WILMINGTON — Top-ranked Ursuline Girls Basketball got its season off to a great start with a win over host and fourth-ranked St. Elizabeth by a 49-34 score. These two teams know each other very well. Some even used to be teammates, including Skylar Boldin, who transferred to St. E from Ursuline after the Raiders won it all, receiving her state …
WILMINGTON — Delaware Contractors Association Executive Vice President Bryon Short will serve as Congresswoman-elect Sarah McBride’s state director starting Jan. 3. “I’m going back to where I started my career, Short said in a brief interview Thursday. “My first grown-up position was working for then-Congressman [Tom] Carper. When folks run into the federal bureaucratic wall, it’s our job to make …
WILMINGTON — Has Attorney General Kathy Jennings finally closed the books on Adolph Jay Pokorny, arguably one of the worst landlords the city has seen in the past 50 years? Jennings secured a settlement on Tuesday from Pokorny to end his nearly 50-year tenure as what many lawmakers, renters, and others have described as a slumlord — and worse. Jennings …
Delaware’s populous north has long been rough territory for Republicans to run in competitively, in relative contrast to downstate. Of the 12 New Castle County Council seats, for instance, the party holds only one. Candidate recruitment can therefore be difficult, and thus many Democrat-held seats from the General Assembly down to local boards go unchallenged. Consequently, GOP candidates run a …
NEW CASTLE — Encompass Elements, a Pennsylvania-based marketing-fulfillment company, plans to consolidate operations in Delaware, bringing 22 jobs from Lansdale and creating 31 new positions over three years. The company is seeking a $252,100 state grant through the Council for Development Finance to support its $3.2 million relocation and expansion at 1500 Johnson Way, where it currently employs 21 …
WILMINGTON – A devastating knee injury sparked the creation of a sports health tech company that uses camera technology and movement analytics to measure muscle activity, physical performance, and knee injury risk. “My viewpoint of analyzing human movement was from actually experiencing an injury of my own – I got injured in college playing football, and tore every ligament in …
WILMINGTON – The Sunday Breakfast Mission distributed more than 1,100 food boxes on the Monday and Tuesday before Thanksgiving and then fed more than 600 people at its annual Great Thanksgiving Banquet, said Church and Community Relations Manager Bruce Davison. The Sunday Breakfast Mission has provided shelter, meals, and other programs to members of the community, including the homes, for …
This article contains spoilers (down at the end). BRANDYWINE HUNDRED — Delawarean Joe Daigle, who in 2022 with a friend won $10,000 from the Food Network for his gingerbread skills, was invited back by the cable channel for another challenge. Alone. “No pastry chef this time,” Daigle said, referring to friend Sean McGovern, who has that job at the Urban …
Melissa Wilson, a registration administrative assistant at Smyrna School District’s Smyrna Elementary School, has been named the Delaware 2025 Educational Support Professional of the Year. “Thank you for the opportunity to represent Delaware, and I hope to make you all so proud,” she told the audience of other nominees and families at an award ceremony Monday night in Dover. This …
The Delaware Interscholastic Football Coaches Association released their selections for the 2024 All-Class football teams as voted on by the coaches. Sussex Central fullback Malik Bell was named to the Class 3A first team and picked as the offensive player of the year. The senior amassed more than 2,000 yards rushing for the Golden Knights. Robbie “R-J” Johnson was selected …
