22.4.24
Little Mill Creek Stream Restoration Presentation :: 6 May Mon 6PM
New Castle County Little Mill Creek Stream Restoration Presentation
Host :: NCC 9th District Councilman Tim Sheldon :: Jason P Zern P.E. Operations Engineer NCC Public Works
Time :: Monday 6:00 PM May 6th 2024
Location :: Marbrook Elementary School 2101 Centerville Road Wilm DE 19808
21.4.24
McKean Horticulture Plant Sale April 27th-May 4th 2024!! 9:00AM-5:00PM
Plant Sale Information!!
April 27th-May 4th 2024!!
9:00AM-5:00PM
Browse our available plants - all plant sales will only occur in-person
at Thomas McKean High School.
McKean Horticulture
Thomas McKean High School,
301 MCKENNANS CHURCH RD
WILMINGTON, Delaware 19808
(302) 992-5520
kelly.oldis@redclay.k12.de.us
All major credit cards and cash are accepted forms of payment.
20.4.24
19.4.24
NCC Woodland Run ParkCleanUp - 20 April 9AM
NCC Woodland Run ParkCleanUp - 20 April 9AM
We will be cleaning
up litter from the parkland & creek , collecting & chipping up
the downed brush from over winter . Meeting at the playground 9AM .
Brush Cutters , Saws , Clippers , Loppers , Tractors , Backhoes , Lawn Trailers ,
… Et cetera All Needed & Appreciated
We are again cleaning up & chipping as much brush as we can as a flood preventative measure ; please come out & help
302.463.2239 brooklandterrace@gmail.com
17.4.24
New Castle County Little Mill Creek Stream Restoration Presentation :: Time :: Monday 6:00 PM May 6th 2024 :: Location :: Marbrook Elementary School 2101 Centerville Road Wilmington DE 19808
New Castle County Little Mill Creek Stream Restoration Woodland Run Park
Presentation 6th May 6:00 Monday 2024 :: Marbrook Elementary School
Time :: Monday 6:00 PM May 6th 2024
Host :: NCC 9th District CouncilmanTim Sheldon :: Jason P Zern P.E. Operations Engineer New Castle County Public Works
Topic :: New Castle County Little Mill Creek Stream Restoration / Woodland Run Park
Location :: Marbrook Elementary School 2101 Centerville Road Wilmington DE 19808
16.4.24
Reported To Del-Dot 300 Hillside Ave :: Colapsed Storm Drain Grate Repaired Quickly ...
Reported To Del-Dot 300 Hillside Ave :: Colapsed Storm Drain Grate Repaired Quickly ...
On behalf of Brookland Terrace THANK YOU
15.4.24
New Castle County Little Mill Creek Stream Restoration / Woodland Run Park Presentation 6 May 6:00 Monday 2024 :: Marbrook Elementary School
New Castle County Little Mill Creek Stream Restoration / Woodland Run Park
Presentation 6th May 6:00 Monday 2024 :: Marbrook Elementary School
Time :: Monday 6:00 PM May 6th 2024
Guest :: NCC 9th District CouncilmanTim Sheldon :: Jason P Zern P.E. Operations Engineer New Castle County Public Works
Topic :: New Castle County Little Mill Creek Stream Restoration / Woodland Run Park
Location :: Marbrook Elementary School 2101 Centerville Road Wilmington DE 19808
BTCC Zoom Meeting 7:30 PM Monday April 15th
BTCC Zoom Meeting 7:30 PM Monday April 15th
- Spring Newsletter w Updates
Brookland Terrace Civic Club
Zoom Meeting 7:30 PM Monday April 15thhttps://bit.ly/3KIt3Uf
•• 2024 Zoom Meetings 7:30 Mon 17 June & 16 Sept
•• 2024 Zoom Meetings 7:30 Mon 17 June & 16 Sept
14.4.24
Collapsed Storm Drain Grate Reported to Del-DOT 300 Hillside Brookland & Armstrong ::
Reported to Del-DOT 300 Hillside Brookland & Armstrong :: Collapsed Storm Drain Grate
Collapsed Storm Drain Grate :: 300 Hillside Ave. Wilmington DE 19805 Brookland Terrace Cross Streets Brookland & Armstrong Ave.
