DOVER — A new bill that would make the first stop for many developers and builders working on construction projects and new builds in Delaware optional has cleared the House of Representatives. House Bill 420, ...
NEWARK – The former biomaterials segment of DuPont has been relaunched as a new company following its acquisition by a diversified Chinese manufacturer. Covation Biomaterials, a private subsidiary of Huafon Group, was launched Wednesday following ...
More than 1,800 foreign students came to the Delaware beaches to work under the J-1 visa program in 2019. Last year, there were 437, and local business owners noticed. The Alliance for International Exchange (AIE) ...
DOVER — Looking to energize a long-dormant Kent County economic prospect, Delaware’s congressional delegation has secured $5 million in federal funding to jolt Garrison Oak Business and Technology Park. The substation built in the 390-acre ...
After spending seven years in prison for drug manufacturing, Allyssa was out on parole. The high school graduate made $120 a week at a part-time job. But rent and utilities were $400 a month, and ...
WILMINGTON – Goldey-Beacom College recently announced two new degree programs that aim to prepare students for success in sought-after career fields. The new bachelor’s degree programs include interdisciplinary studies and business administration with a concentration ...
NEWARK – Versogen, a startup spun out of the work of a University of Delaware professor that seeks to build scalable “green” hydrogen production, recently landed its first round of investor funding, raising $14.5 million. ...
FENWICK ISLAND — Chesapeake Utilities Corp. is targeting more customers in Sussex County and northern Ocean City, Md., with its latest natural gas expansion. The natural gas company announced last week it is in the ...
WILMINGTON — As Delaware workers continue to return and leave the workforce, the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce held a panel on Tuesday from business, policy and education leaders about how child care plays a ...
GLASGOW – For all of the environmental and energy-efficiency benefits that electric fuel cell vehicles have brought to market in recent years, they are still not a perfect fit for all consumers. They can take ...
WILMINGTON – The United States currently has nearly two open job positions for every worker in search of one. As employers lament the lack of available help, Ernie Dianastasis knows a little-discussed fact: There are ...
WILMINGTON – In a first for his tenure, Mayor Michael Purzycki recently did some overseas diplomacy in signing his first Friendship City agreement with officials in Doha, the capital and most populous city of Qatar. ...
WILIMGTON – Jeff Flynn, the city’s longest-tenured economic development official, has left his post after more than two decades with the Wilmington government to take a job at Applied Bank. Flynn has become vice president ...
NEW CASTLE – Two warehouse projects off U.S. Route 13 being developed by Pennsylvania-based developer Stoltz Real Estate Partners received a combined $2 million in state Site Readiness Fund grants Monday. The state’s investment board ...
SMYRNA – The e-commerce giant Amazon announced its largest investment in renewable energy yet in Delaware on Wednesday as it has brokered a deal for more than half of the power produced by the Cedar ...
DOVER – A new bipartisan bill is seeking to reduce Delaware’s real estate transfer tax by 25%, essentially undoing a state increase from five years ago. House Bill 358, introduced on March 31 by lead ...
DOVER — Delaware State University is doubling down on its investment in downtown Dover as its Center for Urban Revitalization and Entrepreneurship received $1 million in federal government earmarks to build Kent County’s third incubator ...
SEAFORD — Decades ago, Seaford Mayor David Genshaw remembered there was a time that residents would learn to avoid Stein Highway at 4 p.m. due to a major shift change at the DuPont nylon plant. ...
WILMINGTON – A Philadelphia-area real estate development firm recently bought more than 3 acres of land just south of the Market Street Bridge with plans to build nearly 200 upscale apartment units. Westrum Development Company, ...