TSD Review Dec 22

Town Square LIVE Weekly Review – Dec. 22, 2022

Sonja FreyTown Square Live, Weekly Review

Click on the image below to view the PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Community Ursuline’s Nativity kickstarts celebration of Christmas On the go? Your guide to end-of-year holidays First State Montessori makes, donates holiday sweets Business Delaware’s minimum wage to rise again Jan. 1 Public advocate slams Delmarva Power’s rate hike request Volunteers help pack Mountaire Cares boxes to …

Leg Hall

Carney extends health emergency to protect hospital capacity

Charles MegginsonGovernment, Headlines

Not everyone is thrilled about Gov. John Carney’s decision to extend Delaware’s COVID-19 public health emergency for another 30 days. The order “aims to help protect capacity at our health care facilities and it enables the state to maintain eligibility for federal funding or assistance,” said Charlie Quimby, a spokesman for the governor’s office. Charlie Copeland, co-director of the Caesar …

TSD Review Dec 8

Town Square LIVE Weekly Review – Dec. 8, 2022

Sonja FreyTown Square Live, Weekly Review

Click on the image below to view the PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Community A new view: Rockford Tower is lit for the holidays These holiday lights will help you get your glow on No mail today? You aren’t alone. Here’s why Delaware lawmaker to revive win Business ChristianaCare names breast center after Tatiana Copeland Food & Dining Under …

TSD Review Nov 17

Town Square LIVE Weekly Review – November 17, 2022

Sonja FreyTown Square Live, Weekly Review

Click on the image below to view the PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Community I-95’s Restore the Corridor work largely finished Wilmington City Councilwoman Linda Gray dead at 73 Delaware State Fair announces first summer concert performer Business Google to pay Delaware $4.3M in location tracking settlement Walmart agrees to $3.1B opioid settlement, $11.8M goes to DE Food & …

ChristianaCare Hospital Wilmington

ChristianaCare lifts COVID-19 visitation restrictions

Staff WriterHeadlines, Health

ChristianaCare has lifted its COVID-19 visitation restrictions at its hospitals. The company’s mask mandate will remain in place. In a news release Wednesday, the health system said it will return to its pre-COVID visitation policy.  Effective immediately: Hospitalized patients may accept visitors between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. The number of visitors per patient is not restricted. Hospital visitors must …

Flu Data

New online dashboard lets you track flu data

Charles MegginsonHeadlines, Health

Delaware’s state health agency launched an online dashboard Wednesday to track weekly and seasonal influenza data, including positive cases, hospitalizations, deaths and vaccinations. The Division of Public Health said in a news release that the dashboard will provide an accurate picture of flu activity among Delawareans, and make data readily and easily available. The system will be updated with local …

TSD Review Nov 10

Town Square LIVE Weekly Review – November 10, 2022

Sonja FreyTown Square Live, Weekly Review

Click on the image below to view the PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Community From politics to parties, this tradition dates back to 1812 UD REP stages ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ New kid-designed playground opens in Wilmington ‘Voice From Assisi’ concert benefits Ministry of Caring Food & Dining Delaware pastry chef competes on Food Network Where is Delaware’s best …

TSD Review Nov 3

Town Square LIVE Weekly Review – November 3, 2022

Sonja FreyTown Square Live, Weekly Review

Click on the image below to view the PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Community Polarization challenges Return Day traditions Some question need for one-way traffic in Rockford Park WilmU law school to start with 100 students, be accredited by 2025 Firefly ’23 canceled to ‘recharge lights,’ whatever that means History favors Ramone, numbers favor Burns in Pike Creek race …

Rise 4

Court halts state switch to Medicare Advantage

Charles MegginsonGovernment, Headlines

The state’s plan to transition state government retirees’ health insurance from original Medicare to a privately-managed Medicare Advantage plan has been temporarily blocked.  A Delaware Superior Court judge on Wednesday ordered the state to halt implementation of the plan until the case is fully adjudicated.  The court will schedule a trial to make a final determination on the fate of …

TSD Review Oct 6

Town Square LIVE Weekly Review – October 6, 2022

Sonja FreyTown Square Live, Weekly Review

Click on the image below to view the PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Community Brew HaHa!’s new Avenue North shop opened this week Mount Pleasant wins contest to perform ‘Frozen: The Musical’ Business Forward Journey: Programs for young severely disabled adults New owners of Griswold Home Care didn’t see this coming Government Delaware Supreme Court to hear vote-by-mail appeal …