Another busy month for Delaware Business Now

Good afternoon everyone,

April was another busy month for the  Delaware Business Now website.

While no blockbuster  stories emerged during the month, readers turned to stories on the nonprofit community and legislation calling for a ban on one-time use of plastic bags.

Among the most popular posts were were stories on the controversy over alleged problems with asbestos removal at the former GM Boxwood plant,  former U.S. Senator and Vice President  Joe Biden entering the crowded Democratic field in the race for President and counterfeiters quickly shipping out jerseys featuring newly signed Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce  Harper.

Overall traffic was down modestly from the record figure during March, but was up about 15 percent from the same month a year ago.

Here are the 20 most popular stories in April, with links:

1. Giving back: Rollins School of Nursing, Highmark, Community Foundation, High 5 Hospitality
2. Blood Bank makes appeal for donations as supply dwindles
3. Bill aims to end retail plastic bag use by 2021
4. Counterfeiters waste no time in shipping Bryce Harper jerseys to DE, PA and MD
5. DNREC: No human threat from water release stemming from Croda chemical leak
6. Trending: Harvey, Hanna steps up asbestos monitoring at GM plant site as demolition, labor dispute continue
7. Chemours makes investment in utility energy storage battery maker
8. Updated: Tornado that hit Western Sussex County now listed as an EF-2
9. Biden enters the presidential sweepstakes
10. Rumors abound  at Dover Downs as new owner takes over
11. Delaware near bottom in ranking of economic impact of firearms industry
12. Former Middletown resident, IT chief gets 5 years for pocketing $3.2 million through computer billing scam
13. State revenue division issues warning on taxpayer letter scam
14. Metal Sales building in Kennett Square sold
15. Leasing underway at 120-unit Garrison apartment complex in New Castle
16. Billy Penn, after running out of runway, now under WHYY umbrella
17. The no power plant avengers return
18. (Photo gallery) Honoring ‘Great Dameness’ at 10th Anniversary celebration
19. From WHYY: Delaware vo-tech students gain hundreds of thousands in scholarships and apprenticeships
20. California man truckin’ east busted after police find 212 pounds of weed and nearly $277,000

Enjoy your weekend. This newsletter returns on Monday. – Doug Rainey, publisher.