CAMBRIDGE - At first glance, July's featured picture in the Dorchester Center for the Arts display window was deceptively simple: a rising bridge and sweeping causeway conjured in colorful …
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ODESSA — The last rung of the Boy Scouts’ ladder has just about been reached by Logan Ament.
To his congregation and family, 83-year-old David Walston is a model of perseverance.
After over half a century of knocking on doors as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Westover resident …
MILLSBORO — Except for several adults and children tie-dying and a couple youngsters playing whiffle ball or badminton, there was little activity as the midday sun beat down on Carey’s Camp on Wednesday.
CAMDEN — For author Irelynn Farrington, publishing a book is much more than simply writing a story that helps readers escape the real world.
DOVER — When Operation Allies Refuge began in August 2021 to evacuate Americans and vulnerable Afghans out of Afghanistan, crews from Dover Air Force Base were prepared for unseen challenges.
DEWEY BEACH — Isaiah Shields’ mornings sometimes start with a little unpleasantness.
In Georgia, he woke up in his tent in three inches of water, courtesy of overnight rainfall he …
CAMBRIDGE - The Chesapeake Grove Intergeneration Center, a division of Delmarva Community Services Inc., received a donation July 26 from the Nathan Foundation toward the purchase of a transport …
“I love the history of Dorchester County,” library employee Dustin Carpenter told the audience in the Cambridge Library Meeting Room on the morning of July 30. According to him, …
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U.S. Internal Revenue agents seized four coin-operated gaming machines from two businesses in Wicomico County. The machines, often called consoles, give a series of …
Funeral services were held Monday for noted historian and photographer Edward F. “Ted” Deacon of Whitehaven.
Born Sept. 12, 1922, in St. Louis, Mo., he died Tuesday, July 26, 2022 …
GEORGETOWN — One favorite of the large crowd at the second annual Georgetown National Night Out on Tuesday was the tangy barbecued chicken.
Some others: interaction with community nonprofits, chatting with first responders and learning from lifesaving agencies.
ELLENDALE — For Anamirel Campos, this couldn’t have been drawn up any better.
The rising sixth grader at Milford Central Academy has been named a finalist in the annual Doodle for Google art contest, in which a student from a U.S. school (or home school) is chosen to have his or her drawing featured as a “Google Doodle” on the most visited site on the internet.
LEWES — The Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware have awarded grants to four local nonprofit organizations serving Sussex County.
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DOVER — Elizabeth Short and Jacob Riley, commander of the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association, presented a $2,500 contribution July 7 to Joe Startt Jr., president of the Kent County chapter of Vietnam Veterans of America, for its service dog program.
Pure Word Bible Church, located at 11350 Stewart Neck Road in Princess Anne is hosting a FREE School Supply Give-Away on Saturday, Aug. 20, from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm (or as long as supplies …
REHOBOTH BEACH — The Pastoral Council of St. Edmond Roman Catholic Church recently voted to provide $6,000 in support to Clothing Our Kids, a mission to improve the lives of at-risk schoolchildren in Sussex County by providing them with appropriate clothes.
GEORGETOWN — Site work is clearing the way for Springboard Collaborative’s pallet village — community-backed, temporary housing for homeless people structured as a steppingstone to self-sustainability.
HOCKESSIN — Maybe it wouldn’t be such a stretch to call her amazing Grace.
Because in many ways, Grace Otley’s life is nothing short of that.
DOVER — The Unitarian Universalists of Central Delaware meet at 10 a.m. Sunday at Congregation Beth Shalom.
LEWES — The Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware, an inclusive religious community, will hold an online and in-person service Sunday at 10 a.m. at its facility at 30486 Lewes-Georgetown Highway.
SEAFORD — A statewide program that sheds light on underserved communities, while promoting health, energy conservation, job creation and crime reduction, has received a financial boost.
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Roxbury Electronics will not take over the Grumman Corp. plant in Salisbury as planned, but both Grumman and Wicomico officials are in talks with another company that …
The Rotary Club of Wicomico County recently named Molly Hilligoss and Don Hackett as its 2021-2022 Rotarians of the Year.
Molly Hilligoss, the Executive Director of Habitat For Humanity of …
Pam Gregory, President and CEO of United Way Lower Eastern Shore, and Kat Rodgers, Director of Community Health Initiatives in Public Health Management at Tidal Health and a mother of two, recently …
SMYRNA — A little bit of lemonade has gone a long way for brothers Logan and Levi Wood.
Two years ago, at age 6, Logan opened a lemonade stand because he was too young to donate his time at the Food Bank of Delaware in Milford with his mom, Joy Wood, and Levi, then 10.
FRANKFORD — Special Olympics Delaware is hosting its annual summer camps Aug. 6-8 and 14-16 at Camp Barnes.
DENTON, Md. — Friday will mark the start of the 2022 Denton Family Camp, a worship-based meeting first held in 1897.
HARRINGTON — With the cut of a ribbon and bleating of goats Monday, the Delaware State Fair, along with leaders of the state’s agricultural community and U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, …