The St. Georges Bridge, which carries U.S. 13 over the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal, will close for approximately 18 months for major repairs. The bridge will close to all traffic starting on April 4. The contractor will begin to close bicycle lanes in February, but at least one bicycle lane will remain open until April 4. A $45.8 million contract, …
Two lanes of the Delaware Memorial Bridge into New Jersey will be closed from early February through near the end of May for rehabilitating the 72-year-old bridge. The Delaware River and Bay Authority, which owns and operates the bridge, warns drivers to expect delays, particularly during rush hour and peak weekend travel times. Delays could be bad. A repainting project …
A border marker buried under a manhole, a fiberglass presidential candidate and lots and lots of lima beans are some of the âweird, wonderful and obscureâ elements that define Delaware in a new book. âSecret Delawareâ is the second book written together by Rachel Kipp and Dan Shortridge, a married couple who have lived or worked in all three counties. …
Delaware’s largest city has a master plan to improve transportation and the quality of life, and itâs called the Wilmington Initiatives. Ten projects are listed on a landing page maintained by the Wilmington Area Planning Council. Creating a park over Interstate 95 is the most prominent and most expensive. The initiatives go back to 1996, when Wilmington started to …
The news coverage of whatâs happening at the old Tri-State Mall (which closed in 2015, leaving a small strip shopping center still running) has largely ignored a store thatâs thrived there since 1984. Tri-State Liquors is still in business, as several signs on chain link fencing along Naamans Road proclaim, and itâs planning to move soon across the parking lot to …
The first Broadway show that KJ Johnson saw was âThe Lion King.â And now the Cab Calloway School of the Arts student is in the hit Disney musical, as one of two actors playing Young Simba. When KJ and his father, Kenneth E. Johnson, got the news that he was cast, âThere was a lot of jumping and screaming and …
A park over Interstate 95 in downtown Wilmington would cost $360 million to $398 million to design and construct, according to a new feasibility study. The study, prepared for the Wilmington Area Planning Council, was endorsed Jan. 17, said Dave Gula, principal planner for the council. âThe feasibility study will be turned over the partner agencies ⊠to develop a …
New Castle County has decided to update the Newark Free Library on the same site. The new, two-story building will have 50% more interior space, and there will be 80% more parking, Diana Brown, manager of the countyâs 10 libraries, said this week. âDetails of what will be inside will be developed with public hearings this year,â Out & About …
A lifelong Newark resident who has served on the Newark Police Department for 28 years will be its next leader. Mark Farrall, now the acting chief, will become chief of police on Feb. 1. He replaces Paul Tiernan, retiring after 15 years. âI am humbled by the opportunity,â Farrall said in a statement. âI am extremely proud of the men …
A developer has sold 28 acres in First State Crossing, a multiuse Claymont site that once housed a steel plant, and the buyer will build a 358,000-square-feet warehouse there. First Industrial Realty Trust is planning a rear-load facility with 68 dock door positions, a 40-foot clear height and parking for 241 trailers and 289 cars. The land is on the …
