NASCAR weekend at Dover Motor Speedway
NASCAR’s Chastain has fruitful partnership with Delaware Office of Highway Safety
NASCAR’s ‘King’: Richard Petty remains a man of the people
NASCAR notes: Zilisch gets first ARCA win at Dover; Jones takes Xfinity pole

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Dover looks to find balance when it comes to revitalization plan

DOVER — Changes to Loockerman Street, the main artery that runs through the city’s downtown, are coming soon. As soon as the summer of 2025, bulldozers and backhoes will tear up the …

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GEORGETOWN — Possum Point Players’ summer production of “For Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday” will be performed in Possum Hall June 7, 8, 9, 14, 15 and 16. It’s a …

A Kent County educator is reaping some sweet rewards from cookie retailer Crumbl by being named its Teacher of the Year for Delaware.
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LEWES — According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Delaware ranks eighth in the nation in Lymes disease cases, which caused the state to form an oversight board, which is …
clipper express, milton
MILTON — Engine 910, better known as the Milton Clipper Express, has gotten a glow up and returns to Milton Memorial Park on Chandler Street on Saturday, May 18. Expected to begin at 11 …
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DOVER — Submit haiku entries on the theme “What I love about the ocean” to the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control before June 4 for a chance to have …

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Your event is their blank Canvas

LONG NECK — If you’ve got a corporate, nonprofit or personal event, you’ve got a canvas for friends and collaborators Kyra Elmer and Julie Sammons to help make that event shine. …

Seeds of Need
DOVER — Sue Harris and the Rev. Dr. G. Derrick Hodge are attending to the needs of the Dover homeless, while also assisting other individuals in need of life services. The two are …
LEWES — To address the challenges of and provide clarity on a key retirement tool — annuities — InFocus Financial Advisors is hosting a class titled "Understanding Annuities" on May …
DOVER — Flowers or jewelry? Maybe a good book? Wine? Reporters from the Daily State News offer five ideas to stimulate your Mother’s Day gift giving. (Hint, hint: It’s …

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The Delaware State baseball team poses with the Route One Rivalry trophy after beating Delaware, 15-5, on Tuesday. DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY PHOTO.

College notes: Delaware State tops Delaware in baseball; Wilm. makes softball Series again

DOVER — The Delaware State baseball team gave J.P. Blandin a nice going-away present on Tuesday. In Blandin’s last home game …
CR goalie Dylan Bennett dives to the ground trying to stop the ball that was rolling towards an unguarded goal in Tuesday’s match against Cape Henlopen. The ball missed going in for a score by about 12 inches. SPECIAL TO THE DAILY STATE NEWS/GARY EMEIGH

Cape Henlopen, Indian River advance in boys' volleyball; Sussex Academy wins in girls' lacrosse

Third-seeded Cape Henlopen High posted a 3-1 victory over No. 14 Mount Pleasant in the opening round of the DIAA boys’ volleyball …
From a distance, you cannot see the drivers behind these trotters heading toward the halfway point of the fourth race Wednesday at Harrington Raceway.

Harrington Raceway results

Harrington Raceway Results Wednesday, May 15, 2024   1st - NW2PMLT Trot $8,000 3-Royal Mistake (An Morgan) 5.00 …
CR’s Aden Anderson slams the ball past Daniel Cruz (15) and Bruslee St Pierre of the Eagles in Tuesday night’s match. SPECIAL TO THE DAILY STATE NEWS/GARY EMEIGH

Caesar Rodney tops Smyrna for first boys' volleyball state tourney win and other scores

CAMDEN — Fifth-seeded Caesar Rodney High downed No. 12 Smyrna, 3-1, in the opening round of the DIAA boys’ volleyball state …
James Magno and Joseph Fonte's Incaseyoudidntnow ($2.40, Jim Morand) was a 1:53.1 winner in the featured $22,500 Free-for-All Tuesday at Harrington Raceway. HARRINGTON RACEWAY PHOTO.

Incaseyoudidntnow posts victory at Harrington Raceway

 HARRINGTON - James Magno and Joseph Fonte's Incaseyoudidntnow ($2.40, Jim Morand) was a 1:53.1 winner in the featured $22,500 …

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Lions Club brings book sales back to Kent County

REHOBOTH BEACH — Earlier this week the Drug Enforcement Agency announced it would reschedule cannabis, differentiating it from substances like heroin and grouping it with drugs that have …
DOVER — Air shows are not only a great way for the public to spend a day watching daring pilots pull off acrobatic maneuvers. They also are fulfilling experiences for airmen stationed at Dover …

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Kent County
Two vehicles and an occupied house were damaged in a shooting incident on Sunday, Dover Police spokesman Master Cpl. Ryan Schmid said.
LEWES — The Delaware Department of Transportation confirmed the Five Points traffic circle just north of Rehoboth Beach will fully open 10 days earlier than the previously announced Memorial …
DOVER — A woman who entered the Dover Middle School campus with a gun Wednesday was arrested, Dover Police said. According to school officials and police, a staff member let in the woman …

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New Castle County
LEWES — In the last week, there have been 83 suspected overdoses from a yet-to-be-confirmed drug mixture in Sussex County, with concentrations of cases in the …
The Delaware Department of Health and Social Services has announced that applications for the Delaware Health Fund are available for fiscal year 2026 and are due July 15.
SMYRNA — The Delaware Department of Transportation announces the closure of East Commerce Street between S. Dupont Blvd and Monrovia Avenue starting on Tuesday, April …

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Sussex County
LEWES — The care team from Lewes Family Practice on Savannah Road moved to Beebe Primary Care Five Points, at 17388 N. Village Main Boulevard, on Monday.   The spacious new …
LEWES — Located near the end of Pilottown Road in Lewes, the deVries Monument recognizes a 1631 Dutch colony whose existence contributed to the formation of Delaware as a separate state. …
GEORGETOWN — This Wednesday, the Sussex County Pension Fund Committee will hear a quarterly update by Baltimore-area investment consulting firm Marquette Associates on the health of its pension …

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