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Tapping into your resilience (during confinement)

Dr. Barbara Barski-Carrow

1 day ago

A year ago I was at the top of my game, working, scheduling workshops and marketing my recently...
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Governance during a period of crisis: Lesson learned

Kathy McGuiness

1 week ago

The COVID-19 pandemic requires leaders to live up to the complex nature of the moment and include...
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Honoring the Bayhealth teams during National Nurses and Hospital Weeks

Terry Murphy

2 weeks ago

The vital role of healthcare has become very evident over the past several weeks. I have never been...
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Public invited to virtual open house of Five Points Transportation Study

2 weeks ago

While our collective focus over the past few months has been on the pandemic and public health,...
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Delaware must move forward on reopening strategies

Jeffrey Cochrane

3 weeks ago

The proper place for COVID-19 planning to take place for the reopening of our beach communities is...
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Delaware needs common sense plan on road to reopening

4 weeks ago

We, the citizens of Delaware, desperately need a positive, safe and common sense plan to begin...
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Inequality in Delaware cannot be overlooked during COVID-19 pandemic

1 month ago

When the COVID-19 outbreak first appeared, I was frightened by the unrelenting and steady spread...
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Earth Day not the only time to help the environment

1 month ago

Earth Day, April 22, celebrated its 50th anniversary this year. While people celebrating our planet...
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Delaware General Assembly has continued to work for constituents

1 month ago

The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed our way of life, not just here in Delaware, but...
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Pandemic parenting struggles? You're not alone

1 month ago

"At many times throughout their lives, children will feel like the world has turned topsy-turvy. It...
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Domestic violence incidents on the increase

1 month ago

Many things in the world have changed recently due to COVID-19: we are now sheltering in place,...
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Dial 2-1-1 to seek proper care before going anywhere

1 month ago

During my years volunteering as a family doctor, I have provided care mostly in non-English-...
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Befriend your anxiety; give it a name

1 month ago

When I was enrolled in college, I was required to take a language. I chose Spanish. I was not good...
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Reflections from Italy from former Cape Region residents

James and Jennifer Overstreet

1 month ago

Dimmi, cara, Tell me, dear, our elderly barista gently whispers in her raspy voice, referring to...
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We are all learning a lot during this time

Peter Carter

1 month ago

No doubt each and every one of us has a strong feeling and/or opinion about the state of the world...
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COVID-19 is here to stay, so let’s work together

David Tam

2 months ago

COVID-19 is a rapidly evolving situation. Please be aware that any information shared can...
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Local suffragists deserve recognition and thanks

Sue Bramhall

2 months ago

Local suffragists gave so much so that women can have the freedom to vote today. The earliest...
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Are you tired of natural landscapes disappearing?

3 months ago

America’s population is soaring. Our nation currently houses 330 million people. And each year,...
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Voters using new machines must review candidate choices before casting...

Jack Young

3 months ago

Starting with the Florida recount in 2000, attention has turned to how our votes are cast and...
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Legislators committed to finding solution to Bloom

Gerald Hocker, Anthony Delcollo, David Lawson, Ernie Lopez, Brian Pettyjohn, Bryant Richardson, and David Wilson

3 months ago

Bloom Energy is, yet again, under the microscope and facing intense scrutiny for its lack of...
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Georgetown’s Margaret White Houston played important role in suffragist...

3 months ago

In 1897, Georgetown’s Margaret White Houston was a 33-year-old wife and mother with three young...
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Let’s retrain Delaware’s most vulnerable workers

3 months ago

Exasperated, I yelled out, “I’m calling an electrician!” because my frustration level reached a...
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Keynote address: Tourism begins with community

Mariah Calagione

3 months ago

The following address was given at the Southern Delaware Tourism Awards Luncheon, Dec. 11, 2019...
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Why African-Americans should form purposeful and enlightening relations...

