ChristianaCare caregivers come together for Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service

Staff WriterHealth, News Briefs

More than 200 ChristianaCare caregivers and their families came together for a systemwide service project on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Monday, Jan. 20, to pack supply kits for neighbors in need.   Caregivers and their families served together. These volunteers assembled 3,500 supply kits with essential items like washcloths, dish soap and detergent for individuals …

ChristianaCare Health Network unionized this week.

ChristianaCare becomes 1st house staff, 2nd pool of docs to unionize in Delaware

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Health

NEWARK – The ChristianaCare Health Network has officially become the second group of doctors and the first house staff in Delaware to successfully unionize. “It’s very exciting that Christiana residents have come together to form a union, creating the framework to support each other in each department’s needs,” said Dr. Layla Annous, a resident physician in medicine and pediatrics.  ChristianaCare …

ChristianaCare will use the grant money on Medicare outreach services.

ChristianaCare gets $250K grant to help more Medicare patients

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Health

WILMINGTON – An official from ChristianaCare hopes a new $225,000 grant will help its community health workers serve 150 more patients. The grant, distributed by the HighmarkDelaware’s BluePrints for the Community program, will fund the first ChristianaCare Community Health Worker program dedicated to offering comprehensive support to eligible Medicare patients throughout the state, ensuring these individuals have access to essential …

The Wilmington restaurant/meeting space will join Sardella Mediterranean Cantina.

The Blackwall Barn & Lodge coming to Avenue North

Pam GeorgeHeadlines, Culture

  The new Avenue North community in Fairfax is getting another restaurant. Developer Delle Donne & Associates recently announced that The Blackwall Barn & Lodge would open a 12,000-square-foot restaurant and meeting facility on the 80-acre mixed-use campus, formerly AstraZeneca’s property. The 400-seat restaurant, which will have a private room for up to 150, should open in fall 2025. “This is our first Titan Hospitality concept …

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TownSquareLIVE Weekly Review – August 8, 2024

Sonja FreyTown Square Live, Weekly Review

This Week’s Top Stories Include Steve Tague named head of UD’s REP theater American Airlines unveils bus service to Philly airport Planning to vote early? Here’s where to go when Clear bookbags, weapon detectors, more coming to Delaware schools Two new laws reshape high school sports and DIAA Click on the image below to view the PDF Sonja Frey

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Chef Robert Lhulier signs lease for Avenue North restaurant

Pam GeorgeCulture, Headlines

Robert Lhulier is a man of his word. When the chef left Snuff Mill Restaurant, Butchery & Wine Bar in March 2024, he said he was seeking space in north Wilmington for his own restaurant. On July 30, Lhulier signed the lease for an end-cap location at Avenue North, the nearly 80-acre mixed-use redevelopment on the former AstraZeneca campus. If all goes as …

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ChristianaCare sues to halt hospital board creation

Betsy PriceBusiness, Headlines

  ChristianaCare has filed a lawsuit to stop the creation of a board that would oversee hospital budgets, saying it violates the system’s state and federal constitutional rights and corporate laws, and threatens its mission to care for the community. The suit, filed in Delaware’s Court of Chancery, which deals with business issues, says House Bill 350 illegally gives the …

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Friends 5K run/walk returns to ChristianaCare campus

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines

  The popular — and profitable — Friends of the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center 5K walk and run will return to ChristianaCare’s Stanton campus this fall. The third annual 5K, sponsored by the all-volunteer Friends of the cancer center, replaced the organization’s gala three years ago as the group’s main fundraiser for cancer programs and equipment. Over the years, …

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Improvements in reconstruction one focus of DBCC breast cancer update

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines, Health

The mechanics of breast reconstruction after cancer was one of the issues focused on Wednesday during Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition’s annual Breast Cancer Update. The free event, held for the 26th time, is designed to update Delawareans about new treatments and services, as well as bring together patients, healthcare workers and others interested in the topic. About 170 people signed …

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New Castle County to manage Hope Center after audit

Jacob OwensGovernment, Headlines

This story was originally published by Spotlight Delaware.  New Castle County is taking over the operations of the Hope Center homeless shelter from a hotel company that had held the contract to manage the facility ever since it launched during the height of the COVID pandemic. The company, Hersha Hospitality Trust, is the same firm that sold the Hope Center building – …