The Brandywine Festival of the Arts returns to Brandywine Park for its 62nd year this weekend — Sept. 9 and 10 — for its largest show with 250 artisans and 16 food vendors. The featured artist will be Edwin Lester, a self-taught painter who brings a sophisticated and technically advanced style of realism to his figurative and atmospheric paintings. The …
Delaware has recorded its first case of the Pirola strain of COVID, a variant that health officials believe is extremely infectious and worry is not going to be affected by current vaccinations. The Delaware Public Health Laboratory identified a case of SARS-CoV-2 lineage BA.2.86 from a specimen provided to the laboratory for testing. It did not offer any information about …
A new insurance company will offer plans for 2024 on the Delaware Health Insurance Marketplace. Celtic Insurance Co. Ambetter Health of Delaware will join Aetna Health, AmeriHealth Caritas and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware in offering plans through the Affordable Care Act program once known as Obamacare. Together, the insurance companies will offer 57 plans. Most of the …
The students of EastSide Charter School were welcomed back Tuesday morning by a crowd of school and community leaders, government officials, Wilmington police and the mascot of the Delaware Blue Coats. As the students entered the building through what felt like a red carpet runway pulsing with upbeat music, they were greeted with fist bumps, high fives, hugs, words of …
William Penn opened up its season with a revenge victory over Caesar Rodney having lost to them late last season. Penn jumped out to an early 22-0 lead which proved to be too much for the Riders to make up. The Riders did make a comeback, but the Colonials were able to hold off the Riders to come away with …
A new community center providing support to transitioning military veterans broke ground this week in Milford. The Home of the Brave Foundation, in partnership with Nally Ventures and Horizon Construction Services, hosted the ceremony Tuesday. The mission of the foundation is to reduce homelessness among military veterans. In addition to providing transitional housing, food, and security, it assists with employment, …
After two years of construction, Appoquinimink School District’s newest elementary school opened its doors to students and parents Thursday night. Crystal Run Elementary, located at 1470 Aviator Way in Middletown, sits in a sea of corn fields, sparking the feel of the movie “Field of Dreams.” About 400 students from grades one through five will attend this school year, with …
Thanks to Delaware’s growing oyster industry, the water off Delaware beaches “has been unbelievably clean” in recent years, a prominent coastal restaurateur says. Jeff Hamer, owner of Fins Hospitality Group, credits the restoration of the state’s oyster beds, because each oyster filters 30 to 40 gallons of water around it each day. That’s made for beautiful trips on the water, …
Charter School of Wilmington once again was Delaware’s highest ranked public high school, according to the just-released U.S. News & World Report list. It didn’t crack the top 100, though. It was listed at 112 in the country. Forty of the state’s 59 public high schools were ranked, including eight charter schools, in the magazine’s list of 17,680 schools across …
For the second year in a row, Goldey-Beacom College has ranked in the top 20% of national colleges and universities for helping make students economically mobile. Goldey-Beacom also was the only Delaware college that Washington, DC think tank Third Way assigned to the Institution of Higher Education’s Tier 1 ranking. “The data show Goldey-Beacom’s EMI ranking at 24.7% with a …
