Mayor Mike Purzycki and Cultural Affairs Director Tina Betz will welcome a delegation from Ningbo, China, to Wilmington tomorrow as part of a visit to establish stronger ties between the [...]
Signs point to a May or perhaps June launch for Avelo Airlines flights to and from Lakeland, FL. One unanswered question is whether the city between Tampa and Orlando will [...]
WILMINGTON – DelawareCAN, an education nonprofit, will host a school fair in Wilmington on Saturday, Jan. 27 at Goldey-Beacom College's Event Center for K-12 students as part of the National [...]
Delaware’s jobless rate in December remained stuck at 4.2%, unchanged from November 2023. The number of unemployed Delawareans was 21,700 compared to 23,000 in December 2022, the Delaware Department of [...]
Retirees drive opportunities for long-term care services - Delaware Business Times Katie Tabeling January 17, 2024 Ann Painter [...]
More details have been released on the Phish festival planned for August at The Woodlands in the Dover Motor Speedway. complex. Known as Modegreen, the festival will run from Aug. [...]
Former City Councilman Ted Blunt | PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON WILMINGTON — Ted Blunt, the venerated Wilmington city council president and father of Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, [...]
Wilmington’s Redding Gallery, located at 800 North French Street, is pleased to present the annual Expressive Creative Soul art exhibition, which each year highlights new and emerging African-American visual artists. [...]
A fire in the Lewes area caused major damage to a tennis and fitness center. The fire, reported shortly after 9 p.m., occurred in the 18000 block of Plantations Boulevard. [...]
Delaware has been shifting strategies to hire more employees, and its most recent tactic includes dropping a college degree requirement from some roles.| PHOTO COURTESY OF AB&C WILMINGTON — Select [...]
January 9, 2024 In response to a looming crisis in the availability of emergency ambulance transports, Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki revealed today that St. Francis Hospital, historically providing these services [...]
The Delaware Department of Labor is conducting its Annual Prevailing Wage Survey for state-funded construction projects. On December 20, the Department mailed over 4,500 survey forms to contractors and various [...]
The Armed Services Blood Program provides blood products for deployment on the front lines and overseas operations, | PHOTO COURTESY OF DAFB DOVER – The Dover Air Force Base will become the [...]
January 6, 2024 Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki and Police Chief Wilfredo Campos proudly announced the successful culmination of the 102nd Wilmington Police Academy, commencing in August. The distinguished ceremony unfolded [...]
Effective January 1, the association formerly known as the Builders and Remodelers Association of Delaware has changed its name to the Home Builders Association of Delaware (HBADE). This change reflects [...]
DOVER – Builders and Remodelers Association of Delaware has changed its name back to the orginial name, Home Builders Association of Delaware (HBADE) on January 1st. According to HBADE, the [...]
Mayor Mike Purzycki and the City’s Land Use and Planning (LU&P) Director, Jeff Starkey, are pleased to announce that Wilmington has been designated as an “American World War II Heritage [...]
The Local Journalism Initiative named Jacob Owens as the editor in chief of Spotlight Delaware, a new collaborative nonprofit newsroom and news website slated to launch next month. Owens has nearly 15 years of experience in [...]
What are business leaders looking for in 2024? - Delaware Business Times Katie Tabeling January 3, 2024 In [...]
December 12, 2023 WILMINGTON, DE – This past Saturday, December 9, the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington and Delaware State University welcomed 1,200 partners, alums, and friends to its [...]
With no fanfare, the operator of the widely advertised Bet Rivers mobile platform introduced igaming and sports betting through the state’s three racetrack casinos, Delaware Park, Bally’s, and Harrington. The [...]
People on the Move is a rundown of recent hirings, promotions, appointments and other notable movements by professionals in the state. If you’re interested in submitting an entry, please contact [...]
December 18, 2023 WILMINGTON – Dec. 16 – In a Saturday night matchup at Chase Fieldhouse, the Delaware Blue Coats succumbed to the Long Island Nets with a final score [...]
In a blow to Newark’s Main Street, the Stone Balloon has closed its doors. In a release, owner High 5 Hospitality stated it made the “extremely difficult decision” not to [...]
Dan McCarthy | PHOTO COURTESY OF DEL-ONE FCU DOVER — Del-One Federal Credit Union, the largest credit union in the state, has changed up its leadership heading into the new [...]
