Glenn Battishill

1 week ago | delgazette.com | Glenn Battishill

After 25 years at Delaware City Schools, Dr. Dara Gillis will retire from the district this summer. Gillis joined the district in 2000 and served as the choir director for fifth and sixth grade students at Willis Intermediate School until 2002 when she took over for Kim Boyd as the choir director at Hayes High School.

1 week ago | delgazette.com | Glenn Battishill

Elementary and middle school students got hands-on with different machines, printers, and design software at Willis Education Center as Delaware City Schools held its Pacer STEAM camp for the second year. During the camp, students learned to create designs and then how to use various machines, including a laser engraver, to make their designs tangible.

1 week ago | delgazette.com | Glenn Battishill

A visiting judge has been assigned in the case of a Morrow County man charged with the murder of a Morrow County Sheriff’s deputy after the judge presiding over the case recused himself.

1 week ago | delgazette.com | Glenn Battishill

Tickets are on sale now as the Arena Fair Theatre production of “Singin’ in the Rain” dances through its final week of rehearsals. The show was selected by Director Cat Hodge because of its setting and status as a classic. “I love ‘Singin’ in the Rain’!” Hodge said. “It’s a classic set in the 1920s, 100 years ago, and one of the things I think is really interesting besides being a great movie is it’s dealing with a time of technological change. I thought that was really neat.

1 week ago | delgazette.com | Glenn Battishill

The Delaware City Schools Board of Education held a special meeting Thursday to approve the sale of the district’s property on North Washington Street and to hear a presentation from the City of Delaware about a planned hockey complex to be built on the southwest corner of Sawmill Parkway and U.S. Route 42. The property, located at 248 N. Washington St., was previously used as the administration building by the district before the administrative staff was moved to Willis Education Center.