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🌱 Ellendale wildlife caregiver sees a need for Delaware rehab center

Ellendale, Delaware Patch AM: a 3 min read

Good day Ellendale! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Ellendale wildlife caregiver sees a need for Delaware rehab center
  • Two teens charged in Newark’s Halloween shooting

Also on today's calendar: A Curtain Call For Hope: Virtual Benefit Concert and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 65 and low of 49 degrees.
  • Thursday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 62, low: 46.
  • Friday: A shower; windy, cooler, with a high of 50 and low of 38 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• A Delaware nonprofit is fundraising to build state's first wildlife rehab center (whyy.org) — Ellendale wildlife rehabilitator Sherry Hulse nurses injured animals at home, but finding veterinary help on weekends can be difficult. A Delaware nonprofit is seeking $650,000 for a centralized rehabilitation center that could provide medical care and ease volunteers’ workloads. The group is still looking for land and has not settled on a location.
   

• Newark police arrest two in connection with Halloween mass shooting (spotlightdelaware.org) — Two teenagers face attempted murder charges in Newark’s Halloween shooting, which wounded seven people about an hour after a separate shooting in Ellendale killed a 17-year-old girl and injured eight others. The arrests concern only the Newark case, where police say they are still investigating what led to the gunfire.
   

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  • Royal Farms posted a job opening for Shift Leader in Milton. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

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  • Milford Museum unveils $1 million renovation, plans sneak preview for Saturday (coasttv.com)
  • Voting Open for the 2026 BroadwayWorld Delaware Awards (broadwayworld.com)

Ok Ellendale! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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