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🌱 How Everett Theatre keeps reinventing itself with new youth programs this summer

Middletown, Delaware Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hey there, Middletown! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Everett Theatre keeps reinventing itself with new youth programs this summer
  • See where Middletown teams landed in this week’s statewide rankings.
  • Probation sentence in DUI school crash that injured a Middletown-area driver

Also on today's calendar: May Fair Vendor Market and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A passing morning shower, with a high of 65 and low of 48 degrees.
  • Thursday: Warmer; breezy in the p.m., temps: high: 73, low: 50.
  • Friday: Sun followed by clouds, with a high of 71 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• A Stage That Refused to Fade: Everett Theatre's Comeback Story Continues in Middletown (delawarelive.com) — Middletown’s historic Everett Theatre is not only still standing, it’s gearing up for a full summer of youth technical theater camps that end with public performances. After surviving multiple fires, closure, and even a ceiling collapse, the Everett now anchors the town’s arts scene with live shows, films, and hands-on programs that invite residents of all ages to participate.
   

• New No. 1 in boys tennis tops Week 4 Delaware HS spring sports rankings (delawareonline.com) — Middletown High appears prominently in this week’s statewide spring sports rankings, with its girls soccer and softball teams both listed among Delaware’s top programs. The roundup highlights how Appoquinimink-area rivals, including Middletown, stack up against powerhouses like Salesianum, Cape Henlopen, and Caesar Rodney across multiple sports.
   

• Former Delaware deputy AG pleads guilty in DUI school crash (delawareonline.com) — A former Delaware deputy attorney general has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to DUI and vehicular assault in a crash at St. Georges Technical High School, just north of Middletown. One of the injured drivers is a Middletown man, and officials say it was largely luck that no one was hurt more seriously as students were preparing for dismissal.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Wednesday April 22
  • Help Desk Hours With Small Business Development Center
    Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce , 1050 Industrial Dr #110 , Middletown
    10:00 am
  • Embrace: Women's Business Speed Networking Event!
    MOT Social Nutrition , 106 Sandhill Dr , Middletown
    6:30 pm
    • Thursday April 23
  • Grants & Loans Fair
    The Audion at University of Delaware , Newark, DE
    8:00 am
  • Pike Creek Mortgage Evening Mixer
    Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce , 651 N. Broad Street Suite 106 , Middletown
    5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • So, I just paid my Chesapeake gas bill.
    It was more than double last year’s bill at this time. It says that I consumed twice the amount. I checked my history on the Train app and… (Nextdoor Great Oak Farms)
  • Looking for someone to pick up and remove old hot tub from yard.
    It is disassembled and ready to go. Any recommendations? Thank You. (Nextdoor Misty Vale Farm)
  • Tractor Supply Company posted a job opening for Team Member in Middletown. Apply here.
  • Crooked Hammock Brewery posted a job opening for Host/Retail Associate in Middletown. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Middletown here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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