Delaware’s disappearing journalists
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I don’t want to overdo coverage of last week’s LION Publisher’s meeting. Still, I wanted to point out one startling finding that...
Fiery big rig crash raises questions
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An early Sunday crash on Interstate 95 and 295 brought to light concerns over regulation of the human side of trucking.
The driver...
Facebook staffers offer update
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Facebook came to the LION Publisher’s conference in Chicago last week as it looks for ways to promote trustworthy news in Delaware...
LION helps break drought in news deserts
Good morning - I’m in Chicago for the annual LION publishers conference for the fourth time.
LION (Local Independent Online News) is a growing organization...
Right to work ordinance in Sussex making headway?
Good morning - A right to work ordinance in Sussex County is not out of the question.
At issue is whether the southernmost county has...
The shortened shelf life of university presidents
Good morning - The departure of Delaware State University President Dr. Harry Williams came as a shock to some outside academic circles.
Williams, who...
Beliefs and facts
Good morning - The ceremonial groundbreaking of a new national biopharmaceutical center on the University of Delaware STAR campus was big news as shown...
Business news archive reaches the 10,000 mark
Good morning - Our digital enterprise marked a few milestones last week.
At mid-week, the number of stories in our online archives hit the 10,000...
Amazon, pollution, health and the STAR Campus
Good morning - Thursday was a busy news day.
Delaware officials struck the right note in proposing three possible sites for the Amazon HQ2 project....
Bloom critic not happy with yesterday’s column
Good morning, I received the following response to yesterday’s column on Bloom Energy from John Nichols, long-time critic, and litigant against Bloom Energy.
He was...
Bloom’s data center sweet spot
Good morning, Things have been very quiet at Bloom Energy.
After all, the company rarely toots its own horn, with most of the local attention...
Right to work law mystery is solved
We learned a little more about the mysterious story that appeared earlier this month regarding Sussex County considering a resolution for right to work...
California dreams and realities
California's been good to me
Hope it don't fall into the sea
Sometimes you got to trust yourself
It ain't like anywhere else –Tom Petty, 1950-2017
For the...
Harry Gravell helped save the Delaware City refinery
Good morning, The death this week of former Delaware Building Trades Council chief Harry Gravell, Jr. at age 67 brought back memories of a...
Changes needed in county land use process to ensure success of Claymont, Boxwood sites
Good morning, The need for a fast-track development strategy in northern Delaware became more urgent with news of the pending purchase of the former...
The other shoe drops in Wilmington Trust case
Good morning - It always seemed likely that another shoe would drop before the complex Wilmington Trust case went to trial.
That proved to be...
Peltz could snare a board seat at consumer products giant P&G
Did Nelson Peltz learn a lesson from DuPont?
In his battle for a board seat at Procter & Gamble that could be decided today, Nelson...
Navient’s jump into online student lending
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News that Wilmington-based loan servicer Navient snapping up online student lender Earnest ended up being upstaged.
The announcement of the deal came at around...
Undercover boss, right to work law and Sussex County
Good morning - An odd sort of story emerged this week from a site known as the Daily Signal.
The piece reported that Anthony Wedo...
Cecil County’s successful job quest
Good morning, Over the years, I had a more than routine interest in neighboring Cecil County, MD.
After all, I spent a good part of...
