The weather doesn’t look good again this week as the girls soccer resumes play for the final 4 week sprint to the state tournament..Ā This week we have a Division 2 semifinal rematch as No. Saint Marks travels to Friends on Tuesday.Ā These teams split the two matches last season as Friends won 3-0 at Saint Markās on May …
A newly-funded career pathway partnership between a state college and a high school aims to tackle the national nursing shortage while giving students college credits to advance into a career in health care. Delaware Technical Community College and William Penn High School in the Colonial School District announced Monday the launch of the Patient Care Technician/Nursing Pathway Program. The partnership …
While parts of the country will be swarmed with the convergence of two periodical cicada broods, itās a regularly scheduled appearance for the insect in Delaware. āThe double brood this year involves 13-year cicadas and 17-year cicadas,ā said Chris Wade, the pesticide section administrator at the Delaware Department of Agriculture. The closest brood to Delaware will be in South Maryland …
Longwood Gardens has announced an early holiday present for its fans: Its $250 million revitalization project — announced in 2021 as the most ambitious of its upgrades — is expected to open to the public Nov. 22, just in time for A Longwood Christmas and its deluge of visitors. It also started selling tickets for its popular Fireworks and Fountain …
A $1 million federal allocation puts a Wilmington nursery and early childhood education center serving vulnerable families on the doorstep of its $6.5 million in capital projects.Ā St. Michael’s School & Nursery now has $5.5 million raised for its construction needs, which the school started on about a year and a half ago in late 2022.Ā The most recent funding …
Rain, rain, rain and rain was what we saw last week. Four straight days of rainouts that rescheduled a lot of games this last week. There were a few games played over the weekend including our No. 1 team who finally saw the field. No. 1 DMA finally got a game this week and picked up where they left off …
The old saying goes, āApril showers, bring May Flowersā. For the softball teams in the state it means postponements and rescheduling games. Many teams will be adjusting schedules in the coming weeks. Here is our āweek-3ā Top 10. No. 1 Caravel (3-0) The Buccaneers got one game in last week winning 9-1 at Sussex Tech as Kasey Xenidis threw a …
Could it happen here? Thatās the question Delawareans have been asking since watching the horrific images of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsing after a cargo ship rammed it last month. There are no guarantees, but efforts have been underway for 10 years to protect the Delaware Memorial Bridge from ships even larger than the Dali, which hit the Key …
The Wilmington City Council approved a resolution Thursday night that pairs mental health clinicians with police officers to respond to calls for service to support individuals experiencing a crisis.Ā Resolution 0413, sponsored by Councilwoman Yolanda McCoy, District 6, authorizes the Wilmington Police Departmentās grant application to the Delaware Criminal Justice Council in the amount of $363,000.Ā The funds will be …
For Michael P. Toner, the vocal coach in the City Theater Company production of āDancing at Lughnasa,ā two of the most important things he offered coaching on were ādancingā and ālughnasa.ā āDancingā was important because itās pronounced differently in Ireland, where the play is set. Think of a broad āa,ā as in family or random, he explained, contrasting it with …
