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Thursday, March 11, 2021 Students from Cape Henlopen High School and its Multi-faith Youth Group are organizing the John Lewis Indian River Inlet Bridge Walk, to be held from 3 to 4:30 p.m., Sunday, March 7. This nonpartisan, youth-led walk across the Indian River Inlet bridge will mark the anniversary of the 1965 walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge led by members of the civil rights movement including the late Rep. Lewis in Selma, Ala., on the same date to protest voter suppression. The walk ...

Chandra Pitts Chandra Pitts, a first-generation Mexican American and Black woman, leads a global, social justice and education nonprofit named One Village Alliance in Wilmington, where she also resides. In 2009, Pitts founded the nonprofit with a mission to raise historically marginalized youth – with a focus on Black and Hispanic families – into greatness through education, entrepreneurship and the arts. FAVORITE BOOKS: “Gabe & His Green Thumb” by David Miller. “This is a great read...

Undaunted by the pandemic, Philadelphia’s second casino is set to finally open its doors Andrew Maykuth, The Philadelphia Inquirer © ALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS Skyline shot of Live! Casino and Hotel Philadelphia, as seen from I-95. Sixteen years after the state authorized two casinos in Philadelphia, the city’s second casino is finally ready to open — though the timing, amid a historic pandemic that has devastated entertainment venues, could be m...

Bow Exchange is a mixed-use scheme designed by Architects pH+ for client City & Suburban Homes, located on the Limehouse Cut Canal in London. The proposals for the site include the demolition and replacement of the existing 2 to 3 story industrial warehouse buildings, with a new building ranging from 4 to 9 stories providing high-quality workspace at ground and mezzanine levels and 92 residential units above. The scheme has been carefully developed to respond to the varied character of the exis...

December 21, 2020 Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County has initiated a statewide effort to provide new, energy-efficient refrigerators to low-income Delmarva customers in Delaware. Working in collaboration with affiliates in Sussex County and Central Delaware, Habitat is piloting a statewide refrigerator replacement program conducted through all three ReStores. The ReStore Refrigerator Replacement Program is made possible through a $500,000 Energize Delaware Empowerment Grant. St...

"When the State finally released its autopsy findings, officials outrageously contended that Anton’s bipolar disorder was a contributing cause of death, as opposed to the law enforcement officers’ brutal actions in chasing, tasing, and pinning Anton down under hundreds of pounds of weight for six minutes until he lost consciousness and stopped breathing," the lawsuit states. The complaint alleges law enforcement "improperly influenced" the medical examiner. The lawsuit points to a suppleme...

Orleans, they didnt protect outer areas. the water had nowhere to go. it had to come this way. more than 100,000 homes and businesses in louisiana and mississippi and arkansas still have no power. isaacs leftovers are hitting the northeast today on the heels of a severe line of storms that battered central delaware. powerful wind whipped through kitt county damaging ten homes there. some say they saw a funnel cloud and ran for cover as the storm tore off roofs, destroyed garages and knocked ...

And david tonight in maryland, thankfully no serious injuries have been reported. crews are still trying to restore power there, and officials are trying to find out if that was indeed a tornado. more rough weather is ahead. >> gio benitez leading us off. gio, thank you. lets bring in meteorologist ginger zee tracking it for us. what concerns you tonight? >> reporter: still tonight, that its still raining, david. places like central delaware have seen up to 5 inches of rain already, and we still...