The pandemic has upended how kids are learning as schools work in either hybrid or remote formats. And that has raised questions about the impact on their mental health. But the pandemic can also affect children’s physical health – especially this time of year when going outside to play may be less of an option. Contributor Larry Nagengast looks how COVID is curtailing kids’ exercise. and what some are trying to do about that.

Delaware has spent nearly a decade trying to get its aquaculture industry off the ground, but optimism remains that it will take off. Contributor Jon Hurdle updates where the industry is now and where it’s headed.

Award winning journalist and Magnolia resident Jennifer Antonik is taking a stab at writing for children. Her first effort - The Music Man: Our Rootin’, Tootin’ Hero - was released last month. She says the book is a biography of her late grandfather “Joe” Lear, Sr., following his path to a new passion as he founded the Milford Community Band 30 years ago. Antonik joined Delaware Public Media’s Kelli Steele for this week’s Arts Playlist to discuss that book, and another one, Boops and Goobs Find

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The latest group tasked with addressing long-term educational inequities faced by Delaware’s neediest students is moving ahead with its efforts. The Redding Consortium for Educational Equity offered its interim recommendations to Gov. John Carney last week. Contributor Larry Nagengast offers a look at what the group is suggesting.

Martin Luther King Jr. day is celebrated on January 18th this year. Since 1994, the holiday has been transformed into a national day of service, encouraging Americans to get out into their communities and volunteer in honor of the civil rights leader. There are many organizations here in Delaware that rely on the support of their volunteers to protect the environment, save lives and help those who need it. And Delaware Public Media’s Roman Battaglia reports those groups seethe Martin Luther King

Delaware’s arts community was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Museums, galleries and theaters remain shuttered or limited by the virus, leaving many artists, writers and dancers out of work. Now, Connections Community Support Programs - a state nonprofit behavioral health services support provider - hopes to help that group with affordable housing. The group's communications director Theresa Buchanan joined Delaware Public Media’s Kelli Steele on this week’s Arts Playlist to discuss the

Salt marshes are known as a “sink” for global warming-causing carbon. That’s important for Delaware, since the small, coastal state has lots of these ecosystems. But what scientists didn’t know is that they also hold another, even more potent greenhouse gas - methane. That’s the conclusion of research out of the University of Delaware. In this week’s Enlighten Me, Delaware Public Media’s Sophia Schmidt talks UD researcher Rodrigo Vargas about how science missed this detail, and what it might

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The highly anticipated REACH Riverside project appears ready to begin in earnest. Contributor Larry Nagengast reports the project announced in late 2018 is set to start turning over dirt and making good on its promise of major revitalization in the northeast section of Wilmington.