By KIM HOEY Special to Delaware Business Times When Michael J. Quaranta proposed a barbecue contest as a fundraiser for Old New Castle, he didn’t mean a family picnic. No, Quaranta took classes in the ...
The Delaware State Chamber of Commerce and Delaware Manufacturing Association will host its annual Spring Legislative Brunch and Manufacturing Conference on April 9. The Delaware Technical Community College (DTCC) will host. Gov. John Carney will ...
Rich Heffron was barely a teen when he watched the 1960 Democratic National Convention in the basement of the family home. “That’s what I want to do,” he told his dad and grandfather, who cautioned ...
The Delaware State Chamber of Commerce has allotted eight months to replace its president. At 70, Rich Heffron has been trying to retire for more than a year. Members said the attorney will be tough ...
Gov. Jack Markell and members of the General Assembly yesterday announced bipartisan legislation to give startups and small businesses access to capital. The bill, which will be filed when the legislature returns to session next week, ...
The Art of an Adequate Thank-You - The holidays always elicit a flashback to the one thing that wasn’t so “joyous” for me as a kid: the thank-you notes. Many of us had parents who
What was a defining factor in navigating COVID-19 for nonprofits? - Collaboration. Plain and simple. Leaning in, linking arms, and rising together. That is what I did with my counterparts Stu Comstock-Gay at Delaware Community Foundation, Cynthia Pritchard from Philanthropy Delaware, and Michelle Taylor of United Way of Delaware. While we all support the nonprofit sector, we do so from very different lanes. Yet, when COVID-19 […]
Boys & Girls Clubs are Good Business for Working Parents - In January 2012, the unemployment rate in the state of Delaware stood at 7.2%. With parents at home and not the workplace, the need for before, after
