Bear Drive In opens Friday behind the Lowe’s in Bear. Photo by Bob Weir. The Bear Drive In will open Friday night with “Fast and Furious 9” on one screen and “Jungle Cruise” on the other. It will follow up next week with “Suicide Square 2.” Shows will take place at dusk, which is about 8:30ish this week, said …
Two Delaware hospital systems and an insurance company plan to offer a Medicare Advantage insurance plan. Photo by Roger Brown/Pexels Two Delaware healthcare systems and an insurance company plan to form a Medicare Advantage product together to sell in 2022. ChristianaCare, which dominates health care in Delaware and particularly New Castle County, Bayhealth, which offers services primarily in Kent …
The worker on top of the lift at the Bear Drive In is attaching strips to the front of the cargo stack so plywood can be nailed on to make a screen. The cargo containers are on site at the new Bear Drive In and workers on Monday were stabilize one stack and starting the process to install …
Gov. John Carney shows off minimum wage raise law he signed Monday. Delaware Gov. John Carney, a Democrat, signed a bill Monday which will incrementally increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2025. Senate Bill 15, sponsored by Sen. Jack Walsh, D-White Clay, and Rep. Gerald Brady, D-Greenville, passed along party lines in both the House and …
Steak Works Pizza (www.steakworkspizza.com) Steak Works Pizza, a favorite in Brandywine Hundred for decades, has closed. Although the announcement was immediate and surprising, the warnings included recurring appeals to hire staff. “To my wonderful customers,” owner Tas Adamopoulos wrote on Facebook on July 15. “This last year and a half have been very hard with the coronavirus and not being …
A Dunkin’ franchisee who says he can’t get enough change from is bank will buy coins. Photo by Jeff Weese of Pexels Hot coffee, donuts, breakfast sandwiches and free money. What do these things have in common? All of them are being offered at four Wilmington-area Dunkin’ locations. Before you start the car and drive off to …
A twin screen drive-in is set to go in into a field behind the Lowe’s in Bear. A twin-screen Bear Drive-In is expected to open this month behind the Lowe’s in Bear. Bob Weir, who is the technical director at the Playhouse on Rodney Square and has a side business doing drive-in movies with inflatable screens, plans to …
Tri-State Mall has been sold, providing hope of a nicer future for the forlorn Claymont site. Katz Properties Retail of New York purchased the site on June 8, Sean Matthews, who represents the area in the state House, revealed on Facebook. “First and foremost, Katz will demolish the former Levitz building, which has been an eyesore for the community and …
The windows of Mackenzie Lagarelli’s Mia Rosa Bridal Boutique in Middletown catch the light, and driver attention. If you find yourself at the traffic light at Middletown’s Broad and Main streets on a summer evening when the setting sun is painting the sky above in pinks and amber, be careful to not look directly into the windows of Mia …
A pharmaceutical company that contracts to develop and manufacture drugs is building a state-of-the-art campus in Middletown that is expected to open in 2020 and have about 500 jobs by 2026. The campus will be on 190 acres and is now in its initial phase, said a Monday press release from WuXi STA and the Delaware Prosperity Partnership. …
