News
SELBYVILLE — Delaware State Police have identified the woman struck and killed by a car on Friday as 56-year-old Laura Madara, of Selbyville.
Police said the incident occurred around 12:59 …
DOVER — COVID-19-related hospitalizations hit the lowest total in almost two weeks in the latest update. As of 6 p.m. Saturday, 129 Delawareans were hospitalized with coronavirus, a decline of …
WILMINGTON — Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County will be hosting four orientation sessions in April on their homeownership program. Habitat’s homeownership program is a partnership …
Coronavirus
DOVER — The number of COVID-related hospitalizations declined by eight in the latest update. As of 6 p.m. Friday, 146 Delawareans were hospitalized with coronavirus.
There have been 89,203 …
DOVER — Delaware State University held its first COVID-19 vaccination event on campus Wednesday in its hopes to have all students, faculty and staff members to be fully vaccinated by the …
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Kent
DOVER — The city of Dover successfully released its first free electronic newsletter, “The Dover Dispatch,” via email March 30.
Sussex
SELBYVILLE – Tragedy struck the Selbyville Volunteer Fire Company Friday afternoon as a 56-year-old member of the fire police died from injuries sustained when a fire police vehicle backed into …
Dorchester
Statewide disparities in COVID-19 vaccinations expose barriers that underserved populations face in avoiding life-threatening infection. Maryland’s early vaccination rollout shows a pattern of …
New Castle
DOVER — Due to an expected reduced supply of Johnson & Johnson vaccine for the next three weeks, along with the need to accommodate second doses for persons vaccinated at state-run events, …
Wicomico
A body found on the beach at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina is believed to be that of Erik Mezick, a Fruitland man missing since Dec. 29 when the truck he was driving plunged over …
Somerset
CRISFIELD — The J. Millard Tawes Crab & Clam Bake will be back this year but not on the third Wednesday in July.
Danny Thompson, a Clam Bake committee co-chair and executive director of …
Sports
Harrington Raceway opens 75th harness racing season Mondady
HARRINGTON — Harrington Raceway’s 75th season of live harness racing will commence Monday with a 14-race program and 4:30 …
Facing DSU in Dover, Hens still get same results
DOVER — Nolan Henderson may be a Kent County kid.
But even the Smyrna High grad had to admit that he hadn’t set foot in Alumni …
DSU’s Milstead calls game ‘a good test for us’
DOVER — Delaware State University remained winless all-time against the University of Delaware in football, but DSU coach Rod …
High School Roundup: Knights top Jaguars in baseball
Brendan Anderson pitched a complete-game four-hitter as Sussex Central High knocked off Appoquinimink, 4-2, in a non-conference …
Local College Roundup: Hens take two from Towson in softball
Delaware pounded out 19 runs on 22 hits during a 10-4, 9-3 CAA doubleheader sweep of Towson in softball on Saturday afternoon.
The …
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Delaware
In Delaware, cannabis activists and some state lawmakers hope to legalize adult recreational use of the substance soon. But they’ve found an unlikely foil in Delaware’s existing medical marijuana industry.
DOVER — Two Dover residents were arrested on multiple drug charges Thursday, after heroin and paraphernalia were located during a traffic stop near Rodney Village, Delaware State Police spokeswoman Master Cpl. Heather Pepper said.
DOVER — Gov. John Carney announced a new group of judicial nominations Friday, potentially including the first woman to serve as chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery.
