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Delaware State Fire Commission Updates Fire Regulations.
Date Posted: February 20, 2024

GACEC Hosts Celebration for Disability History and Awareness Month Poster Contest
Date Posted: February 20, 2024

Governor Carney Announces Delaware State Housing Authority Nomination
Date Posted: February 20, 2024

Treasurer Davis Honored for Delaware EARNS
Date Posted: February 20, 2024

Lt. Gov. Hall-Long Outlines Recommendations to Protect State Retiree Healthcare, Foster Fiscal Sustainability
Date Posted: February 19, 2024

Secretary of State Presents 2023 John Lewis Youth Leadership Award
Date Posted: February 19, 2024

Governor Carney Announces Judicial Nominations
Date Posted: February 19, 2024

Terra Taylor Sworn in as Department of Correction Commissioner
Date Posted: February 16, 2024

Brian Emig Named Warden of James T. Vaughn Correctional Center
Date Posted: February 15, 2024

Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC) is accepting public comment for Informal Regulation Review until March 29
Date Posted: February 15, 2024

Department of Correction Announces Senior Leadership Promotion
Date Posted: February 14, 2024

DNREC to Assume Management of Deauville Beach
Date Posted: February 14, 2024

Spring Pond Trout Season to Open With Youth-Only Day March 2, Followed by Regular Downstate Opener March 3
Date Posted: February 13, 2024

DHSS and DHCC Launch Benchmark Trend Report Dashboard
Date Posted: February 12, 2024

Quality Education Requires School Referenda
Date Posted: February 9, 2024

Governor Carney Releases Statement on Delaware State Housing Authority Director Young’s resignation
Date Posted: February 9, 2024

Get a look inside Delaware’s correctional system through the DOC Citizens Academy
Date Posted: February 9, 2024

More Than 91,000 Bags of Trash Collected from Delaware Roads in 2023
Date Posted: February 8, 2024

DOL Reissues Unemployment Insurance Tax Rate Letters
Date Posted: February 8, 2024

Delaware Public Archives Celebrates African American History
Date Posted: February 7, 2024

Sponsors and Meal Sites Sought for 2024 Summer Food Service Program
Date Posted: February 7, 2024

Delaware Department of Human Resources Sets Consecutive Hiring Records
Date Posted: February 6, 2024

Rep. Kimberly Williams and Sen. Jack Walsh Honor the Office of Animal Welfare with a Tribute for 10 Years of Service
Date Posted: February 6, 2024

Div. of Small Business – Announces Fall 2023 EDGE Grant Winners
Date Posted: February 6, 2024

Delaware Receives $120K Grant for American Kestrel Conservation Project
Date Posted: February 5, 2024

Delaware 250: Grants for Museums, Heritage Groups, and Non-Profits
Date Posted: February 2, 2024

DSHA Launches Expanded Homeownership Programs For First-Time And Repeat Homebuyers
Date Posted: February 2, 2024

Governor Carney Orders Lowering of Flags
Date Posted: February 2, 2024

Probation and Parole’s Operation ZiPP Up collects 1,400 winter clothes items to warm local residents in need
Date Posted: February 2, 2024

AG Jennings announces $350 million multistate settlement with marketing firm Publicis over role in opioid epidemic
Date Posted: February 1, 2024

Downtown Dover Revitalization to Get Boost With $25 Million in State Funding
Date Posted: February 1, 2024

Delaware Division of the Arts Presents “The Knowing” by Cony Madariaga – Opens February 2
Date Posted: February 1, 2024

Delaware Office of Animal Welfare Rescues 76 Animals from Felton Home
Date Posted: February 1, 2024

State Employees’ Charitable Campaign Opens 2024 Application Opportunity
Date Posted: February 1, 2024

National Unclaimed Property Day 2024
Date Posted: February 1, 2024

2024 Arbor Day Poster Contest Now Open
Date Posted: February 1, 2024

Delaware Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Presents Gold Award to High 5 Hospitality
Date Posted: January 30, 2024

Woman Arrested for Vehicular Assault on a Natural Resources Police Officer
Date Posted: January 30, 2024

DPH Confirms Flu-Related Deaths During 2023-2024 Flu Season, Urges Public to Get Vaccinated
Date Posted: January 30, 2024

AG Jennings, law enforcement leaders announce record low violent crime rates
Date Posted: January 29, 2024

Statement from Delaware State Treasurer Colleen Davis
Date Posted: January 29, 2024

The Delaware Tenant Rent Reporting Program Pilot To Close March 2024
Date Posted: January 29, 2024

Department of Insurance Releases 2023 Data
Date Posted: January 29, 2024

Georgetown Fire
Date Posted: January 28, 2024

Millsboro Fire
Date Posted: January 26, 2024

Governor Carney Presents Fiscal Year 2025 Recommended Budget
Date Posted: January 25, 2024

