FESTIVAL Aetna cautious following Food & Brew incident returns Sot. Thrown bottle damages Race will serve as warm-up to annual event fire engine Pg. 2 By JOSH SHANNON [email protected] Aetna Hose, Hook and Ill CRIME Ladder Co. is taking precau­ tions after someone hurled a glass bottle at one of its fire engines as it was racing to an apartment fire last week. "It is incomprehensible that someone would do any­ thing that would endanger the lives of firefighters," spokesman John H. Farrell IV said. "At 45,000 pounds of NEWARK POST PHOTO BY KARlE SIMMONS steel and water, a crash of a Man robbed Mena Carroll, 12, plays Pokemon Go outside of Yogurt City on Main Street Monday night. fire engine of this size would surely injure or kill firefight­ of city pork By KARlE SIMMONS _ if the characters in the game sible. Until now. to discover Pokemon in a ers on the apparatus or civil­ [email protected] were real. Would he find a Earlier this month, the whole new world -his own. ians in other vehicles." Pikachu in his backyard? Or 15-year-old's wildest dreams "It's amazing," he said. "I The incident happened at Police still searching Larry Carroll grew up a Squirtle at the library? came true with the launch of can't stop playing." approximately 10 p.m. July for suspect playing Pokemon on his Nin­ The idea excited him, the new Pokemon Go smart­ tendo DS but he always won­ but he brushed it off be­ phone app that brings the See POKEMON See AETNA Pg. 4 dered what it would be like cause it seemed impos- game to life and allows him Page 11 I Page 11 I ! SPORTS Newark All-Stars HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING fall in tournament Integrity And Quality Is Our Policy little league teams can't 1"""!!"'------...... LICENSED • INSURED • BONDED repeat past success Any G/AC Serv1ce Call 302-836-1921 When you lll8lllloa IIIIa ad. (&J:IuiiiRg ll#agrfoaiJc ,_ & fune-ups) 2 lOCAl NEWS NEWARK POST 7.22.2016 Race to serve as warm-up for annual Food and Brew Festival By JOSH SHANNON If you go [email protected] Fusion 5 and Dime Bar-hopping at a beer festi­ When: Saturday, 8 a.m. val can cause you to pack on Where: Main Street and the calories, so why not get Academy Street some exercise beforehand? That's exactly what New­ Cost: $50/$70 arkers will be able to do Registration: 7 to 7:45 Saturday as Fusion Fitness a.m. Saturday holds its inaugural Fusion Food and Brew Festival 5 and Dime race, planned to complement the annual When: Saturday, 2 to 9 Food and Brew Festival. p.m. The race -which has both Where: Downtown a 5-mile course and a 10-mile Newark course - starts at 8 a.m. on SUBMITTED PHOTO Cost: Pay-as-you-go Main Street Participants Fusion Fitness trainer Steve Sinko pushes Preston Buenaga, are invited to an after-party 17, in one of the new Fusion Inclusion racing chairs. Parking: Free at city lots at Stone Balloon Ale House ly," DNP Administrator Me­ and are encouraged to stick fully we'll build it up to 3,000 and the 10-miler is ideal for gan McNerney said. "It's around for the festival. to 5,000 people." someone who's not quite good community together­ Organizer Nic DeCaire The idea is that people will ready for a half-marathon. ness." sees the race as a chance come into town Friday night, The race will also feature NEWARK POST Fl.£ PHOTO BY KARE ~S The Academy Lawn will to boost attendance at Food stay in a local hotel, run the the debut of the three­ Attendees sip beer samples on the porch of the Deer Park Tavern feature free root beer sam­ and Brew and introduce race and· then patronize wheeled "Fusion Inclusion" during the 2014 Food and Brew Festival. ples and live music. Jason out-of-towners to downtown downtown restaurants dur­ chairs, which allow runners Ager will perform from Newark. While the run is ing Food and Brew. to push disabled or elderly Preston's Playground, a nean Grille, which recently 2:30 to 4 p.m., followed by starting small - about 300 "Everybody wins," said participants in the race. handicapped-accessible obtained a liquor license. Steve Oakley from 5 to 6:30 people are expected - De­ DeCaire, who serves on the The three chairs - which playground being built at Rounding out the list of and