Posts Tagged ‘protest’
Moms Demand Action Marches in Rehoboth
About 65 participants marched on the Rehoboth Beach boardwalk late Friday afternoon to bring attention to gun violence. Sherrie Walker, a representative from the local chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Safety in America, said they are a nonpartisan group that advocates for background checks, gun safety courses and safe gun storage. Gun violence,…
Read MoreUPDATED: Mask Protesters Disrupt Cape Henlopen Board of Education Meeting
UPDATED 8/24/21 – Last week’s Cape School Board meeting ended abruptly when parents became upset over masks in schools. The meeting was adjourned before the financial business and committee reports were presented. Superintendent Robert Fulton told WGMD in an email that the remaining items will be handled during the next school board meeting on September…
Read MorePermit-To-Purchase Handgun Requirement Goes Before Del. House Committee
Delaware lawmakers return to session this week, and another gun control or gun safety measure awaits. The House Judiciary Committee Tuesday will take up amended legislation (SB 3) that would require a permit to purchase a handgun, and completion of a training course. The committee hearing will begin at noon and it will a virtual…
Read MoreCamden Protest Turns Unruly; 22 Detained, Several Arrested
22 people are taken into custody south of Dover as a protest and march results in traffic blockages and alleged âaggressive actsâ toward motorists. Delaware State Police say the protest began in Dover then reconvened along Route 13 in Camden at a Wawa. Police say the group members were told numerous times that the protest…
Read MoreHundreds Attend Coastal Highway Rally
For the second time this past week, a protest that had been canceled by the organizer because of looting fears managed to draw a significant following. It is not uncommon for protesters to line Coastal Highway outside of Rehoboth at least once each summer. But what is unusual about Friday’s protest was that it managed…
Read MoreRehoboth Deals with More Protesters!
A protest that supposedly got canceled at one point still drew about 90 participants Monday evening to downtown Rehoboth Beach. The organizer reportedly canceled the event after rumors circulated on social media suggesting that after the protest they would loot and burn the Outlet stores. The protesters — predominantly white folks — chanted and marched…
Read MoreHundreds rally outside Legislative Hall to reopen Delaware
Hundreds of frustrated Delawareans gathered Friday afternoon outside Legislative Hall in Dover to protest the state’s ongoing shutdown in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Reopen Delaware rallies were held at two locations across the state at 12 p.m. Friday, May 1, 2020. One rally was held outside Legislative Hall in Dover and the other…
Read MoreConstitutionalists to rally outside Legislative Hall today to reopen Delaware
Constitutionalists across the state are set to take to the streets later today to protest in response to the ongoing shutdown as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Delaware. The Reopen Delaware rallies will be held at two locations across the state with a start time of 12 p.m. on Friday, May 1,…
Read MoreChristians hold prayer protest outside City Hall in Rehoboth Beach
Christians numbering in the hundreds took to the steps of City Hall in Rehoboth Beach Thursday afternoon to pray in protest after the city refused to allow a local church to display a nativity scene at the Bandstand. With their heads bowed and eyes closed, many clutching rosaries, Christians from across Sussex County turned out…
Read MorePrayer protest planned outside City Hall in Rehoboth Beach
A prayer protest will be held outside City Hall in Rehoboth Beach on Thursday following the city’s refusal to allow a local Catholic Church the right to display a nativity scene at the Bandstand. The protest will take place outside City Hall this Thursday, November 21 at 2 p.m. led at the direction of Father…
Read MoreProtest Held for Asylum Seekers and Immigrants along Coastal Hwy
Around 100 protesters holding signs and demanding change attended the “Stand for the Human Rights of Asylum Seekers and Immigrants” rally sponsored by the Progressive Democrats of Sussex County on Coastal Highway outside Rehoboth last night. The group cheered often as passing motorists honked their horns in support. “I am here because of the current…
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