University of Delaware students raised more than $1.8 million for The Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation. Submitted photo/Rob Naylor. More than $1.8 million will go toward the fight against childhood cancer after the University of Delawareâs UDance Marathon wrapped up fundraising during itâs annual event Sunday. That brings the philanthropyâs lifetime fundraising total to $16,503,120 since its inaugural event in 2007. …
Republicans are going all in this year to support their candidates for school board elections that take place in three weeks. The Delaware State Republican Party is sponsoring a âSuper Saturday Day of Actionâ Saturday to encourage volunteers to meet candidates and help them campaign The right-wing Patriots of Delaware this week sent out an email saying âitâs time to …
Photo/City of Wilmington Wilmington City Council members must hand over all email, phone and text records from Jan. 2021 to March 2022 in response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by one of their own. Councilwoman ShanĂ© Darby, D-District 2, submitted the FOIA request because she says a group of seven city council members have been holding private …
Getty Images Evidence continues to pile up that Delaware is struggling to provide affordable housing: Data released Thursday by Housing Alliance Delaware says the state faces a shortage of more than 18,000 affordable and available rental homes for extremely low-income renters. Also Thursday, Delaware State Housing Authority announced that eligible Delaware renters can now receive up to 18 months of …
One of Delawareâs brightest stars will return home for Dover Motor Speedwayâs biggest NASCAR weekend ever. Multi-platinum selling, award-winning country music superstar and Milton native Jimmie Allen will perform a pre-race concert at the Monster Mile on Sunday, May 1. The 12:45 p.m. concert at the Embrace Home Loans Stage in Victory Plaza will immediately precede the DuraMAX Drydene 400 …
Sen. Darius Brown, D-Wilmington State Sen. Darius Brown has been reinstated as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and member of the Senate Capital Improvement Committee. Brown, D-Wilmington, was removed from the Judiciary Committee in May 2021 after being arrested on misdemeanor offensive touching and disorderly conduct charges. He was removed from the Capital Improvement Committee in Nov. 2021 after …
Artistic rendition of the capsizing of the DeBraak by Peggy Kane, 1990.The ship and its sinking will be explored in the program âThe Wooden World Revealedâ at the Zwaanendael Museum on May 21, 2022. The Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs will sponsor seven special events during the month of May 2022. A full schedule is included below. Except …
Dough4872/Wikimedia Commons Masks are no longer required on Delawareâs public transit buses. A federal judge in Florida on Monday ruled the CDC overstepped its authority and failed to follow proper procedure when it extended the mask mandate for planes and other forms of public transportation. Shortly after, the White House announced the Transportation Security Administration would no longer enforce the …
Photo/Getty Images Business leaders are lining up in opposition to a proposed ordinance in Wilmington that would require service industry employers to provide two-weeks notice of work schedules and compensate employees when changes occur. The measure, sponsored by Council Member ShanĂ© Darby, D-District 2, aims to provide more schedule stability for hourly workers at retail, hospitality and foodservice establishments with …
Delawareâs seven Republican senators have asked the stateâs top doctor not to reinstitute a statewide indoor mask mandate. The letter came after the City of Philadelphia last week announced its mandate would be coming back due to a rise in cases there. Restaurants, museums, businesses, offices, government buildings and arenas in Philadelphia began requiring masks Monday morning. Dr. Karryl Rattay, …
