The seasons seem long, but the playoffs and championship games always seem to fly by in spring. Here’s a look at the games that were wedged among graduations, year-end recitals and concerts, senior nights, final exams, proms and so much more. Softball Caravel scores late to win DIAA softball title What started out as a pitcherās duel ended up …
DOVER ā It would take all your fingers and toes to count the number of times Salesianum has been in the DIAA lacrosse state championship game (18, to be exact), but few have gone the way of the one the Sals played Saturday at Dover High School against perennial rival Cape Henlopen. The Sals, the top-seeded team in the bracket, …
Delaware State Parks Beach Patrol Capt. Bailey Noel wants to have all four park-managed beaches open this summer. But he needs to recruit 20 to 30 new beach patrol lifeguards to do that. Last year, the Tower Road beach had to be closed most weekends outside of holidays because he didnāt have the staff to guard the beach.Ā Noel estimates …
Delaware is planning a 100-foot statue of April Ludgate, the āParks and Recā character created by famous Delawarean Aubrey Plaza, the official Twitter feed of Delawareās government announced on Saturday. An artistās rendering of the statue shows it next to the lighthouse in Cape Henlopen State Park, just smaller than the lighthouse but towering over a drawing of Liāl Sebastian, …
Lewes – The have nots became the haves at the 67th Annual DIAA Individual State Wrestling Championships Saturday night at Cape Henlopen High School. Tower Hill ended the longest drought crowning their first two state champions since Bill Rankin won the 130 pound weight class for the Hillers in 1972. Tower Hill junior Jack Duffy won a dramatic 6-5 decision …
Delaware State Parks set another attendance record in 2022, with more than 8 million visitors. Attendance at the 17 Delaware state parksĀ has increased each year since 2015. In the past five years, visitation is up 37%. The most visited state park in 2022 was Cape Henlopen, with 1.9 million visitors. Alapocas Run, Auburn Valley, Brandywine Zoo, Fort Delaware and Killens …
Delaware’s famous Cape Henlopen State Park will not be the site of a new oceanfront restaurant, officials announced Monday. The decision came after weeks of public outcry, including protests, op-eds in local papers and an organized campaign with yard signs that read, “No restaurant on dunes.” In a press release, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control said …
Click on the image below to view as a PDF This Weekās Top Headlines Include: Headlines Delaware GOP leaders: Party needs change to win A move to center? House GOP elects new leadership Proposed Cape Henlopen eatery spawns protests, public forum Culture Storminā Norman gives away 1,400 turkeys, passes baton Bowers Beach unites to offer watermenās Thanksgiving dinner Food & …
The agency that runs Cape Henlopen State Park is asking for the publicās feedback on a proposal to build a restaurant in the main beach parking lot. The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will hold a public meeting to discuss the proposal Monday Dec. 5 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Cape Henlopen High School auditorium. …
Christina School Districtās school board explored a new model to evaluate its superintendent and other administrators during a board workshop Tuesday night.Ā Dr. John Marrinuci, executive director of the Delaware School Boards Association, showed a new plan to the board that was created by a different districtās board member as part of her doctoral dissertation.Ā Itās more in-depth than the …
