With this year’s school board elections less than a month away, several organizations have once again published voter guides to help those participating make an informed decision on the ballot. This year’s election is rather light – with just 19 candidates campaigning across eight races. RELATED: 19 to compete for 8 seats in May 14 school board elections The guides …
NOTE: This story has been updated to reflect correct taxes on assessed homes. The vice president of Appoquinimink School District’s Board of Education warned the community that disaster will ensue if the district’s second attempt at a referendum fails this month. “We have to cut 91 positions. That’s about 5% of our staff,” said Vice President Richard Forsten, who …
The boys’ lacrosse season heats up this week as everyone is now done with spring breaks and the season hits its stride with a lot of big games this week. The No. 3 Archmere Auks are coming into their big game with No. 1 Sallies on Wednesday night with a 1-3 record but don’t let that fool you. Their …
The weather doesn’t look good again this week as the girls soccer resumes play for the final 4 week sprint to the state tournament.. This week we have a Division 2 semifinal rematch as No. Saint Marks travels to Friends on Tuesday. These teams split the two matches last season as Friends won 3-0 at Saint Mark’s on May …
Rain, rain, rain and rain was what we saw last week. Four straight days of rainouts that rescheduled a lot of games this last week. There were a few games played over the weekend including our No. 1 team who finally saw the field. No. 1 DMA finally got a game this week and picked up where they left off …
WILMINGTON, North Carolina – Middletown, DE native and UNCW senior softball player Tayler Vitola has been selected as the 2023-24 Coastal Athletic Association Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year presented by Primis as voted on by the conference’s Academic Affairs Committee. Vitola has flourished academically, athletically and in the community during her four years at UNCW. She has accumulated a 3.835 …
Padua vs Smyrna girls soccer, photo courtesy of Padua Athletics The weather doesn’t look good again this week but the good news is there are only 5 matches on the schedule this week as most schools are on their holiday break. The beauty of soccer is sometimes the final score doesn’t tell the whole story. The No. 3 …
The boys lax season kicked off and what a second week it was with some big match ups and some crazy weather. This week has some big matchups and some schools have spring break so the schedule is a little lighter this week. The top rank team defeated 2 nationally ranked teams in thrilling games last week. First they …
Another week of baseball and another week of uncooperative weather. Had some rainouts last week as well as some games played in tornado like winds well for baseball it seemed like tornadoes with dirt funnels cutting through infields. However there were some good games played between some of our top teams. No. 1 DMA has yet to take the …
In a light year for school board races, 19 candidates are vying for eight open seats across eight of the state’s 19 school districts. This year’s election is Tuesday, May 14, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Last year, 43 candidates ran for 23 vacancies across 16 school districts. In 2022, 42 candidates competed for 19 open …
