A video wall in Tower Hill’s Hub can be used by teachers, students. You won’t find librarians shushing students to maintain silence in the Tower Hill School’s Education Hub. “THE Hub is a place where it is constantly buzzing,” said Andrea Glowatz, dean of Teaching and Learning at Tower Hill School. The Tower High Education Hub, usually referred to by …
Actress Aubrey Plaza and writer Dan Murphy will read from their new book. New Castle County natives Aubrey Plaza and her creative partner Dan Murphy will read from their new Christmas book Dec. 15 at Brandywine Hundred Library. The pair, who have known each other for 15 years including at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, …
The Hockessin Library’s new bench, made of books carved from limestone, took inspiration from the building’s cantilevered entrance. A new limestone bench mimicking stacks of books at Hockessin Library was created as a memorial to a longtime volunteer and board member. The bench honors Barbara A. Roberts Miller, who died in March 2018 after a short illness. The titles of …
Items that can be checked out of Newark’s new Library of things are displayed just like books are. Photo courtesy of Newark Free Library. Want to try a new board game or keyboard? Need a tool or video camera one time only and don’t want to fork out the cash for it? Newark Free Library’s new Library of …
(Delaware Division of Libraries) Delaware’s libraries have begun a $650,000 project to increase access to technology and health care. The Telehealth Kiosk and Device Loaning Initiative started with three kiosks for patrons (in the Seaford, Laurel and Milford libraries) and more than 500 Chromebooks and WiFi hotspots that can be checked out. There are also plans for nurses traveling …
Rockwood Park and Museum, for the first time in its five-decade history as a New Castle County park, is developing a strategic plan. “This plan is helping the museum to visualize a new mission to be of service to a wider variety of our neighbors,” said Ryan Grover, who’s been directing Rockwood for just over two years. When interviewing for …
Longwood Gardens has announced an early holiday present for its fans: Its $250 million revitalization project — announced in 2021 as the most ambitious of its upgrades — is expected to open to the public Nov. 22, just in time for A Longwood Christmas and its deluge of visitors. It also started selling tickets for its popular Fireworks and Fountain …
The mention of a small homeless encampment on Delaware State University property has led to the launch of a Dover committee assigned to find ways to help solve the problem in Delaware’s capital. The first meeting of Dover’s Unsheltered Working Group will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7, at the Dover Public Library. Its creation came about during last …
The city of Wilmington has paid $900,000 for the elegeant Gibraltar mansion on Pennsylvania and will work to preserve it for future generations, Mayor Mike Purzycki announced Friday. There are no definitive plans at this time for the property, Purzycki said in a press release. The property, the focus of both commercial and cultural interest for decades, hasn’t been able …
Extracurriculars ruled the day in Wednesday’s House Education Committee meeting. House Bill 244, sponsored by Rep. Mike Smith, R-Pike Creek, would provide funding for every public high school in the state to have a full-time athletic trainer. The funding would be phased over the next three fiscal years. Both the state and local districts would allocate money for the athletic …
