Giving back

Good afternoon, One of the best things to come out of the recently signed $900 billion coronavirus bill is the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant. The program is offered for businesses and nonprofits  that have been affected...

The Delaware State Chamber of Commerce presented Margaret Rose Henry with the Dick DiSabatino Award on Monday  at its 184th Annual Dinner The event, held virtually, was attended by nearly 800 elected officials and business...

Adesis, Inc., based in New Castle, has formulated and donated nearly 4,000 pounds of hand sanitizer to Donate Delaware. The protective disinfectants are then distributed to, among others, the Delaware Health Care Facilities Association for...

DSU gets a $1 million grant from Longwood The Longwood Foundation awarded $1 million to Delaware State University to support the university’s acquisition of Wesley College. The award will support ongoing transition costs, including personnel and...

Delaware ranks  29th among the 50 states in charitable activity, according to a report from the WalletHub financial site. Neighboring Maryland and Pennsylvania ranked higher at three and six. New Jersey ranked 27th. No. 1...

Good afternoon New Castle County was not to be denied  when it came to the former Sheraton South hotel in the New Castle area. A release from commercial real estate broker JLL indicated that interest was...

The newly opened Hope Center at the former Sheraton South Hotel, New Castle, is not taking housing referrals at present.   New Castle County recently purchased the hotel for $19.5 million with  CARES Act funds. In...

Perdue Farms, as part of its "Delivering Hope to Our Neighbors" hunger-relief initiative, has invested in a new "repack room" at the Food Bank of Delaware site south of Newark to help provide additional protein and...

GT USA Wilmington the marine terminal owner/operator at the Port of Wilmington, entered into an agreement with Goodwill of Delaware and Delaware County to provide temporary staffing services for placing up to 100 laborers,...

Operation Warm Newport: Camping Out for Coats is going virtual this year.   Earlier this month, organizers launched the brand new campingforcoats.com website which will host information on this program and where to donate.   The campout came...