New Castle County is on its way to being given 30 acres for a park in the Mill Creek area. The land is part of a country club known as Hercules when it opened in 1937 (thatâs why the road itâs on is called Hercules Road) and then Delaware National before being sold, with housing planned. âThe project was approved …
Tyler shutdowns Salesianum in Caravel win
No. 3 Caravel handed No. 8 Salesianum their first loss of the season Saturday afternoon behind the arm of ace pitcher Timothy Tyler. Tyler got his second win of the season in the victory over the Sals. Caravel got the scoring started in the bottom of the first inning. Lead off batter Zane Bohn drew a lead off …
William Penn holds off St Georges for the win
In a battle of two top ten ranked baseball teams the No. 9 William Penn Colonials were able to hold off a late run from the No. 10 St Georges Hawks. The Haks jumped out to an early 3-0 lead scoring one in each of the first third innings capitalizing on a few errors and good situational baseball. …
Taste & Sea’s superb menu stresses seafood first, then steak
Christina âChrissyâ Villare-Talbot and her husband, John, shared the dream of owning a restaurant together. Most would agree that John has the pedigree for it. A graduate of The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College, heâd worked at Creedâs Seafood & Steaks in King of Prussia since 2000, when he was hired as a sous chef. He later became executive …
Great Oaks students forego day off to clean up communityÂ
The streets of Wilmington are cleaner this weekend thanks to Great Oaks Charter School. âWe decided today to help out the community a little bit by picking up the trash,â said Amir Phillips, a sophomore at the charter, whoâs spending the Friday of his Spring Break giving back. In the schoolâs first city cleanup, a few dozen showed up to …
New McDonaldâs on Concord Pike rethinks busy drive-thru
McDonaldâs wants to rebuild its Concord Pike restaurant, destroyed by fire in January, in a way that will reduce a drive-thru line that often backed up onto the busy highway in Talleyville. The plans will be discussed at a meeting at 6 p.m. April 11, at the Talleyville Fire Company. âA plan is being prepared for submission that would three …
Hearing: Nothing but love for affordable housing bills
The words âlove festâ and âlegislative hearingâ rarely appear together, but that was the tone during a Delaware Senate Housing & Land Use committee hearing this week on a five-bill affordable housing package submitted by Sen. Russell Huxtable (D-Lewes). Sen. Marie Pinkney, D-Bear, even said sheâs never seen such minimal opposition to legislation like the housing package. It was promoted …
House calls for state to let banks finance cannabis businesses
A bill that would help cannabis-related businesses with financing and accounting was passed unanimously by the state House Thursday. House Bill 355, sponsored by Rep. Ed Osienski, D-Newark, provides legal protections for financial institutions and other entities that provide financial or accounting services to cannabis-related businesses that are licensed or registered under Delaware law. It clarifies that banks, credit unions, …
Robins OT winner lifts Salesianum over St Mary’s
On a cold and rainy Wednesday night the No. 24 ranked Salesianum Sal hosted the No. 21 nationally ranked St Maryâs Saints of Maryland. The two teams were ranked so close for a reason. These two teams were evenly matched and this game proved that. The Sals and Saints were tied at halftime by a score of 4-4, then …
Biden visits left Delaware police with $400K bill
President Joe Bidenâs frequent trips back to his home state have become routine to most Delawareans more than three years into his term, but the scores of trips have also become a drain on state coffers and the downtime of troopers. Last year, Biden returned to Delaware 30 times, or nearly three times the number of visits as those to …