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Tim Hortons eyes Dunkin’s Delaware stronghold

Canadian doughnut store chain Tim Hortons has set its sights on Delaware. The Philadelphia Business Journal (subscription) reported the company wants to open franchise locations in northern and central Delaware in the coming years as...

Avelo notes: Wilmington ranked in top 10 new route list for 2023; Airline takes...

The popular Points Guy website has listed the launch of Wilmington service by Avelo Airlines as one of the ten best new routes in 2023. The listing noted that passengers in the region now...

Fighting hate downstate

After incidents rattled neighbors in Sussex County, they banded together to raise their voices for justice JORDAN HOWELL, Delaware Call Below: Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice Town Hall meeting featuring the Daisey family from September...

Delaware jobless rate holds steady at 4.2%

Delaware's job market is holding steady, with the unemployment rate remaining unchanged at 4.2%. Although the gap between Delaware's jobless rate and the national figure widened slightly, it's interesting that the state's total nonfarm...

Florida fintech company opens dozen-employee office in Wilmington

Novo, a financial solutions platform for small businesses, has chosen to expand in Wilmington. Novo has built a platform for small businesses that combines a checking account with financial applications. Novo is headquartered in Miami and...

ChristianaCare to pay $47.1 million to settle federal ‘kickback’ case

Christiana Care Health Services will pay $47.1 million to settle a long-running " whistleblower" case over alleged kickbacks to phyiscian practices. It is believed to be the largest False Claims Act settlement in Delaware...

Covid-19 hospitalizations on the rise

The latest Covid-19 figures from the Delaware Division of Public Health's My Healthy Community site show a gradual rise in hospitalizations late in the year, with the greatest concentration of cases in affluent...

Wilmington to automatically renew west side residential parking permits after deluge of applications

The City of Wilmington announced that Residential Parking Permits (RPP) for residents who live on the west side of the city have been automatically renewed. Current permits were scheduled to expire on December...

Reybold developing site in Glasgow

Reybold Group, a multigenerational real estate company specializing in residential communities and commercial properties, unveiled plans  for the Pencader Corporate Center, south of Newark. This new 17.25-acre development is part of Reybold...

From WHYY – Will the drip-drip from Hall-Long’s campaign finance issues become a...

By Cris Barrish When Delaware Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long bounded onstage in September to announce her candidacy for governor, she waved her closest ally and confidante onto the crowded platform. A burly, bespectacled guy strode toward...

Gas prices once again on the rise

Once again, $3 a gallon regular gas appeared only briefly in Delaware as Middle East piracy took its toll and cruse prices rose, AAA reported. The price at the pump on Thursday was up...

Chemours agrees to sampling around West Virginia site linked to forever chemical discharges

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported that Chemours Company FC, LLC agreed to conduct sampling for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, surrounding its Washington Works facility in Washington, WV.  Chemours is headquartered in Wilmington...

Guest view: My worst decision – Incorporating in Delaware

By Philip Shawe, CEO and co-founder of TransPerfect I have been blessed to have the greatest job in the world. It’s the only one I have had since graduating from NYU business school in 1993....

Four Avelo routes suspended beginning in January

As expected, Avelo Airlines has removed flights to Daytona Beach, Nashville, Myrtle Beach, and Wilmington, NC, from its booking website starting in early January. Earlier, the airline confirmed that some Delaware routes would be...

Pennsylvania man sought in headstone fraud case

New Castle County Police detectives have charged Gregory Stefan, 54, of Pennsylvania in connection with a headstone scam. It was reported that Gregory reached out to individuals who had lost loved ones, meeting...

More than 300,000 to hit the road over the holidays with airline boardings to...

 AAA is projecting a near record number of Delawareans will travel over holidays, an increase of 2.6% over last year – the second highest travel volume since 2001 and behind only 2019.  Even though this...

Chesapeake adds North Carolina propane distributor

Dover-based Chesapeake Utilities Corporation announced that its subsidiary, Sharp Energy, has acquired J.T. Lee and Son's propane operating assets in Cape Fear, NC. Through this acquisition, Sharp Energy expands its customer base in North Carolina, including...

My take: Governor’s race heats up

The Democratic Party's 2024 race for governor is heating up. Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long gained the endorsement of the Delaware House leadership on Tuesday.  Support from the group, led by House Speaker Valerie Longhurst, was...

Wilmington to replace parking meters with kiosks

The City of Wilmington has begun to replace its parking meters with touchscreen kiosks. The project will occur in phases. Phase One started Tuesday with five new kiosks installed in the Riverfront District, which has...

3 charged, 2 at large following probe into drug selling at New Castle motel

Delaware State Police charged three men, with two at large, following a probe into drug activity at a motel in the New Castle area. Charged were Joshua Marando, 32,  of New...
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