WILMINGTON – Avelo Airlines has extended its Philadelphia / Delaware Valley flight schedule through April 20, 2027, allowing travelers to book flights into next spring. Avelo Airlines Head of Network [...]
WILMINGTON — Francis “Skip” Pennella has retired as executive director of the Grand Opera House after unexpectedly serving two years in the role following the departure of two leaders. His [...]
NEW CASTLE — The executive team behind one of Delaware’s fastest growing companies has started a new venture to target the steadily growing global pet food market. Ryan Flanagan and [...]
WILMINGTON — Former Delaware Supreme Court Justice Karen Valihura has joined Wilmington University’s Farnan School of Law as its founding director of its Corporate Law, Governance and Practice Institute. Valihura [...]
WILMINGTON – Highmark Delaware has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2026 honor by The News Journal. This list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered [...]
Joe Giordano has an email filter set to automatically delete any message that addresses him as “Joseph.” Nine times out of 10 those emails are from a stranger, usually from [...]
WILMINGTON — Fifty years ago, David Williams saw an opportunity to help businesses register their operations in the state of Delaware with the help of word of mouth and one [...]
WILMINGTON — Delaware is losing more controlled companies to Texas this proxy season, but the state also picked up 15 new incorporations during the same time period, according to preliminary [...]
LEWES — The Peninsula Gallery, celebrating its 30th anniversary, recently won Best Art Gallery in Delaware from the American Art Awards and Best Custom Framing (Downstate) from Delaware Today. Each [...]
WILMINGTON — The vacancy rate for Northern Delaware’s office market fell to 16.8% in the second quarter of the year, the lowest seen since 2017, due to lease renewals and [...]
WILMINGTON — The Community Education Building (CEB) officially opened the doors to its new 42,000-square-foot Youth Development Center (YDC) on Aug. 21. The center is located on Wilmington’s East Side at [...]
MIDDLETOWN — Two colossal Amazon fulfillment centers proposed for land right outside the Middletown bypass have shed a story or more and been dramatically slimmed down, according to recent plans [...]
WILMINGTON — The State of Delaware has announced a new partnership with Google through its Grow with Google initiative to expand access to digital skills training and workforce development opportunities for [...]
DOVER — An EF1 tornado ripped open part of the Kraft Heinz manufacturing plant Thursday evening, exposing warehouse inventory and overturning tractor-trailers as severe storms tore through Delaware’s capital. Photos [...]
WILMINGTON – The Delaware State Chamber of Commerce (DSCC) released its 2026 How They Voted legislative scorecard, providing a legislative votng review of the 153rd General Assembly. “Transparency without accountability only [...]
WILMINGTON — Desa Burton, Zip Code Wilmington’s longtime executive director and one of the biggest technology sector’s advocates in Delaware, is stepping down on Oct. 2. Gloria Bell, Zip Code [...]
SMYRNA — Multistate cannabis operator Shangri-La Farms is proposing an outdoor cultivation facility near Smyrna that could grow as many as 50,000 cannabis plants at a time, more than double [...]
CHRISTIANA — ChristianaCare has quietly bought 20 acres of undeveloped land right outside Delaware Park in late July. ChristianaCare paid $24 million for the land to DP Real Estate, the [...]
HARRINGTON — Harrington officials have closed the door on data centers as a conditional use in manufacturing zones and are now considering going a step further by banning data centers [...]
GLASGOW — The new Paul M. Hodgson Vocational Technical High School was informally opened on Monday, showcasing the results of the state’s first construction project in Delaware’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise [...]
DOVER — A 346-site manufactured home community in Delaware’s capital has changed hands for more than $31 million, adding another property to RHP Properties’ growing Delaware portfolio. On July 30, [...]
WILMINGTON — Richards, Layton & Finger has earned the highest firm ranking from an international intellectual property law publication, recognizing a practice that handles major patent disputes in Delaware’s federal [...]
Dover – Applications are now being accepted for the Business on Main Street Accelerator, a joint initiative between the Delaware Division of Small Business (DSB) and Launcher. The 8-week program [...]
DOVER — Chesapeake Utilities Corporation has Florida on its mind — a $1.2 billion natural gas infrastructure project that will continue to expand the company’s footprint in the Sunshine State. [...]
DOVER – The Delaware Department of Labor (DDOL) has established Delaware’s Workforce Pell Program Policy and opened the State’s Workforce Pell application process. The Workforce Pell Program expands access to [...]