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Good afternoon,
The maintenance yard has been dispatched to address this concern. Work order 1337808 has been generated.
Thank you
Zach
DelDOT TMC
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Owners found and being delivered to the owner"Zsa Zsa Darling :: Found in Woodland Park Intact male and a female
Owners found and being delivered to the owner"Zsa Zsa Darling
Found in Poodland Park
Intact male and a female
Zsa Zsa Darling
10.4.24
BTCC Zoom Meeting 7:30 PM Monday April 15th - Spring Newsletter w Updates
BTCC Zoom Meeting 7:30 PM Monday April 15th - Spring Newsletter w Updates
Brookland Terrace Civic Club
Zoom Meeting 7:30 PM Monday April 15thhttps://bit.ly/3KIt3Uf
2024 Zoom Meetings 7:30 Mon 17 June & 16 Sept
2024 Zoom Meetings 7:30 Mon 17 June & 16 Sept
4.4.24
Update :: FYI We got Beaver at SR141 East Brookland Ave
Update :: FYI We got Beaver at SR141 East Brookland Ave
There apparently is a Beaver Dam under the Del-Dot bridge BR1-143 at SR141 Centre Ferris Rd at Little Mill Creek .
NCC Forestry was out today surveying the situation and discovered that they have Non Union competition from the beavers .
Today we have also seen said bever damn under the Del-Dot Bridge BR1-143 at SR141 Centre Ferris Rd at Little Mill Creek also the beaver Has been named Duncan Wood by a committee of community children …
39.742819, -75.614666. Parcel ID: 0703530196 410 CENTRE RD WILMINGTON DE 19805
Many of us attended multiple years worth of meetings on the Del-Dot !41 Kirkwood Hwy Faulkland to SR2 improvement Project several years back one of the goals of the project was to raise the level of Del-Dot bridge BR1-143 so that 141 would stop flooding & stoping traffic .
What can be done & by whom to remove the Beaver Dam under Del-Dot bridge BR1-143 before we have flooding on 141 or water over the bridge closing 141 to traffic yet again .
Also of a reminder there is a President of the United States of America (POTUS) that travels on this route quite frequently to get to the airport to home & vice versa on the regular .
Your attention in these matters is much appreciate .
If you have any further questions or clarifications needed, feel free to reach out 302.463.2239 brooklandterrace@gmail.com
BTCC Pres. Charles Stirk.
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4 April 2024
Good afternoon,
Thank you for reporting this concern. Please report nuisance animals to DNREC at (302) 739-9912. Reference number 1336221 has been generated.
Thank you
Zach
DelDOT TMC
tmc1@delaware.gov
New Not So Little Library !!!
A New "Not So Little Library"in the 600 Block of Armstrong Southbound
Great Job Mark !
Armstrong Ave Little Free Library Story
The basic idea started in February 2019 when a friend moved into an apartment and was lamenting that she didn’t have anywhere to put her books, being a guy, I started googling small apartment size libraries and as I was looking through the search, came upon the little free libraries. The seed was planted.
Forward to October 31, 2019, Halloween. To set the stage, when I open my front door, standing outside the door, you see 5 bookshelves filled with about 200 books and various nick knacks. So, the usual group of kids come and go, but toward the end, the doorbell rings and I open the door expecting the usual “trick or treat” and a 5- or 6-year-old boy says “Wow!! Look at all those books!!” I chuckle, his parents chuckle, and the kid just stares at the books.
I wish I had thought of offering him a book, but I didn’t think about it until later. I gave him some candy and off he went. To my surprise, 2 kids later, a young girl, maybe 4 years old, said the exact same thing, after which I thought to myself, why are these kids surprised to see the books?
As I pondered the question that evening, I realized that kids these days don’t have books in their houses, they and their parents all have e-readers and such. My mind went back to February and the little free libraries I had seen online, and I decided I had to build one.
LFL (little free Library) 1.0 December 2019. My first LFL was small, 18” x 18”, I built it out of scraps I had in my garage and as soon as I started putting books into it, I realized it was way too small. Opps, in my excitement, I forgot to consider how many books I wanted to put in it. I decided to see how the neighborhood responded to it and if they used it, I would build a bigger one. They started using it the very next day.
