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Delmarva Power marks National Volunteer Week with a variety of efforts

Delmarva Power employees are celebrating National Volunteer Week (April 23-29) by participating in several employee-led service projects across Delaware and Maryland. These projects include building homes, riding motorcycles for special athletes and helping to beautify the street and neighborhoods. “Being involved, building relationships and providing opportunities in the communities that we work and live in has been a Delmarva tradition...

Perdue, Shorebirds launch Hunger Challenge for food banks in region

Perdue Farms and the Delmarva Shorebirds minor league baseball team in Salisbury  announced the launch of the annual season-long “2017 Perdue Strike Out Hunger Challenge on Delmarva” in partnership with the region’s three food banks. The  Franklin P. and Arthur W. Perdue Foundation — the charitable giving arm of Perdue Farms — has issued a $15,000 challenge grant to the...

Rommels donate $5.5 million to Salisbury University’s entrepreneurship efforts

Dave and Patsy Rommel know a great deal about entrepreneurship. Dave began his career with Rommel Electric Company, founded by his father in 1956. Since Dave started working at the company  in 1976, he and Patsy have become mainstays in business on the region. More than 40 years later, the Rommel Construction Group now includes companies that specialize in electrical, mechanical,...

Sportsmen’s group praises effort to restore prize funding for OC marlin catch & release

  applauded the Town of Ocean City and the Fishermen United of Ocean City coalition for working together to restore and enhance funding for the first White Marlin catch and release of the season.    The city recently reversed an earlier decision that would have redirected its customary $5,000 prize contribution, and the Fishermen United coalition of area businesses has pledged...

Becker Morgan’s school designs win national honors

 Becker Morgan Group’s William F. Cooke, Jr. Elementary School and Laurel High School / Middle School were featured in American School & University magazine’s Architectural Portfolio as Outstanding Designs in the Elementary School and Combined-Level School categories, respectively. Architectural Portfolio has been the industry’s most recognized awards program for education design excellence and is published in cooperation with the American...

Winterthur After Hours event returns

Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library announced  the  new Winterthur After Hours. The casual series runs   through November from 5:30--8:00 pm. Tickets are "pay what you wish" and can be reserved at http://www.winterthur.org or at 302.888.4600. Beer, wine, and food can be purchased in the beer garden, which is  set up on each of the evenings. In addition to guided garden walks, the series...

Virtual Weigh Station to detect overweight and over-height trucks on Route 1

The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) and Delaware State Police opened  a new Virtual Weigh Station on Route 1 near Exit 119, Smyrna. This represents another step in the continuing efforts by the State of Delaware to monitor and electronically screen commercial motor vehicle traffic. This  system  includes the following screening technologies: Weigh-in-Motion (WIM) scale; Overheight detector; Vehicle overview image camera; ...

Justice Holland presented the Order of the First State

Gov. John Carney presented the Order of the First State to retired Delaware Supreme Court Justice Randy J. Holland.  Holland, who retired at the end of March, is the longest-serving Justice in Delaware history. Carney presented Holland with the Order of the First State – an honor bestowed for meritorious service – during a retirement dinner in Wilmington on Wednesday. “Justice...

WHYY to honor Biden at annual dinner

WHYY will honor the 47th Vice President of the United States Joseph R. Biden, Jr. with its Lifelong Learning Award at the 16th annual WHYY President’s Dinner on  June 13. The event takes place at WHYY’s Dorrance H. Hamilton Public Media Commons and features an on-stage interview with Biden by Terry Gross, host of WHYY’s Fresh Air. The interview will be...

Perdue’s Milford operation donates $33,691 to United Way

Associates at Perdue Farms’ operation in Milford contributed $33,690.51 to the United Way of Delaware during a recent ceremony at the  facility. The contribution included $30,627.74 in campaign pledges by associates and a $3,062.77 grant funded by the Franklin P. and Arthur W. Perdue Foundation, the charitable giving arm of Perdue Farms.  The Perdue campaign allowed associates to use a simple...

Homebuyers fair slated for April 22

Families and others who want to learn more about buying a home can get information at the free Delaware Homebuyer Fair later this month. The April 22 event at the Chase Center on the Riverfront, running from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., offers educational seminars on every aspect of home buying, as well as the chance to connect with service providers in...

Shirley Shawe will continue to seek TransPerfect shareholder meeting

PALM BEACH, Fla. and WILMINGTON, Del., April 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Shirley Shawe, a 1% owner of TransPerfect, recently made an offer to vote her share with TransPerfect co-CEO Elizabeth Elting, a 50% owner, in order to resolve the deadlock that the Chancery Court felt would harm the company and its valuation.  Last week, Ms. Shawe's bid to cross lines in...

Vaccine maker pays nearly $20 million for overcharging Veterans Administration

Sanofi-Pasteur has agreed to pay $19,868,194 to resolve claims that it incorrectly calculated drug prices and thereby overcharged the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for drugs under two contracts between 2002 and 2011. the Department of Justice announced the settlement.  Sanofi Pasteur,  headquartered in Swiftwater,  PA  is the vaccines division of Sanofi-Aventis.  Under the Veterans Health Care Act, 38 U.S.C....

Anti-Defamation League honors 25 in first Biden SHIELD award ceremony

Former United States Vice President Joe Biden joined the Anti-Defamation League as the Guest of Honor at ADL’s inaugural Beau Biden SHIELD Award ceremony. The awards, established this year by ADL’s Philadelphia Regional Office, honor law enforcement in eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware for  efforts in combating hate crimes, extremism, and terrorism, and for protecting civil rights. The...

Crossings at Salem issues response to Business Now story

The Crossings at Salem issued the following  via Facebook  following publication of a Delaware Business Now story over the weekend.  The project would relocate residents of the Glasgow Trailer Park (also known as Glasgow Court)  in Bear as part of a mixed-use project that would focus on substance abuse treatment. Some relocations have taken place. Thank you for your patience in...
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