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Tobacco enforcement officer faces charges tied to trading cigarettes for drugs, money
Joseph Dominic, 33, faces five felony and one misdemeanor charge following a joint investigation. Dominic is a suspended officer with DATE, the alcohol and tobacco enforcement arm of the state.
DATE’s investigation into Dominic's actions began...
Governor postpones State of the State address due to mild illness
Governor John Carney has postponed the State of the State Address due to illness.
The governor has a fever and mild symptoms but is in good spirits, a release stated.
The Thursday speech will outline...
Report says state employee workfore reflects Delaware’s demographics
The Delaware Department of Human Resources Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion issued its annual Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Report.
Since the signing of Gov. John Carney’s Executive Order No. 30...
Energize Delaware offers mid-sized business program that weighs benefits of solar, energy-saving equipment
Delaware businesses now have help determining the bottom line benefit of investing in energy-saving equipment or alternative energy.
The no-cost Energize Delaware program, administered by Sustainable Real Estate Solutions (SRS), will estimate energy savings, greenhouse...
Startup302 applications accepted for start-ups with principals from underrepresented communities
Applications for Delaware’s fourth annual Startup302 funding competition are being accepted now through January 29 from technology-enabled startups with high-growth potential and at least one founding team member from an underrepresented group.
The prizes include cash...
Business people: Jan. 18, 2024
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Aguilar to head Delaware State Fair
The longtime No. 2 leader at the Delaware State Fair is taking the top post.
Danny Aguilar was named General Manager after serving as ...
Phish Mondegreen festival ticket prices announced
More details have been released on the Phish festival planned for August at The Woodlands in the Dover Motor Speedway. complex.
Known as Modegreen, the festival will run from Aug. 15 to 18.
Mondegreen...
Wilmington Council President Ted Blunt, 80
Long-time political leader Theodore "Ted" Blunt died last week at the age of 80.
Blunt was born in Philadelphia and became a college basketball star in North Carolina.
Following his college graduation,...
Ceremony, day of service mark opening of Food Bank’s Milford center
The Food Bank of Delaware marked the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service by cutting the ribbon on its new 70,000-square-foot site in Milford.
The Monday ceremony marked the end of a...
Avelo moves into 2024 with strong on-time performance
Avelo Airlines moved into 2024 with a strong on-time record, an 85% gain in passenger traffic and plans to grow its jet fleet.
According to market research firm Anuvu (Anuvu.com), Avelo achieved the...
Fire damages Lewes-area tennis and fitness center
A fire in the Lewes area caused major damage to a tennis and fitness center.
The fire, reported shortly after 9 p.m., occurred in the 18000 block of Plantations Boulevard. The Lewes Fire Department...
Longwood awards $1 million grant for Wilmington University Brandywine campus buildings
Wilmington University was awarded a $1 million grant by the Longwood Foundation to support the expansion of its Brandywine location, including a law school building and a convocation center.
Longwood cited links to the limited...
Farmers markets sales pass $4 million mark
The Delaware Department of Agriculture reported that last year’s farmers markets hit an all-time sales record of $4.14 million.
In 2023, sales from all 17 Delaware community-run farmers markets totaled $4,144,951, up $437,136 from the...
Gas prices down, but cold weather could change situation
Gas prices dropped another nine cents in Delaware over the past week.
By contrast, the national average for a gallon of gas barely budged since last week, falling two cents to $3.07.
The lowest price...
Office vacancy rate may have peaked in northern Delaware, region
After three quarters of holding steady, the region's office vacancy rate may have peaked as demand seems to have stabilized, at least in the short term, CRBE reported.
The real estate brokerage and property...
State monitoring measles exposure at Nemours Children’s Hospital
The Delaware Division of Public Health reported a potential measles exposure at Nemours Children’s Hospital near Wilmington on Dec. 29.
A contact tracing investigation identified between 20 and 30 people exposed to the individual...
Beebe Healthcare mandates masks at all locations
Beebe Healthcare, Lewes, will require patients, visitors, and team members to wear surgical masks at all locations in Sussex County starting on Friday at 7 a.m.
Beebe joins central and southern Delaware healthcare systems...
Birdie’s indoor golf complex opens in Middletown
Birdie's, a brand new indoor entertainment center, opened this week.
With several public golf courses nearby, including one co-owned by the University of Delaware and NFL quarterback Joe Flacco, Middletown is the ideal location...
Sussex, Kent education start-ups selected as 2 of 15 start-ups to join Amazon accelerator...
Sussex County-based Augmental Learning Inc. and Dover-based Quizard AI, Inc. have been selected as two of 15 startups in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) inaugural Education Accelerator cohort.
Augmental provides an AI-powered learning platform that...
Labor Department conducting prevailing wage survey for state construction projects
The Delaware Department of Labor is conducting its Annual Prevailing Wage Survey for state-funded construction projects.
On December 20, the Department mailed over 4,500 survey forms to contractors and various interested parties. The...
