Remembering Leigh Johnstone; UD’s Covid struggle
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It was sad to learn this week about the passing of Paul "Leigh" Johnstone at 79.
The Vietnam veteran and commercial real estate professional...
Dover Speedway and Vax machines
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Yesterday, I received a second dose of Moderna vaccine at a Walgreens pharmacy. Other than a sore arm and a hint of fatigue,...
Learning from Jersey’s marijuana journey
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Those on both sides of the issue in Delaware are watching developments as New Jersey marches toward the legal sale of recreational marijuana.
After...
Purzycki gains a victory in blight fight
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It took winning a second term before Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki saw success in a long-running effort to deal with blighted properties.
The City...
The wrong time for tip legislation
In the legislative hopper, this year is a proposed bill that will raise the minimum wage for tipped workers from $2.23 an hour, about...
A teaching moment from Texas
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It's no surprise that Texas's electric power crisis ended up as a piece of political theater as millions go without power.
The blame game...
Keeping an eye on the $15 an hour minimum wage
Businesses are keeping close tabs on a $15 an hour federal minimum wage proposal now before Congress.
The legislation would more than double the $7.25...
Delaware’s social capital and Covid-19
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With the first anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic about a month away, researchers are delving into why some areas fared better than others.
One...
Our View: D.C. Beltway group gets indigestion over poultry digester
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It seemed like good news when word came that the owner of the former Perdue chicken litter-to-fertilizer plant near Seaford was applying to...
Dover Downs owner betting on turnaround for AC’s Bally’s
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Dover Downs' owner is placing a bet on Atlantic City with a casino that carries its new corporate name.
Casino.org reports that the Bally's...
The new Frontier
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Frontier Airlines today kicked off its three-day-a-week flights to Orlando from New Castle Airport.
This time around, Frontier plans to take things slowly, an...
A banquet follow up and the oldest tavern in Delaware
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A follow up to yesterday's column on limiting banquets to 10 people, while overall restaurant capacity is capped at 50 percent.
I sent a...
Banquet capacity restriction doesn’t add up
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Thanks to a sizable decline in Covid cases and hospitalizations after a holiday surge, the occupancy cap for restaurants, bars, and retail stores...
Biden’s trip home and Covid news
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It was another busy weekend for Delaware Business Now website. Saturday was the third most active day so far this year in web...
Does Biden’s Delaware trip send the wrong message?
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President Joe Biden may take some heat after the Associated Press reported that he is heading back to Delaware this weekend.
After all, the...
Our view: Construction giants remembered
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We have lost a couple of Delaware construction industry giants in the past few months - John Bonk of M. Davis and Sons...
Vaccines will be key to Frontier’s success in the early going
This week's two most popular posts centered on Frontier Airlines and its nonstop flights to Orlando from New Castle Airport. (Frontier prefers the Wilmington-New...
Who did and didn’t make the influential business persons list
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The News Journal/Delaware Online recently rolled out a list of the most influential business people in the state. The list included seven other categories,...
Covid-19 dominates list of most read stories in January
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As a certain ex-president once said, Covid, Covid, Covid, Covid, dominated the list of most read January stores on the Delaware Business Now...
Local companies have felt impact of ‘shorts,’ minus the GameStop craziness
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The GameStop Reddit group saga is another reflection of the craziness in an overheated stock market.
In short, a group on the popular Reddit...
