discuss the Bancroft Footbridge connecting Alapocas Run State Park to Rockford Road. Director Bivens and Matt Ritter (the State) met with Mary Roth, Executive Director of Delaware Greenway, Inc. (DGI), Jed Patterson, President of the DGI…
Read MoreMayor Reflects on Legacy & Opportunity
Wilmington Mayor and Highlands’ neighbor, Mike Purzycki, shows no sign of slowing as he rounds the bases on his second term. In this lightly edited transcript of the Mayor’s discussion with Highlands Live co-hosts, Benjamin Wagner and Lindsey DiSabatino, on Wednesday, October 27, he discusses his legacy and hope for progress yet to be made. Lindsey DiSabatino: We…
Read MoreCrime, Traffic & Development Top Fall Meeting Discussion
Last week’s Highlands Community Association’s Fall Meeting featured wide ranging discussion on the state of our local community as it emerges from a pandemic and wrestles with challenges of crime, traffic and development. Please click here to read the Highlands Community Association Fall Meeting minutes prepared by HCA Secretary Margaret Sears Lindley. Mayor Mike Purzycki…
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