newarking

Something I’ve been thinking about doing for a while, just to have some fun, and gain some experience doing is getting involved with the local University radio station. The call letters are WVUD, and the station number is 91.3 FM.

The station is non-commercial, and their stated mission is:

…to serve the University of Delaware, to serve Newark, our city of license, and to train students interested in broadcasting.

As a music lover, I think this might be something I enjoy. The station broadcasts at 1,000 watts, 24 hours a day. I’ve known a few people who worked at the station, with late night, or very early morning shows.

Their Policies and Procedures handbook (pdf) is online. Learned something from it within a few minutes of starting to read it:

The FCC has set aside the lower portion of the FM band, from 88.1 to 91.9 megahertz (MHz) for non-commercial, educational radio stations.

And I thought it was a coincidence. Looks like I have some learning to do.

I sometimes forget that I have a coffee maker in my own home, when I start thinking about all of the places on Main Street in Newark to grab a cup of java. Even the local drug store makes it easy to get my daily minimum requirement of caffeine:

The Coffee counter at Happy Harrys

A friend suggested that I write a post about all of the places to stop at for coffee in the morning, since Newark seems to be filled with such places. I decided to take pictures of some of the shops that featured coffee, and not include some of the other restaurants where you could also find the beverage on their menus…
(more…)

The Downtown Newark Partnership will be making a case for expanding their activity in Newark to expand from activities covering Main Street to include a stretch of Elkton Road. It’s probably a good idea, and reflects recent growth, activities, and planning for that additional area.

Elkton Road leads to the Delaware/Maryland State line, and changes in name to Newark Avenue once you pass over into Maryland, running out to Elkton Maryland.

The area under the Partnership’s eye would run along Elkton Road from Main Street to Apple Road.

I like the idea, and hope if it passes City Council, which I think it will, that this new section of “downtown” gets a little more attention from the City and the community as a result of this expansion.