LFL 2.0 June 2020. My second LFL was 3 times the size of the first one, 36” X 36”, I still didn’t like how many books fit into it, and like the first one, was it used a lot. In the back of my mind I was thinking, one day I’ll build a bigger one.
LFL 3.0 April 2024. That day came in July of 2023, I came home from vacation to find my LFL was stuffed with books, I had to remove some books just so they wouldn’t fall out when you opened the door. I decided to build a much bigger LFL 48” by 60”, 3 times bigger than the 2ndone. I built the library in August 2023 and was thinking I should get someone to paint it, as I pondered who I would ask, a friend, Patty Haggerty was talking about a painting she had done and was saying she hadn’t been painting as much as she would have liked to, so I asked her if she had any interest and she said yes. After a few discussions about what I wanted, which I had no real clue,
Patty decided on a jungle theme, partly from my Hawaiian shirts and partly from the Jungle Book books.
While Patty was painting the library, I started going to white elephant sales to buy books to put in the larger LFL.
One such sale was at St. David’s Church; I always go towards the end when they sell the books for less. I asked the woman who was running the book section where I would find books that teens would like, she looked at me funny and I said it was for my new LFL and showed her a picture.
Her immediate reaction was to offer me all the book and before I could say no, she had a group of people boxing them up. They stuffed my car full of books and of course, I gave them a nice donation.
The LFL goes outside, I set this library 6’ back off the sidewalk so it wouldn’t block my view of the street as I pulled out of the driveway, I thought a simple path would work, well, , then I thought someone in a wheelchair might not be able to get to the LFL, so the simple path morphed into a small patio which morphed into a large patio with a bench. LOL some things don’t change. I filled the LFL with books, about 250, and thought, it’s still not big enough. LOL. Right now, I’m fighting the urge to build another one. Who am I kidding, I’ll build another one.
I’d like to thank the people who helped me along the way.
Stephanie Reeves for giving me the reason to research small libraries.
The 6-year-old kid (now about 11) who said, “Wow! Look at all those books”.
Patty Haggerty for painting the LFL.
Patty Haggerty for painting the LFL.
Patty Haggerty for painting the LFL.
I don’t think I can say that enough times. Thank you Patty!!!
Andy Burkert for donating the stone for the patio and helping move the LFL outside.
Erik Dahl for helping me move the LFL outside and installing the doors.
St. David’s Church for all the books.
Everyone (too many to list) who has and continues to, donate books.
Visionary
Mark Harrison
25.3.24
Downed Tree Reported :: Woodland Run Park Tree / Little Mill Creek - At East Brookland Ave at SR 141 Centre Ferris Rd. Brookland Terrace
The flooding Saturday caused a tree to come down in Woodland Run Park Tree Little Mill Creek -
At East Brookland Ave at SR 141 Centre Ferris Rd. Brookland Terrace .
This downed tree was in the flowing floodwaters Saturday just upstream to a
Del-Dot Bridge BR1-143 that was at max flow capacity at BR1-143
Your attention in these matters are much appreciated .
Feel free too reach out 302-463-2239 with any questions or clarification
BTCC Pres. Charles C Stirk Jr
In Late 2023 Del-Dot Cleared Drainage Basins At Ceterville & Faulkland Road .
In Nov 2023 at the 600 Block of Armstrong Ave Del- Dot Unnumbered Culvert Bridge abutment was cleared of trees & brush .
2024 Mid February we had a Brookland Terrace resident go out with a backhoe and clear out trees blocking the .
NCC public works cleared out the peninsula between the Valley Garden branch and Tatnall branch of the creek last week .
If it was not for the above preventative maintenance we’d had been at failure Saturday and bridges at Faulkland & 141 would have been under water & impassable . Post flooding 141 & Faulkland Rd. Would have been closed due to remaining debris …..
BTCC Pres. Charles C Stirk Jr
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Good afternoon,
This concern has been sent to the maintenance yard to be investigated. Work order 1334461 has been generated.
Thank you
Zach
DelDOT TMC
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