Smyrna football team warming up before a game photo courtesy of Delaware Live

Charles V. Williams Stadium, home of the Smyrna Eagles

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

This summer, the 302 Sports staff is proud to feature some of the high school football venues where we have been fortunate to broadcast, and view games over the years. Our series of stories continues with Charles V. Williams Stadium, home of the Smyrna Eagles. The stadium was dedicated in 1994 in the name of a man that served the …

Macbeth

Miss ‘Macbeth’ ’cause of messy weather? Here’s 1 more chance

Betsy PriceCulture

Like ‘MacBeth’ doesn’t have enough problems to deal with — witches, an overly ambitious wife, forests that move — it also was clobbered with evening storms during its production at Rockford Museum in recent weeks. Because of so many rainouts, Delaware Shakespeare has added an extra production of “Macbeth” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1, before its run ends Aug. …

18-year-old Mohammad Sanogo was arrested June 15 by UD police for resisting arrest and reckless driving.

Charges dropped in case of Christina grad arrested by UD 

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Police & Fire

After weeks of public outcry, charges were dropped against 18-year-old Mohammad Sanogo who was arrested by the University of Delaware police June 15 less than an hour after he received his high school diploma there. The decision follows UD police finally releasing bodycam footage of the incident. A Newark High School student, Sanogo was on campus because Christina School District …

Educate

First State Educate, Action Fund name new executive director

Betsy PriceEducation, Headlines

Julia Keleher, a Pennsylvania educational leader who once was sent to prision on fraud charges, has been named the new executive director of First State Educate and First State Action Fund, two linked nonprofits devoted to improving education in the Delaware. She succeeds Laurisa Schutt, who helped found the organiztions. Schutt will remain on the boards but is pursuing other …

Candlelight

Candlelight’s ‘Sound of Music’ is selling out shows

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines

Apparently, seeing a live production of “The Sound of Music” is among Candlelight Theatre fans’ list of favorite things. The current production at the Arden theater, which ends Aug. 26, had the largest opening weekends of any show at Candlelight since the COVID-19 pandemic started. “The Sound of Music,” which tells the story of the Von Trapp family and their …

Construction has begun to eliminate the last traffic light on Route 1 between Dover and Nassau. (Ken Mammarella photo)

Last light on key Route 1 section going away

Ken MammarellaGovernment, Headlines

An overpass now under construction near Milton will eliminate the last traffic light on Route 1 between Dover and Nassau. When the interchange with Route 16 (also called Broadkill Road) is expected to be completed in late 2025, Route 1 should be able to more safely handle more traffic. The work is part of the Corridor Capacity Preservation Program, piloted …

Zava striped bass

Zava Café brings the za-za-zoo to Milton

Pam GeorgeCulture, Headlines

Some maintain that Milton is like Lewes before the tourists arrived. Both are small towns with centuries-old buildings and rich histories. Heavy tourism only came to Lewes in mid-1960s, when the fish factories—and the aroma of menhaden—departed. A Friday stroll through Milton’s historic section gave credibility to the claim. Located on the Broadkill River, the former shipbuilding town was favored …

NFL

We are No. 1! At least, in googling the NFL

Ken MammarellaCulture, Headlines

  Delaware is the most NFL-obsessed state in the country, judging by Google searches. It had 60,582 searches per 100,000 people, even though it isn’t home to an National Football League team. But it does have a long history of betting related to the NFL, going back to 1976. That’s more than three times as high as the searches in Alabama, No. 50 …

Post One poses with the American Legion Baseball state championship trophy after winning 3 years in a row photo courtesy of Post One

Post One wins third consecutive Legion Championship

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

Post One defeated Stahl Post to win their third consecutive American Legion Baseball state championship. Post one was able to hold off Stahl by a score of 6-3 at Wilson Field Tuesday afternoon.    Post One jumped out to an early lead scoring two runs in the second inning then added three more in the third inning. They scored five …

Brian standing by the pool in which he competed with his medal photo courtesy of Christine and Manny Perry

Frederica’s Brian Perry defies odds, becomes an Olympian 

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

Back in June Brian Perry of Frederica got the call of a lifetime. The Special Olympics informed him that he would be representing the USA in the World Games in Berlin, Germany, this summer.  “We were shocked but also thrilled,” said his parents, Christine and Manny Perry. “It took us months to absorb that we were all going to Berlin.  …