Charles Megginson August 12, 2022 Government, Headlines
Candidates for Representative District 1 include (left to right) Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha, Councilwoman Shané Darby and Mark Prescott Gardner.
Voters in Northwest Wilmington, Brandywine Village and Trolley Square will have three choices when they decide who to send to Dover as their next state representative.
They can go with who they know: incumbent Democratic Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha.
They can toss Chukwuocha out and promote progressive Councilwoman Shane Darby to the seat.
Or they could do the unlikely and vote for political newcomer Mark Prescott Gardner, a Republican.
Wilmington’s 1st Representative District.
Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha, D-North Wilmington.
Chukwuocha said that while he welcomes Darby to the race, “she’s rolling the dice to see what happens.”
“It’s a free race for her because it’s a midterm race and she’s still on council,” he said. “I know I’ve done well for my district and I think I have a great amount of support.”
Before his 2018 election to the House of Representatives, Chukwuocha served on the Wilmington City Council.
“I intend to show that support all over the district,” he said. “Not only in the first councilmanic district that I represented but also in the second councilmanic district where I was born and raised and where she currently represents.”
Chukwuocha said his proudest accomplishment as state representative has been helping to create the Redding Consortium for Educational Equity.
The Redding Consortium is a working group that recommends policies and practices to the governor and General Assembly. The group’s goals are to achieve educational equity and improve outcomes for pre-K to twelfth-grade students in Wilmington and northern New Castle County.
“We have this four-district model and it has failed our city horribly,” he said. “Every ten years or so we go through this planning process and we come up with a plan that never gets implemented, so now we’re just trying to say we really want to do something different.”
Chukwuocha said some of Wilmington’s public schools are among the lowest-performing in the state. He attributes that to gun violence and crime in the city.
“When you look at gun and community violence that these young men and young ladies are encountering, that doesn’t lend itself to them becoming students who are graduating successfully from school and achieving and thriving in our educational system,” Chukwuocha said. “They’re the ones who are falling through the cracks of our education system and they often end up on the streets, involved in a life of crime.”
He said if Wilmington can’t fix its education system, it will be a “hard road trying to bring forth the economic and community development that we need.”
In his two terms as state representative, Chukwuocha said the biggest surprise has been the division, not only between the political parties but also between legislators from the northern and southern parts of the state.
Chukwuocha’s experience in bridging that divide makes him the best-positioned candidate to serve the people of his district, he said. Someone who’s only served on the Wilmington City Council, which is almost entirely Democratic, might not have that experience, he said.
“You have to build consensus. It’s not really about being individual there, it’s about being a part of a team,” he said. “It would hurt someone who doesn’t have those same qualities — someone who wants to be combative.”
If re-elected, Chukwuocha hopes to reform the way public schools are funded, expand the Downtown Development District further into North Wilmington, and continue bringing state resources to the district.
“I’m standing on the work that I’ve done,” Chukwuocha said. “I believe my experience in the legislature and on city council, my experience in the community, and my over 30 years experience as a community-based social worker, have prepared me to be our representative in Dover.”
Councilwoman Shané Darby, D-North Wilmington.
Darby said she has “nothing to lose” by running for state representative.
“Win or lose, I’m still going to remain a council person, but I’m going to do the best I can and put my name out there to try to beat him,” she said, referring to Chukwuocha.
Darby became motivated to run after Chukwuocha sponsored a controversial bill that would allow the city of Wilmington to acquire vacant or abandoned properties that aren’t being maintained.
She said that during a town hall, Chukwuocha told the audience that if somebody doesn’t support the bill, they should run against him.
According to Delaware Online , in response to a community member who said she wouldn’t vote for Chukwuocha if he didn’t withdraw the bill, Chukwuocha actually said, “Ma’am, if you want to vote me out on this bill, feel free to.”
“You cannot be that arrogant. Humble yourself,” Darby said. “You cannot be that arrogant to say that to a group of people and then to continue on thinking that you were just gonna roll into the next race without someone challenging you.”
Darby said she’s only running because her constituents asked her to.
“My first reaction to that was to say no,” she said. “I really have a love for Wilmington. I love being a city council person and I love what I do on this level.”
