Dover topped by powerful Baltimore Dunbar 50-28 on road
BALTIMORE — Dover High started strong but couldn’t finish Friday night, losing 50-28 as the team opened several hours from home against powerful Dunbar, which made it to the Maryland 2A state...
View ArticlePolytech crushed by Appo 60-20 in Burris’ debut as coach
MIDDLETOWN — The game ended fittingly at 9:11 p.m. Friday night, but the outcome was decided just after the opening kickoff. First-year Polytech head coach Stanley Burris said his team didn’t come out...
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Memories of 9/11 nightmare still fresh in witnesses’ minds
Dover Air Force Base Honor Guard members raise the American flag Friday at 8:43 a.m. honoring those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001. Terry Campus Public Safety Officer Daveid Larsen of Smyrna...
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Dover Air Force Base ceremony recalls day that changed America
Holding the ceremonial wreath, Magnolia Fire Company member Rebecca Lauber stands next to life member Mike Murray with her head down during a moment of silent prayer Friday morning at the Dover Air...
View ArticleBucs romp 67-0 in Strickland’s first game as coach
MILFORD — For new Milford coach Shaun Strickland it was simply his first win with the Buccaneers. But for several Bucs players, Friday night’s 67-0 victory over Red Lion was a long time in coming....
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Lake Forest can’t stop Outlaw as Hodgson wins 38-30
Spartans take to the field for matchup with Hodgson Friday night. (Special to the Delaware State News/Gary Emeigh) DeJuan Outlaw of the Silver Eagles looks for running room in the first quarter...
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Friday’s high school football scores
Delaware State News/Dave Chambers CR junior WR Sequann Daniels meets head on with five Middletown defenders Friday. 12dsn CR vs Middletown Football 002 New CR head coach Dan Candeloro CR junior...
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SLIDESHOW-Amish Country Bike Tour
John Cook of Wilmington cruises by in his Bachetta Corsa John Quill of Ocean City, otherwise known around these parts as "The Banana Man" rides through the crowd on his eccentric cycle. Hundreds of...
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Slideshow: Lake Forest Invitational
Charter School of Wilmington senior Kevin Murray won the Boys Varsity A race. (Delaware State News/Dave Chambers) Charter School of Wilmington senior Erin Jackson won the Girls Varsity A race...
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Court appearance for Dover chase suspect delayed again
DOVER — The court appearance for a 21-year-old Dover man accused of holding a gun while fleeing and then being shot by a police officer in late August has been delayed again. Terrance Fletcher For a...
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Another suspect arrested in Kent drug probe; two still sought
DOVER — One suspect was arrested Friday and two still sought in connection with an investigation into an alleged large-scale drug operation that brought 13 arrests and/or indictments earlier this...
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Final case review set for Schweiger
DOVER — A final case review for a 26-year-old Dover man charged with allegedly conspiring to provide false testimony in a 2014 murder trial against him is scheduled for Wednesday. The jury trial of...
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Kent County’s Banta to be lauded for lifetime of public service
Kent County Levy Court President P. Brooks Banta reflects on his career in politics and service to local organizations during an interview in his Dover office Wednesday afternoon. He will receive the...
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Amish Country Bike Tour brings record-breaking crowd
John Cook of Wilmington cruises by in his Bachetta Corsa John Quill of Ocean City, otherwise known around these parts as "The Banana Man" rides through the crowd on his eccentric cycle. Hundreds of...
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COMMENTARY: Military to thoroughly vet plight of Bergdahl
Last summer, this writer made a presentation to his college classmates regarding national defense policy and spending. It will not surprise that one of the questions was about Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, U.S....
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‘Continued Tomorrow’ suits our way of life
DOVER — The late Chris Godwin, one of the best copy editors we have ever had here at the Delaware State News, nicely summed up our work. “A newspaper is what they call ephemera — short-lived printed...
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Educators, Delaware at odds over Smarter Balanced test scores
DOVER — In the wake of the Smarter Balanced test score release, opponents have seized on them as a further point of criticism. They see the low scores — proficiency rates of about 50 percent in...
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Blue Hens get past Lafayette in the rain
NEWARK — Delaware’s sputtering offense certainly isn’t out of the woods just yet. But the Blue Hens’ defense kept Lafayette out of the end zone, freshman kicker Frank Raggo booted four field goals and...
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State: Smyrna officer justified in fatal shooting
SMYRNA — A Smyrna police officer was justified in shooting and killing a shotgun-wielding man who refused to drop the weapon in a May 2 incident, the Delaware Department of Justice concluded in a...
View ArticleLETTER TO THE EDITOR: The rest of the story on Libby, Kerry and treason
In his letter to the DSN of Aug. 31 (“True treason”), Mr. Paul Donnelly accused Scooter Libby of treason. It is incorrect to label Mr. Libby’s acts as treason, other than to say that no foreign...
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