Thunder Over Dover edition nets awards for Team Dover
DOVER — Some notes and quotes between headlines and deadlines … *** Congratulations to Team Dover. Members of the 436th Airlifter Wing Public Affairs group are soaring after learning they won first place for printed publication in the U.S. Air Force Media Contest at the Air Mobility Command level. The team won with the Sept. […]
Salisbury, Md., sports editor passed on newspaper passion
DOVER — Some notes and quotes between headlines and deadlines… *** We received some sad news from Salisbury, Maryland, on Friday. Rick Cullen, a sportswriter and sports editor for 32 years at the Daily Times, passed away. Mr. Cullen was a great influence on this editor, as well as Delaware State News reporter Craig Anderson. […]
Michigan abuse case has parallels to Delaware one
DOVER — Even though the names and setting are different, this story is a story Delaware knows too well. The case of Larry Nassar, the Michigan doctor who molested gymnasts for years, is quite similar to that of Earl Bradley, the former Sussex County pediatrician who sexually abused more than 100 children. Nassar was sentenced […]
Kent County Profile covers another year of progress
DOVER — We get to celebrate another year of progress with Kent County on Tuesday. The occasion is the unveiling and release of the Kent County Profile. This will be our ninth edition. The magazine, a collaborative effort with the Kent Economic Partnership, is designed to be an economic development tool. In a sense, it’s […]
2017: Prison uprising dominated Delaware State News front pages
DOVER — The name and face we will remember most belong to Lt. Steven R. Floyd Sr. He was the correctional officer killed in the inmate violence and hostage situation Feb. 1-2 at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center. The prison uprising tops this editor’s list of top stories for 2017. From Feb. 2 through […]
Delaware State News Front Pages of 2017
DOVER – As we usher in a new year, we also take a look back at all 365 front pages of the Delaware State News in 2017. The year started with the inaugurations of a new Delaware governor, John Carney, and a new president, Donald Trump. In Delaware, a February prison uprising that led to […]
Christmas in early years of Delaware State News
Dear Santa: If there is one last-minute request this editor could make of you, it would be to help me go back in time and visit with James C. Wickes, perhaps in a Dickens-like way so we can channel his Christmas spirit. More than a century ago, he was the editor and publisher of this […]
Raymond coached an aspiring sportswriter, too
DOVER — Growing up, the West family made a lot of trips north to see the Fightin’ Blue Hens. I couldn’t tell you how many games we watched or how many times I heard the graying alumni in Section J of Delaware Stadium hollering, “Come on, Tubby, throw the ball!” My dad, Wendel, was a […]
What ideas could Dover glean from ‘Our City Reading’?
DOVER – Some notes and quotes between headlines, deadlines and fault lines … *** Last week’s column featured the story of the late Al Boscov, as told by friends, family and his department store’s people. An interesting aspect of his legacy is Our City Reading, Inc., a nonprofit he founded, to revitalize the city, once […]
‘To Boscov’ is to live as Albert would
DOVER — With one story after another, Albert Boscov’s legacy flows through the pages of a new book his grandchildren have produced. The title is “Did you Boscov today?” Use of his name as a verb now means much more than “to shop” at one of the stores that bears the family name. Mr. Boscov, […]