But after much convincing, Darby decided that the choice shouldn’t belong to her — it should belong to the voters.
“One thing I’ve learned throughout my life is you can never choose when you will be called on to serve,” she said. “It’s about how you choose to answer that call.”
If elected, Darby said she plans to focus primarily on women’s issues, housing and criminal justice reform.
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s June decision that gave individual states the power to regulate abortion, Darby said more legislation is needed to protect and strengthen maternal healthcare in Delaware. It is legal to have an abortion in Delaware.
She also wants to pass legislation to protect city residents from eminent domain, pass a renters’ bill of rights, and ensure people in her district have equal access to mortgages, loans and grants, she said.
If elected, she hopes to follow in Maryland’s footsteps by abolishing the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights .
Darby said it’s a myth that Delaware is a “blue state.”
“There’s a lot of Republicans who turn Democrat and have Republican beliefs,” she said. “There’s a lot of conservative Democrats and I think that has to do with there not being a lot of diversity in age down there.”
She said that, unlike the incumbent, she is “not bought” and doesn’t “have an allegiance or feel obligated to any political party.”
Chukwuocha, on the other hand, “is tied in relationships with developers and tied in with relationships with Mayor Mike Purzycki,” Darby said. “Nnamdi [Chukwuocha] — he is not a progressive. He actually doesn’t take a lot of stances on things. He’s been really quiet. But what happened was, with the eminent domain legislation, he reared his little head.”
She said she’s not worried about the Republican candidate.
“Not in this part of Wilmington,” she said. “In Trolley Square it’s a lot of young white liberals, so I don’t think he stands a chance there, and then in North Wilmington, it’s predominately Black and brown people, and most Black and brown people are Democrats, but I wish him the best.”
“It’s a two-way race,” Darby said. “Whoever wins the Democratic primary, they’re definitely — I think — going to win the general election.”
Gardner doesn’t think it’s a two-way race.
“I expect Ms. Darby to say that and I respect that, but no, it’s not a two-way race,” Gardner said. “I don’t know if she meant it that way, but I think it’s rather arrogant to say that.”
He agrees with Darby on one thing: “What Nnamdi [Chukwuocha] did is he gave Ms. Darby and myself a gift with this eminent domain issue,” he said. “I don’t know why he would make such a move.”
“The incumbent traumatized his constituents,” Gardner said. “He disrespected them. And what is the impetus of this bill that he sponsored? It wasn’t something that he came up with on his own, that I can tell you.”
Gardner said he’s running because he has been told that “the current machinery of Democratic leadership has had a control on the government and the people,” to the point that “people are uncomfortable truly identifying with their own personal core values.”
He hopes his campaign will offer Wilmingtonians another option. And despite Darby’s doubt, Gardner likes his odds.
“I feel in my gut — in my spirit,” Gardner said. “And what I discern from people that I’ve met so far is that they want a change, and what I’ve heard is that some people are afraid and uncomfortable with speaking their truth because Wilmington politics is so controlled — Delaware politics is so controlled.”
The Democratic primary election will be held on Sept. 13, 2022 and the general election will be held on Nov. 8, 2022.
