Town Square LIVE Weekly Review:
March 25, 2021
This Week’s Top Headlines Include:
Community
Easter egg hunts back on, bring welcome sign of hope
Twins take first, second place in indoor track; aim to do same in spring
Delaware in 1920s: F. Scott Fitzgerald, ghost-hunting and a few du Ponts
Distracted driving added to list on improving highway safety
Burial ground identified at John Dickinson Plantation
Government
Bill to hike income tax for those earning more than $125,000 fails
Bill to decriminalize marijuana, set up legal sales heads for 2nd committee hearing
Bill to strip state of ability to force vaccinations, quarantines, killed in committee
Review recommends big changes for powerful state Health Resources Board
$15 minimum wage bill easily passes Senate, 14-7
Business
Bill to kill youth, training wage plows right through committee to House floor
Health
Carney leery of reopening as COVID cases rise slightly; lots more J&J vaccine on way
Here’s where to be tested as new covid cases flatten, deaths decline
Food & Dining
Bill to allow takeout alcohol sales into 2022 awaits Carney’s signature
Education
Students, parents protest plan to end Linden Hill’s Chinese Immersion program
UD expects to have nearly all fall classes in person, allow roommates in dorms
Science Olympiad teams meet some real world problems when events move outside
Sports
Delaware, DMA basketball coach Phil Hill set to retire after 37 years
2021 Boys, Girls basketball All State selections
Appoquinimink rallies in fifth inning to defeat Conrad 12-6
Delaware Blue Coats’ Paul Reed racks up G League post-season honors
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