Holly’s Club of Smyrna holding Spring Fling auction on Facebook
Delaware News Desk
The Holly’s Club of Smyrna will be celebrating 37 years of community service during the 37th Spring Fling with an online silent auction through Saturday, May 22.
Join the Facebook event 2021 Holly’s Club Spring Fling~ Silent Auction to participate.
This year’s primary Spring Fling beneficiary will be the Fresh Start Resource Center of Smyrna as well as The Holly’s Community and Scholarship Funds.
Fresh Start Resource Center of Smyrna is a non-profit organization with a mission to provide mental, physical, and spiritual support to the community. Fresh Start supports the local communities of Smyrna, Clayton and surrounding areas. They provide a weekly food give away during the calendar school year and distribute clothes and blankets as needed. The resource center also partners with local organizations such as Veterans United Outreach, Smyrna School District and local churches, just to na
Smyrna/Clayton Sun-Times
A proposal for a new library in Smyrna would provide almost four times more space for about $25 more per year to the average homeowner’s property tax bill.
Advocates for the project, the Friends of the Duck Creek Regional Library, have secured a 99-year lease on town property on South Main Street that includes the parking lot at Foxwell Street and Dwight Avenue.
“We needed to get that lease signed,” said Joanne Masten, the president of the Friends group. “We have a ways to go, but now we have the location.”
Masten is also the Kent County Levy Court First District commissioner and former Smyrna mayor.
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the shooting took place at Smyrna Middle School. (NBC10)
This story originally appeared on NBC10.
A woman was killed after being shot outside a middle school in Smyrna, Delaware, police said.
The shooting happened around 10:15 a.m. Tuesday in the front parking lot of Smyrna Middle School along Duck Creek Parkway. The middle school and high school are located at the same complex.
The victim was not a student and there is not currently a threat to student safety, Smyrna Police Lt. Brian Donner said in a news release.
The alleged shooter was chased by several police agencies into Maryland where they were apprehended, Donner said. The shooting was described as a domestic incident.
Woman Shot Dead at Smyrna Middle School in Delaware Vince Lattanzio
Smyrna Middle School in Smyrna, Delaware
A woman was killed after being shot outside a middle school in Smyrna, Delaware, police said.
The shooting happened around 10:15 a.m. Tuesday in the front parking lot of Smyrna Middle School along Duck Creek Parkway. The middle school and high school are located at the same complex.
The victim was not a student and there is not currently a threat to student safety, Smyrna Police Lt. Brian Donner said in a news release.
The alleged shooter was chased by several police agencies into Maryland where they were apprehended, Donner said. The shooting was described as a domestic incident.
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April 27, 2021
SMYRNA, Del. – Smyrna Police are currently investigating a fatal shooting that took place Tuesday morning in the front parking lot of the Smyrna Middle School. We’re told the incident took place at approximately 10:15 a.m. Police say the involved victim is not a student.
Delaware State Police have confirmed that the victim was a female.. They say the homicide is connected to a domestic issue. The sole suspect in the shooting was located after a police pursuit involving multiple agencies, that stretched into Maryland.
Smyrna School District remains in a modified lockdown. All students and staff are accounted for and there is no threat to the public. At Smyrna Police Department’s request, the Delaware State Police homicide unit is assisting in the investigation.