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News Journal series details issues facing Delaware with a fast-growing aging population. "The baby boomer population ... really is redefining what retiring is all about -- really, what getting older is going to be all about, said Bill Love, director of DHSS' Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilties.

If you or a loved one needs guidance on state resources for seniors, call the Delaware Aging and Disability Resource Center at (800) 223-9074 or go to www.DelawareADRC.com Baby boomer tide is rising
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THIS DAY IN DELAWARE HISTORY

On This Date in Delaware, May 19...

1707 Old Presbyterian Church opened for services in New Castle.

1870 To promote drinking fountains in the city, the Wilmington Fountain Society was organized.

1944 Sgt. Gerald Francis Farren of Wilmington, waistgunner on board a B-17 bomber was killed over Germany the day after he wrote a letter to his parents telling about his last flight.

1973 Radio Station WAFL began broadcasting in Milford.

Today's facts were compiled by historian Roger Martin

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THIS DAY IN DELAWARE HISTORY

On This Date in Delaware, May 18...

1778 Capt. Allen McLane and his Kent Co. troops set fire to British defenses in Philadelphia and prevented the Marquis de la Fayette from being ambushed at Barren Hill.

1903 Six women dressed in black and known as the Little Sisters of the Poor arrived in Delaware from France and established a settlement in Wilmington. Their Catholic mission was to love the elderly poor and shelter them like family.

1967 Fenwick Island was hit by twisters and high winds resulting in the destruction of seven homes in the Cape Windsor Trailer Park.

2003 Legislation recently passed by the General Assembly allowed liquor stores in the state to open for Sunday sales for the first time.

Today's facts were compiled by historian Roger Martin

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