Governor Carney’s Statement on Senate Confirmation of Terra Taylor as DOC Commissioner
Date Posted: January 24, 2024

Federal judge sides with Jennings against Cabela’s
Date Posted: January 24, 2024

Winter Fire Safety
Date Posted: January 24, 2024

Downtown Development District Program Successes Showcased in 2023 Annual Report and Story Map
Date Posted: January 23, 2024

Milton Fire
Date Posted: January 23, 2024

Delaware Officials Underscore Urgency Regarding Individuals Facing Homelessness Related to Substance Use
Date Posted: January 22, 2024

DelDOT, DEMA Issue Travel Advisory for Snow and Ice
Date Posted: January 19, 2024

State of DE offices in Kent & NCC Counties are closed on Friday, January 19, 2024
Date Posted: January 18, 2024

Scheduled Closure of the Office of Vital Statistics in Dover for Renovations
Date Posted: January 18, 2024

Governor Carney Postpones State of the State Address
Date Posted: January 18, 2024

Delaware Office of Highway Safety Announces Occupant Protection and Distracted Driving Enforcement Effort
Date Posted: January 17, 2024

Level 1 Driving Warning Rescinded at 7:00 a.m.
Date Posted: January 17, 2024

Level 1 Driving Warning Issued Due to Icing Conditions
Date Posted: January 16, 2024

Governor Carney Nominates Terra Taylor as DOC Commissioner
Date Posted: January 16, 2024

State of DE offices in NCC & Kent Counties will open at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Date Posted: January 16, 2024

Lewes Fire
Date Posted: January 13, 2024

Governor Carney’s Statement on Ted Blunt
Date Posted: January 12, 2024

DHR Unveils FY23 EEO/AA Report, Highlighting Transparency and Diversity in Executive Branch Agencies
Date Posted: January 12, 2024

Road Fatalities Decrease in 2023 from 2022 High
Date Posted: January 12, 2024

Nominations Open for Delaware Women’s Hall of Fame & She’s on Her Way Awards
Date Posted: January 12, 2024

DNREC to Close Part of Cape Henlopen State Park Jan. 16, 17 for Managed Deer Hunt
Date Posted: January 12, 2024

Delaware Division of the Arts Announces FY 2024 Individual Artist Fellowship Awardees
Date Posted: January 12, 2024

DOL to Re-issue Unemployment Insurance Tax Rate Letters Due to Error
Date Posted: January 11, 2024

The Delaware Division of Public Health Issues Update About Potential Measles Exposure
Date Posted: January 11, 2024

Governor Carney Expands Opportunities for Careers in State Government
Date Posted: January 11, 2024

State Releases School Facility Tools
Date Posted: January 10, 2024

NCC Officials Urge Residents Not to Drive After Dark Due to Flood Risk
Date Posted: January 9, 2024

DSHA Scales Back Delaware Mortgage Relief Program As Federal Funding Expires
Date Posted: January 9, 2024

Delaware to Solicit Water Quality Improvement Projects With Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding
Date Posted: January 9, 2024

Delaware Farmers Market Sales Grow to $4.14 Million in 2023
Date Posted: January 9, 2024

DOL Conducting 2024 Annual Prevailing Wage Survey
Date Posted: January 9, 2024

The Delaware Division of Public Health Issues Notification About Potential Measles Exposure
Date Posted: January 8, 2024

Major Storm Could Bring Widespread Flooding
Date Posted: January 8, 2024

State of Delaware Announces Expansion of White Clay Creek State Park
Date Posted: January 8, 2024

Multiple Fires in New Castle County
Date Posted: January 6, 2024

Panel Submits Recommendations to Protect State Retiree, Worker Healthcare, Reduce Unfunded Liability
Date Posted: January 5, 2024

DNREC State Energy Office Delivers Offshore Wind Procurement Report to Governor, Legislators
Date Posted: January 3, 2024

Secretary of State Announces Massage Technician License Suspension
Date Posted: January 3, 2024

Delaware Forest Service Partners with Delaware Libraries to Promote Smokey Bear Reading Challenge
Date Posted: January 3, 2024

Delaware’s Tax Season Starts January 23, 2024
Date Posted: January 2, 2024

Public Input Sought on Delaware’s Clean Water Trust Strategic Plan and Annual Report
Date Posted: January 2, 2024

Attorney General Jennings Announces $150 Million Settlement with Hikma Pharmaceuticals to Help Combat Opioid Crisis
Date Posted: January 2, 2024

Emergency Sirens Test on January 2 at 10:45 a.m.
Date Posted: December 26, 2023

2024 Delaware Ag Week Promises Networking and Latest Innovations
Date Posted: December 26, 2023

$1.075 Million in Grants Announced to Support Homeless Services in Delaware
Date Posted: December 22, 2023

