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Rate increases trickle down to bottom line for Artesian Resources
Artesian Resources reported net income for the second quarter of 2015 was $3.2 million, an increase of $1.3 million, compared to $2 million in net income recorded during the second quarter of 2014.
Revenues for...
Good weather, grandstand acts help State Fair return to 300,000 attendance mark
The 2015 Delaware State Fair reported its second best 10-day attendance with more than 311,000 fairgoers, up more than 10 percent from last year.
Fair officials said decent weather, a mix of new and...
Girl Scouts announce $25,000 donation to new Resource Center
Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay announced the receipt of grants to be used towards construction of Girl Scouts’ new Northern Resource Center in greater Newark.
The new building will serve nearly 10,000 girls and...
Twin Lakes moving brewery from Greenville to Newport
Twin Lakes Brewing Co. is moving to Newport from its site in Greenviille.
The company made the announcement on its website on Friday.
The craft brewer will occupy a former warehouse at the headquarters of Harvey...
CEO and student makes $750,000 contribution to Music School
The Music School of Delaware’s Wilmington Branch and David C. McBride, board chair, announced that board member, key donor, and long-time adult student of the Music School,
, made a donation to the school of...
Duck Donuts finds success in early going
Duck Donuts is seeing a healthy level of sales, after opening in Newark during the summer lull.
A ribbon cutting ceremony for the business was held on Friday for the restaurant which opened in mid-July...
Two arrested in connection with series of bank robberies in Brandywine Hundred
(From the Delaware State Police)
Delaware State Police detectives have arrested a pair of Wilmington men following the armed robberies and attempted armed robberies of three Brandywine Hundred area banks in May
The arrests took place...
Christiana Care earns designation for excellence in nursing
Christiana Care Health System earned re-designation as a Magnet organization for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
Seven percent of the nation’s hospitals hold the Magnet designation. Christiana Care was first in...
Emory Hill contractor for Chestertown project
Emory Hill & Company of New Castle, DE broke ground on the new Sultana Education Center at 200 South Cross Street in Chestertown, MD.
Sultana’s Education Center is being built as part of an effort...
Dogfish Head ranks No. 1 in list of 50 craft brewers
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The Daily Meal, unveiled the 2015 edition of its "50 Best Craft Breweries in America and Milton-based Dogfish Head leads the list.
Dogfish Head was...
Chemours’ shares rise despite loss in first reporting period
The Chemours Company reported a loss in its first reporting period. The second quarter results came in the period prior to a July 1 spinoff from DuPont.
Despite the losses, Chemours shares rose by 17 percent in trading on...
Check out the Aug. 5-11 edition of the Delaware Business Bulletin
A Commerce Department report gets the attention of Republican legislators who claim current policies are holding back the economy.
CLICK HERE to check out this story and others in this week's edition of the Bulletin.The Bulletin comes free of...
Incyte reports sharply higher revenues from blockbuster drug
Incyte Corp. posted a profit in the second quarter as sales of its blockbuster drug Jakafi picked up steam.
The company, based near Wilmington, highlighted the continued momentum in the commercialization of Jakafi in the...
Kent County businesses join Tubman Byway Initiative
Late last week, the U.S. Small Business Administration officials, State of Delaware representatives; and local leaders announced the first Kent County, Del., businesses were joining the ‘Tubman Byway Initiative.”
An event debuted the ‘Byway Buck’...
Wilmington one of 28 ‘Startup in a Day’ winners
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) today announced that Wilmington is one of 28 winners of the first ever .Startup in a Day Competition.
The nationwide event will come with a total of $1.6 million...
Opinion: Sketchy mortgage settlement budget move draws attention
We learned last week that Rashmi Rangan - head of the Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council is asking US Attorney General Loretta Lynch to take a look at the legality of a decision by...
Business people: Aug. 5-11, 2015
Two join Beebe staff
Beebe Healthcare announced that Rosemarie “Ro” Pruden Rosmarin, PhD, as the new Director of Laboratory Operations and Rich Matthews, as the new Manager of Pathology. Both started in June.
Rosmarin received her...
Commerce Department report: State economy is lagging behind the nation
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The debate over the health of the Delaware economy continues with Republican legislators taking note of a US Department of Commerce report indicating that the state lagging behind the nation.
According...
Smyrna Police make arrests after uncovering national home rental scam
Smyrna Police, after a nine-month investigation, have made several arrests in a national home rental scheme with dozens of victims and an elaborate payment system that extended to Nigeria.
In November 2014, a report was...
SBA loan activity in Delaware shatters record
Statewide Small Business Administration loan volume for 2015 has shattered the previous record, with nearly three months to go in the fiscal year.
The SBA Delaware District Office reported the total number of loans rose...
