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Good afternoon, It wasn't that long ago that Dover's city-owned electric system and adjacent businesses were getting electricity from coal at the Dover  Energy Center. power and steam plant. Now, the municipal utility is planning to...

Good afternoon, If they build it, they will come - (From the movie and book Field of Dreams) That line, minus leading man Kevin Kostner and Shoeless Joe Jackson seems to apply to the lonesome  Route...

Good afternoon, Last week,  a glitch in our Email campaign system led to many readers receiving this newsletter twice. My apologies, even to the guy who threatened a lawsuit. Multiple Emails are annoying. The glitch came after...

Good afternoon, An update on last week's column on the grocery wars. One reader noted that Acme owner Albertsons and area shoppers could benefit from the giant chain buying up a couple of dozen upscale  Balducci's...

Good afternoon, Back the summer, this column took of a growing number of websites that package themselves as local, even though the content is generated elsewhere. At the time, a  story from NiemanLab identified a multitude...

Good afternoon, The election season is upon us with supermarket and online media executive Chris Kenny taking heat from the State Democratic Party. Kenny is CEO of family-owned Shoprite supermarkets in northern Delaware. Earlier, he bought...

Good afternoon, It was interesting to see Acme Markets announcing a successful bid for 27 Kings Food Market and Balducci's Food Lover's Market locations, subject to regulatory and court approvals.  The small chains had reportedly struggled with...

Good afternoon, News this week of Gov. John Carney agreeing to a settlement over the state's ancient school funding formula is a reason for optimism. Since the decision earlier this year will eventually lead to a...

Good afternoon, To no one's surprise, office vacancy rates are on the rise. Colliers, a commercial real estate firm with an office in Wilmington, reported a 14 percent third-quarter vacancy rate in New Castle County. CBRE,...

Good afternoon everyone, Grotto Pizza took its lumps last week in the fringe media when it said no thanks to a campaign meet and greet at its Wilmington location by Republican U.S. candidate Lauren Witzke. A...