DPH Reports Zero Cases of High Blood Lead Levels in Children Consuming Recalled Cinnamon Applesauce Pouches
Date Posted: December 22, 2023

DNREC Announces Closure of Newton Pond for Construction of New Piers
Date Posted: December 22, 2023

Gun offenders guilty on all counts in Attempted Murder trial
Date Posted: December 22, 2023

Delaware Medicaid to receive $7.6 million for alleged false claims caused by Christiana Care Health System
Date Posted: December 22, 2023

DNREC Announces Closure of the Records Pond Tidal Pier
Date Posted: December 21, 2023

Delaware to Negotiate with US Wind Over Benefits for State
Date Posted: December 19, 2023

Attorney General Jennings announces $700 million settlement with Google over Play Store misconduct
Date Posted: December 19, 2023

DNREC Announces New Superintendents at Three Delaware State Parks
Date Posted: December 19, 2023

Carney, Carper, Coons, Blunt Rochester Host Energy Department’s Deputy Secretary Turk at hydrogen hub conference
Date Posted: December 19, 2023

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Delaware history in The News Journal archives, March 29 to April 4

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March 28, 2026

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Delaware history in The News Journal archives, March 29 to April 4

Excerpts from The News Journal archives from March 29 to April 4 include Wilmington’s national champion swimmers in 1926.
A new plaque in 1976 commemorates Delaware’s role in the Underground Railroad.
“Runaway development overwhelming Delaware” in 2006.

The Delaware history column features excerpts from The News Journal archives including The Morning News and The Evening Journal. See the archives at delawareonline.com.

March 29, 1926, The Evening Journal

Acclaim for high school national champion swim team

A self-appointed committee has started a movement to publicly honor the Wilmington High School swimming team, winner of the national inter-scholastic championship on Saturday at Northwestern University, Evansville, Ill., with a banquet in the Hotel duPont on Tuesday, April 6.

Reservations at $3 a plate can be made by sending a check for that amount to Herbert B. Mearns at Wilmington Trust Company, 10th and Market streets. Frank Ford Palmer, president of the Wilmington Swimming Association, and Councilman Alexander R. Abrahams, are the other members of the committee. …

Today is a holiday at Wilmington High School in celebration of the swimming team’s honor.

For several hours, the student body, headed by the school band as an escort to the championship team, paraded on Market and other streets of the city. …

The parade was the second within 24 hours, the boys having also paraded about the city upon the arrival of the team late last night.

Members of the team faced one of life’s proudest moments at the school this morning, when before their enthusiastic and cheering fellow students, they were eulogized by school teachers and officials for their achievements as mermen. …

The team includes Coach Leroy F. Sparks, Manager C.C. Gerow Jr., Captain Frank Holt, “Bus” Palmer, Sam Reese, Jim Frazer, Jack Spargo, Leon Syfrit, Charles Hartman, Bill Brown and Bill Briggs.

March 31, 1976, The Morning News

Wilmington plaque to honor slave escape route

A plaque to commemorate Delaware’s role in the Underground Railroad during slavery will be erected late this spring in the Peter Spencer Plaza on French Street, between 8th and 9th streets.

The two-foot-by three-foot bronze emblem will have pictures of Thomas Garrett, who helped more than 2,700 slaves escape, and of Harriet Tubman, who led hundreds of slaves from the south to their freedom.

The project is sponsored by the Wilmington branch of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History through a $5,000 grant from the Delaware Bicentennial Commission.

The plaque will be erected about 25 feet from the Father and Son Statue honoring Peter Spencer. The plaza was named after Spencer in 1974 to commemorate the site of the church he founded in 1813 that was the first in the country entirely controlled by blacks.

The plaza was selected as the site for “The Underground Railroad” memorial “to permanently commemorate the spirit of freedom, self-determination and camaraderie,” according to a resolution passed by the Wilmington City Council earlier this month.

Delaware became an important link in the Underground Railroad because it was usually the “last stop before freedom” for slaves on their way to Philadelphia and other northern cities. The chain of safe homes stretched from the South into the North and Canada before the Civil War. As they moved north to freedom, blacks fleeing slavery could be hidden in the houses of antislavery whites.

April 2, 2006, Sunday News Journal

Runaway development overwhelming Delaware

Look around Delaware. Tens of thousands of people have poured in from other states, enticed by an affordable suburban lifestyle in neighborhoods framed by farms and woods – all just a short drive to the beach.

But now, look-alike houses stretch from Bear to Rehoboth Beach, every year consuming an area of land larger than Wilmington. Kent County has so many new homes that Boyd White of Magnolia can’t tell where one town starts and another ends: “The charm is disappearing.”

In old farming communities, newcomers found a peaceful rural refuge. But now, that influx has forced Middletown High School to put students in trailers. …

Vacationers and retirees from all over the East Coast have migrated to the Delaware beaches to escape metropolitan life. But now, traffic is so bad on the two-lane road to Fenwick Island that retiree Jack Weston would “rather go out in a boat than a car.”

