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Farewell to Firefly 2017: Sixth annual Dover festival stayed ahead of the...
DOVER — For festival organizers, the 2017 Firefly Music Festival will go down in their log books as one that perpetually stayed ahead of the weather despite gloomy forecasts. Throughout the sixth...
View ArticleLocal Auto Racing: Hawkins, Watson among Big Block winners
A field of 34 Big Block Modifieds turned out for Thursday night’s Diamond State 50 at Delaware International Speedway. It was the second event of the Full Throttle Series and the third round of the...
View ArticleDelaware South advances to Carpenter Cup semifinals
PHILADELPHIA — The Carpenter Cup hasn’t been all that kind to Delaware South for about a decade. That has all changed for this year’s version of the squad. These players are headed for Citizens Bank...
View ArticleSouthern Delaware Tourism, chambers cry foul over proposed funding cut
SUSSEX COUNTY — In reaction to proposed spending cuts to reduce the state’s projected $380 million shortfall, tourism officials in southern Delaware are readying for a fight to preserve their...
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Delaware’s Democratic US senators blast Republicans’ health care bill
DOVER — During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised the Affordable Care Act would be repealed and replaced with something better. Now, if the American Health Care Act of 2017 passes and...
View ArticleState revenue forecast rises as legislators eye budget
NEW CASTLE — A state panel on Monday increased Delaware’s official revenue forecast, but legislators still have their work cut out for them in fashioning a budget for the fiscal year starting July 1....
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Volunteers pick up Firefly ‘leftovers’ for Code Purple
Deep Water Church Pastor Jeff Dyer, one of the organizers of the Clean-Up for Code Purple, gives instructions to some of the 160 volunteers who helped collect donations on Monday. (Delaware State...
View ArticleLETTER TO THE EDITOR: People’s Place issues urgent call to action
People’s Place has been helping people find their path to growth and independence for over 40 years through the 10 programs and services we provide in Delaware. We are a statewide agency providing...
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Correctional officers to get raise
DOVER — A new agreement would raise correctional officer salaries by about $8,000 over two years, the state announced Tuesday. The deal, the product of months of negotiations between the state and the...
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Roundup: Middletown Post-25 tops Smyrna Post-14 16-14
Middletown Post-25 outdueled Smyrna Post-14, 16-14, in a high-scoring American Legion baseball game on Tuesday evening. Middletown is now 2-4 after starting the season with four straight losses....
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Smyrna-Middletown baseball photo gallery
SMYRNA – Smyrna Post 14 squared off with Middletown’s Post 25 in American Legion baseball on Tuesday night. Middletown topped Smyrna, 16-14, to avenge a 3-0 loss to the first-year Legion program...
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COMMENTARY: Congressional shooting not about ‘lax gun laws’
It’s so predictable. Progressives think the reason a bunch of Republican congressmen were shot, one nearly fatally, is because of lax gun laws. Nothing to do with the fact the shooter was a left-wing...
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Summer’s here, but it won’t last forever so make the most of it
First day of summer came in hot, and it should. Now we are on the countdown to the winter solstice and shorter days. It will take a while to notice that change. Hunters are counting down the days to...
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Transfer quarterback Caruso excited to join Blue Hens
NEWARK — J.P. Caruso didn’t waste any time picking up his first college degree. Thanks to some heavy course loads, he earned a degree in business education from Appalachian State in just three years....
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Salters to be back at forefront of African American Festival
DOVER — The “Positively Dover” African American Festival took place on its usual date on the calendar, the fourth Saturday of June last year. While all of the traditional festival events went on as...
View ArticleHouse panel OKs tax hikes
DOVER — Bills to raise taxes on personal income, alcohol and tobacco products were passed by a Democratic-controlled House committee Wednesday, despite sometimes contentious testimony from members of...
View ArticleRoundup: Dover’s Paradee shines at golf tournament
Jackson Paradee of Dover took home the top prize in the Boys’ 16-18 Division on the third day of the Philadelphia Junior Tour Rehoboth Beach Series golf tournament on Wednesday. Wednesday’s event was...
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Capital City Farmers Market returns
Zachary Dittmar of Dittmar Family Farms places fresh strawberries at the Capital City Farmers Market in downtown Dover on Wednesday. (Delaware State News/Marc Clery)
View ArticleLETTER TO THE EDITOR: Separating myths from facts on marijuana
I am getting a little annoyed by so many people submitting false information by way of a Letter to the Editor, in order to intentionally mislead the public and our elected officials on some issue they...
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