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Padua Academy students lead visitors through Open House tour. When Gabby Guerke was ready to leave Odyssey Charter School for ninth grade in 2019, she wasn’t sure what she wanted in a high school. “My parents and I just felt like we needed to look everywhere,” she said. “So that’s what we did.” Like hundreds of other eighth graders each fall, Guerke entered Admission Season. Just weeks after every fall semester opens in Delaware, young men and women in the eighth grade who are considering a private school are already focusing on the next year. They register for open houses, schedule shadow days to follow a current student, and circle dates on their calendars for admission tests that will determine scholarships and more. Padua and Salesianum School start this year’s round of open houses Sunday, Sept. 26. The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington schools agree to hold open houses on different weekends so more people can visit. But because Padua is an all-girls high school and Salesianum is an all-boys one, they can share a day. Not every school has an open house, but all of them encourage prospective students to spend time in the school with kids their age, a practice called shadowing. That gives visitors a look at the workload, how things really run and the relationships between teacher and class. Padua expects to have 200 students at its open house Sunday, and a total of 600 people visiting in shifts of 18 families every 20 minutes, said Admissions Director Shana Rossi. Students and teachers will lead the groups on a tour. Its shadow days started Monday, with 10 students visiting. The school will average eight visitors a day into December, Rossi said. To facilitate a good impression, the school tries to find out what some of the prospective student’s interests are and pair her with someone with similar interests. “It’s not a manufactured day at all,” said Lisa Clody, director of enrollment for Ursuline. “They get to come in and go to class. So if the science classes is doing an experiment, they get to experience that. And if it’s a straight lecture, they do that.” A shadow day allows the visitor to see “if this is someplace that they can see themselves spending the next four years,” Clody said. Two years ago, Guerke quickly narrowed her choices to four of Delaware’s private schools: Ursuline Academy, Padua Academy, Wilmington Friends and Archmere Academy, as well as Wilmington Charter, a public school. Guerke said her decision was made harder by the fact that she wasn’t sure what field she hopes to go into as an adult. Now a sophomore, she’s still not sure. “I love every subject there is and I was just really interested in everything,” she said. “So I didn’t really know what I was looking for.” Ursuline Academy welcomes families to an open house for prospective families. Melissa Brown, director of admissions and financial aid at Wilmington Friends, says it’s no secret that Delaware’s private schools all have solid, sound academics programs. “We all have really rich reputations in terms of being able to prepare students for their next step,” she said. “What we talk about in our process is the fit and feel for each child and their family that comes through. “What does it feel like for your students to walk through those doors every day? Will they find their people here? Will they be able to participate in school life at its fullest in and out of the academic classroom? And that’s where it’s a really valuable piece of the experience to spend some time on campus. ” All of the schools want to bring in bright young people eager to learn, to take their place in leadership and to serve the community. They also want diversity and a willingness to contribute. They phrase it differently. Ursuline is small enough that it’s seeking well-rounded students who want to take on more, Clody said. “We are really are looking for students who are willing to try different things and want to understand what it means to be a part of a sisterhood and part of a community,” she said. “They’re not coming here to walk away with a degree in four years. They are going to make friends. They are going to become involved. And they are going to be part of the community.” Padua, Rossi said, is looking for a woman who has a belief in herself, who knows she has growth ahead of her but has hope for the future. “We cultivate that in our students,” she said. “We always are seeking to inspire them to be their best selves, and to also empower them to be their best selves … We see far greater potential in them than they even see in themselves and in order to help them achieve that, we really give them the support they need to reach those goals that they didn’t even know they had set for themselves. So we look for that student who is ready for a challenge, and that we can provide the support to for her to achieve all of her goals.” Brown said there’s no clear cut answer about who Friends is looking for, or looking to avoid. It’s interested in the mix. “We thrive on the differences that folks bring to the table,” she said. “Around here that’s what makes for really rich conversations in our classrooms.” They want their students to learn to engage in discourse and how to have your say without alienating or being offensive or without discounting the views of someone else, she said. The schools aren’t just looking at the students, either. All of them are interested in creating a partnership with the families and ensuring parents are active with and at the school, admission officers say. Like most private schools, Wilmington Friends encourages those interested in the school to shadow a student for a day. Decisions about which school is chosen […]