Indian River Bay, a magnet for boaters and fishermen, is so clouded by pollutants that if Stephen Callanen goes sailing, “You can’t see the bottom when there’s a lot of toilets flushing.”

Fifteen years of growth that has outpaced Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania – in fact most of America – has forever changed much of rural Delaware. Since 1990, about 84,000 new homes have been built statewide.

But with about 100,000 more homes planned, experts fear that unless government leaders do a better job controlling land use, the prosperity and qualities that make Delaware so appealing might be lost.

“It’s a rush to destruction,” said John Hughes, Secretary of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.

Beyond the loss of scenic vistas, growth has created unprecedented traffic jams and air and water pollution, crammed classrooms and created a pressing need for public safety services. …

That is the legacy of decades of politicians promising strong land use reform but delivering weak policies that were often ignored. As a result, hundreds of farms have been transformed into one of the region’s top housing bargains. …

Maynard Esender, a cabinetmaker who has lived for nearly 20 years in the Sussex County town of Frankford, has watched growth steadily envelop the nearby beach areas. But last year, he was stunned after nearby Millville, which has about 270 people, approved a 2,700-home subdivision – the largest in state history.

“Soon the entire Delmarva Peninsula will be paved,” Esender said. …

When nurse practitioner Maltide Cruze moved to Middletown with her husband and two sons five years ago, they envisioned rural bliss. …

Both Maltilde, who commutes to Dover, and her husband Luis, who works at Christiana Hospital, now endure rush-hour backups as Middletown’s population has doubled to 12,000.

Reach reporter Ben Mace at rmace@gannett.com.

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Supreme Court says local elections board must hear residency challenge

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March 27, 2026

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Supreme Court says local elections board must hear residency challenge

The Ohio Supreme Court has ordered the Delaware County Board of Elections to hold a hearing on a residency challenge.
The challenge questions whether board member Melanie Leneghan, who is running for reelection on the state GOP central committee, lives in Ohio.
A previous hearing could not proceed after three of the four board members, including Leneghan, recused themselves.

In the latest development in the ongoing challenge over where a Delaware County Board of Elections member actually lives, the Ohio Supreme Court has weighed in.

On March 27, the state’s high court ruled that the Delaware County elections board must hold a hearing about the challenge to Melanie Leneghan’s residency. Leneghan is running for reelection to the position of District 19 women’s representative for the Republican State Central Committee seat in the May 5 primary.

A March 5 elections board hearing could not proceed after the two Democrat members recused themselves, along with Leneghan, a Republican, and the board could not reach a quorum. After that meeting, Velva Dunn, a Delaware County Republican Party Central Committee member, asked the Ohio Supreme Court to force the board to act.

Democrat elections board members Ed Helvey and Peg Watkins both recused themselves from the March 5 decision, citing concerns that any action they took could be perceived as partisan. Leneghan also recused herself.

Dunn challenged Leneghan’s ability to vote in Ohio, claiming Leneghan lives in South Carolina. Leneghan has denied the allegations, saying she lives in Ohio but travels out of state for work and to visit her daughter, who attends college in South Carolina. Leneghan owns two homes there.

She sold her Delaware County home in 2025 and is registered to vote at a house in Galena, of which she became a listed co-owner March 12 through a deed transfer that involved no monetary exchange, records from the county auditor’s office show.

Ohio does not have any known requirements about the amount of time a person needs to live in Ohio to be considered a resident. Voters must be a resident for at least 30 days before the election to be eligible to vote.

Ohio also does not have a process outlined in law for how recusals of elections board members should be handled. Those boards each comprise two Democrats and two Republicans.

In its ruling, the Ohio Supreme Court said Helvey, Watkins and Republican Steve Cuckler, the fourth board member, must hold a hearing about Leneghan’s challenge “forthwith.” It was not immediately clear when that meeting would take place.

Reporter Bethany Bruner can be reached at bbruner@dispatch.com.

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50 boys outdoor track and field athletes to watch in Delaware in 2026

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March 27, 2026

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50 boys outdoor track and field athletes to watch in Delaware in 2026

Since the start of 2025, Delaware boys track and field athletes have set 11 state records between the indoor and outdoor seasons.

After a winter season in which 17 performances reached the top five on the state all-time list, Delaware appears poised for another strong spring.

Our list of track and field athletes to watch (presented alphabetically) features athletes from 24 schools who compete in sprints, distance races, throws and jumps. They are the athletes we expect to be among the state’s leaders at the DIAA Championships at Dover High on May 15-16 although many new names could emerge by then.

After defending its indoor track and field state title, Middletown is in search of its second straight Division I championship. Saint Mark’s enters the season as the Division II winner in three of the past four seasons.