Guest view: Finding common ground in education reform
By Gary Stockbridge
(Stockbridge is president of Delmarva Power and Atlantic City Electric)
As the temperatures cool and the political season heats up, I’m excited to...
Gas price in Delaware down more than 40 cents from a year earlier
Nearly three weeks after attacks on major Saudi Arabian oil facilities and subsequent gas price spikes, local pump prices are “falling” into seasonal declines.
Over...
Media update: State News to add paywall; New regional editor for Whig, Post
The Delaware State News has joined the parade of newspapers setting up “paywalls” that limit the number of stories that can be read each...
Fenwick Island State Park could get upgrade under proposal from offshore...
A proposal for a wind power company to partner with Delaware’s Division of Parks & Recreation to make improvements to heavily used Fenwick Island...
Trending: Prices Corner Acme jumps into the liquor license pond
Acme Markets, Inc. has applied for a liquor license for its store in the Prices Corner area at 1308 Centerville Road.
The license application marks...
Delaware medical society joins counterparts in Northeast in warning about ‘insurance giveaway’...
The Medical Society of Delaware has joined its counterparts in other northeastern states in criticizing some proposed "surprise medical bills." legislation now in Congress.
Suprise...
Business people: Chemours, Correction Dept., DelDOT, Soybean Board, Nanticoke, Long & Foster
Sparks to take another executive post at Chemours
The Chemours Company announced that Paul Kirsch, president of the company's Fluoroproducts business, has elected to leave...
AAA auto clubs hit 60 million member mark
AAA has hit the 60 million-member mark, making the iconic brand one of the largest membership associations in North America.
AAA Mid-Atlantic, one of more than...
Better Business Bureau helps shut down two illegal drug websites
The Better Business Bureau serving Delaware announced that they have successfully had two websites shut down that were illegally selling prescription and controlled substances...
Food and drink: Finn McCool’s reportedly closes; new brew and spirit from Dogfish
Finn McCool's on Main Street in Newark has reportedly closed its doors.
Employees reported they were informed of the move via an Instagram post.
A post...
Graham Cancer Center Medical chief Petrelli to receive Tilton Award
The 2019 Tilton Award will be presented to Nicholas J. Petrelli, M.D., Medical Director of the Helen Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute.
Among his...
Delaware jobless rate expected to remain steady
Unemployment rates for September are expected to decrease in New Jersey and remain unchanged in Pennsylvania and Delaware, according to the Federal Reserve Bank...
Affordable Care Act Individual health insurance rates to drop 19 percent
Thanks to a federal waiver and a reinsurance program, rates under the Affordable Care Act will drop by 19 percent next year. The rate...
Peebles department stores to convert to Gordmans name with fate of Rehoboth location up...
The Peebles name seems likely to go away as parent company Stage Stores Inc. converts nearly all of its stores to the Gordmans name.
Peebles...
Out of the running for no good reason
Good afternoon,
It is entirely possible that Delaware would have been out of the running as Iron Hill Brewery and Restaurant prepared to build its...
Former WSFS, Citibank loan officer gets 18 months for bank fraud
U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Andrews sentenced Tae Kim, age 49, of Wayne, PA, to an 18-month prison sentence for bank fraud and...
Drydene announces partnership with Dover International Speedway
Drydene Performance Products announced a multi-year partnership with Dover International Speedway, serving as the entitlement sponsor for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS)...
Crooked Hammock brews up tribute to ILC Dover’s spacesuits
Crooked Hammock Brewery in Lewes will mark the 50th anniversary of ILC Dover, Frederica, with the release of a commemorative beer known as “One...
Top trending: Delaware’s minimum wage rises to $9.25 an hour
Effective Tuesday Delaware's minimum wage has increased. The hourly minimum wage is now $9.25.
The Delaware Restaurant Association noted that the minimum wage did not...
Updated with Video: Bar Association president again strikes back against group critical of Chancery...
Flanked by prominent lawyers as well as former judges and justices, Delaware State Bar Association President William Brady continued the organization’s pushback against a...
