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As COVID-19 has racked the country, food insecurity has become a difficult side effect nationwide. And Delaware is no exception. According to Feeding America’s 2020 study on the impact …
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Sports
HARNESS RACING
HARRINGTON - Forrest Bartlett's Primo Maschio ($2.10, Trae Porter) improved to 8-for-8 in his young career with a 1:54.1 win in the $110,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Final for 2-year-old pacing …
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
NEWARK — Jordan Stevens hadn’t really gotten a good look at Marcus Yarns before. His Maine football program hasn’t played Delaware since 2021 — before he was the Black …
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WOODSIDE — JoAnn Kenton considers herself a person of faith. And that made perhaps the most difficult decision of her life that much tougher. “The biggest thing I wrestled with …
Business
Bay to the Beach
Cooking a delicious meal is like a piece of art. Watch this cheese bubble and brown and caramelize, the chef says, pointing to a blazing hot oven at Touch of Italy restaurant in Rehoboth Beach. …
Smyrna
A lot of noise can accompany a breast cancer diagnosis. Physically, there are endless medical appointments and discussions. Mentally, there is endless deliberation: what should I do? What should I …
Roxann Edwards has been through breast cancer twice, both times exhausting. But she uses her voice to inspire others. “I can’t help anybody if I haven’t gone through …
DOVER — Bayhealth will host its’ second annual Delaware Coalition of Nurse Practitioners Fall CE Conference on Oct. 19 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the PCOM Simulation Center at Bayhealth …
DOVER — Delaware workers will have several choices for paid family medical leave insurance plans as part of the Healthy Delaware Families Act. Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro …
Neighbors
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 Speak Out Against Hate  discusses next steps to remove Confederate flag at Georgetown's Marvel Museum

GEORGETOWN—Community organization Speak Out Against Hate held a meeting at the Lewes Public Library Wednesday, part of which discussed next steps for addressing the Marvel Museum’s …

Delaware's Person of the Year 2024

Each year, the Daily State News celebrates its readers' poll, Stars of Delaware. A special part of that is the Person of the Year finalists who go above and beyond to make Delaware a better place. …
FINAL ALARM

Hundreds gather to honor fallen Delaware firefighter

ELLENDALE – Hundreds of first responders assembled to honor the volunteer firefighter and EMS logistics technician Thomas W. Berry III who tragically passed away in the line of duty during a …
Things to Do
The Delaware Farm Bureau Foundation’s 4th annual Lace Up for Ag Literacy 5K Run/Walk will be held Oct. 19 at Hopkins Farm Creamery.

Delaware Farm Bureau's Lace up for Ag Literacy to raise funds for ag education

LEWES — The Delaware Farm Bureau Foundation will host its 4th annual Lace Up for Ag Literacy 5K Run/Walk Oct. 19, to raise funds to …
Grounded due to low cloud cover, Navy Midshipman 2nd Class Manolis Tsavaris raises his bounty from a food court visit as he and U.S. Naval Academy Parachute Team members Christian Kehr and Mary Root hope for clearing skies during the 2023 Wings & Wheels festival.

Wings & Wheels festival cleared for takeoff in Georgetown

GEORGETOWN – Wings & Wheels, the Greater Georgetown Chamber of Commerce’s regionally popular event that showcases entertainment, …
This is an early rendering of what a new park office at Cape Henlopen State Park could look like.

Cape Henlopen park friends' bird seed sale open until Sept. 30

LEWES — The Friends of Cape Henlopen State Park announced its annual Bird Seed Sale is now open for orders through Sept. 30. …
Schools
GEORGETOWN — Sussex Technical High School announces the hiring of five alumni, adding to the growing number of former students who have returned to Sussex Tech as faculty and staff members. …
REHOBOTH BEACH — Southern Delaware Chorale announces three recipients of its Lee Mitchell Scholarship for the 2024-25 season. Nicole Carter is a senior at Indian River High School …
Vocational-technical schools across the state are seeking to boost educational experiences, as students prepare for life after high school graduation.
Opinion
I respect the opinion of Dover City Councilman Brian E. Lewis about needing solutions for Dover’s recent shootings (“Solutions needed after rash of shootings in Dover”). But I think we need to think outside the box and come up with solutions that are needed to end the gun violence not only in Dover but in our country.
I strongly agree with Dan Shortridge’s encouraging a photo history of Delaware (“We need a Delaware Photographers’ Project”).
We are all aware of the ridiculous amounts of money that the federal government was offering states during the pandemic. Many of those states, including Delaware, used the money to increase unemployment benefits, far exceeding any amounts paid in the past, and to continue those payments far longer.
As the presidential election campaign heats up, media coverage suggests that Americans are hopelessly divided and headed for a difficult fall — perhaps also a tense January 2025. But that …
OPINION
With high inflation, many people are not able to keep pace with their monthly rental payments and other bills because of their low-wage incomes or their low “fixed” incomes. We are seeing hundreds more people in the Georgetown area who have fallen out of our economic system.
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