TreeWalker from 7:30 Caire hopes to grow it into Downtown Newark Part­ cost $4,600 each and were the Newark Reservoir. restaurants participating to 9. a destination race that will nership, which organizes funded by donations - are The Food and Brew Fes­ is Ali Baba's, Arena's Deli A free shuttle will run in a draw in people from other Food and Brew. the latest step in DeCaire's tival, now in its 13th year, and Bar, Caffe Gelato, Cath­ loop down East Main Street states. He said that while 5Ks effort to make races acces­ kicks off at 2 p.m. and runs erine Rooney's, The Deer and South Main Street, with "Fusion Racing wanted to are common, serious run­ sible to all. through 9 p.m. Park Tavern, Del Pez Mexi­ stops at Newark Shopping bring an event to Newark, ners are used to traveling to "No matter their ability, As usual, the festival is a can Gastropub, Grain Craft Center, the Academy Lawn, not just another race," he longer races. The five-mile we want them to cross the pay-as-you-go event, with 18 Bar + Kitchen, The Greene Newark Deli and Bagels said. "If we show people it's course will appeal to those finish line," he said. downtown bars and restau­ Turtle, Grotto Pizza, Home and The Greene Turtle. a great town to run in, they'll who want to push them­ Proceeds from the race rants offering beer samples Grown Cafe, Iron Hill Brew­ McNerney lauded De­ tell their friends, and hope- selves beyond the usual 5K, will go toward building paired with special menu ery, Klondike Kate's, Santa .Caire for helping draw peo­ items ranging from $2 to Fe Mexican Grill and Bar, ple to Newark on Saturday. $10. Stone Balloon A1e House "It's a great example of Participating for the first and Taverna. The liquor downtown Newark work­ time is Churrascaria Sau­ store Delaware Growler is ing together," she said. dades, which opened earlier also participating. 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Sun 9am-5pm NEWARK POST 7.22.2016 (ONNEflW~ "j LOCAL NEWS : 3 Renovations planned for Brookside gas station By KARlE SIMMONS [email protected] By next year, the Shell gas station and Dash In conve­ nience store on the corner of East Chestnut Hill Road and Marrows Road will look noticeably different That's because the entire site is getting a much-need­ ed faceli:ft, including a new convenience store nearly three times the size of the A bird's-eye view of the existing Shell gas station and car wash current one, a new car wash, at 380 E. Chestnut Hill Road. more parking spaces and a reconfigured entrance and convenience store, he said. today will remain, but the exit 'That I think will have a site will be reconfigured to NEWARK POST PHOTO BY KARlE SIMMONS According to Shawn Tuck­ significant impact on pass­ make room for 25 parking Debra Kupper, a finance assistant for the city, gets her blood drawn at the city's blood drive er, a lawyer representing ersby," Tucker said. spaces and a new entrance Tuesday. Dash In Food Stores, which Briana J atlow, real estate and exit off East Chestnut owns the property at 380 E. manager for Dash In Food Hill Road. The carwash cur­ Chestnut Hill Road, the ren­ Stores, said the gas sta­ rently behind the store will ovations are part of a larger tion was first built in 1984 also be moving to the side City-sponsored blood effort to bring some of the by Texaco and then sold to for easier access. gas stations in the county up Motiva Enterprises, LLC, in Tucker said the project is to current standards. 2000. It was later purchased moving along now that the Dash In is owned by the by Southern Maryland Oil, New Castle County Board drive sees success parent company The Wills the Wills Group and Dash of Adjustment recently Group, which is located in In. granted all of the setback­ By KARlE SIMMONS "Really this is an opportunity for the city La Plata, Md., and controls However, over the years, related variances. The plan [email protected] of Newark to give back to the community the Southern Maryland Jatlow said the convenience is to start construction next and encourage others to do the same," Oil, PEH Motor Fuels and store needs in Brookside spring and reopen in the fall The city's annual blood drive drew a good Bachman said.