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DelawareLIVE Weekly Review – March 3, 2024

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This Week’s Review Includes: Here’s how Delaware slices its school funding pie Nonprofits seek boost during Do More 24, starting March 7 Agilent, Incyte seek way to predict effectiveness of drugs Decarbonization, hydrogen company expands in Kent County Hodgson’s Maiss Hussein repeats as Delaware Poetry Out Loud champ St Elizabeth holds off Mount to advance Click on the image below …

JoAnn Balingit has been named a 2023-2024 Fulbright U.S. Scholar. 

Former Del. Poet laureate JoAnn Balingit wins Fulbright

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

Delaware’s 16th poet laureate is headed to the Philippines to teach creative writing and conduct research. JoAnn Balingit, who was the First State’s top and official poet from 2008 to 2015, has been named a 2023-2024 Fulbright U.S. Scholar.  The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s international educational exchange program, supported by American agencies and partner countries around the world. …

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Delaware LIVE Weekly Review – March 5, 2023

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Click on the image below to view as a PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Headlines Charter Schools sue Holodick over special ed payments School board candidate listings delayed by background checks Delaware offers second round of child care worker bonuses Culture ‘Book of Mormon’ for $25? Playhouse offers ticket lottery Mt. Cuba: Sedges should be welcome addition to gardens …

Maiss Hussein at the mic. (Jarek Rutz/Delaware LIVE News)

Hodgson’s Maiss Hussein wins 2023 Poetry Out Loud contest

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

Maiss Hussein took home this year’s Delaware Poetry Out Loud crown Thursday night with her recitation of Tarfia Faizullah’s “The Poem You’ve Been Waiting For.” “The most exciting part of this night was seeing how everyone expresses their emotions so differently,” she said. “You can look at the same poem and somebody’s looking at it so differently.” It’s important to …

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Delaware LIVE Weekly Review – Feb. 12, 2023

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Click on the image below to view as a PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Headlines Legislators call for means testing for property tax credits Parents plead for safety in heated Brandywine board meeting Will foam cups, containers be banned like plastic bags? Business Brandywine Town Center redevelopment tweaked Super Bowl ads to be heavy on nostalgia, AB&C exec says …

Smyrna's Opera House will host the 2023 Poetry Out Loud state finals. (Smyrna Opera House Facebook)

12 students compete for Delaware poetry crown March 2

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Padua’s Julia Nowaczyk is looking forward to reading two poems to a packed Smyrna Opera House in three weeks. “It means a lot to me when I get to share poetry,” said Nowaczyk, a sophomore. “The poems I have picked for this competition center around a theme of community and family.” She is one of 12 First State students who …