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Zoo grapples with loss of funding due to USAID cuts
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Woodland Park Zoo is facing a $350,000 funding shortfall for the zoo’s Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program due to the Department of Government Efficiency cuts of the United States Agency for International Development. At the March 25 Fremont Neighborhood Council meeting, Julian Amrine, a former zoo employee, raised concerns to the meeting attendees about how DOGE’s
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Fremont Sunday Market opening day, expands to Canal Street
The Fremont Sunday Market opened today with a bang: two additional blocks of market vendors. The expansion starts at Phinney Ave and stretches two blocks west on Canal Street. The market is celebrating its 36th year of bringing artists, food vendors, and treasures to the Center of the Universe.
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Fremont-born Moisture Festival lives on
The Moisture Festival, which first sprouted in Fremont, continues its tradition of variety entertainment through April 13 at the Broadway Performance Hall. Though it moved from its longtime home at Hale’s Palladium in 2023, the festival maintains the creative spirit that began in a Fremont tent back in 2004. According to the Moisture Festival’s website,
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Historic B.F. Day Elementary windows to get upgraded
Last week boom lifts were spotted at B.F. Day Elementary and it prompted the question, “What’s happening at the school?” Turns out, contractors are preparing to replace over 200 windows that were installed in 1892, 1901, and 1916. Starting this summer, the contractors will prepare the building by repairing some cosmetic concrete details around the
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Where’s this pink puffball in Fremont?
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Spotted: This stunning cherry tree bursting with pink blossoms has transformed this part of a street into a springtime paradise. Pink clouds hover lowBranches heavy with new lifeWhere stands this beauty? Can you identify where this gorgeous tree is located? First person to correctly name the spot in the comments wins neighborhood bragging rights! Happy
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