Longtime Grand Opera House administrator Pamelyn Manocchio will head the downtown Wilmington theater when the current executive editor bikes into retirement in September. Manocchio, who has been working at The Grand since 2006 in a variety of roles, most recently has served as managing director. Executive Director Mark Fields will continue to work with Manocchio through the end of …
The executive director of The Grand Opera House will retire in September after 16 years of steering the fortunes of Wilmington’s premier performing arts institution. Mark Fields started with The Grand in 2006 as a marketing consultant, was appointed managing director in December of that year and then swapped jobs with the-then executive director in December 2014. “It does seem …
The First State is holding a number of festivals, concerts and services among its Juneteenth celebrations. They run through Wednesday, June 29, where Christina Cultural Arts Center will hold a talent show. Juneteenth, short for June 19, is a holiday that celebrates the day in 1865 on which Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger and his officers arrived in Galveston, Texas …
This Week’s Top Headlines Include: COMMUNITY Old Swedes to hold its first Swedish summer festival Big Brothers, Sisters snags $900,000 MacKenzie Scott donation ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ dancer performs male, female roles Symphony’s new season will include ‘Cold Mountain,’ ‘Harry Potter’ 2 of Delaware’s favorite summer festivals return FOOD AND DINING Oysters, burgers, brews among new Delaware beach eats GOVERNMENT …
A state project aimed at finding as many different bird species as possible in two Delaware parks is asking for help from citizen scientists. The Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve wants people visiting Blackbird Creek and the St. Jones reserves to take photos of birds and upload them so they can be counted. The year-long project will help create …
Delaware Tech Baseball team photo courtesy of Delaware Tech To say Delaware Technical Community College’s baseball team is off to a hot start would be an understatement. Delaware Tech is 19-0 and ranked 8th in the nation in the latest National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division II poll. The team has an overall batting average of .355, has scored …
DNREC PHOTO The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, including a stretch of ocean and bay beach, will be closed beginning March 1 for the duration of the spring and summer. Since 1993, The Point has closed annually for most of the spring and summer to protect threatened and endangered beachnesters and migratory shorebirds. Those species include red knots, piping …
When state schools start using a Black history curriculum in the 2022-23 academic year, it won’t entail having classes focus solely on that subject for a week or weeks-long series of classes. Instead, elements of Black history will be spread out through grades and course material. For example, two teachers told the Brandywine School District Monday night, kindergarten through third …
The Middletown Cavaliers used a 12-0 run in the 1st quarter to lead 19-8 and never looked back in a boys basketball win Thursday night at Newark High School. The Yellowjackets were down 25-12 midway through the 2nd quarter before slicing the Cavs lead to single digits at 25-16 with 2:45 left, but Middletown would push the advantage to 32-19 …
Jaiden McGhee talks with head coach Azeez Ali Middletown Basketball MILLTOWN —The game got off to a slow start in terms of scoring as defense and turnovers, combined with some shooting woes, was the story in the first quarter. Both teams came out slow but Middletown held a 10-8 lead after the first. The offenses found their way in the …
