D-E-L-A-W-A-R-E, Delaware. A state education group has partnered with the world-renowned and televised Scripps National Spelling Bee to host the state bee and encourage students who wouldnât normally participate to do so. First State Educate is set to become a regional partner for the competition and the statewide sponsor for Delaware. The groupâs 2025 Regional Spelling Bee will prioritize opportunities …
Michael Rodriguez of Newark thought Delaware’s two leading gubernatorial candidates â Matt Meyer and Bethany Hall-Long â led campaigns that were too distasteful to vote for. So the 34-year-old voted for environmentalist Colin OâMara in Tuesdayâs primary elections at North Star Elementary School in Hockessin. âI’m a Democrat, but I absolutely respect bipartisanship,â he said. âI think that’s the …
A Wilmington call center company that planned to focus on the medical industry while hiring part of its employees from special needs and disadvantaged communities has widened its focus and shifted its name. BlindSight Delaware Enterprise, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit social business enterprise founded in 2021, received a $608,000 grant from the Delaware Strategic Fund last year to help it grow.. …
One of the songs blasting on the speakers to bring the energy to EastSide Charter Schoolâs students as they embark on their first day of school Tuesday was âI Canâ by musical legend Nas. Widely-considered one of the best lyricists of all time, Nas wrote the chorus: âI know I can (I know I can), Be what I wanna be …
Donuts are having a day in Delaware. Last week, Sleeping Bird Doughnuts opened at 4001 Concord Pike behind Luckyâs Coffee Shop in Brandywine Hundred. The newcomer is an offshoot of Sleeping Bird Coffee on Miller Road in Wilmington. The doughnut shop joins a bevy of businesses specializing in sweet indulgences. On nearby Marsh Road, the intriguing combo of Hill Donut Co. & Pancake House and 322 BBQ specializes …
The first new school in the city of Wilmington in five decades is opening Friday. The $84 million Bancroft School in the Christina School District will have a new name honoring a longtime Wilmington educator who was the principal of Bancroft School from 1975 to 2005 â Maurice Pritchett Sr. Pritchett died in April 2023. âWith the design and opening …
At its first regular meeting since its 7-hour one in July that ended in the nonrenewal of Superintendent Dan Sheltonâs contract, the Christina School District Board of Education was tumultuous once again. In Tuesday nightâs meeting, two state legislators — Rep. Paul Baumbach, D-Newark and Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton, D-Newark, — and Secretary of Education Mark Holodick, condemned the board …
A University of Delaware research cruise that was initially supposed to take off in 2022 and was delayed several times due to inclement weather and problems with the ship finally was launched Sunday. âThere is plenty of excitement,â said Dr. Andrew Wozniak, a professor in the School of Marine Science and Policy who is one of the cruise leaders, Sunday. …
They called it a ground-breaking for the new Kingswood Community Center, but it was more of a joyous love-in. Love for the 83-year-old institution, love for those who founded and ran it, love for those who expanded its scope to serve residents from childbirth to senior citizens, love for those who acted on faith that they could transform the neighborhood …
For four decades, the face of Stanleyâs Tavern has been a Steve, not a Stanley. Steve Torpey went from managing the Brandywine Hundred landmark to owning it. But in July, Torpey turned over the keys to Newark-based Ashby Hospitality Group. âThey took over the restaurant with my complete staff, all our systems, all our vendorsâeverything,â says Torpey, who is officially retired. Marc Ashby, …