December 18, 2023 The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control in partnership with the Delaware Center for Horticulture (DCH) is encouraging families to recycle their live holiday trees [...]
Kendal Corp names CEO The Kendal Corporation’s board announced the selection of the organization’s next Chief Executive Officer. Vassar Byrd, formerly the CEO of Rose Villa Senior Living in Portland, OR. Kendal [...]
President Joe Biden recently visited Rocco Italian Grill & Sports Bar in Wilmington’s Little Italy neighborhood, a rare public visit while at home. | DBT PHOTO BY JACOB OWENS WILMINGTON [...]
December 20, 2023 The application period opens today and closes on March 1, 2024 Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki and Chief of Police Wilfredo Campos have announced that the hiring process [...]
Canadian doughnut store chain Tim Horton’s has set its sights on Delaware. The Philadelphia Business Journal (subscription) reported the company wants to open franchise locations in northern and central Delaware [...]
Novo, the developer of a fintech platform for small businesses, recently opened a Wilmington office. | PHOTO COURTESY OF NOVO WILMINGTON – Novo, a financial solutions platform provider for small [...]
December 20, 2023 Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki and City Council President Trippi Congo today participated with other City officials in the Wilmington Homeowner Repair Lottery Drawing to select City homeowners [...]
The City of Wilmington has begun to replace its parking meters with touchscreen kiosks. The project will occur in phases. Phase One started Tuesday with five new kiosks installed in [...]
Delaware brewers challenged to stand out in ‘24 Katie Tabeling December 19, 2023 NEWARK — Delaware’s craft brewery [...]
December 18, 2023 Wilmington, DE – On Thursday, December 14, 2023, during the regular meeting of the Wilmington City Council, an ordinance was approved that reduces parking fines for early [...]
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People on the Move is a rundown of recent hirings, promotions, appointments and other notable movements by professionals in the state. If you’re interested in submitting an entry, please contact [...]
December 13, 2023 Philadelphia, PA – 32BJ SEIU building workers announced today that they have reached a new contract agreement for 1,400 cleaners in Suburban Philadelphia and 600 janitors in Wilmington and [...]
A stake in the Westin Hotel on the Wilmington Riverfront is up for auction. Quadrant Mezz Fund LP, a limited liability partnership will sell its interest in the 180-room hotel for no less [...]
BPG gets $1M site prep grant for I-495 warehouse in Wilmington Jacob Owens December 13, 2023 WILMINGTON – [...]
December 12, 2023 The Delaware Affordable Housing Group (DAHG) hosted its groundbreaking ceremony for its newest townhomes, McMullen Square, on December 7, 2023. The 17 new 3-story townhomes at McMullen [...]
(State Fire Marshal’s photo) The Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a massive fire at a Cecil County manufacturing plant. Just after 1 a.m., on Monday, firefighters were dispatched [...]
With many nurses leaving health care, the state has announced it would cover the whole tuition for candidates in a new certified nursing assistant (CNA) program who commit to working [...]
The long-running The Chadds Ford Live hyperlocal news site has been sold to the stable of online properties owned by Delaware Shoprite CEO Chris Kenny and headed by Milford businessman [...]
W.G. Stuart Mackenzie, left, stands with his ceremonial chair as the Elizabeth W. Snyder Endowed Chair in Skeletal Dysplasia while Dr. Jeanne Franzone, right, poses with the Elizabeth W. Snyder [...]
Former DuPont CEO and national business leader Edgar S. Woolard, Jr. died on Dec. 4 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, at 89. Woolard was born in Washington, NC. He got [...]
The Senate Housing and Land Use Committee reiterated that the betterment of Delaware is contingent upon improving the housing market and its complex circumstances. | DBT PHOTO BY KATIE TABELING [...]
Delaware Electric Cooperative’s (DEC) board of directors voted to return more than $5 million in capital credits to the Cooperative’s members in December. DEC expects to distribute checks or billing [...]
WILMINGTON – In the latest twist in the 2024 election, Collin O’Mara, a former Delaware Secretary of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and current CEO of the National Wildlife Federation, [...]
The 217-room DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in downtown Wilmington is headed to the auction block. 10-X is handling the auction later this month in partnership with the commercial real estate [...]