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The Kalmar Nyckel Foundation will launch two new exhibits at its Copeland Maritime Center in Wilmington next month.

Winterthur has named Carol Cadou as its new director and CEO. She’s currently Senior Vice President of Historic Preservation & Collections at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, and has over two decades of experience in the museum field.

Wednesday marks 50 years since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

The Delaware Public Archives will host a remembrance for King on Saturday, April 7.

When spring break arrives, college students tend to escape toward warmer climates and to shirk anything that seems like work.

It might be said that some would rather get hammered than swing one.

So it’s fair to ask: Why would a dozen students from California State University at San Marcos, just a half-hour drive north of San Diego, decide to spend a week in northern Delaware, rehabbing homes for Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County, especially as the area staggered through its fourth nor’easter in less than a month?

This weekend, Delaware Public Archives celebrates the start of Women’s History month with a presentation called “Silent Sentinels.”

The Delaware Joint Legislative Council has approved creating a memorial honoring women who served in the U.S. military.

The plan is to put the new memorial on the Northwest side of Legislative Hall.

The idea for the women’s military memorial came from Delaware City resident Cheryl Dennis. In this week’s Enlighten Me, the former Marine chats with with Delaware Public Media’s Sarah Mueller about the inspiration for it.

Delaware Seashore State Park is shining a spotlight on a World War II-era Tower in Lewes - literally.

DNREC’s Division of Parks and Recreation recently partnered with Rockport Analytics to get a snapshot of what state parks contribute to the state economy.