By Bradley Vasoli Delawareâs job numbers have stagnated over several years, and a new policy change is set to take effect in the New Year that will make hiring for some jobs even more expensive. Per a 2021 law, the stateâs minimum wage has increased each year to finally reach $15 in 2025. Thatâs a $1.75 increase over its 2024 …
By Sara Uzer DOVER â Paul Bryant has been on construction sites since he was âprobably too small to be there.” His father was a contractor, which allowed him to pick up the skills of the trade at an early age. Like Paul, Charline Clauson grew up watching her plumber father at work, leading her to gain valuable skills and …
NEWARK â The tipping point that told Kasia Biggin her idea to make zero-calorie sweeteners like stevia taste better came when her team attended the Natural Products Expo West in California in March. âWe brought samples of our sweeteners and marketed them by approaching all of the companies that we wanted to get a review from,â says Kasia, who started …
By Pam George In 2010, a small burrito shop opened in Trolley Square, and it did not take long for the buzz to travel outside Wilmingtonâs city limits. El Diablo Burritos quickly became an if-you-know-you-know destination for fast-casual food made with quality ingredients. The owners hope lightning strikes twice. Dean Vilone, Roger Andrews, and Shannon Stevens recently opened Hayworth & Finch at 11 …
The Delaware Roundup is published every weekend. Send submissions for News Briefs and Calendar items to [email protected]. If possible, please forward submissions within the email or in a Word document. DNREC is again sponsoring the Delaware Center for Horticultureâs TreeCycle event that aims to make beneficial reuse of holiday trees by turning them into wood chips and mulch while also keeping …
The impact fees New Castle County charges developers to partly pay for the resulting increased costs of public services are going up significantly for the first time since 1999. A bill just passed by New Castle County Council will index the fees, by 2028, to the annual Engineering News Record Construction Cost Index. âAs numerous developments have come online over …
WILMINGTON â Nemours Childrenâs Health will invest a record-breaking $130 million in Delaware alone next year on a groundbreaking Maternal and Fetal Health Program, expansion of its neonatology, cancer, and cardiology programs, and revitalization of the historic Institute building on the Alfred I. duPont Campus in Wilmington. It’s the largest one-year capital investment in Delaware in Nemours history. Nemours Children’s …
Delmarva Power has reformatted its bills to make them easier to understand. The new design started in November for all of the utilityâs hundreds of thousands of residential and commercial customers in Delaware. Zach Chizar, a senior communications specialist, said the redesign is based on feedback from customer focus groups. âItâs all about how to understand the bill better, in …
For Bank of America Delaware President Chip Rossi, one of his favorite parts of the local version of Bank of Americaâs signature Neighborhood BuildersÂź program continues to be how it has helped the selected Delaware organizations evolve and expand their reach in the community. “I think about the Food Bank of Delaware and how they have evolved — first food, …
The Delaware Roundup is published every weekend. Send submissions for News Briefs and Calendar items to [email protected]. If possible, please forward submissions within the email or in a Word document. LEADING OFF Delaware Sea Grant has been selected to be one of 11 groups nationwide to participate in a national cleanup of discarded fishing gear. This is an effort to clean …
