Letter to the Editor: The importance of hospice and palliative care
November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, a wonderful time to recognize how hospice and palliative care helps patients and families in Delaware. This month Delaware Hospice wants to help...
View ArticleFive downstate volleyball teams make state tourney
DOVER – Five downstate volleyball teams have made the field for the DIAA volleyball state tournament, which was announced on Sunday. The tourney, which expanded to 24 squads this year, begins on...
View ArticleTime change adds to walking dangers
WILMINGTON — For many, the evening commute will be in the dark, thanks to daylight savings time ending Sunday. “Most people will see a dramatic difference during their commute home on Monday, as...
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Talks ongoing on future of defunct civic center site
DOVER — City officials still have hopes of putting the former property of the failed Delaware Civic Center project to good use. In August, during a Legislative, Finance and Administration meeting...
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Elks on Kirkwood subject of residential vote
DOVER — It’s time for action. That’s the mindset of 4th District Councilman Roy Sudler Jr., as he hopes residents come out and cast their votes regarding the future of the Elks Lodge at 217 N. Kirkwood...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Poor are unfairly caught in prison cycle
I am an advocate for the poor and I think there are generations of families being subjected to economic poverty, struggling to find decent jobs, our poorest neighborhoods having two-thirds of their...
View ArticlePolice investigating Dover’s 7th homicide in 2015
DOVER – Police said they are investigating the Sunday night shooting death of a 36-year-old Middletown man, which authorities said was the City of Dover’s seventh homicide in 2015. According to the...
View ArticleSt. Thomas More to host volleyball state tourney matches
MAGNOLIA – St. Thomas More will now host a doubleheader in the first round of the volleyball state tournament after the DIAA made some schedule changes on Monday. In the two opening-round games now...
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Few details on Dover’s 7th homicide
DOVER — The shooting death of a 36-year-old Middletown man in the downtown area late Sunday night was not believed to be a random act, authorities said. According to the Dover Police Department,...
View ArticleLaw Enforcement Career Fair to be held Wednesday at Delaware State
DOVER — The ninth annual Law Enforcement Career Fair will be held Wednesday at Delaware State University’s Martin Luther King Jr. Student Center. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will include...
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Trial of former CR coach scheduled for early 2016
DOVER — The jury trial of a former Caesar Rodney High teacher and wrestling coach indicted on 50 felony counts in connection with an alleged sexual relationship with a female student has been moved to...
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Hens’ Yocum says team’s future’s still bright
Kyle Yocum NEWARK — It all could have fallen apart in a heartbeat. When Delaware fired football coach K.C. Keeler in January 2013, the recruiting class that he and his staff put together might have...
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Smyrna tops Delmar to win first Henlopen volleyball title
Smyrna’s Madelynne Rodriguez (11) goes up to block a shot by Aizha Brown of Delmar in the Henlopen Conference championship match Monday night at Smyrna. (Special to the Delaware State News/Gary...
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Grey Fox Grille officially opens in Dover
DOVER — “It doesn’t get any better than this.” Those were the words of owners Diana Welch, her son Ryan Weber, and longtime friends James and Carolyn Davidson as they held the grand opening ceremony of...
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Delaware State seeks millions for optics building
DOVER — Delaware State University is requesting $38.3 million in capital funding, an increase of more than 600 percent over the current fiscal year. In the university’s annual budget hearing Monday,...
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Governor pardons abolitionist Samuel Burris
Samuel D. Burris Samuel D. Burris Samuel Burris pardon Tom Pulmano, of Felton, greets visitors to the Old State House in Dover for Gov. Jack Markell’s pardon of Samuel D. Burris Monday. (Special to...
View ArticleNo suspects in Monday shooting
DOVER – The condition of a victim of a shooting that happened Monday night is unknown this morning as Delaware State Police continues its investigation. Troopers are currently investigating a shooting...
View ArticleKent County Levy Court chooses bank for rec center construction loan
DOVER – After issuing a request for proposal to eight banks in February, Kent County is now one step closer to financing the new recreation center. Five banks submitted proposals for the $5 million...
View ArticleMan sentenced in Wilmington Trust fraud gets prison reprieve
DOVER — A federal judge has delayed the start of the prison sentence for a Dover businessman who pleaded guilty to conspiracy in an ongoing criminal investigation of the lending practices of the failed...
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Market Fair to recreate sights and sounds of 18th century Dover
DOVER — The Dover Green is now part of the First State National Historical Park, but in the 1700s it was the center of life in Dover and the site of annual autumn market fairs. On Saturday, from 10...
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