Likely demise of Dolle’s sign evidence of a Rehoboth not changing...
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It was not one of those quiet weekends.
Congress hammered out a badly needed stimulus package, minus the contentious issues of liability protection and...
What about tourism funding?
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In the past 24 hours, the most-read story is the announcement by New Castle County that it will share a large chunk of...
A good news day
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Tired of Covid-19 news? I'm a charter member of that club.
But for the first time since the pandemic took hold in late March,...
Shelter from the storm
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The successful effort to develop a Covid-19 vaccine is known as Operation Warp Speed.
The same term could be used for the fast-track effort...
Chris Coons threads the needle as Biden defender & bridge to GOP moderates
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Chris Coons is a busy man these days.
Thanks in part to his superb speaking skills, the U.S. Senator from Delaware has long been...
Food Lion prepares for next phase of grocery war
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Food Lion is preparing for the next phase of the grocery wars.
Times have been good for supermarkets, despite higher costs related to Covid-19,...
Covid-19 restrictions were inevitable when virus got out of control
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During the past week, it became clear that more coronavirus-related restrictions were in the works.
The hammer came down early Thursday night from...
Bloom Energy’s rough week
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Bloom Energy had another rough stock market week as its share price dropped 11 percent.
The fuel cell maker, which operates a Newark plant,...
Covid fatigue, vaccines and sticking to facts
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Over the past eight months, a portion of my Tuesday afternoon has been devoted to listening to Gov. John Carney's coronavirus briefing.
Along the...
DuPont’s biosciences business and a Reverse Morris Trust (whatever that is)
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IFF and DuPont now have the green light to combine DuPont’s Nutrition & Biosciences business with the company formerly known as International Food...
First vaccine shipment numbers will be modest
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As vaccine candidates from Pfizer and Moderna move toward likely emergency approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, everyone is wondering...
Carney’s Covid-19 tool box down to assorted washers and bolts
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Gov. John Carney is accustomed to criticism from skeptics over coronavirus emergency orders.
Now, he's getting blowback from the other side over yesterday's voluntary...
Another imposing building on Newark’s Main Street
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Plans for a massive building on Newark's Main Street created a stir among residents this week but managed to get approval from the...
Electric, hybrid vehicle rebates available until July
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We learned today from DNREC that Delaware would continue to offer rebates on electric (EV) and hybrid vehicles through the end of June...
Election, Covid-19 dominate list of most read stories
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The election of former Vice President Joe Biden to the highest office in the land and the coronavirus pandemic dominated the list of...
About that unemployment rate
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Thanks to the holiday and the election, Delaware's surprisingly strong 5.6 percent October unemployment rate was largely overlooked.
The jobless rate dropped sharply from...
John Paul’s Mac Shop closes for the ‘foreseeable future’
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John Paul Mac Isaac has closed his now-famous computer repair shop.
A voice mail message stated the business would be closed "for the foreseeable...
DuPont’s. troubles shape Biden’s view of corporate America
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If you believed President-Elect Joe Biden was not paying attention to the travails at DuPont Co., think again.
The Wall Street Journal (subscription) has a...
The potential superpowers of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine
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AstraZeneca is a UK-based company that uses the queen's English spellings (organisation, leukaemia) and sends out its news releases on London time (2...
The hotel-homeless shelter saga
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The New Castle County Council is moving toward a vote on buying the Sheraton South Hotel in the New Castle area for use...