The Delaware Art Museum’s ‘Afro-American Images 1971: The Vision of Percy Ricks’ closes Jan. 23. When artist Percy Ricks approached the Delaware Art Museum about doing a 1971 show featuring works of African American artists, the museum wasn’t interested. Officials there didn’t even answer his requests. Later in the year, the then-director characterized the museum as “basically a white institution.” Ricks found another site, and his show at the Wilmington Armory was a huge hit. Much has changed since then, and museums are now actively trying to acquire works of minority and female artists to fill in walls and histories previously dominated by white male artists. The museum’s current show, “Afr0-American Images 1971: The Vision of Percy Ricks,” takes a look at some of the art in the 1971 exhibit, and the show’s role in raising the awareness of quality of Black art. It’s drawn a fair amount of acclaim, including being featured in a Forbes magazine article, and the museum doesn’t shy away from acknowledging its own role in denying women and artist of color their place in art. “The century-old Delaware Art Museum, like many American cultural organizations, has a history of exclusion and institutional racism,” starts the foreword to the catalog for “The Vision of Percy Ricks. ” Ricks, who died in 2008, was the first Black art teacher in Wilmington public schools. He came with a pedigree: a bachelor’s degree in education at Howard University and then graduate art degrees at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and Columbia University’s Teachers College in New York City. He was also involved with the cutting edge of Black art, watching groups organize in big cities and corresponding with those doing it. While paying homage to Ricks’ determination to mount the show and draw the spotlight to Black art, the exhibit also looks at local and regional art. It’s divided, as the original show was, into sections that look at the “elders,” some of whom taught Ricks; Philadelphia artists; Washington, D.C., artists; and New York City artists. The museum could not get all of the 1971 works, but did arrange for nearly all of the 66 artists to be represented in the show. The works range from paintings in many different styles and hues, to sculpture to installations, including “Untitled,” a painted canvas by Sam Gilliam that hangs in the entrance — he invites museums to hang it as they wish — and “Untitled,” an installation of acrylic on vinyl and canvas fused together by David Stephens. Some are by names that Wilmington art fans will recognize, such as Edward Loper Sr., Edward Loper Jr., Simmie Knox and Humbert Howard. Other artists, like Faith Ringgold, may be familiar to people who know the museum’s collection. The exhibit includes two early paintings from her, and the museum’s modern art collection includes one of her painting quilts, “Tar Beach No. 2.” Here’s 10 things you shouldn’t miss in the exhibit. Ernst Crichlow’s “White Fence” and “Waiting” are two of the last works in the show. Ernst Crichlow (1914-2005) works, which end the show. One is “White Fence,” painted in 1967 and showing a group of Black children standing behind what looks like a fancy wrought-iron fence. Outside of that fence is a blonde-haired White girl with her hand in her mouth and wearing a white sun dress with flowers on the skirt and a very specific expression on her face. The girl and the three boys seems to be looking at the viewer. Another is “Waiting,” a portrait of a Black girl behind a barbed-wire. Both are clear explorations of racism and separation. 2. Works by Ricks himself, including a self-portrait, three of which can be found in the part of the exhibit that’s in Gallery 9. ‘Street of the Market, Zaria’ by James A. Porter. 3. James Amos Porter’s “Street of the Market, Zaria,” is part of the first works in the exhibit. Porter was Ricks’ teacher at Howard and had died the year before the exhibit. He was known for characterizing the Black lifestyle in African, Latin American and African American art. 4. The far wall of the exhibit, covered in a row of brilliantly colored works, ranging in styles and subjects. 5. “Bonfire,” by Norman Lewis, which could a celebration, or could be a gathering of the Ku Klux Klan. 6. Black and white photos of the original exhibit that are interspersed with the works to give visitors a feel of what the 1971 shows looked and felt like. The walls are also studded with quotes and about Ricks. “Untitled,” by David Stephens, hangs to the left. 7. “Untitled,” an installation of acrylic on vinyl and canvas fused together by David Stephens. When it arrived at the museum, the curators realized that age had dulled it and had it conserved so it would shine during the show. 8. Ringgold’s paintings from her Black Light Series, “Soul Sister” and “Mommy and Daddy,” designed to celebrate African American identity. The works are copyrighted and photos of them cannot be reproduced in mass media. 9. Cliff Eubanks Jr.’s “Outside Inside,” a mesmerizing fantastical image of weary sitting man holding himself up off the ground framed by what looks like a ship. 10. Walter Williams “Southern Landscape,” which at first glance shows a brilliant sunny day and a flower-filled meadow. It takes a second to see the shack in the background, a nod to the poverty of Blacks in the rural South.
