Op-Ed

Good afternoon, A couple of years ago,  I complained in this space about litter, sometimes in the form of plastic bags, fouling roadsides around Delaware. Road trips seemed to indicate that  crews in  other states...

Good afternoon, Over the past couple of days, Gov.  John Carney has rolled out proposals that include a million dollar fund to clean up the state's waterways and a similar amount to build the first...

Hello everyone, I’m stepping  outside the normal topics in this column to thank law enforcement for their work in charging  alleged members of a group known as The Base. The three men were identified as a...

Good afternoon everyone, The event did not get much attention up north, but an overflow  crowd of 1,800 showed up in Ocean City on Saturday for a discussion of the two   wind power projects  off...

Hello everyone, Word of the pending sales of Concord Mall and a portion of DuPont’s Chestnut Run site is good news for New Castle County taxpayers. The majority  of the 4 percent tax does  goes to...

Good afternoon everyone, Delaware may be the first state in the nation to see   a union organizing effort by  legislative staff. The effort was announced on the first day of the General Assembly session. A brief...

Hello everyone, I was a little surprised when the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce refreshed its logo after four decades. The logo served  the organization well, although its design did bear a slight  resemblance to  an...

Good afternoon, You might have seen the headline today about Meghan Markle having a company with a Delaware connection. It turns out that  London’s  Daily Mail had the story a couple of days ago about Markle...

Good afternoon, The Delaware General Assembly convenes today. Legislators still have the wind at their back as fears of a national recession fade and revenue estimates seem to be moving upward. We could see  less controversy  over...

Good afternoon, After rubber stamping  similar projects over the years,  the Sussex County Council recently  rejected a plan to build a Wawa-style  7-Eleven convenience store with gas pumps in a developing area  near Georgetown. It was...