Christina School District is using federal COVID-19 money to hire tutors for two years to help its students catch up. Photo by Ralston Smith/Unsplash Over 600 students in Christina School District are taking part in a district-wide one-on-one virtual tutoring program to help them climb the ladder of proficiency in math and reading. The results: About 60% of …
Great Stuff Savvy Resale has hundreds of girls dresses on sale Friday and Saturday, including this one. Looking for a spring or Easter dress for your favorite girl? Great Stuff Savvy Resale, a resale shop run by the Delaware Breast Cancer Association, has hundreds of dresses for a pop-up shop featuring all kinds of dresses Friday, April 1, …
Coach Pasani addressing the team after a victory photo by Glenn Frazer The Archmere softball team pounded out 18 hits in a 16-3 win over First State Military in Smyrna Thursday. Tori Connor pitched two innings, striking out 5 batters to get the win. She also collected 4 hits and 5 RBI’s from the “lead-off” spot. Freshman Ava Beach finished …
Savannah Laird pitching for Appoquinimink Softball photo by Glenn Frazer Savannah Laird recorded 9 strikeouts and allowed just one hit as Appoquinimink defeated Archmere 14-0 in 6 innings Wednesday afternoon. Lead off batter, Alexia Fitzgerald had 3 hits in 4 plate appearances, scored 3 runs and knocked in 2 more as the Jaguars improved to 3-0 on the season. Julia …
A Smyrna landowner has filed a lawsuit to stop the construction of a 200-acre solar farm behind Boondocks Restaurant and Store near Woodland Beach. Donald Goldsborough owns a 342- acre property across the street from Boondocks, in between Lighthouse Road and Woodland Beach Road. He and a newly-formed group called Citizens Against Solar Pollution have filed suit against Kent County …
The Delaware House of Representatives will conduct committee hearings in hybrid format indefinitely, Democratic leaders announced Thursday. The hybrid format allows members of the public to attend hearings and offer comments in-person, or from the comfort of their homes. During the pandemic, the General Assembly conducted the majority of its committee meetings and floor sessions virtually. The House and Senate …
Photo courtesy of Dogfish Head Brewery. Restaurants, brewpubs, taverns and taprooms in Delaware will permanently be able to serve to-go alcoholic beverages beginning April 1. House Bill 290, which passed in January, allows food and drink establishments to sell alcoholic beverages in transactions for take-out, curbside, or drive-through service and to use outdoor seating for serving food and drinks. To-go …
Major Foster The Delaware Department of Justice is asking individuals who have been victims of abuse by an Ellendale pastor to come forward and assist in his prosecution. Major Foster, a Lincoln man, is facing pending charges after allegedly inappropriately touching multiple women during his time as pastor at Ellendale’s Philadelphia Pentecostal Holiness Church. Foster was indicted in November by …
Thompson Island is one of many places in or near Delaware where diners can celebrate spring. Restaurants are gearing up for a busy spring season — Easter, Mother’s Day and grads-and-dads events are on the horizon. Menus are now full of seasonal flavor — think ramps, asparagus, fiddlehead ferns — and as the calendar flips to April, dining outside …
Springer Middle School students demonstrate how their new math curriculum works. Four Springer Middle School teachers told visitors Wednesday that they were all opposed to a new curriculum designed to increase math scores. Now they love it, the teachers told members of the Knowledge Matters Campaign, there to congratulate the school for its successes. “The curriculum we use forces teachers …