WILMINGTON — Stepping Stones Community Federal Credit Union has announced that it will offer low-interest loans to graduates of the West End Neighborhood House’s Launcher Entrepreneurship Program. The effort expands [...]
NEWARK — A fast-casual restaurant specializing in bowls, salads and smoothies has made its Delaware debut in Newark with more locations already planned for the region. Piyush Patel opened Currito’s [...]
DOVER — The business magazine Forbes thought like a business in ranking Delaware State University 10th among America’s 50 historically black public colleges and universities. The inaugural ranking of HBCUs is based [...]
MIDDLETOWN — Titan Hospitality Group is bringing its Farmhouse concept to Middletown with hopes that one of Delaware’s fastest-growing communities is hungry for something a little different. The Maryland-based restaurant [...]
The Division of Small Business (DSB) will begin accepting applications for the fall EDGE Grant Competition on Aug. 11. The DSB will also host a webinar on Aug. 11 at [...]
DOVER — A newer business strategy is underway for one business in Kent County as hot air balloons prepare to rise over Dover Motor Speedway this weekend. The Dover Hot [...]
When Patience Agbeviadey worked as a care coordinator for AmeriHealth, it was clear the need was becoming greater than ever for physical and mental health care. “When I was calling [...]
WILMINGTON – The City of Wilmington’s Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) is accepting applications for its $8.4 million Affordable Housing Development Subsidy Program, supporting affordable housing projects. The funding will [...]
WILMINGTON — Earlier this year, Gov. Matt Meyer outlined a vision of “an innovation economy” of startups as job creators and market disruptors. This week, his administration took one of [...]
GEORGETOWN — While race cars drive the action on the track, Georgetown Speedway is helping steer something much bigger across Sussex County. More than 75 years after the Georgetown Speedway [...]
Sometimes success comes down to being in the right place at the right time. Timing played a big part in the company’s early success, according to Bob Hill, co-founder of [...]
WILMINGTON — Looking at the Wilmington Blue Rocks, OnDeck Partners CEO Mike Carney sees possibilities driven by a passionate fanbase. His firm is hoping to unleash both as the new [...]
The Delaware Division of the Arts' first round of FY2027 grants $5,055,797 to support 127 grants to arts and community organizations that bring performances, classes, and exhibitions to communities in [...]
NEWARK —The White Clay Creek Corporate Center off Route 273 has signed on a private “smart” logistics company as its newest tenant as another logistics company exits. Oracle Global Supplynet [...]
WILMINGTON — AARP announced nine organizations throughout Delaware will receive 2026 Community Challenge grants. Marking the program’s 10th anniversary, the grants are part of an $8.3 million commitment by AARP, [...]
WILMINGTON — Renowned farm-to-table restaurant House of William & Merry unexpectedly closed over the weekend with its owners announcing it is time for a new chapter. The famed restaurant [...]
“We’re not just defending what we have. We’re building what comes next,” Governor Matt Meyer said in outlining Delaware’s economic future. That is the right ambition—and the work has begun. [...]
NEWPORT — Harvey Hanna & Associates has moved to the next step of its succession plan, welcoming the three sons of CEO E. Thomas Harvey III to managing day-to-day operations [...]
MILTON — Draper Media is looking to grow again through a $2.5 million deal for five southern Delaware radio stations just one year after significantly expanding its broadcast footprint. The [...]
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is accepting project proposals for the Surface Water Matching Planning Grant Program. Eligible county and municipal governments, conservation districts and estuary programs are encouraged [...]
NEWARK — Delaware sometimes falls short of multimillion-dollar incentives to entice major business projects, compared with Pennsylvania, New Jersey and even North Carolina. But that did not stop the [...]
WILMINGTON — The Wilmington Blue Rocks have been acquired by OnDeck Partners, a minor-league baseball ownership group backed by billionaire investor Marc Lasry. The deal was announced on Tuesday morning [...]
WILMINGTON — Gov. Matt Meyer signed an executive order earlier this week that creates an Office of the Surgeon General, appointing a doctor to a key role in shaping Delaware’s [...]
WILMINGTON — The emerging trade association for Delaware’s technology workforce is studying the state’s artificial intelligence workforce with a grant from Barclays U.S Consumer Bank to fund its work. The [...]
Another lawsuit has been filed against the Port of Wilmington, this time coming within weeks since construction started at the site of its new container port. Greenwich Terminals and Gloucester [...]