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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Delaware Agricultural Museum sprouting in Dover

DOVER — Tracey Sell has a lifelong love of agriculture. “Growing up, my grandfather had a very small farm (in Millsboro), and the whole family would pitch in and help. I remember …

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Upon further review, a previously presented budget proposal for Millsboro's budget was just an outline, not a draft. That’s the stance Town Council took Monday, subsequently tabling action on its proposed fiscal year 2025 budget.

CRISFIELD — A third official state historical marker along the dual highway here will be dedicated this week to recall a transformational crab pickers strike that took place 86 years ago. …
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Bayhealth has announced that its 2023 Go Pink! initiative raised $60,622 for breast cancer awareness.
REHOBOTH BEACH — A fin whale, or a finback whale, that beached on Sunday morning south of the Indian River Life-Saving Station in Delaware Seashore State Park did not survive, Nikki LaVoie, …
GEORGETOWN — The new rules to place forested buffers between developments is scheduled to have another public hearing in front of the Sussex County Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday. …

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Marijuana ordinance clears Sussex Planning & Zoning

The Sussex County Planning & Zoning Commission voted Wednesday to advance an ordinance governing marijuana establishments to County Council, which will soon hold a public hearing on the matter.

DOVER — The engines roaring. The blistering speeds. The pungent scent of burning rubber. There is nothing quite like the race experience.   That’s why tens of thousands of …
The Delaware Division of Small Business is highlighting activities taking place during National Small Business Month in May and for National Small Business Week, April 28 through May 4.
A Thursday groundbreaking was a time to reflect on decades back, when the Nylon Capital Shopping Center in Seaford was a regional retail hub. But there was also hope for the future, with a planned revitalization of the 22-acre site that has been mostly dormant for many years on the city’s western edge.

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Saint Mark’s High has an Esports room and is one of several Delaware high schools with teams. SAINT MARK’S HIGH SCHOOL PHOTO

Esports are becoming part of Delaware’s schools

DOVER — There’s always going to be people that think the name is kind of funny. After all, the game players in esports …
Hutt Racing Stable's Twin Delight ($9.60, Allan Davis) was a 1:53.1 winner in the $22,500 Mares Open Tuesday at Harrington Raceway. HARRINGTON RACEWAY PHOTO.

Twin Delight a winner at Harrington Raceway

HARRINGTON - Hutt Racing Stable's Twin Delight ($9.60, Allan Davis) was a 1:53.1 winner in the $22,500 Mares Open on Tuesday at …
Tlb Racing's Sprocket ($5.40, Pat Berry) notched his third-straight win in the $22,500 Open at Harrington Raceway in 1:52.3 on Monday. HARRINGTON RACEWAY PHOTO.

Sprocket makes it three in a row at Harrington Raceway

HARRINGTON  - Tlb Racing's Sprocket ($5.40, Pat Berry) notched his third-straight win in the $22,500 Open at Harrington Raceway in …
Senior Anthony Hatch has been a very versatile player for the Caesar Rodney High baseball team. DAILY STATE NEWS FILE PHOTO

Athlete of the Week: Anthony Hatch, Caesar Rodney baseball

CAMDEN — Caesar Rodney High baseball player Anthony Hatch was voted this week’s State News Athlete of the Week. The senior …
The Caesar Rodney High girls’ tennis team has won 49 regular-season matches in a row, including 12 this year. CAESAR RODNEY SCHOOL DISTRICT PHOTO

Caesar Rodney girls' tennis team driven by chance to net second straight state title

CAMDEN — Caesar Rodney High had waited five years to win another DIAA team state title in girls’ tennis. So when the Riders …

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Cannabis march Saturday marks 11th year in Rehoboth Beach

MILFORD -- The Milford Museum will continue its American History Series with a program titled “To Bus or Not to Bus: The 1977 School Desegregation of New Castle County, Delaware” at the …
Wells Fargo and United Way of Delaware will present the Delaware Minority Small Business Expo 2024 from 1:30-6 p.m. May 9 at Bally’s Dover, 1131 N. Dupont Highway.

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Kent County
LEWES — Cape Henlopen’s 10 schools had two which required some degree of action based on lead concentrations found in drinking water. H.O. Brittingham Elementary School in Milton had …
A 65-year-old Felton man died from injuries suffered in a single-vehicle crash Sunday in Greenwood, Delaware State Police said.
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 …

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New Castle County
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 …
TOWNSEND — He served as an Delaware Assistant Deputy Attorney General prosecuting child support cases.

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Sussex County
A 27-year-old Virginia man died in a single-vehicle crash in Laurel Saturday, Delaware State Police said.
REHOBOTH BEACH — Another full season of fresh produce, baked goods and local vendors returns on Tuesday, May 7 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at 501 Rehoboth Ave, adjacent to the Visitor’s …
LEWES — Cape Henlopen schools contacted parents this afternoon to warn internet and landline service to Cape Henlopen High School, Lewes Elementary School, the district office adjacent to the …

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