TSD Review Dec 19

Town Square LIVE Weekly Review – December 19, 2024

Sonja FreyTown Square Live, Weekly Review

This Week’s Top Stories Include Think tank exec questions legitimacy of state recognition of schools Nemours Children’s Health to invest $130M into Delaware facilities Wind-power substation’s rejection an “early Christmas present” for Sussex County UD to pay $715k to U.S. for NASA grant violations Dems bless Carney’s hospital cost review board picks while GOP abstain Click on the image below …

IV fluid shortage

Nationwide IV fluid shortage did not impact Delaware hospitals

Peter OsborneHeadlines, Health

Delaware hospitals have weathered the storm created by a really big storm in North Carolina. Hurricane Helene triggered a nationwide crisis in IV fluid supplies after causing severe flooding damage to Baxter International’s North Cove facility in Marion, NC, in late September 2024. According to the American Medical Association, this facility typically produces approximately 60% of the IV fluid used …

Saint Francis will celebrate its 100th Anniversary and the launch of the Healthy Village Thursday afternoon.

Saint Francis Hospital’s Healthy Village creates national social-services healthcare model

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Health

WILMINGTON – Saint Francis Hospital hopes a new, unique initiative will be a national model for healthcare. As it celebrates 100 years of service, the hospital is expanding its community outreach to the Wilmington community by launching the Healthy Village at Saint Francis Hospital, which aims to deliver essential social services to those in need. Located in economically challenged neighborhoods, …

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 …

A few hundred students signed certificates of commitment to work with future employers during career signing day Monday.

NCCVT career signing day: 300 hop into workforce

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

The First State workforce just broadened Monday as nearly 300 high school seniors from the New Castle County Vocational Technical School District put pen to paper as they inked their names for career signing day.  The teenagers will begin work and earn income right after graduating high school with an arsenal of trades and skills, something that Superintendent Joseph Jones …

Mark Holodick said he anticipates the second round of testing for lead in school water will be completed near the end of April. (Unsplash)

DOE owns lead testing blunder, expects new results by May

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

A Senate committee hearing Tuesday heard the state Secretary of Education apologize about the way lead testing in schools was handled and that trained pros will handle testing instead of school staff. Through a federal grant, the Department of Education began a sampling initiative in October, 2020 to identify the levels of lead within drinking water at schools. “While well-intentioned, …