Milford library holiday fundraiser to benefit homeless aid group

The Milford Public Library’s holiday fundraiser is back again. This year’s charity event will benefit Milford Advocacy for the Homeless, which intends to use the funds to buy protective items to guard against the winter cold.

MILFORD — The familiar holiday tale of Ebenezer Scrooge is put to tunes thanks to the Second Street Players’ production of “A Christmas Carol: The Musical” continuing its run …
DOVER — Hearty drivers traveling this Thanksgiving week should be prepared or expect to get gobbled up in traffic. “We are expecting to see the most amount of holiday traffic …
A homicide investigation is ongoing after a 57-year-old Milton woman was found dead inside her residence Monday, Delaware State Police said.
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In our first video podcast we are talking about a scary subject – ghosts and the paranormal in the First State. Throughout October 2023, the Daily State News featured a few stories that …
DOVER – Kent County Levy Court President Terry L. Pepper presented a $1 million check to the Food Bank of Delaware on Thursday to assist with the Building Hope in Milford Capital Campaign. …
A professional wrestling card Dec. 8 at Carlisle Fire Co. in Milford will support Toys for Tots and the homeless population.
MILFORD — The Christmas season kicks off on a musical note Nov. 17, as OperaDelaware partners with the city to present the Inaugural Holiday Microgala at Benvenuto, 249 N.E. Front St. …
Sports
Photo gallery: Caesar Rodney vs. Appoquinimink DIAA Unified football

CAMDEN - Caesar Rodney High played Appoquinimink in the state semifinals of the DIAA Unified football tournament on Tuesday night. The winner advanced to Friday's state finals, which are …

NEWARK — The University of Delaware made it official this afternoon. Most of the school’s athletic teams will be joining Conference USA for the 2025-26 school year. That moves …
NEWARK — Nick Minicucci’s first college start had gotten off to a pretty bad start. And it seemed to be getting worse by the minute. By early in the second quarter of …
NEWARK — For over eight decades, the Delaware football program has been built on a bedrock of tradition. This is a team that, between 1940 and 2001, had just three head coaches and one …
Business
In 2021, the owners of Wyoming's Tre Sorelle Dolce ice-cream shop, Mike and Becky Marasco, were trying to figure out how to keep their store open year-round.
Woody Gill hopes for quite a windfall during Small Business Saturday this weekend. For him, that would mean six to eight times more in sales than usual at his Smyrna Cards and Gifts.
Early holiday shoppers got a treat Saturday at the Millsboro Town Center. They were greeted by 33 crafters and vendors participating in the town’s Holiday Market.
GEORGETOWN — For the ninth year in a row, Atlantic Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Inc.  has donated 50 turkeys to the Delaware Food Bank in Milford for its holiday celebration. …
Neighbors
Santa, the Grinch and friends rev up holiday spirit in Delaware

It’s only natural to see Santa Claus sitting atop parade floats, fire trucks and inside shopping malls. However, at the height of the pandemic three years ago, Joshua Sweeney approached his older brother Jason Sweeney with the idea of bringing Santa and some of his friends on motorcycles to different locations throughout Delaware in hopes of delivering smiles and Christmas cheer.

The holiday season is here, and with it comes kids dreaming of what they may receive as gifts. For children in struggling families, though, whether they will get any presents at all is a legitimate question.
13 years ago, classmates from Avenue Preschool in Milford gathered for a group photo in a parent’s backyard. This month, they got back together to recreate the shot, a moment that came with lots of nostalgia — and plenty of hugs.
A coat-and-hat collection drive is expanding this year to assist students in the Indian River and Cape Henlopen school districts with personal essentials.
Schools
All Indian River School District students and staff, except for some custodial workers, will have the day off Dec. 21 to accommodate a special election for the now-vacant 37th District state representative seat.
WILMINGTON — Goldey-Beacom College announces joining the Partnership for Academic Library Collaboration and Innovation thus reaching a historic milestone as their first member from the state of …
DOVER — Delaware State University released its enrollment figures for fall 2023 and is continuing to break enrollment records at the 132-year-old institution, a news release said Tuesday.
GEORGETOWN — Sussex Conservation District recently recognized winners of the annual conservation poster contest. Posters were judged on the 2023 theme, “One Water.”  …
Things To Do
Holiday Stroll, Milford Christmas Market Dec. 2

MILFORD — Milford’s Holiday Stroll and Christmas Market will be held from 3-8 p.m. Dec. 2 in downtown Milford. Entertainment is planned, indoors and outside including a live Nativity …

DOVER — Kent County Theatre Guild is thrilled to announce the opening of premeires “No Sex Please: It’s Christmas” Dec. 1. It is a farce that promises to kick off the …
With the flip of a switch Thursday, colorful lights will usher in the magic of the holiday season in downtown Dover. The annual Capital Holiday Celebration and Tree Lighting will take place in front of City Hall from 5-8 p.m.
GEORGETOWN – The town’s modifications to its historic Circle will not mean the end to a mega-holiday spectacle. The Live Nativity on The Circle, launched by the Good Ole Boy …
Opinion
I am writing in response to Andrew West’s From the Editor column, in which he referred to “Doll” Richardson as a hunter (“Dover hospital’s story of need dates back to 1927,” Nov. 26).
Why are bullies so mean? — Daisy, age 9, Lake Oswego, Oregon. Being bullied can make your life miserable, and decades of research prove it: Bullied children and teens are at risk for anxiety, depression, dropping out of school, peer rejection, social isolation and self-harm.
After reading both Peter Graffagnino’s “What role does money play in mass shootings?” (Nov. 3) and Jeff Hague’s response, “Writer too focused on guns, rather than people using them” (Nov. 26), I would like to point out that Mr. Hague regurgitates the National Rifle Association’s position on reducing gun deaths: “Nothing will work.”
Presently, many Americans are fighting to preserve our democracy, the great American experiment and the American dream of creating “equal opportunity for all.” That is quite a challenging experiment, which has shown the fruits of its labors for many decades.
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