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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Hospital cost review board companion bill released by Delaware House committee

DOVER — Less than a day after being introduced in the House of Representatives, a bill implementing a more flexible price cap for services tied to the proposed Delaware hospital cost review …

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DOVER – Delaware State Representative Sophie Phillips appeared virtually before the Kent County Levy Court during Tuesday’s workshop to discuss House Bill 55, which disallows …

CAMDEN — One could assume that winning a cooking competition comes down to one thing — the overall taste of the food. However, a culinary arts team from Caesar Rodney High School …
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DOVER -- The Loockerman Street Design Study team, which includes the Dover Kent MPO, City of Dover, Kittleson and Associates Engineering, and the Downtown Dover Partnership, will hold a Charrette on …
LONG NECK — As part of the annual “Rotary Reads” program, the Long Neck Sunrise Rotary Club donated 680 copies of “Do You Remember” by Sydney Smith to each student at …
LEWES — Beebe Healthcare’s annual spring health fair has a new time and location this year, Saturday, May 18, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Georgetown CHEER Community Center, 20520 Sand …

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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
Bayhealth has announced that its 2023 Go Pink! initiative raised $60,622 for breast cancer awareness.
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.

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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
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. …
A 27-year-old Virginia man died in a single-vehicle crash in Laurel Saturday, Delaware State Police said.

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