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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...
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...
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...
Sportsmen’s group praises effort to restore prize funding for OC marlin catch & ...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
Delaware escapes Payless ShoeSource closings
Payless ShoeSource stores in Delaware apparently escaped a wave of closings.
Payless has seven stores in Delaware. Retail sites in the First State often avoid mass closings, due to the lack of a sales tax.
The...
Common Pleas Court adds 24-hour payment, info system
The Court of Common Pleas has launched a new IVR or “Interactive Voice Response” system. This service is available 24-hours a day, seven days a week, and will be able to provide the following:
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Gas price rises seven cents in Delaware
Delaware saw a seven-cent jump in the price of gas as the switch to more expensive summer blends gets under way.
The national average price at the pump is $2.32 per gallon, the same price...
Amazon awards $15,000 grant to Polytech for its robotics program
Amazon associates recently surprised Polytech High School students with $15,000 to support their robotics program. The high school is in Kent County.
"We truly thank Amazon for their generous donation," said Superintendent Deborah Zych. "With...
Christiana Care, Jefferson partner on master’s in genetic counseling
The Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute at Christiana Care Health System is partnering with Thomas Jefferson University in a master’s degree program to prepare people to become genetic counselors.
The new master’s degree program, Human Genetics...