REHOBOTH BEACH — Now in the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, Delaware’s beach towns continue to enjoy a wave of visitors this summer, fueling a hotel building boom in Sussex County. In the past ...
HARRINGTON — The Harrington Raceway & Casino has signed a multi-year deal with its International Game Technology to upgrade the technology on the casino’s floor. The Kent County “racino” will deploy the latest version of ...
WILMINGTON – Growing up in rural Indiana as the son of a minister, Mark Fields moved around a lot. In fact, he attended eight different schools between kindergarten and graduating from high school. Despite never ...
FREDERICA — With several soccer balls zipping through the air and bouncing off the dirt in an active construction zone, Mike Meoli of Meoli Companies celebrated the start of the company’s latest hotel project on ...
DOVER — The 2022 Firefly Music Festival will include an eclectic mix of rock, pop, rap and electronic artists, with headliners Halsey, Green Day, My Chemical Romance and Dua Lipa topping the four-day event running ...
DOVER — Henry B. Tippie, a businessman who started a long career in corporate leadership on the sands of Delaware’s beaches and was one of the forces behind the former Dover Motorsports, bringing NASCAR to ...
CHRISTIANA – Fresh off of its ownership split from Delaware Park Casino and Racetrack, the White Clay Creek Country Club announced recently that it has hired national golf course management firm KemperSports as its new ...
DEWEY BEACH — Blue Water Development Corp. is making plans to upgrade the Pier Point Marina, the company’s first commercial-scale marina acquisition in its history. Pier Point Marina was sold by the McKinney family in ...
DOVER – Frank Fantini has been the daily go-to source for analysts, executives and investors in the global gambling and casino industry for more than two decades, but he’s prepared to start calling rather than ...
GEORGETOWN — Longtime dirt track racing promoter Brett Deyo has partnered with two Sussex County developers to buy the Georgetown Speedway for $1.5 million, with plans to expand the track’s entertainment options. Deyo, the principal ...
REHOBOTH BEACH — At the end of 2020, Rehoboth Beach-Dewey Beach Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Carol Everhart predicted that when the vaccine arrived, the demand to return to the beach would bring southern ...
REHOBOTH BEACH – The Rehoboth Beach Historical Society & Museum has cleared the regulatory hurdle to mount the iconic Dolle’s sign, but now museum officials must turn to fundraising to cover the installation costs. In ...
WILMINGTON – On a recent Sunday afternoon, several hundred fans arrived in Southbridge to cheer on what is rapidly becoming one of Delaware’s most successful sports teams: the Delaware Blue Coats. The NBA G-League affiliate ...
DOVER – Dover Motorsports, the parent company of Dover International Speedway and one of the last independent owners of a top-tier NASCAR racetrack, is officially no more, after its planned sale closed Wednesday. The publicly ...
REHOBOTH BEACH – The Dolle’s sign, which has weathered storms and decades of Delaware summers, is no longer overlooking the Rehoboth Beach boardwalk. Almost one year after it was announced that Dolle’s would leave 1. ...
WILMINGTON – After a pandemic-spurred delay of about a year, Buccini/Pollin Group officials cut the ribbon on the new duckpin bowling alley and New Orleans-inspired restaurant Wilma’s off Market Street. Replacing the former Ernest & ...
REHOBOTH BEACH — Harvey, Hanna & Associates recently bought the Sandcastle Motel in downtown Rehoboth Beach, marking the city’s largest sale this year. The 60-unit resort mainstay on Second Street adjacent to the Conch Island ...
NEWARK – Ryan Carty, the former backup quarterback on the 2003 national championship football team, was named the University of Delaware’s next football head coach on Friday. Carty, who spent the last four seasons as ...
DOVER – A year after the COVID-19 pandemic essentially ground travel and tourism to a halt for several months, Delaware is seeing a rebound in visitors, according to state officials. Hotel occupancy is estimated to ...