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3 weeks ago | 
delawaretoday.com | Andrew Sharp
There are many opportunities to bicycle around local beaches. But if you’re looking for a chance to settle in and log some miles without fear of dodging an SUV or sharing a lane with a bus, a few options stand out—many of them running along former railroad routes. Let’s go for a ride!Georgetown-Lewes TrailWhen it’s finished, this will be the longest bike trail in Delaware. With a target date of 2026, we’re still not there, so it’s really more of the Harbeson-Lewes trail at this point.
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1 month ago | 
delawaretoday.com | Andrew Sharp
As bloody mayhem unfolds in the upcoming movie “The Time Capsule,” Delaware viewers may notice something about the island setting that seems oddly familiar. If all goes according to plan, the independent slasher horror film, set in the 1990s and offering a nostalgic nod to the campy classics of the era, will feature scenes of an ill-fated weekend, shot on location in Slaughter Beach.
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2 months ago | 
delawaretoday.com | Andrew Sharp
Newly elected Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer is a familiar figure on New Castle County’s bike trails, so it was no surprise that he included a bike tour of Main Street in Newark in his inaugural events. Here, he chats about his pastime and his hopes for the state’s cycling infrastructure. *This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity. What sparked your interest in cycling?
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2 months ago | 
delawaretoday.com | Andrew Sharp |Ashley Breeding
Light’s cheap during the day. It’s when it starts to vanish as the sun slips below the horizon that it really becomes golden. Hang around until true darkness falls to get the diamondlike brightness of a full moon or the exhilarating flash of a shooting star. Under the moonlight, a whole collection of creatures emerges while the rest of us crawl into bed.
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Mar 3, 2025 | 
delawaretoday.com | Andrew Sharp
Owning a set of wheels can mean freedom to get around town, see friends, or travel to and from a job. At the Urban Bike Project (UBP) in downtown Wilmington, they believe two wheels is all you need. Laura Wilburn, the nonprofit’s executive director, knows from experience; she has never owned a car. Her mission is to introduce residents in nearby neighborhoods to the joys and benefits of cycling and, more importantly, help them afford and maintain their bikes.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
delawaretoday.com | Andrew Sharp
As a summer afternoon in Middletown wore into evening, a small team at Volunteer Hose Co. relaxed around a small table amid fire trucks and racks of gear. There was casual chitchat and good-natured razzing as they waited to see if anything would happen on this evening watch. Before long, something did. An ambulance crew had responded to a local hair salon after a report of a person having seizures and they called for backup.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
delawaretoday.com | Andrew Sharp
It’s finally here—the time of year when men can skip grooming and be trendy at the same time. Now celebrated worldwide, #NoShaveNovember was created to increase awareness of men’s health issues, especially cancer, and to raise money to support research. While no governing body regulates this, two well-known nonprofits lead the way. Australia’s Movember emphasizes growing a mustache as a way to draw attention to men’s health issues like prostate and testicular cancer, along with mental health.
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Oct 6, 2024 | 
pcronline.com | Andrew Sharp
In this special report, learn about The Essentials of Hypertension Hypertension is the number one cause of years of life lost, and, perhaps more importantly, years of healthy living lost. It causes at least half of all heart attacks and strokes and is the major driver of heart failure. As cardiologists, much of our working life is spent dealing with the downstream consequences of hypertension...
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
delawaretoday.com | Andrew Sharp
It seemed like things were going so well, and Toni Hickman was worried. Hickman had found it difficult to find a good social outlet for her daughter Tanner. The Wilmington girl enjoys being around others. She’s also on the autism spectrum and has challenges at times with social interactions. “She’s super friendly and is nice to everybody,” Hickman says, “and would get some pretty negative feedback, and it was kind of shocking to her.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
delawaretoday.com | Andrew Sharp
Most of us use money every day, and it strongly shapes the course of our lives. It’s a little mystifying, then, that we don’t discuss it more with our children, says Scott Bacon, assistant director of the Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship (CEEE) at the University of Delaware. Parents might be embarrassed to discuss trouble with bills or limited income, he posits.
