🌱 Dolly Spankers and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Dolly Spanker's Delaware City formerly Crabby Dick's at Dolly Spanker's
• Dolly Spankers

Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Humid with a shower in spots, with a high of 85 and low of 69 degrees.
• Friday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 83, low: 59.
• Saturday: Delightful with sunny spells, with a high of 75 and low of 64 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Delaware City

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★ Featured events ★

Friday September 18
• Dolly Spanker's Delaware City formerly Crabby Dick's →
  Dolly Spanker's, 30 Clinton Street, Delaware City
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday October 3
• Dolly Spankers →
  Delaware City DE
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday September 17
• Coffee & Bagels with Town Council
  Middletown Town Community Events, 19 W Green St, Middletown
  8:00 am
• Rockwood Chair Yoga: Thursday AM →
  New Castle County, DE Calendar
  9:00 am
• CCND Breakfast – Rt40 Diner →
  Route 40 Diner, 1705 Pulaski Hwy, Bear
  9:00 am
• Airport News & Tobacco →
  Airport News & Tobacco, 275 N Dupont Hwy, New Castle
  3:00 pm
• Planning & Zoning Commission monthly meeting
  Town Hall, 19 W. Green Street, Middletown
  7:00 pm
Friday September 18
• Middletown Invitational →
  Bear DE
• Basic Hunter Education Course →
  Ommelanden Hunter Education and Training Center, 1205 River Road, New Castle
• Lead. Influence. Grow. - MACC Partnership →
  Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce, 1050 Industrial Dr #110, Middletown
• Rockwood's Outdoor Self-Guided Tour →
  New Castle County, DE Calendar
  11:00 am
• Outdoor Guided Tour: The Rockwood Experience →
  New Castle County, DE Calendar
  12:30 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Linde Engineering North America, Inc. posted a job opening for Vehicle Mechanic in Delaware City. Apply here.
• Taco Bell posted a job opening for Team Member in New Castle. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Delaware City here.

🗞 Nearby News

Bear

• Teen Arrested as Police Probe Multiple Vehicle Thefts (mychesco.com)
• Delaware House primaries bring upsets, comebacks and tight wins (delawareonline.com)
• The Most Popular Triathlon Race in Every State (triathlete.com)

New Castle

• DSB Accepting Applications for State's First $10M Film Tax Credit Program (delaware.gov)
• Masked man busted inside New Castle car dealership with concealed machete police say (shorenewsnetwork.com)
• Democrat Lauzen appears to win treasurer primary; would face Ramone (delawareonline.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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