Our view: The dismal jobless rate
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There's no way to sugarcoat the latest jobless report for Delaware.
The 15.8 percent rate for May is appallingly high.
As was the case in...
Food & drink – Jessop’s, Nora Lee’s, SoDel, Dover Downs, Dogfish Head
As reported earlier, restaurants can now operate at 60 percent occupancy. Restaurants with a lot of booths may stick with the 50 percent figure...
Food and drink notes: More restaurant openings, Curbside Wilmington
The second wave of restaurant openings
So far, we have not seen a flood of notices of restaurants opening on the 15th, with the increase...
City launches ‘Curbside Wilmington’ as way to lure diners to downtown
Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki, Marty Hageman from Downtown Visions and Jennifer Kmiec from The Committee of 100 announced “Curbside Wilmington,” a new initiative designed to...
Food and drink: Not all steakhouses reopening in early June; lines at newly...
More restaurant openings have been announced for steak lovers, although some popular spots are sticking to takeout.
Xavier Teixido's Harry's Hospitality Group announced that its...
Food and drink update: Closings, opening, expansion and a letter from Restaurant Association chair
This occasional column went on hiatus as the coronavirus crisis unfolded. It’s time to talk food.
A couple of quick observations. The quality and creativity...
A $400 million COVID economic recovery plan from Land of Ben...
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Vermont's Phil Scott has announced a bold economic recovery plan that's worth more than a passing look.
Last week, the Republican governor from the...
State of Delaware’s guide to Phase 1 reopening
The release of guidance on Delaware's Phase 1 openings led to some confusion regarding types of businesses that will reopen on June 1.
The guide...
Beaches opening on Memorial Day weekend – Out of staters not welcome
Troopers to be on the lookout for out of state plates; Ice cream shops, trucks allowed this weekend
Gov. John Carney on Thursday announced that...
Rehoboth opens Bandstand Circle
You can now get a glimpse of the beach when making that well-known U turn in Rehoboth after the City of Rehoboth Beach reopened...
Sussex not alone in battling coronavirus cases tied to food processing
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Sussex County is not alone in seeing outbreaks of coronavirus tied to workplaces in the meat and poultry processing industry.
A wave of plant...
Taking the pulse on restaurant reopenings
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Over the weekend, a few New Castle County restaurateurs took the public's pulse via Facebook.
The question to customers - if restaurants opened in...
Dover Downs owner to buy Bally’s Atlantic City for $25 million
Twin River Worldwide Holdings, the owner of Dover Downs is buying Bally's Atlantic City Hotel & Casino for about $25 million in cash.
Bally's is...
Volunteers help make food distribution at Christiana Mall a success
The Delaware National Guard and an army of volunteers were part of the Food Bank of Delaware's first mass drive-through on Monday at Christiana...
State’s H.E.L.P. loan program raises annual sales ceiling for restaurants to $15 million
The Delaware Division of Small Business has modified the state's H.E.L.P. program after restaurant owners struggled to qualify for the program.
Among the changes is...
Pennsylvania adds order pickup locations after controversial decision to close liquor stores
Pennsylvania's state-owned liquor store system is expanding the number of pick-up locations.
The Alcohol Beverage Control Board abruptly closed all stores, drawing criticism from residents....
Carney sees hopeful signs but won’t ‘flip the switch’ on business reopenings
Governor cites the need for a flattened curve and sound data
Gov. John Carney says the state will move cautiously when it comes to reopening...
WARN layoff notices spike in March
After years of seeing only a few WARN notices, the coronavirus driven economic downturn has led to 10 such filings in Delaware so far...
A big story flies under the radar
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One big Delaware story late last week had trouble getting past Middletown.
47 ABC reported that Allen Harim will ask some growers to "depopulate"...
Delaware now allows home delivery of medical marijuana
Delaware has quietly lifted a ban on the delivery of medical marijuana.
Columbia Care, a publicly-traded company that now has locations in all three of...
