After the state’s young prospective lawyers battled it out in the courtrooms for five rounds of competition over two days, the Charter School of Wilmington has gone back-to-back, winning the 2024 Delaware High School Mock Trial. RELATED: Wilmington Charter wins 2023 state mock trial competition With March Madness creeping up, the mock trial is structured like a tournament bracket, with …
TownSquareLIVE Weekly Review – February 22, 2024
This Week’s Top Headlines Include Wilmington’s Tariah Hyland wins John Lewis youth award for activism Dover Fan Zone adds DockDogs, Mirror Men and Robocars 2024 Wilmington Beer Week adds brews outside city Newark: inclusionary zoning could boost affordable housing WLC needs 3 more months to set performance reqs Courtside View – Final girls basketball top 10 rankings Click on the …
TownSquareLIVE Weekly Review – February 15, 2024
This Week’s Top Headlines Include Brandywine Conservancy, Wilmington offer flood study update 10 Delaware companies win state EDGE grants Kaisy’s Delights offers European vibe in former Millsboro bank DNREC takes over operation of Deauville Beach in Rehoboth Education groups costing ⅓ of state budget face JFC Courtside View – Week 8 girls basketball top 10 Click on the image below …
DNREC takes over operation of Deauville Beach in Rehoboth
Deauville Beach will be managed by the state and not the city of Rehoboth Beach after the two failed to agree on a new lease. In 2013, Rehoboth paid $1 total for a 10-year lease of the beach, which is off Surf Avenue, in addition to a one-time administration fee of $2,500. “I think all municipalities would like ocean front …
Kaisy’s Delights offers European vibe in former Millsboro bank
Ten years ago, people may have questioned Thierry Langer’s decision to open a European-flavored breakfast and lunch spot in Millsboro, where trucks carrying chickens rumble through the downtown district. But Langer didn’t hesitate when he saw the bank-turned-restaurant at the corner of Main and State streets. Kaisy’s Delights opened in January 2024 to an eager audience. “There was a perfect synchronicity,” …
JFC praises DSU aviation, says it should upgrade facilities
Jokes were cracked, programs were praised and millions state funding was requested from Delaware State University Thursday’s Joint Finance Committee hearing. That committee is responsible for setting the state budget and allocating funding to different programs and organizations throughout Delaware. DSU, the state’s only Historically Black College and University, is asking for about $47,000,000. It started its hearing on a …
Colonial addresses concerns about sports facilities in tax forum
How Colonial School District sports will benefit from a $61 million tax referendum was a common theme among questions during Wednesday’s virtual public forum. District officials fielded queries about the effect of the referendum, which would raise average homeowners taxes by about $250 annually. The money will be used to match state funds of $122 million for maintenance and improvements …
TownSquareLIVE Weekly Review – February 1, 2024
This Week’s Top Headlines Include SALSTHON keeps $175K goal, will benefit St. Patrick’s Center 600 Delawareans owed back wages; Here’s how to see if you are Need warming up? Dip into one of these flights of soup CCAC opens Innovation Center to help close technology gap Courtside View – Week 6 girls basketball top 10 rankings Click on the image …
Alan Dershowitz left $5 million in Chancery Court Thursday
Famed lawyer Alan Dershowitz’s lively appearance Thursday in a Delaware Court of Chancery included debating former Harvard student and now Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick and eventually dropping checks worth nearly $5 million onto the defense table. It essentially paid in full what TransPerfect Global owes the Chancery Court. Along the way, the hearing — to decide if Transperfect should …
TownSquareLIVE Weekly Review – January 4, 2024
This Week’s Top Headlines Include Wilmington named World War II Heritage City Florida fintech company Novo to expand in Wilmington Educator pay raise proposals to get joint hearing Jan. 11 Meet Cory Hafer, Delaware’s 2024 Teacher of Year Courtside View – Week 3 girls basketball top 10 rankings Click on the image below to view the PDF