Delaware ranks 49th â and itâs better to be at the bottom of this list â of the most dangerous states to be a car passenger. The ranking comes from looking at data on fatal crashes from 2017 to 2021 from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, specifically the number of passengers involved in fatal crashes and the number of …
Editor’s Note: Tom Maloney died Sunday after a devastating fall at his home at the age of 100. Funeral arrangements are pending. It’s not hard to tell from this 2021 article what a character he was. Tom Maloney and his commanding officer were the first off their landing craft at Utah Beach during the 1944 D-Day invasion of Normandy. They …
A joint meeting of the House and Senate health committees only needed half the time it had allotted to listen to a proposal about changing state employee healthcare. Apparently mindful of the deluge of retirees who reacted angrily to news in 2022 that the state was moving retirees to a Medicare Advantage plan, the joint meeting planned to run from …
A judge in an obscure administrative court in Trenton, N.J., is set to hand down a ruling that could end a challenge to the Salem nuclear plantâs ability to pump billions of gallons of water out of the Delaware River each day. The case, which strikes at the heart of the mid-Atlantic electricity ecosystem, pits a tenacious environmental group against …
WILMINGTON — When Ashlee Cooper was offered the opportunity to return to the teaching job she lost during the pandemic, she declined because her toddlerâs school hadnât reopened yet. She opted instead to open an event-planning company. Her âah-haâ moment came when someone saw her standing on a chair to photograph a balloon sculpture and suggested she use a drone …
Contestants don’t need an audience ticket for a chance to âcome on downâ and play âThe Price is Right Liveâ April 16 at The Playhouse on Rodney Square in Wilmington. That’s good news for fans of the popular game show, as tickets are quickly selling out, said Daniel Palmieri, director of sales and marketing for The Playhouse. âTwo hours before …
GEORGETOWN — Ousted Sussex Central High School Principal âs hearing Thursday to clear his name stretched into the mid-afternoon as person after person testified he seemed jovial at showing a video of a school fight in which a student’s breast was exposed. Layfield was fired by the Indian River School District after being accused of circulating the video of the …
Deauville Beach will be managed by the state and not the city of Rehoboth Beach after the two failed to agree on a new lease. In 2013, Rehoboth paid $1 total for a 10-year lease of the beach, which is off Surf Avenue, in addition to a one-time administration fee of $2,500. âI think all municipalities would like ocean front …
âFood for today, food for tomorrowâ doesn’t just refer to leftovers at the Food Bank of Delawareâs Milford Branch. The motto encapsulates the nonprofitâs mission to provide Delawareans nourishing food as well as long-term solutions to poverty and hunger. âFood for todayâ meets the immediate needs of people by various efforts to distribute food, including home delivery, mobile food pantries …
Making sure crime victims have access to police body camera footage is one of the recommendations made Monday for revising Delawareâs Victimsâ Bill of Rights. Other recommendations include an amendment to allow people to submit an impact statement during sentencing whether or not they make a statement during an investigation; eliminating the current $6 million rollover cap on compensation fund; …
