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State forfeiture limits bill gets bipartisan appreciation
A new bill that would limit the power of the state to seize assets from Delawareans was applauded in the House Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee Tuesday. House Bill 280, sponsored by Rep. Kim Williams, D-Marshallton, prohibits assets from forfeiture if they are near controlled substances or with trace amounts of such. The bill points out that legal presumption ... Read More
Xenidis and Arrowsmith combine to keep Caravel on top
In the second matchup this season of non-conference teams Caravel and Cape Henlopen Caravel stayed red hot at the plate In the first matchup between these two teams the game went 6 scoreless innings before Caravel plated 5 runs to win 5-0. The Caravel bats came alive in the 2nd inning but they left the bases loaded when a ground ... Read More
Polls open Tuesday for school board elections
Only 16 candidates will compete for a school board seat this year when the polls open Tuesday at 7 a.m. In a year that already had fewer races than normal, candidates have been dropping out since qualifying, narrowing the field. Seven of Delaware’s 19 school districts have school board elections, with polls open until 8 p.m. Preliminary results are expected ... Read More
Clubhouse talk: Final week baseball top 10
What a week of baseball we had last week. The season is heating up as we head into the postseason. No. 1 Tech and No. 2 Central both lost for the first time all season when the top two teams suffered a loss in the same week. I think what we have seen this season is that the ... Read More
War memorial near bridge to be renovated, expanded
The war memorial monument next to the approach to the Delaware Memorial Bridge near New Castle is getting a nearly $5 million update and renovation. The work will add the names of servicemen and women from New Jersey and Delaware who died serving the United States in all wars and conflicts from World War II to the present. The massive ... Read More
Inside The Circle: Final week softball Top 10
This is the final week of regular season play as teams try to position for seeding in the upcoming tournament. There are many really good matchups this week, and hopefully “mother nature” will allow the games to be played without cancellations. No. 1 Caravel (11-1) The Buccaneers anticipated a game with No. 2 Appo turned out to be a relatively ... Read More
Hospitals, legislators reach deal on state review board
State hospitals and legislators have reached a deal that will see House Bill 350, a bill to set up a state board that could review and force changes to hospital budgets, become law. Based on expected amendments, “the Delaware Healthcare Association stands neutral on HB 350 and will no longer actively oppose the bill at this time,” said Brian Frazee, ... Read More
Hospitals, legislators reach deal on state review board
State hospitals and legislators have reached a deal that will see House Bill 350, a bill to set up a state board that could review and force changes to hospital budgets, become law. Based on expected amendments, “the Delaware Healthcare Association stands neutral on HB 350 and will no longer actively oppose the bill at this time,” said Brian Frazee, ... Read More
Students won $125K but say real prize is helping community
Four Brandywine High School students have won $125,000 for their district by creating computer versions of popular games for students with disabilities. They’ve been surprised and pleased to discover that their team project has been embraced by the wider community. “We’re already getting requests from teachers,” said Isabella Chermak, a senior at Brandywine High School, “and not just teachers, schools ... Read More
DMA’s DiCarlantonio shuts down St Georges
No. 4 Delaware Military Academy (DMA) Seahwks hosted the No. 9 St. Georges Hawks Saturday night at Frawley Stadium, home of our Wilmington Blue Rocks. The Seahawks got the 2-0 win behind a strong performance from pitcher Hunter DiCarlantonio. DiCarlantonio only allowed 2 hits in seven innings to earn the win over the Hawks. The DMA offense got ... Read More
Middletown girls soccer remains undefeated
On a rainy Friday evening the 11-1 St. Marks girls’ soccer team visited Cavalier Stadium and the 12-0 Middletown squad in what many considered a potential state final matchup of days gone bye before most Delaware sports switched over to a multi division format. Back and forth they went early as both teams seemed content to kick and chase despite ... Read More
Redding votes to remove Christina from Wilmington
The members of the Redding Consortium for Educational Equity voted Thursday night to remove the Christina School District from the city of Wilmington in a redistricting plan. Those for the move said that removing Christina’s three schools inside the city that don’t connect to the rest of the district will allow the consortium to better focus its efforts on the ... Read More
Southbridge residents await remediation of contaminated park
This story was originally published on Spotlight Delaware. Regular visitors of Barbara Hicks Park in Wilmington’s Southbridge neighborhood face potential health risks stemming from contaminants in the soil that were discovered nearly two years ago. Despite the discovery, city officials have not yet made a decision on remedial action or established a timeline to clean up the park. Frequent park visitors face ... Read More
Longwood’s new conservatory overlook open for summer
A big chunk of Longwood Gardens’ renovation is open now at the Kennett Square botanical gardens. The conservatory overlook and the lower conservatory plaza, both between the conservatory and the fountain complex, will allow patrons a broader view of fountain shows, which have begun. The work includes a new allée of yellowwood trees and new stone steps. Conservatory sites The ... Read More
GOP’s Short: State budget needs oversight, too, if hospitals must have it
A Sussex County state representative plans to introduce a bill that will hold lawmakers to the same rules its Democrat members want to set for hospitals: Holding budgets to benchmark. State Rep. Danny Short, R-Seaford, and other Republicans have repeatedly said during House and Senate hearings and debates that the state wants to hold hospitals to a rule it won’t ... Read More
Robbie Jester aims to infuse new life into Kitty Knight
Robbie Jester has come home. Sort of. Raised in Galena, Maryland, the chef is partnering with Jamestown Hospitality Group, owner of Deep Blue at Kitty Knight, an inn and restaurant in Galena, to infuse new life into the old establishment. “Ironically, my dad owned Kitty Knight in the 1980s, and I was conceived there,” said Jester, a Culinary Institute of ... Read More
The 5 candidates for governor talk education in Delaware
The five candidates vying to replace Gov. John Carney in November’s gubernatorial election took the stage Wednesday night to give their thoughts on the state of education in Delaware. The three Democrats and two Republicans agreed that the need for reform in First State schools transcends politics. The forum, hosted by Polytech High School, was organized by the Vision Coalition ... Read More
Bill to amend hospital board bill pops up for vote unannounced
A bill to alter the controversial hospital board bill, which is still moving through the Senate, was filed in the Delaware House at 2:55 p.m. Tuesday and showed up unannounced in the House Administration Committee at noon Wednesday morning. Despite protests from House Minority Leader Mike Ramone, R-Newark/Pike Creek, and Lyndon Yearick, R-Camden, about the speed and non-transparency of the ... Read More
New bill lays out rules to high school transfer portal
The emergence of the transfer portal has drastically changed the landscape of college sports in the past few years, notably making it difficult for coaches to recruit and maintain players. Now, the same idea of athletes transferring schools has made its way into the high school level, and a new bill by the Delaware General Assembly aims to smooth the ... Read More
State, port operator to build new $635M port terminal in Edgemoor
The state of Delaware and Enstructure, the current private operator of the Port of Wilmington, will build a $635 million new terminal in Edgemoor that will quadruple its capacity for container cargo ships and serve larger ships. The Edgemoor industrial site was purchased in 2017 by the taxpayer-owned Diamond State Port Corp., which subsequently secured the necessary permits to construct ... Read More
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