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M. Davis marks Apprenticeship Week
M. Davis and Sons, Inc. celebrated National Apprenticeship Week 2018 earlier this month by hosting local college and high school student with tours of their fabrication and manufacturing facilities. M. Davis and Sons. Inc., based near...
Spirit to offer nonstop flights to New Orleans beginning in May
Spirit Airlines will add nonstop flights from Philadelphia International Airport beginning in May. In what appears to be head to head competition with ultra-low fare competitor Frontier, Spirit will launch service from Denver to Louis...
‘Bowling Alone’ author sets stage for conversations on solutions to challenges facing state
Hundreds of people listened to Robert D. Putnam speak at the Delaware Community Foundation’s inaugural Leadership Lecture on Wednesday night, the organization reported. Last week’s Leadership Lecture, which featured well-known sociologist and author of Our Kids: The American...
Lidl expands with purchase of New York area grocery chain
German discount grocer Lidl will buy a family-owned chain in the York City metro area in its first U.S. acquisition. The German company will acquire 27 Best locations in New York and New Jersey for an...
Newark-based Biopharma institute publishes tech roadmaps
The Newark-based National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals announced the publication of three technology roadmaps designed to benefit the biopharmaceutical community. The three roadmaps focus on manufacturing issues involving: Gene Therapy, Vaccines, and Antibody-Drug Conjugates...
Newark’s Fusion Fitness to close its doors at end of month
Newark's Fusion Fitness is closing its doors at the end of the month. Nic DiCaire, posted on Facebook “my family and I have decided to close the doors at the end of the month. The...
David’s Bridal files for Chapter 11 in Delaware
David’s Bridal has filed for Chapter 11 in Wilmington as the company works to reduce its debt load. A tuxedo-clad CEO Scott Key spoke in a video in making the announcement. Key said the company had...
Giving Back: Bank of America, Chase, M. Davis, Comcast Mountaire, Nickle, Nobles Pond,...
Year Up gets $200,000 grant from Bank of America Bank of America last week Year Up Wilmington, with a two -year, $200,000 grant. Year Up Wilmington strives to eliminate the opportunity divide by providing young adults...
Updated: Ground broken on $10 million transit hub in Wilmington
State and local officials are expected to be on hand for the ceremonial groundbreaking of a new Wilmington Transit Center on Monday. The $10 million center is being constructed as part of a public-private partnership...
Wilmington honored for water filter plant project
The Wilmington Department of Public Works and the Department of Planning and Development was honored for its work related to a national award presented to the city recently by the American Cultural Resources Association. The...
Delaware’s only governor from Bear was sportsman, farmer & executive
(From the Delaware Public Archives) (Editor's note: Allied Kid was the name of a leather manufacturer that was also known as New Castle Leather). Leather tanning as well as shipbuilding were major industries in Wilmington).
Center for Inland Bays honors Sussex County for wastewater service expansion
The Delaware Center for the Inland Bays announced it has awarded Sussex County government its ‘Friend of the Bays’ honor for the County’s work over the past 40 years to promote and build centralized...