Maryland
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Friday that he has vetoed three police reform measures approved by the Democrat-controlled General Assembly, all measures passed with …
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — A Navy medic who shot and wounded two U.S. sailors before he was killed by police on a nearby Army base was assigned to a Naval medical research center in Maryland for nearly …
Salisbury officials plan to end a prohibition on rent increases that was enacted last year during the Covid-19 pandemic as a way to help city residents who became unemployed and were struggling to …
Neighbors
VIENNA — The monthly Heritage Partner Spotlight focuses on our Heart of Chesapeake Country Heritage Area (HCCHA) partners and how they have supported heritage tourism in Dorchester County with …
MILLSBORO — A group of volunteers led by Mountaire Farms transformed the Boys and Girls Club of Oak Orchard and the Growing Tree Preschool one weekend recently, including new bathrooms, new …
The family and friends of the late Dr. Donald Harting recently established the Donald Harting Memorial Health Scholarship at the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore to honor his life and …
Scenes From Bay to Bay
Takeoff
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Freelance photographer Butch Comegys took this photo of an osprey departing from a dead tree branch at Burton Island Nature Preserve on Thursday.
View in Ocean View
3 days ago
Rosely Robinson took this photo outside the Veterans of Foreign Wars lodge in Ocean View in March.
Sunrise over canal
5 days ago
Dave Tally of Camden took this photo of the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal in Lewes on Feb. 24.
Keeping the sky aloft
Tuesday, April 6
Deal Island photographer Carrie Samis recently recorded this dock holding the sky aloft over Tangier Sound.
Nation
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — One of two police officers accused of pepper-spraying and pointing their guns at a Black Army officer during a traffic stop has since been fired, a Virginia town announced late …
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Derek Chauvin's defense attorney was questioning George Floyd's girlfriend about the couple buying drugs when he abruptly shifted gears for what seemed an innocuous question: He …
Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland” continued its tour of dominance through awards season Saturday night, when Zhao took top honors at the 73rd annual Directors Guild Association Awards.
She is the …
JOSE CARLOS MARIATEGUI, Peru (AP) — On the banks of the Amazon River, in a village without electricity or drinking water, Andrea Rodrigo makes the yuca flour that her family sells in markets along …
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers gathered Saturday with plans to override Gov. Larry Hogan’s vetoes of three police reform measures.
The Republican governor vetoed legislation Friday …
World
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Ecuador and Peru choose new presidents Sunday under strict public health measures prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, which has recently strengthened in the neighboring South …
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (AP) — Conditions worsened on Sunday at a volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent as loud rumbling, lightning and heavy ashfall were observed and residents …
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican ruling party state candidate accused of rape, who later had his candidacy canceled by regulatory authorities on other grounds, said Sunday he will not allow elections …
LONDON (AP) — Gig-economy Western “Nomadland” won four prizes including best picture on Sunday at the British Academy Film Awards, which were handed out during a pandemic-curbed ceremony that …
Business
In spite of the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, Delaware was able to maintain its AAA bond rating.
MILLSBORO — Mountaire Farms, the country’s fourth-largest chicken processer, has dozens of $2,500 scholarships available for the children and grandchildren of employees, poultry growers and grain producers.
Lynn Clark has been named senior vice president and chief human resources officer for Perdue Farms.
In her new role, Clark will be responsible for all aspects of the company’s Human …
The Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce hosted its socially distanced March General Membership Luncheon, featuring David Pierce, Director of NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility.
Fifty people …
Business Insights
There is nothing better than being in a room full of friends and familiar faces – even if it is a virtual room.
Although Easterseals adult day programs reopened in the fall, many of the …
Things to Do
Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice to present poetry night
LEWES — The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice (SDARJ) will present “Black Poetry: from Black Love to Black Lives …
Chordophones are planned for Main Street Gallery
CAMBRIDGE — This spring, Main Street Gallery in Cambridge will show the joyful, playful and uniquely beautiful hand-made …
Delaware events springing back after layoff
The news came down March 29 that one of the area’s most anticipated events would return one year after COVID-19 shut down almost …
Cullen, Randolph team for charity dinner, cncert
LEWES — On Thursday, April 15, and Friday, April 16, The Room at Cedar Grove in Lewes, will welcome well-known Philadelphia chef …
Historic Odessa Foundation hosts Middletown Art Class Show
ODESSA — The Historic Odessa Foundation will showcase the creative talents of students from the Appoquinimink School District’s …
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