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 …
Pharmacies trying to surmount national staffing shortages and burnout are buying robots to sort meds, using remote pharmacists, offering bonuses as high as $75,000 and changing how pharmacists are evaluated. Theyâre also cutting store hours. Thatâs why it appears that Delaware no longer has any 24-hour bricks-and-mortar retail pharmacies. For now. But thereâs hope. Walgreens, the No. 2 pharmacy chain …
NOTE: An earlier version of this story incorrectly attributed Brian Franklin’s quote to another person. Bellefonte, a town of 1,200 in northeastern New Castle County, wants to simplify its borders by annexing two neighboring subdivisions, but the idea is anything but simple. First, the concept â suggested by some homeowners in the areas that could be annexed â has …
âItâs a sad day in Bowers,â Bowers Beach mayor Ada Puzzo wrote in an email the other day. âOur Maggie sunk last night. Sheâs sitting on the bottom of the creek right now. I cried like a baby when I saw her there.â She was referring to the Maggie S. Myers, the worldâs oldest surviving oyster schooner. âItâs hard to …
A mega-deal among two large French companies that operate a lot of local water systems has resulted in a one-time credit for Delaware customers and a bunch of other commitments. Veoliaâs merger with Suez had to go through various regulatory agencies, including the Delaware Public Service Commission, which approved the credit in November and ordered Veolia to include it in …
A few days ago, a Delawarean received âwhat seemed like very legit promotional call from (supposedly) XFINITY offering me $35 off my monthly internet/cable/phone bill for the next 2 years,â Patricia Seramone wrote on nextdoor. âThey had my account number, and other pertinent information.â What they didnât have is her faith. Seramone correctly realized, before she forked over payment information, …
New Castle County on Monday was given a draft plan by consultants to expand — and increase — the impact fees charged for development. The county adopted such fees in 1999 to âfinance new or expanded infrastructure and service needs for development.â And they have not changed much since. The countyâs consultants recommended adding fees to encourage low-income housing and …
The Delaware Department of Transportation has accepted a $2.3 million bid to improve the bus system on four streets in downtown Wilmington. The Wilmington Transit Corridors Improvement project aims to reconfigure Orange Street (between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and 10th Street) and also improve transit on King (between MLK and 10th) and Eighth and Ninth streets (between Adams and …
Delawareans venting about not getting any mail on some days are finding plenty of sympathy and shared frustration on social media. âMail carrier? Where dâya go?â Wilmington resident Jeremy Beck wrote on Nextdoor, in a post that generated about 150 comments. âIs there only two days a week we get mail service? Last time we got it was last week. …
