A public information session for a proposed Delaware landfall site for wind power transmission lines has been scheduled.
The public engagement event will occur from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 12, at Bethany Beach Town Hall, 214 Garfield Parkway.
US Wind’s projects, MarWin and Momentum Wind, entail the installation of up to 121 turbines that will feed electricity...
In 2024, Wawa plans to open more than 70 new stores, including first stores in three new states of Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina. Openings are coming in the Midwest in the coming years as well as central and western Pennsylvania.
Wawas are mainly located in the Mid-Atlantic and Florida. Delaware has more than four dozen stores. The store count...
CAMP Rehoboth Community Center disclosed that a plea a agreement was reached with the state Attorney General's Office over a financial fraud case involving a long-time staff member..
The center publishes the widely read Letters From Camp Rehoboth publication for the LGBTQ community. The case left the Community Center in an uncomfortable spot as it had to...
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Why should Delaware Care?Amtrak is a major employer in the Wilmington area, but its own inspector general also criticized its purchase of the Renaissance Centre, which Amtrak is now investing in further. As a federally chartered corporation,...
Dogfish Head owner Boston Beer reported a loss in the fourth quarter and a change at the top.
The company put an optimistic spin on the year-end results that included a "write-down" impairment charge for Milton-based Dogfish Head..
The impairment of intangible assets reflects a $16.4 million non-cash charge recorded primarily for the Dogfish Head brand.
The impairment determination was primarily based on the...
A Rite Aid store in the Kent County town of Harrington is the latest on a closing list filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New Jersey
The Kent County location was one of 77 stores listed in a court document and follows earlier store closings, mainly in northern Delaware..
Rite Aid filed for Chapter 11 protection due...
Delaware gas prices rose a couple of pennies in the past week as the gap widened between national and state averages.
As of Monday, the First State average gas price was about 12 cents lower than the national figure, after a period when the two were within a few cents of each other.
AAA reported that the upward trend is...
Avelo Airlines is reporting a successful first 100 days for its Wilmington-San Juan, Puerto Rico route.
The airline, which usually does not break out traffic by destination, reported nearly 9,000 customers boarded twice weekly San Juan flights with no cancellations. That's worth noting since airlines often cancel flights with few passengers. Avelo, which has one of the best...
A few odds and ends from the labor market and retailing.
First off, we won't see the state's labor market (unemployment) report for January until March, followed by the February stats later in the month. The state's jobless rate is likely to remain fairly steady.
The timing of reports has to do with a short month and labor market figures being...
Ursuline Academy, an independent, Catholic, college preparatory school for students from early childhood through 12th grade, receiveda $5 million commitment from Anthony N. Fusco Sr., a Delaware real estate developer. A release stated that this gift is the largest in Ursuline’s 130-year history and will have a widespread impact across the academy.
“Mr. Fusco’s extraordinary generosity has not only...
The Trolley Square neighborhood was rocked last weekend by news of a shooting outside the Logan House. Details are few, a long-running policy from Wilmington police that sometimes leads to rampant speculation.
To its credit, the landmark eatery and entertainment spot responded that it would work with the city to limit the possibility of a reoccurrence.
Naturally enough, a minor frenzy...
The Standard Chlorine of Delaware Inc. Superfund site near Delaware City will receive Superfund funding.
Funding will come from $1 billion for clean-up projects at more than 100 Superfund sites under the Biden Administration's Investing in America agenda.
“Today’s funding announcement continues EPA’s historic investment in the remediation of our nation’s most contaminated sites,” said EPA Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz....
The Delaware Association of Realtors reported that January's housing market posted a slight decrease in new listings and homes sold. The inventory of new homes did rise sharply.
The median price increased by 4.50%, However, the median listed price increased by only 0.17%.
The real estate group stated that pending sales fell by 8%, but active inventory showed 13% growth,...
ChristianaCare, in partnership with a healthcare company, announced plans to open two micro-hospitals in Delaware County, PA.The partnership with Emerus Holdings Inc. comes as ChristianaCare continues work on a neighborhood hospital at the former Jennersville Hospital site in neighboring southern Chester County, PA. ChristianaCare is based in Wilmington. “We are excited to bring this new model of care to our...
FFI Ionix Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortescue, an Australian green technology and metals company, picked Dover for expanded operations and gained up to $1.7 million in grants from the state.
FFI Ionix, which focuses on hydrogen technologies, will relocate from a 15,000-square-foot site in Harrington to 60 Starlifter Avenue in Dover. More than 22,000 square feet of...