4 months ago

I want to share with you what I learned by participating in seven Dialogue to Action meetings that...
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Climate change: The time to act is now

4 months ago

As the lowest-lying state in the country, Delaware - and Sussex County, in particular - is on the...
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Growth funds and reassessment: Let’s have a discussion

Joe Conaway

4 months ago

When one discusses economic development, there are many factors that need to be considered in...
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A transformative year for the state auditor’s office

4 months ago

The Delaware Constitution and Delaware Code give the state auditor’s office important roles and...
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Otis Smith: Mayor, businessman, civil rights pioneer

Richard Claypoole

5 months ago

In today’s acrimonious political environment where vitriol and venom are used to attack, demean and...
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Kicking off the holiday season: What’s the rush!

5 months ago

It appears to me and I suspect to you, too, that many of our friends and neighbors, and perhaps...
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Disclosure bills continue to be blocked in Legislature

5 months ago

Two proposals seeking to make candidates and lawmakers more responsible for their actions have a...
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Action needed by all to begin reforms

Danny Short and Tim Dukes

6 months ago

So, here we are again - another controversy over another piece of legislation passed on the last...
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Remembrance of 11th hour of 11th day of 11th month

Richard L. Spencer

6 months ago

Veterans Day is observed in the United States on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month...
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We must protect tourism from offshore wind power

7 months ago

Beach lovers visit eastern Sussex County for the ocean, and a pristine view to the horizon is...
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Delaware laws pushing business over state lines

Ernie Lopez and Bryan Shupe

7 months ago

The craft brewing industry is a great asset to the State of Delaware. According to the Brewers’...
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State auditor strives for relevancy

Kathy McGuiness

8 months ago

As your state auditor, I promised to provide you regular updates on the steps and progress we are...
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Family separation: A tragic American tradition

Charlotte King and Vivienne Holt

8 months ago

Injustice toward children has been replayed many times in American history. Time magazine (July 22...
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Share the road as farmers harvest crops

June Unruh

8 months ago

It is harvest time again, and right now farmers are working extra hard to harvest crops that are...
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We may have missed kinder and gentler

9 months ago

The last time we got together journalistically, I was advocating for a kinder and gentler 2019. The...
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Delaware Health Resources Board is root cause of high healthcare costs

9 months ago

I believe you have to rethink your editorial opinion of Aug. 20 in support of the decision of the...
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Rep. Steve Smyk calls for revision of dog ordinance

9 months ago

The Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, has recently...
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Sussex County transforms education with focus on careers

Warren Reid & Stephen Guthrie

9 months ago

Tabitha Harris has known for years that she wants to work as an auto technician. So she came to...
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Can we be ‘Ready in 6’? And what about those start-up businesses?

Joe Conaway

9 months ago

Sussex Economic Development Action Committee is pleased to announce that we are cooperating with a...
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Let’s work together to fix our healthcare system, not sabotage it

10 months ago

Over the past few months, I’ve spoken with Delawareans at town hall events up and down our state,...
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The loonies enter the debate stage from the left

Richard L. Spencer

10 months ago

Since the Great Depression of the 1930s, liberal/progressive administrations have ushered into our...
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Saddle up America: Our country doesn’t bow to kings

10 months ago

One of my annual rituals is watching the movie “1776.” It’s a musical that shows the debate of the...
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Don’t wait; get the measles vaccination right away

Dr. William Chasanov, DO, MBA

11 months ago

The country is currently seeing the largest outbreak of measles since the disease was declared...
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Delaware needs to protect the health of its children

Dr. Kara Odom Walker and Dr. Karyl Rattay

11 months ago

Every child deserves the promise of the future – a healthier future. As physicians, we both...
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Teacher of the Year: All children deserve quality pre-K

Dana Bowe

11 months ago

In a career that spans four states, two decades, and one Delaware Teacher of the Year award, I’ve...
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If we build a bigger pool, we can spread risk over larger population

Dr. Kara Odom Walker and Trinidad Navarro

11 months ago

Under the Affordable Care Act, states were required to create health insurance marketplaces for...
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Crisis in services needed by adults with intellectual disabilities

Cynthia Gratz Campbell

11 months ago

State and national policies have supported the right of adults with intellectual and developmental...