(Photo of chef Robbie Jester)
Former News Journal food critics Eric Ruth, who now works at the Delaware Tourism Office, did a good job of listing the state's growing roster of celebrity thefts. Below is his post:
Delaware’s vibrant dining scene is attracting attention across the nation and around the world, thanks to talented home-state chefs who are finding fame on competitive television cooking shows.
At least six chefs have appeared on shows...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received accelerated approval for Zynyz (retifanlimab-dlwr), afor the treatment of adults with a rare form of skin cancer,- etastatic or recurrent locally advanced Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC).
The Biologics License Application (BLA) for Zynyz has been approved under accelerated approval by the U.S. FDA based on tumor response rate and duration of...
Rodman Ward Jr., the founder and former leader of the Wilmington office of Skadden Arps died on March 18.
According to Skadden, Rod helped launch the Wilmington office in 1979, making Skadden the first firm not headquartered in Delaware to establish a local office.
"Over the next two decades Rod led our Wilmington team while cementing his...
Before federal regulators shut Silicon Valley Bank down last week, the nation had gone a long time since it saw a similar crash-and-burn situation. Still, Delaware has not been exempt from banks taking a dive. A little more than a decade ago, many of us were shocked when Wilmington Trust suddenly collapsed due to a series of bad loans.
The...
(Army Corps of Engineers photo of the Indian River Sand Bypass Plant)
The Delaware Congressional Delegation announced $51,681,000 for water projects in Delaware as a part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers work plan for fiscal 2023. Funding came from several different Water Resources Development Acts
“Investing in Delaware’s water resources infrastructure is critical for maintaining a...
Following a successful winter fruit season in 2022 that led to the unloading of 130,000 pallets of grapes and other Chilean fruits, Port of Wilmington manager GT USA is confident that volume will continue to grow this year.
It came as Joe Cruise, CEO, left, of of GT USA Wilmington and Robert Blackburn,...
(Regina Mitchell)
The applicaiton window is now open for for oung Delaware companies in need of funding to help expand their business under the Encouraging Development, Growth and Expansion (EDGE) grant from the Delaware Division of Small Business. The division will be accepting EDGE grant applications between now and March 31 from promising early-stage businesses in Delaware.
Businesses that are...
Solenis has completed its previously announced acquisition of the paper process chemicals business of Kolb Distribution Ltd., a unit of Swiss-based KLK Kolb Group.
The deal also includes a long-term supply agreement, in which the KLK Kolb Group will manufacture paper process chemicals exclusively for Solenis.
“Bringing together the Kolb team with our consumer solutions business adds to our ability...
It took a few months to get to the new Wegmans at the former DuPont Barley Mill site off Route 141. Vacations and holiday stuff had us driving by the busy mixed-use center near Greenville developed by locally based Pettinaro.
In a way, that might have been a good thing. The upstate New York grocer knows how to tempt customers...
Wilmington Alliance announced a two-year partnership with Friendship House to remove barriers to getting employment for those who have been through the justice system.
The Alliance donated $71,000 to the Friendship House Fines and Fees Fund. Through the fund, financial assistance is provided for lifting capias, covering new state IDs, new state driver licenses, or Delaware birth certificates or...
JPMorgan Chase announced investments in four organizations, Delaware State University, Code Differently, L.E.E.P. Inc., and Zip Code Wilmington totaling more than $1.7 million to support workforce development in Wilmington.
Delaware State University will receive $709,000 over three years to develop a new part-time, evening associate degree program in Early Childhood Education with a business development focus. This program will...
The Delaware Division of Small Business announced that 10 small businesses Wednesday were winners of the sixth round of Encouraging Development, Growth and Expansion (EDGE) grants.
Winners include companies that created an app for parents to track school buses, a beer garden venture , an apiary, and an electric company.
The grants were announced the ...
A labor bill that's bad news for minority contractors
Earlier this month, a troubling piece of legislation slipped through the General Assembly. It involved a pilot program to include something known as Community Workforce Agreements as part of several large state public works projects.
Delaware CWA legislation allows the state to negotiate labor agreements on its projects without the threat...
The City of Wilmington is completing the process for a new contract for the towing of vehicles from within the city limits.The city expects to have a new contract in place in the next few weeks. Towing policies have been under fire over issues that include the effect on lower-income residents who have sometimes lost their transportation as vehicles were sold...
Incyte issued an upbeat 2022 earnings report as its block-buster Jackafi blood cancer drug soared past $2 billion in sales.
The conmpany based near Wilmington has been working to add to its development pipeline. One promising product is Opzelura, a cream formulation of ruxolitinib (the drug family of Jakafi) for treatment of mild-to-moderate atopic dermatitis....
