Sweets for the season at Middletown bakery

MIDDLETOWN — There is something extra special about sharing time with your loved ones during the holidays — and it’s doubly enjoyable when you also get to bring home some yummy …

Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce joins Kairos Embrace Behavioral Health for ribbon cutting

The Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for Kairos Embrace Behavioral Health March 23 at 1000 Smyrna Clayton Blvd, Unit 5 in Smyrna. Chamber members and friends …

Middletown musician rock ‘n’ roll royalty

MIDDLETOWN — He thought it was a prank call at first when the notification came. Eventually Richard Di Blassio realized he and his Bob Miller and the Flashback Band mates were actually …

The   Delaware Department of Human Resources is hosting the 3rd Annual State Agency Career Fair March 27 at the Smyrna Readiness Center. High School Session No. 1 will be held from 9-10 …
DOVER — There are several things that combined to inspire Charlotte Phillips to start the “Books in The Barbershops and More” program, which is administered by the Education …
Sheldon Hudson has resigned as Smyrna’s town manager, he confirmed on Wednesday.
Breathing is believing, Charles Ringgold says. Through his own experience inhaling salt-infused air, he knows its benefits for respiratory health.
MIDDLETOWN  —  Former Vice Mayor Jim Reynolds received a host of tributes at the Middletown Council meeting Monday.
Appoquinimink School District staff are proud of their product and want to keep it that way. So, the stakes are high next month for a two-pronged referendum asking for capital and operational expenses for the rapidly growing district.
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There was time allotted to discuss budget issues on Smyrna Town Council’s agenda Monday. But not for long.
CLAYTON — Homelessness is a broad-reaching issue that stretches across the entire United States. Six months living as a homeless person gave Paul Mast, an ordained Catholic priest, a …
CLAYTON — The Clayton Fire Company honored members at its March meeting with their years of service awards and total alarms attended. The company also honored the top 10 fire responders in …
Smyrna Town Council members are set to make budgeting decisions for the current year at Monday’s bimonthly meeting.
Sports
Downstate Delaware sports scores

DOVER — Senior Ashtyn Torbert netted eight goals and three assists to pace Dover High to a 14-10 win over Lake Forest in Henlopen Conference girls’ lacrosse on Wednesday afternoon. …

Dover Downs Results Tuesday, March 26, 2024   1st - nw1 Pace $7,000 5-Little Fighter (Ro Wolfenden) 3.40 2.60 2.20 2-Chaching (Co Callahan)   13.60 10.00 …
WOODSIDE — Takyla Davis hit a two-run homerun while Madge Layfield pitched a two-hitter with 16 strikeouts as Sussex Central High blanked Polytech, 5-0, in a Henlopen North softball …
SMYRNA — Patrick Watts couldn’t have had a better spot to watch the biggest match in Smyrna High’s volleyball history. He was a ballboy standing right behind the service line …
Business
A development group is seeking a conditional use approval for a commercial/residential project at the former cold-storage property known as the “icehouse" in Georgetown.
The golden years are certainly still golden, especially when you feel prepared, supported and connected. Are you ready to enjoy an event of discovery, networking and empowerment in Dover?
When it comes to mental health therapy, “We’ve come a long way, but we still have a long way to go in destigmatizing it,” says Tamara Gibbons. Gibbons is a Licensed Associate …
DOVER – There is a gray area in Delaware healthcare. Individuals make too much money to qualify for Medicaid, but they do not make enough money to purchase insurance from the marketplace. These …
Neighbors
Ramadan summons intense faith in Delaware

In the midst of the Muslim holy month Ramadan, some may pray in makeshift worship centers. Other Delawareans acknowledge it by visiting full-fledged mosques.

Saturday’s rain just made the indoors all the cozier at the W3 What Women Want Fest at Wild Quail Golf & Country Club in Wyoming.
Though Mother Nature delivered high winds, the 2024 edition of Pull’n, Peel’n & Pick’n took center stage  Saturday at the Dagsboro Volunteer Fire Department.
For about 15 years, the Korean War Veterans Association’s Chapter 1, based in Sussex County, functioned as an active nonprofit. “We were the first chapter in the state of Delaware to organize an actual chapter,” said Walter Koopman, a co-founder of the group.
Schools
DOVER — Delaware State University students in the Department of Aviation now have a new career option as the result of an agreement between the University and Endeavor Air. The signed …
As part of Capital School District’s effort to remedy behavior issues at its facilities, a trauma and school connectedness task force has been established.
DOVER – The Kent and Sussex County branch of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, a program that allows people 55+ access to college-level classes, held its spring fling on Friday.   …
Due to safety concerns, Sussex Central High School’s class of 2024 will graduate several days later than originally scheduled.
Things To Do
Registration open for 37th annual Amish Country Bike Tour

DOVER — The 38th annual Amish Country Bike Tour is scheduled to return Sept. 7 starting and finishing at Legislative Mall.  Online registration is open. The tour offers routes …

Sgt. Maj. John Altman is experiencing a lifelong dream. As a trumpet player and road manager for the Jazz Ambassadors of the U.S. Army Field Band, he gets to follow in the footsteps of musicians before him and pursue his passion.
The Delaware State Fair is ready to kick the dust up this spring. The First State Stampede will take place May 31 at 7 p.m. in the Quillen Arena. And, while the fairgrounds has hosted rodeos before, this will be something different.
DOVER — Stephen Wilson showed up at a celebration at The Boulevard Live restaurant on Friday night with the trophy from Dover High School’s first boys basketball championship grasped …
Opinion
As seems to be Delaware tradition, on the last day of the current legislative session, there will be an “all-nighter,” as lawmakers attempt to get bills passed that could have been done during regular sessions had they not frittered time away on innocuous matters. One such candidate is the passage of the human-composting bill.
Recently, the Delaware House of Representatives, following ideas from Washington, D.C., passed a law to do two things: (1.) remove the list of qualifying conditions from its medical cannabis laws and (2.) allow people over age 65 to “self-certify” that they need marijuana for medical purposes.
In reading the recent Opinion by Beth Chajes, I believe that one of the points stated — that temperature increases have preceded carbon dioxide increases — is incorrect (“Drivers of climate change differ over time”).
Dr. Vilicia Cade became Capital School District’s superintendent in July 2021, in the midst of the pandemic. Since then, she said, it’s been an uphill battle for her and her staff.
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