Troy Haynes Jr. , left and Cole Willey Seaford – At the start of the 2021 football season Seaford Blue Jay wide receiver and defensive back Cole Willey changed his jersey number to the number 4 to honor the memory of his friend the late Troy Haynes Jr. Haynes wore the same number as an All-State quarterback at Woodbridge High School winning the Division II state championship in 2016 and 2018. Willey’s friendship was not one of a former teammate or classmate since Haynes was five years older, it was a friendship born of two athletes battling childhood cancer at the same time. At the age of 14 Willey was an active two sport athlete participating in both football and wrestling at Seaford Middle School. In March of 2019 Willey was diagnosed with acute leukemia. Undergoing chemo therapy, Willey would spend months at A.I. DuPont Children’s Hospital and that is where he would meet Haynes. “I went to meet him when I heard he was in the same hospital, we really couldn’t get close because we were both sick and going through treatments. So I began texting with him because I knew the heartache and the thoughts he was having since I had been there,” Willey said. “We texted, I would check up on him and he would check up on me, it was just like a great connection that we had,” Willey added. Haynes passed away on September 29, 2019 of Renal Meduallary Carcinoma, just a week after his 19th birthday, but his memory is kept alive at a school just ten miles south of Woodbridge as each week Willey runs onto the field proudly wearing the number 4. Cole Willey Willey said as he thought about Haynes passing from cancer he was inspired to wear number 4 for the Blue Jays. “Troy was like a big inspiration for me, I texted him here and there when I could. When I heard he had passed it just hit me really hard. The inspiration behind the number and it’s a big deal in the State of Delaware,” Willey said. Willey said that Haynes’ death drove him to keep fighting for Troy and his mother Christina. “I had to beat it for him, I felt like I had to help Christina get through everything. I wanted to beat cancer for Troy,” Willey said. The youngest of four children living in Seaford, Willey had just completed his eighth grade wrestling season finishing in second place in the 136 pound weight class at the Henlopen Conference Middle School Championships when he learned his life was about to change. Diagnosed with cancer just months before he was about to begin high school Willey found himself hospitalized away from his Seaford home in Wilmington. His parents Coleman Sr, and Laralyn were by his side making the long trips between home and the hospital while Willey received treatments. Willey said the relationship with Haynes helped him through the bad and tough times. “There were some times when it was really bad, texting back and forth with Troy helped me get through the bad times. I actually wanted to go see him when he was in Texas when he was doing treatments and everything, but I never got the chance,” Willey said. As his freshman year of high school arrived Willey said he really wanted to get back on the field and play even though he was sick because sports are really important to him so it was tough to have to miss an entire year. “Physically I lost a lot of strength, but I knew I would get back into the gym as soon as I could. Mentally, I had to realize I was not the same athlete that I was before. I had to learn to be a different kind of athlete to contribute to the success of my team,” Willey said. Having to go from being the quarterback on the football team and captain of the wrestling team in eighth grade to rebuilding his body and regaining his strength was really tough for him. Willey said he blocked out the negative and tried to focus on the positive as he began his comeback. Cole Willey takes direction on sidelines “I never focused on fear, obviously there were bad times going through the process. Honestly I just felt like I had to beat cancer,” Willey said. It was his sophomore year that Willey was cleared to compete in football and wrestling. Now as a junior he is enjoying football more now than before. He is starter for the Blue Jays and heading into their final game of the regular season Willey glows when he talks about what the Seaford football team has accomplished so far this season. With his cancer now in remission as of July of 2021, Willey no longer takes any medicine and has a clean bill of health. “This is the best team I have ever played for, to bring Seaford back we are 6-2 looking to be 7-2 and back in the playoffs possibly with a home game and to be out there starting after beating cancer is just like the most amazing feeling. Representing 4 really puts everything together,” Willey said. The Blue Jays will host Dickinson on Thursday night in their season finale. Seaford has already qualified for the Class A state tournament and await their opponent for the first round. Willey says his journey and battle with cancer helps him to drive himself and his teammates each day. “I have a chain with the number 4 and it has Troy on it and Fight Like Four, so I always look down at that chain for inspiration and it gives me the strength to do anything I can because he (Troy) was a strong guy. He was a warrior,” Willey said.
