The Delaware Gazette

Interest in community gardens grows in Delaware

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More and larger com­mu­nity gar­dens are crop­ping up this spring, the lat­est includ­ing plots at Sal­va­tion Army’s Green­wood Lake Camp, Ross Street Park and the Delaware County Com­mu­nity Market.

Towering legend, flawed man? King’s image evolving

WASHINGTON (AP) — On the National Mall in Wash­ing­ton, Mar­tin Luther King Jr. is a tow­er­ing, heroic fig­ure carved in stone. On the Broad­way stage, he’s a liv­ing, breath­ing man who chain smokes, sips liquor and occa­sion­ally curses.

Donations lag in Delaware’s Salvation Army Red Kettle drive

From left, Delaware resident Kim Yates drops some coins into the Salvation Army Delaware Corps red kettle, manned by Sandy Keeton, outside of Wal-Mart on U.S. 23. (Gazette | Melissa Mackey)

With char­i­ta­ble drive dona­tions down at all social ser­vice agen­cies, the Sal­va­tion Army of Delaware County still hopes to meet its Red Ket­tle Cam­paign fund drive goal this year.

Community gardens are growing

Call them allot­ment gar­dens, vic­tory gar­dens or com­mu­nity gar­dens, it’s all the same.

One spooky tradition — OWU’s Chi Phi haunted house funds benefit local charities

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From a haunted toy fac­tory to a pitch black maze, phil­an­thropic fra­ter­nity mem­bers at Ohio Wes­leyan Uni­ver­sity are rais­ing a scare this weekend.

Delaware Salvation Army food pantry finds new home

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The Sal­va­tion Army of Delaware County has offi­cially relo­cated to 340 Lake Street, a larger cam­pus about three miles from the for­mer site on 252 Cur­tis Street in Delaware.

Delaware’s growing hunger problem gets leaders’ attention

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Assem­bling three-day sup­plies of food for hun­gry Delaware County res­i­dents was an eye-opening expe­ri­ence for the two coun­cil mem­bers, who vol­un­teered at the local food pantry Wednes­day morning.

Local teen feeds 30 families in lieu of graduation gifts

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At a time when college-bound stu­dents are sav­ing for their futures, Haylee Cossin, 18, turned her grad­u­a­tion party into a fundraiser to help hun­gry fam­i­lies in Delaware County.

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