Cory Hafer – an engineering and science teacher at Appoquinimink School District’s Middletown High – is Delaware’s teacher of the year.Hafer was selected from a pool of 20 candidates and plans to continue promoting the value of building connections with students and using restorative methods in the classroom.This week, Delaware Public Media’s Sarah Petrowich went to Middletown High to talk with Hafer about being named teacher of the year and his approach as an educator.

On Sunday, clocks across the country will fall back one hour, ending the latest cycle of Daylight Saving Time. That means sunlight is scarcer in the afternoon and even though the clock reads a different time, it doesn’t mean our bodies will respond.In Delaware, lawmakers passed a bill in 2019 that would make daylight saving time permanent as long as neighboring states Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland do the same, which hasn’t happened yet.Delaware Public Media’s Kyle McKinnon caught up this week with registered nurse and clinical sleep educator Terry Cralle for more on how Daylight Saving Time affects us and the prospects of making it permanent.

Victoria Wyeth, grandchild of Andrew Wyeth, great-granddaughter of N.C. Wyeth, and the niece of Jamie Wyeth, is giving a lecture on her family’s famous artwork and the Biggs Museum of American Art’s exhibit “The Wyeths: Three Generations.”For this edition of Arts Playlist, Delaware Public Media’s Karl Lengel spoke with Victoria Wyeth about her unique perspective of her family’s work and her talk at the Schwartz Center for the Arts.

Pumpkin seems to be creeping its way into everything from food and drinks to soaps and candles this time of year.But there's probably a lot you don't know about the pumpkin itself.In this edition of Arts Playlist, Delaware Public Media’s Rachel Sawicki is joined by Cindy Ott – associate professor of history and material culture at the University of Delaware and author of “Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon” – to learn more about the pumpkin and what makes it so divisive.

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Delaware built fewer housing units than needed to keep up with household growth between 2010 and 2020.That’s according to a new report from the Delaware State Housing Authority, which releases its housing needs assessment report every five years. The First State partnered with Root Policy Research this year to identify the gaps in its housing market.Delaware Public Media’s Joe Irizarry sat down this week with Heidi Aggeler – Managing Director and Founder of Root Policy Research – to talk about the report and its findings.

Buttonwood is a 180-year-old riverfront “summer home” in the City of New Castle, associated with a 19th-century Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice.But the historic property has fallen into disrepair and faces what’s known as “demolition by neglect.”This week, contributor Larry Nagengast reports on progress made over the past year to get Buttonwood preservation efforts on track.

The Rossettis are well-known as one of the most culturally influential families. They not only influenced generations of artists in the 19th Century but led a progressive counterculture movement in the face of Victorian Britain.The work of Pre-Raphaelite founder Dante Gabriel Rossetti, his wife Elizabeth Siddal, and his siblings are now being celebrated in the Delaware Art Museum’s new exhibition “The Rossettis.”In this edition of Arts Playlist, Delaware Public Media’s Karl Lengel is joined by Delaware Art Museum curator Sophie Lynford to learn more about “The Rossettis.”

Remote work means more opportunities and not having to live in areas because of employment, but it also means changes to tax obligations.In Delaware, the state’s “convenience of the employer” rule requires taxpayers who switch from commuting into Delaware to working remotely in another state to still pay Delaware income taxes. Nonresident taxpayers who may never set foot in Delaware during the year are expected to continue paying taxes to the First State.In this edition of Enlighten Me, Delaware Public Media’s Kyle McKinnon talks with Andrew Wilford – senior policy analyst at the National Taxpayers Union Foundation and the director of its Interstate Commerce Initiative – about double taxation in Delaware.

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