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State launches donation drive for Puerto Rico
Gov. John Carney, the Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA), Delaware State Police, and Delaware Citizen Corps, in conjunction with the International Longshoremen’s Association and the Port of Wilmington, announced a campaign to gather donated...
Navient’s jump into online student lending
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News that Wilmington-based loan servicer Navient snapping up online student lender Earnest ended up being upstaged.
The announcement of the deal came at around the time the Pennsylvania Attorney General sued Navient over its...
Small fire quickly extinguished Allen Harim plant in Harbeson
A small fire was reported Wednesday night at the Allen Harim chicken processing plant in the Sussex County community of Harbeston.
According to the company, at about 9:30 p.m., the small fire was found inuu the corner...
Delaware marketplace insurance rate to go up 25 percent
Delaware’s Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) Marketplace rate for 2018 rose by 25 percent, according to state Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro.
On June 14th, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware (”Highmark”) requested a 33.6 percent...
Sikora’s Cocino Lolo to reopen on October 11 in downtown
Bryan Sikora’s Cocino Lolo Latino restaurant in downtown Wilmington will reopen on Oct. 11.
The announcement was made on Facebook and came as the establishment rejoined the OpenTable online reservations site.
Sikora, who owns the nearby...
Student loan servicer Navient vows to fight PA Attorney General’s lawsuit
Wilmington-based student loan servicer Navient came out swinging in responding to a lawsuit by the Pennsylvania Attorney General over its business practices.
Navient shares were down 13 percent in Thursday trading.
The company issued the following...
Saint Francis Hospital designated as a Level III Trauma Center
Saint Francis Healthcare has been designated as a Level III Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons Verification Review Committee.
The hospital is currently the only adult verified Level III Trauma Center in New...
Middle school to combine with Wilmington Montessori
Wilmington Montessori School and PRIED Middle School announced that their boards have agreed to combine the schools to form a single Montessori school that will educate children from toddler age through the eighth grade....
Connolly Gallagher law firm to move to 1201 Market in early ’19
Connolly Gallagher LLP will relocate its Wilmington office to 1201 North Market Street in downtown Wilmington in early 2019.
The firm is currently located at the Brandywine Building, off Delaware Avenue in downtown. The firm...
Delaware Innovation Space gets $3 million grant
Gov. John Carney, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) announced a $3 million grant award from the U.S. Economic Development Administration.This federal grant will support capital...
Contractor builds support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
EMCOR/Poole and Kent Corp. announced its employees, along with those of its clients Bayhealth, The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, the entire project workforce, and others, donned EMCOR Pink Hard Hats.
They assembled to form EMCOR’s signature giant...
Dickey’s Barbecue franchise in Glasgow to open today
Dickey’s Barbecue Pit will open a location in the Glasgow area today
The restaurant is off Route 40 in a newly constructed strip center near the Royal Farms station and convenience store
The new location will be...
University of Delaware bars non-education campus drone flights
The University of Delaware has essentially banned on-campus drone flights for non-educational purposes
The university convened a team of representatives from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Department of Geological Sciences, the Research...
Gore sells medical products operation in New Jersey
Vance Street Capital LLC, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, announced the acquisition of two manufacturing facilities and related operations located in Wall Township, NJ from W. L. Gore & Associates.
Financial terms were not...
(Video) Chemours honored for earth-friendly foam blowing agent
The Chemours Company was the winner of the Polyurethane Innovation Award at the 2017 Polyurethanes Technical Conference for its Opteon foam blowing agent used in home insulation and other areas.
This award recognized Chemours for its vision and perseverance...
Boy Scouts to honor Delmarva executive Stockbridge
The Del-Mar-Va Council, Boy Scouts of America will honor Gary Stockbridge, president of Delmarva Power.
He is the recipient of the 2017 Citizen of the Year Award at a major fundraiser for the BSA.
The event is...
Firm representing TransPerfect sale foes seeks to quash subpoenas seeking info
The public relations firm representing a group fighting an effort to sell TransPerfect has gone to court in an attempt to quash a subpoena aimed at finding information on the effort.
Custodian Robert Pincus has...
Jury selection under way in trial of former Wilmington Trust execs
Jury selection has begun for a trial to determine if four former Wilmington Trust executives are guilty of conspiracy and false statements.
The expected six-week trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 10 in district court...
Undercover boss, right to work law and Sussex County
Good morning - An odd sort of story emerged this week from a site known as the Daily Signal.
The piece reported that Anthony Wedo of Undercover Boss fame is backing a measure in Sussex...
Becker Morgan makes Mid-Atlantic design firm list
Becker Morgan Group was recognized by Engineering News-Record (ENR) as a 2017 Mid-Atlantic Top Design Firms, ranking #68.
The annual Top Design Firm list ranks the largest U.S. design firms based on 2016 revenue earned...
