The deadline to file to run for the Appoquinimink School District’s at-large seat on the Board of Education is 4:30 p.m. March 2.
The district is seeking candidates to serve a five-year term beginning July 1 on its board.
Improvements on three Appoquinimink schools funded by the 2009 “No Tax Increase Referendum” will begin at the end of June when students leave for summer break.
The Appoquinimink Early Childhood Center and Olive B. Loss Elementary School’s projects will be completed in August, but Townsend Elementary School will close temporarily for a year to allow for $4 million in renovations to be made.
When Friday’s Ordination ceremony at Saint Anne’s Episcopal School ended, Father Gary Taylor’s son approached him and asked for a blessing.
In the Episcopal Church, it is tradition to ask a new priest for a blessing after they are ordained into Priesthood.
“To bless him with the weight of the church behind me – to do that for him – I wanted to do that all of his life as his father,” Taylor said.
Jermaine Hatton’s employees at Wells Fargo Bank in Middletown do more than handle money.
Nine members of his team have been dedicating half-an-hour of their own time each week since November to mentor students from Brick Mill and Silver Lake Elementary Schools in a one-on-one setting.
More than 100 Special Olympics athletes and unified partners from the Appoquinimink School District competed Tuesday morning in a bowling tournament at Mid-County Lanes in Middletown.
The Townsend Fire Company awarded Townsend Elementary School students in Mrs. Bear and Mrs. Moxley’s fifth grade class a pizza and ice cream party Thursday for having the greatest turn out at their recent open house.
Darrell V. Freeman grew up on the streets of south Philadelphia and was told by his high school guidance counselor that he would never make it in college.
In 1994, the Westchester University graduate wrote his first book, “Investing in Our African American Youth: Can You Handle It.”
On Friday morning, the Bear man and his mother were honored by Wreaths Across America at a ceremony at his alma mater.
