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MILFORD -- As the April Showers bring in May flowers, the Milford Elks lodge is ready to celebrate with the Springtime Dinner Dance. The event will take place on May 11 with doors opening at 5 …
LEWES — In the last week, there have been 83 suspected overdoses from a yet-to-be-confirmed drug mixture in Sussex County, with concentrations of cases in the …
MILFORD -- The unofficial results for the Milford election were posted shortly after the polls closed on April 27. However, after a mandatory recount, the results were different in Ward One. …
Some high school students are getting creative by developing businesses to address problems in their districts. And one such group at Lake Forest High School has been awarded for it.
FELTON – Finance students at Lake Forest High School are using the knowledge they learn to tell others about what they learn. Peyton Moore is a senior at the school that took the Financial …
HARRINGTON—What once was a dream for the Harrington Public Library is getting closer to reality. The library held a beam signing ceremony at the site of the new library on Little Mastens …
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Sports
High school notes: Tough win gives Lake Forest South softball title

FELTON — Lake Forest High’s softball team didn’t plan on playing a bunch of close, lowing scoring games this spring. It’s just turned out that way for the Spartans. …

HARRINGTON  - Tlb Racing's Sprocket ($5.40, Pat Berry) notched his third-straight win in the $22,500 Open at Harrington Raceway in 1:52.3 on Monday. The Traci Berry-trainee made …
CAMDEN — Caesar Rodney High baseball player Anthony Hatch was voted this week’s State News Athlete of the Week. The senior pitched a one-hitter with only one walk and eight …
CAMDEN — Caesar Rodney High had waited five years to win another DIAA team state title in girls’ tennis. So when the Riders finally clinched the championship last May, it was the …
Business
The Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce is ready for its annual Bluesuiters Golf Tournament on Thursday. This eagerly anticipated event brings together local businesses, professionals and community members for a day of networking, friendly competition and fun on the greens of Jonathan’s Landing, 1309 Ponderosa Drive, Magnolia.
With spring in full bloom and strawberry season right around the corner, many Delawareans are starting to think about shopping for locally fresh fruits and vegetables. Fresh food fanatics will …
Russell Standard, a Pittsburgh-based asphalt materials and pavement preservation company, has assumed operations of the state’s only asphalt terminal.
First, in May 2017, it was the DE Turf Sports Complex that joined the longtime restaurant Meding’s Seafood along Del. 1 in Frederica. That was followed by an 86-room SpringHill Suites location in August 2023, the first part of the commercial site dubbed Asbury Square.
Neighbors
‘Celebrate Caring’ nominations open to honor nurses in Delaware, Pennsylvania, N.J.

National Nurses Week is May 6-12, and Independence Blue Cross wants to recognize those in the profession in Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey with the sixth annual “Celebrate Caring” awards program.

FELTON -- The Felton Alumni Association held thier annual reunion on April 27 at the Felton Fire Hall.  Each year, the alumni award a variety of scholarships to Lake Forest High School …
DOVER — Bringing history to life in downtown Dover has been a longtime passion for Tom Welch, a historical interpreter for the state of Delaware. Mr. Welch said the city is oozing with …
The Diocese of Wilmington has announced an upcoming major spiritual event — the Eucharistic Congress — scheduled for October 5, 2024, at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center in Ocean …
Schools
Two Dover men were arrested Thursday in connection with the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Camay De Silva on April 21 on the campus of Delaware State University.
DAGSBORO – School board elections in the State of Delaware are Tuesday, May 14. For the first time since 2000, Dr. Donald Hattier Jr. will not be part of an election. Retirement has …
LEWES — Cape Henlopen’s 10 schools had two which required some degree of action based on lead concentrations found in drinking water. H.O. Brittingham Elementary School in Milton had …
LEWES — Cape Henlopen schools contacted parents this afternoon to warn internet and landline service to Cape Henlopen High School, Lewes Elementary School, the district office adjacent to the …
Things To Do
Photo gallery: Dover Days Festival presses on through wet weather

DOVER – The weather might have been less than ideal, but that did not stop many visitors who attended the 91 st annual Dover Days Festival from taking a journey back to the city’s …

DOVER -- Opening night of Dover Days weekend featured the Milford Community Band and fireworks. Philip Steinhoff conducted the band at Legislative Hall under chilly conditions. Brother's …
DOVER — Air shows are not only a great way for the public to spend a day watching daring pilots pull off acrobatic maneuvers. They also are fulfilling experiences for airmen stationed at Dover …
A taste of early-season produce, farm-raised oysters and baked goods were among the options Wednesday, during opening day of the 2024 Hops & Crops Market in Georgetown.
Opinion
The capital city once again hosted thousands of race fans April 26-28, with various events culminating with the Würth 400. Dover Motor Speedway’s first major event was back in 1969, won by the legendary Richard Petty. In its five-and-a-half decades, how has the track changed? Is NASCAR more or less popular than when it began? Do you welcome the crowds during these weekends or are you happy to see the fans leave?
For the last decade, experts from Delaware and around the country have sounded the alarm that hospital prices in our state are unsustainable and out of control. As representatives of Delaware’s public sector workforce, we have seen the impact that rising health care costs have on working families we represent. Every year, more and more of their household budgets are absorbed by the cost of health care. This trend is both unsustainable and unfair to hardworking Delawareans.
I have an easy answer to the question Stan Sipple posed (“Would restricting sale of ammo decrease gun violence?”). No. Restricting the sale of ammunition would not result in the decrease of violent crime committed with firearms.
I continue to question the Cape Henlopen School District’s need for funds when it has spent money on two athletic fields behind the two new schools on Savannah Road and continues to spend money on those fields. As I walked by today, I noticed the district is now adding bleachers to those fields. I’ve never read what the total cost is for those two fields.
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