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Arts Center of Orange: The “Ekphrastic Exhibition,” featuring work by artists from the Farnew Farm Artist Circle and the Virginia Poetry Society, is on display through March 30. Participating poets are Steve Butcher, Stacey Clare, Cherryl T. Cooley, and Jay. Deitch, Kathy Haley, Michelle O’Hearn, David Anthony Sam, Julia Travers, Jenna Vesey, Ellen Penn Berry. Participating artists include Lee Barker, John Berry, Pat Brodowski, Ellen Copland, Kitty Dodd, Lee Dowers, V-Ann Evans, Jane Goodman, Kate Krauss, John Perry, and Claudia Wisdom. -Good, this is Trish Crowe. The exquisite embroidery “Fingertip Awe: Miao Art” supervised by Li Zeng is on display…
A dozen young men standing on a beach with the towering Chesapeake Bay Bridge in the background may not seem grand or monumental, but hearing about the entire group’s work in the state park makes it easy to imagine the Maryland Conservation Corps’ The scale becomes clear.Forty members and eight crew leaders work on natural resource management projects in state parks across Maryland. On this particular day, three parks benefited from the workforce, according to Corps Chief Sara Marcinak.Assateague State Park on the Eastern Shore will have 4,000 dune grasses planted in the ground to restore the shoreline and protect…
Virginia regularly conducts mathematical audits of its elections to ensure there were no major malfunctions in the ballots or the machines that scan and tabulate them. Audit of the state’s 2020 presidential election Confirmed President Joe Biden’s lopsided victory over former President Donald Trump in Virginia has almost complete statistical certainty. But under new language included in the budget bill passed by the Democratic General Assembly, there will be no such audit in the 2024 presidential election. Audit overwhelmingly confirms Virginia election results Although the term “audit” is often used by conservative activists to mean an intensive investigation into questionable…
The Virginia General Assembly proposed an external overhaul of the state’s special education dispute resolution system in its budget. Compliance concerns I was raised by the federal government and my parents. Lawmakers are proposing $100,000 be earmarked for the Virginia Commission on Youth Affairs to hire a consultant to investigate a dispute resolution system that has been criticized for failing to monitor and respond to complaints against school districts. . The governor plans to complete his review of the state budget, including the funding request, when lawmakers return to Richmond on April 17. Virginia lawmakers consider sweeping changes to special…
St. Patrick’s Day festivities continue this weekend with more green-themed events in Ocean City, Georgetown, and Milford. Wear your favorite green outfit and enjoy a few days in or near the coastal area. Warmer temperatures are already starting to factor into daily forecasts and will continue to rise further in the coming days and weeks. This weekend is a great chance to enjoy the early spring weather while attending some of the area’s best annual events and gatherings. I have some great things to share with you this week. Keep reading to find out about Oldfather Group’s top events happening…
Former Delaware congressman and Wilmington activist Herman M. Holloway Jr. has died.Holloway was considered by many to be a leader, activist, and caring person, and was instrumental in mentoring and growing many supporters in Wilmington.”Mr. Herman has always promoted the rules of democracy,” said Derrick “Pastor D” Johnson, pastor of Joshua Harvest Church in Wilmington. “He never once, and I’ve attended many speeches and rallies, never made a policy, introduced a bill, or mentioned his father’s name or how a democracy should work. We never talked about the issues.”The cause of death has not been disclosed, but friends said the…
Delaware has an identity problem, says a new report from the business group Delaware Business Roundtable. This isn’t just a familiar joke from “Wayne’s World.” It’s also an economic issue.The state’s population is aging and is already one of the oldest states in the country, according to the Roundtable’s March 12 report, “Delaware Investment Agenda.” But without a clear identity, it could be difficult to attract working-age people to fill the tens of thousands of jobs the state has created since 2017, the report said.As Gov. John Carney likes to say, including during this month’s State of the Union address,…
A Rehoboth Beach restaurant that President Joe Biden recently visited has been named one of Yelp’s Top 100 Seafood Spots of 2024. Henlopen City Oyster House on Wilmington Avenue ranks No. 33 on Yelp’s list of top-rated seafood restaurants.According to Yelp, seafood is a popular topic for contributors across the country.Yelp has identified businesses in the seafood category that already have a large number of reviews mentioning “seafood” on its platform. Then, starting January 1, 2001, he ranked those spots using several factors, including total volume and review ratings through December 13. , 2023. President Joe Biden and first lady…
This month, the state Legislature proposed creating a Task Force on Student Conduct and School Climate. Across the state, arrests at schools are on the rise, as are complaints of student misbehavior. Delaware educators say improving school culture is critical to both teacher retention and school climate. Any means to improve academic success.Before the shaky cell phone video could begin, it was dropped to the ground, and the backpack that could have been carried to the classroom was trampled by approaching students as it rammed into the screen. One student fell onto a bag and was huddled on the floor…
A Delaware House committee has passed a bill that would require the state’s nonprofit hospital systems to report their community service spending. House Bill 326 would require hospitals to report spending on free treatment, support for medical research, health education and prevention programs, grants to community clinics, and social factors that affect health, according to the text of the bill. obligate them to do so. The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Paul Baumbach (D-Newark), has no Republican co-sponsors. According to the bill, the report would be submitted by January 31 and made available to the public. Sponsors noted similar reporting…