This line down the street near the Georgetown Police Department was painted by Blue Line Bandits. Photo by John Peterson Law enforcement usually tries to track down bandits, but a group called the Blue Line Bandits is looking for the police instead. The group, made up of John H. Peterson of Lewes, Susanne Whitney of Magnolia, Dan Kapitanic of Hockessin, Jennifer Rambo of Milford and Jon Boone of Dover, wants to show their support for the “thin blue line” by painting blue lines at the municipal police stations around the state. Whitney said they first came up with the idea when a police chief told her that police were hearing about support, but not necessarily seeing it. “We want them to see it,” she said. She and other members of the group came up with idea for the blue lines, but wondered about where and how to start. When Cpl. Keith Heacock of Delmar was killed in the line of duty in April, they knew where to go. They called Delmar chief Ivan E. Barkley who gave them permission to go. They painted long blue stripes throughout the police department parking lot and then branched out from there. The first place the Blue Line Bandits asked to paint was in the Delmar Police Department parking lot. Photo by John Peterson They painted a line down the street in front of the Georgetown Police Department, and put stripes on doors, sidewalks and stop lines at police departments of Camden, Rehoboth, Lewes and Harrington, so far. Their goal is to leave a mark at every department in the state. “Our LEOs risk their lives every day to keep us safe,” wrote Peterson in the group’s newly formed mission statement. “What they do and see daily takes a physical and mental toll on them.” The statement goes on to say that their group wants the police to know they are not forgotten. “The painting of the blue lines by the Blue Line Bandits is a way for us to hopefully alleviate some of the mental stress of the hatred and badgering that they see and hear every day…so they can focus on what they do – be our heroes,” the statement said. In Rehoboth, they put a line of tape on the employee entrance to the department and painted lines at stop signs around the city hall where the police department building is situated. The idea is to have the officers see and know there is someone thinking about them every time they go out, said Whitney. The support is appreciated, said Chief Keith Banks of Rehoboth Beach. “We are appreciative of the fact that several individuals have taken their time to show support for police officers,” said Banks. This line on the door of Rehoboth Beach Police Department is meant to remind police of public support. Photo by John Peterson Asked what he thought others could do to show support, his answer was simple: “Practice common decency and respect for one another as well as police officers.” The bandits, who admit their name is a little funny since they ask permission before doing anything, are hoping to expand their efforts in the near future. The funding for all they do comes from their own pockets and sometimes it takes a bit to coordinate schedules to get the work completed. Still, the bandits are happy with what they’ve done so far. “A couple of departments reached out to us,” said Whitney. “That’s always a good feeling for me.” Anyone interested in joining or supporting the bandits should contact Whitney through her police support organization, “A Walk In Their Shoes,” found on Facebook. “We have a list of every department and chief in the state,” said Peterson. “Nobody’s turned us down yet.”
Delaware’s COVID-19 new cases, percentage of cases testing positive and hospitalizations all continue to fall, as the state widens ways to get vaccines near your home. Of note: No additional deaths were reported in the last week, with 1,679 Delawareans having died from the virus. As of Thursday, the state has had a total of 109,501 positive cases of COVID-19 among residents, but the seven-day average of new positive cases decreased to 30.6. The percentage of all tests that were positive is down to 1%, a drop from last week’s 1.7. In addition, only 26 people are hospitalized because of COVID, down 25 from last week. Four are critically ill, down nine from last week. The spread of variants continues low, with most of the mutant cases being the British strain. The Delaware Public Health Laboratory has sequenced 3,127 specimens for COVID-19 variant strains to date, including 75 within the past week. The Indian strain, which health officials fear because is it more infectious, decimated India and has spread quickly in England, still is showing only 11 cases. More, however, are likely to be circulating, because not all positive cases are sequenced to find the origin of the infection. DE Wins! Prize winners in the state DE Wins! contest have claimed a lot of prizes. While not all have agreed to be be publicly identified, two more $5,000 dollar prize winners, two winners of an Annual Park Pass from Delaware State Parks, and the winner of a Funland Prize Package have claimed their prizes. Also, Logan Crotty of Lewes won the Shorebirds Prize Package and Theresa Preston of Millsboro won the Kent County Vacation package. Ten winners will be drawn for next week’s drawings. Prizes offered include another