Delaware's flu season has been very mild this year.

Kent woman becomes state’s first flu death of 21-22 season

bshupeHealth, Headlines

The Department of Public Health announced the first flu death of the year Tuesday. A 54-year-0ld Kent County woman became the first person in Delaware to die of the flu this season, the Delaware Division of Public Health announced Tuesday. She had underlying health conditions and was not vaccinated before dying of influenza A, the division said. It does not …

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DMA outlasts Sussex Central 

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

Delaware Military Academy celebrates during the game against Sussex Central photo by Nick Halliday Delaware Military Academy defeated Sussex Central 13-10 Monday night at Wilson Field. DMA totaled nine hits in the game while Sussex Central collected ten hits in the high-scoring affair.  Sussex Central opened up the scoring in the first inning after back to back walks to AJ …

MilfordLive April 12

Milford LIVE Weekly Review – April 12, 2022

Sonja FreyHeadlines

This Week’s Top Stories Include: Headlines Bug and Bud Festival returns Culture Breast Cancer pop-up girls’ dress resale raised $1,000 Business City of Milford Awarded Site Readiness Funds Government & Politics City approves changes to street and sidewalk ordinance Bipartisan bill would cut realty transfer tax by 25% House overwhelmingly approves $300 relief rebate bill Education Science of reading bill …

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DBCC’s pop-up girls’ dress sale raises money for Young Survivors

Terry RogersCulture, Headlines

  A girls dress sale at the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition raised $1,000 for its young survivors program. “Most women who are diagnosed with breast cancer at a young age also have young children,” said Mackenzie Blithe, who arranged the pop-up shop. “We felt like this was a great way to raise money and help people with children choose cute …

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Community organizations learn about Bayhealth residency program

Terry RogersHealth, Headlines

by Terry Rogers     Bayhealth’s Sussex County campus At a recent Milford Conversation, held on the first Thursday of each month at the First Presbyterian Church of Milford, several community organizations and city officials learned about the Bayhealth residency program and discussed challenges the residents faced when they arrived to begin their program. “We are very excited about our …

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Delaware Live spring sports week 3 top 10 rankings

Jason WinchellHeadlines, Sports

Baseball Week 3 Ranking   Ranking School Record Last Week’s Ranking Comments 1 Appoquinimink  5-0 1 Faces #3 Saint Mark’s this week 2 Sussex Central 4-0 2 Tough schedule the next 3 weeks 3 Saint Mark’s 5-0 3 Strong pitching in their wins over Archmere and Hodgson  4 Sussex Tech 4-0 4 Host Cape and Delmar this week 5 Sallies …

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Inside The Circle – Softball Mid-Week Results 4-7

GlennFrazerHeadlines, Sports

Savannah Laird of Appoquinimink on the mound against Red Lion photo courtesy of Appo softball Instagram Top ranked Caravel hasn’t played since defeating previously unbeaten Delmarva Christian 6-0 last Saturday. Caravel is 2-0 while the 5th ranked Royals are 3-1. No. 2 Laurel suffered a loss to unranked Delmar 3-1. The Wildcats were led by Josie Hollamon with 2 hits …

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Contentious right-to-know school bill likely to fail in committee

Jarek RutzEducation, Headlines

  A bill that would require schools to publish information about what’s being taught and what materials are being used sparked a lively debate in committee. Photo by Unsplash.   For a hot second, it looked like a bill that would require schools to tell the public exactly what materials are being used for teaching, among other things, was going …

MilfordLive April 5

Milford LIVE Weekly Review – April 5, 2022

Sonja FreyHeadlines

This Week’s Top Stories Include: Headlines ALDI coming to Milford Culture Milford Museum brings council up to date Council hears annual report from Milford Library Milford City Council hears annual report from DMI Business WIIN Coalition helping develop eco-tourism opportunities Government & Politics Bretzer running for Ward 1 council seat Boyle running for Ward 1 council seat Milford looks at …

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Inside The Circle – Softball results from April 2

GlennFrazerHeadlines, Sports

Mikayla Walsh Caravel Softball photo by Ben Fulton Eight of the Top 10 were in action Saturday. Top ranked Caravel blanked previously unbeaten Delmarva Christian 6-0. Junior Brooklyn Richardson allowed just 2 hits in 6 innings of work to get the win. Kendall Browne had 3 hits for the Buccaneers while Mikayla Walsh added two hits. Rachel Hall and Lydia …