Here's your local news at a glance for Saturday, the 12th of September.
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Community and military leaders gathered at the Air Mobility Command Museum on Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of 9/11 by posting the colors, singing the national anthem, playing TAPS and ringing a bell to honor victims with prayers and brief remarks on unity.
DNREC and the U.S. Army Corps announced the central bay beach sand replenishment project is delayed by one year due to pending property easements.
Limited sand placement will occur at Pickering Beach and Kitts Hummock from October to January as final easements are secured for a fall 2027 start.
Gov. Matt Meyer ordered flags to fly half-staff on Sept.
11 to honor nearly 3,000 lives lost on 9/11, and the order applied to all federal, state, and local buildings (including one honoring FDNY firefighter Keith Glascoe, a Delaware State alumnus).
Dover Motor Speedway held its 21st annual 9/11 Memorial Blood Drive Friday as donors honored victims and first responders by giving blood and driving laps around the one-mile oval.
The event marked 25 years since the attacks and helped support local patients.
Chris Keller of Delaware Military Academy won Week 0 high school football Athlete of the Week after scoring on an 89-yard kickoff return, a 37-yard run + a 72-yard reception in a 28-23 win over Woodbridge.
Voting for Week 1 takes place through Sept. 17 with winners announced Sept. 18.
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