Funland and Shorebirds Prize Package, more state park passes, $5,000 to two winners, free tolls for a year and a Sussex County vacation package. The only thing Delawareans need to do to be entered is to have been vaccinated in Delaware on or after May 25 if you are 18+. Vaccination update As of Friday morning, 975,511 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given, according to the state’s immunization information system, DelVAX. Among Delawareans ages 12+, 495,985 have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and 423,804 Delawareans are fully vaccinated. Of those, there have been 383 breakthrough cases of COVID-19, less than one-tenth of 1 percent. Where to be vaccinated DMV sites The state’s Community Health Services section will offer Pfizer vaccine to all ages 12 and older at: Dover DMV – Mondays, 9 a.m. – Noon. Georgetown DMV– Tuesdays , 9 a.m. – Noon. Delaware City DMV – Fridays, 9 a.m. – Noon. Mobile Vaccine Units in underserved areas The Delaware National Guard will use medically trained staff to offer Pfizer vaccine for ages 12+ and the J&J vaccine for persons 18+ in these communities: Monday, June 21: Sparrow Run Park, Newark, 10 a.m. – noon; Glasgow Trailer Park, Newark 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 22: Manchester Square, Dover, 10 a.m. – noon. Wednesday June 23: Southbridge: Elbert Park, Wilmington, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.; Adams Street basketball courts, Wilmington, 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 24: Kirkwood Park, Wilmington, Noon – 4 p.m.; Seaford Marketplace, Seaford, 10 a.m. – noon and 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Friday, June 25: Autumn Arch Beer Project, Newark, 2 p.m. – 7 p.m.; Glasgow Farmers Market, Newark, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. New Castle County In addition to pharmacies, health centers and hospitals, vaccines can be found at these places. Delaware Tech Wilmington (300 N. Orange St., Wilmington 19801) Pfizer Available. Click here to choose your date and time. Saturday, June 19 from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.: Juneteenth, Charles E. Price Memorial Park (955 Levels Road, Middletown) No Appointment Required. Sunday, June 20 from 1 p.m. through 3rd inning: Wilmington Blue Rocks vs. Brooklyn Cyclones (Frawley Stadium, 801 Shipyard Drive, Wilmington) Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson Available. No Appointment Required Wednesday, June 23 from 4 p.m. – 9 p.m.: Main Street Alfresco on Main Street Newark (Main Street, Newark Pfizer available. Click here to choose your date and time. Thursday, June 24 from 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.: Community Youth Resource Fair – Kirkwood Park (11th & Spruce Streets, Wilmington) Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson Available. No Appointment Required. Friday, June 25 from 3 p.m. – 7 p.m.: Glasgow Park, New Castle County Farmers Market (2275 Pulaski Highway, Newark) Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson Available. No Appointment Required. Kent County Delaware State University (1200 N. DuPont Highway, Dover) Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson Available. Click here to choose your date and time. Saturday, June 26 from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.: African American Festival (Legislative Mall, 410 Legislative Ave., Dover) Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson Available. No Appointment Required. Sussex County Delaware Tech Georgetown (21179 College Drive, Georgetown) Pfizer Available. Click here to choose your date and time. Saturday, June 19 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.: Riverwalk Farmers Market (5 S. Walnut St., Milford) Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson Available. Click here to choose your date and time. Saturday, June 19 from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.: Richard Allen School Juneteenth Celebration (316 S. Railroad Ave., Georgetown) Pfizer Available. No Appointment Required. Saturday, June 19 from 3 p.m. – 9 p.m.: Hudson Fields Beer Garden (29763 Eagle Crest Road, Milton) Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson Available. Click here to choose your date and time. Thursday, June 24 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.: Rehoboth City Hall (229 Rehoboth Ave., Rehoboth Beach) Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson Available. Click here to choose your date and time. Saturday, June 26 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.: Riverwalk Farmers Market (5 S. Walnut St., Milford) Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson Available. Click here to choose your date and time. Saturday, June 26 from 3 p.m. – 9 p.m.: Hudson Fields Beer Garden (29763 Eagle Crest Road, Milton) Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson Available. Click here to choose your date and time. Pop-up COVID-19 testing New Castle County Monday, June 21 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.: Hockessin United Methodist Church (7250 Lancaster Pike, Hockessin) Register: delaware.curativeinc.com Monday, June 21 from 10 […]
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