Hanover, New Hampshire is home to Dartmouth College and by far the smallest and quaintest of the college towns in the elite Ivy League, with its original white buildings dating to the mid-18th century and its prominent library tower surrounding …
The queen of New England Aquarium’s Giant Ocean Tank has returned to her throne. Or, in Myrtle the green sea turtle’s case, to the waters of the newly refurbished 20,000-gallon Caribbean coral reef exhibit. Though the tank doesn’t officially open …
On Saturday, April 13, the KidZooU: Hamilton Family Children’s Zoo & Faris Family Education Center opens its doors and, every day thereafter, it will open the imaginations and hearts of all who visit. Like never before, young visitors of KidsZooU …
The tank. That, to me, has always been the centerpiece at the New England Aquarium, four stories of sharks, turtles, stingrays, and just about any fish you can imagine. I remember the tank when I was a little kid. You …
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) – The decades-long rift that separated Little League Baseball’s founder from his beloved program once seemed as wide as the distance from home plate to straightaway center field. Those differences appear to have finally been put …
Five Dorset sheep from Delaware, known for their talents in the procreation department, have landed at the Philadelphia Zoo’s new $33 million children’s education center. Originally part of the flock at the University of Delaware College of Agriculture and Natural …
KidzooU will hopefully produce graduates who don’t scream when they see a rat and who think pigeons are rather nice, not the scum that public officials often dictate should be ignored and never encouraged. The KidzooU student body is, as …
This month at the Philadelphia Zoo, we opened KidZooU: Hamilton Family Children’s Zoo & Faris Family Education Center. KidZooU, more than a decade in the making, is the largest single improvement project in the zoo’s history. Throughout the process, during …
LOWELL — The high-end opthalmascopes and brand-new patient exam tables inside UMass Lowell’s sparkling Health and Social Sciences Building are making Valerie King pumped for the coming academic year. The tables easily fold and extend unlike the existing ones that …
Mother Nature has gotten a $20 million facelift, and the results are on display this weekend. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida is celebrating its grand reopening Saturday and Sunday to show off the results of a years-long, extensive refurbishing of …
University of Massachusetts/Lowell officials will open the school’s first new academic building on south campus in three decades on Thursday. The $40 million, Health and Social Sciences Building will be home to three of the university’s majors including criminal justice …
KidZooU isn’t your typical, run-of-the-mill petting zoo. And for 8-year-old Zahra Jaffe, this isn’t a typical day at the Philadelphia Zoo either. “Can we pet the horses, too?” said Jaffe, of Philadelphia. “You sure can,” said the zookeeper. At KidZooU, …
The Philadelphia Zoo’s new children’s area – its largest construction project ever – is a place where sheep have four horns and trained chickens will turn a light on and off. A place where a kid can climb opposite a …
The National Aquarium’s new $12.5 million “Blacktip Reef “exhibit, a replica of an Indo-Pacific coral reef that replaces the popular “Wings in the Water” exhibit, will open on July 10, officials announced today. Once completed, visitors will be able to …
“. . . after some years of mulling over what a children’s museum might be, it finally came to me that the answer was in our name: In contrast to art and history and science museums, which were about something, …
CHATTANOOGA, TN (WRCB) — The Aquarium hit a major mile stone Sunday afternoon — the 20 millionth visitor took a trip through the turn styles The Brooks family drove through the night all the way from Indianapolis — heading down …
by Terry Rankine FAIA I am beginning to forget the events of the summer of ’62 and the order they occurred. It is now more than forty years ago, and I doubt if my writing skills can convey the spirit …
The Hanover Inn at Dartmouth, known as “Dartmouth’s front door,” will complete the last phase of its renovation next week with the opening of the Inn’s new restaurant, PINE. “We are delighted to open the doors to PINE, which will …
BRUNSWICK, Maine — With renovations for the former Longfellow Elementary School well under way and plans for a residence hall in a former nursing home just awaiting planning board approval, Bowdoin College is changing the face of its campus — …
The Natural Science Center of Greensboro has changed its name and will institute a new branding look as it becomes North Carolina’s only destination with an aquarium, zoo and museum. The changes will include a new logo, tagline and website …
Foundation grant to be used to build viewing plaza at renewed LL museum Having played its first game more than 70 years ago, Little League has built a long and storied history. And it’s through a $4 million renovation project …
The First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania (FCFP) is proud to grant $300,000 to Little League Baseball (Little League) through the Williamsport Lycoming Impact Fund. Since its creation in 2002, the Impact Fund has granted $1,225,000. The Fund was established …
In a little more than four months, a “new” museum will open at the Little League International Complex. To go along with the $4 million renovation of the Little League Museum, the facility now has a new name and a …
It won’t be long before the Carolina SciQuarium opens at the Natural Science Center of Greensboro and we wanted to take a sneak peek inside to see how it was progressing. The 23,000-square-foot museum-aquarium complex is scheduled to open in …
