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High School State Tennis Championships
With sunny skies and temperatures in the 80s, the University of Delaware courts were on fire Wednesday afternoon with the best high school tennis of the year. And no teams were hotter than the Tower Hill Girls and St. Andrew’s Boys teams that took home the 2013 DIAA Tennis State Championships. The…
By: Town Square DelawareGirls On The Run 5K
The ladies behind Girls On The Run (GOTR) Delaware have done it again, organizing a spring race that brought a record 3,300+ participants to the Riverfront last weekend! Students were joined by their coaches and members of the local running community for the semi-annual 5K, which benefits GOTR and its…
By: Town Square DelawareJustin Gimelstob Wows Tennis Fans at Fundraiser
The Rodney Street Tennis & Tutoring Association (RSTTA) welcomed tennis great Justin Gimelstob to Wilmington earlier this month at their annual Spring Benefit, attended by more than 300 local tennis players and fans. Gimelstob really played to the crowd, with jokes about his tennis game sprinkled with insight into the…
By: Town Square DelawareMoms On a Mission 5K
So it wasn’t technically Mother’s Day, but Mom should be honored every day of the year, right?! The Delaware Adolescent Program, Inc. (DAPI) held its fifth annual Moms On a Mission 5K last week, bringing runners, walkers and strollers to Brandywine Park for the fundraiser, which benefitted education alternatives for…
By: Town Square DelawareStateline Loop Trail Race
More than 200 runners from six years old to seventy navigated soggy ground and a fallen tree at last weekend’s Stateline Loop 9K/5K Trail Race for Conservation. Participants and spectators enjoyed post-race fare from Lulu’s Cafe on the Go and games in the Kid’s Activity Corner. The 9K was race #2…
By: Town Square DelawareKickstarting A Journey Together
Like many first-time mothers, Delaware artist Nicole Royer didn’t quite know what to expect when son Tiberius arrived earlier this month. So she’s turned to her abstract action art to help her on the motherhood journey. She is creating a new series of paintings, inspired by the journey of her…
By: Town Square DelawareJudge Jane R. Roth Portrait Unveiling
Leaders of Delaware’s legal community came together at the Delaware Historical Society last Thursday for the unveiling of the offical portrait of the Honorable Jane R. Roth, a federal district and court of appeals judge since 1985. Dozens of Roth’s former clerks raised funds to pay for the portrait that…
By: Town Square Delaware2013 Delaware Marathon Running Festival
The tenth running of the Delaware Marathon was fittingly one for the books! Local runners Lydia Carrick won the women’s marathon in 2:52:11, shattering the previous record, and Darryl Brown won the men’s half-marathon in 1:13:56. The morning’s races included the full marathon (26.2 miles), the half-marathon (13.1), the four-person…
By: Town Square DelawareStartup Weekend Delaware
Think you had a busy weekend? A talented group of active entrepreneurs has you beat! Over the course of 54 hours, several dozen participants shared ideas, formed teams and launched start-ups at the Coin Loft downtown. With feedback and coaching provided by industry leaders and local entrepreneurs, the weekend’s activities…
By: Town Square DelawareJDRF Hope Ball
More than 450 guests came out to support JDRF Delaware at the annual Hope Ball on Saturday, April 27th at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington. The event helped to raise more than $350,000 to support JDRF’s mission of curing, treating and preventing type 1 diabetes. The theme was…
By: Town Square Delaware