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Hard Rock Atlantic City Restaurant Up For USA Today Award
One of the fabulous restaurants at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City is in the running for a pretty big award. USA Today is running a contest for the best hotel restaurant, and one of Hard Rock's places is currently a stone's throw from the top. Kuro...
Brady: The reality of unrealistic, expensive energy mandates
Delaware's government has made decisions in successive legislative sessions with regard to energy that impact the poorest of our citizens most negatively. Those families in our state that struggle with the costs of basic necessities, such as food and housing, are now going to face additional costs for electricity and transportation.
An Unsurpassed Soldiery: The Delaware Regiment During the American Revolution
The Milford Museum American History Series continues with a program titled “An Unsurpassed Soldiery: The Delaware Regiment During the American Revolution” presented by Charles “Chuck” Fithian on Saturday, August 10, 1:00 p.m. at the Milford Public Library in Milford, Delaware. During the American Revolution, the Delaware Regiment established a remarkable record for military discipline, efficiency, and dependability on the battlefield. The regiment’s characteristics and ... Read More
Audit finds Hall-Long's campaign finances 'incomplete, inaccurate, misleading'
A forensic audit finding Delaware gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long's campaign finance reporting to be incomplete, inconsistent, inaccurate and misleading has prompted state attorneys to seek reform to Delaware’s election laws. The state Department of Elections in January hired Pennsylvania-based Forensic Litigation Consultants LLC’s Jeffrey Lampinski to audit Hall-Long's campaign finances as...
Thrift store in Brewerytown turns second chances into fashionable finds
A new thrift store officially opened its doors Friday in Brewerytown.Community Thrift is turning second chances into fashionable finds for those in recovery or coming out of incarceration.Christie Ileto gives us a first look inside.
Ramone and Hilovsky: It's time to reimagine health care in Delaware
The cost of health care is out of control. In the current fiscal year, the state of Delaware is spending nearly $2 billion on Medicaid and insurance plans for state employees and retirees -- a $200 million increase over fiscal year 2024. Gov. John Carney has repeatedly called the growth of health care expenditures "unsustainable," and he's right.
Undercover cops arrest nine for shoplifting at Newark Acme
Undercover cops caught nine people – including kids as young as 13 – shoplifting from a Newark grocery store during a two-day operation. The enforcement campaign happened July 23 and 24 at the Acme in The Grove at Newark, where there had been an increase in shoplifting incidents. “The Newark Police Street Crimes Unit, along with officers from the Patrol Division working in a plain clothes capacity, teamed with multiple...
Woman charged with carrying concealed gun during traffic stop in Newark
A Wilmington woman was arrested after police found a handgun in her car during a traffic stop in Newark, authorities said. The incident happened just after 4 p.m. July 24 on East Chestnut Hill Road, according to Lt. Andrew Rubin, a spokesman for the Newark Police Department. An officer stopped a vehicle for a traffic offense and, while speaking to the driver, learned there was a gun in the vehicle. The officer searched the vehicle and found a handgun concealed under the driver's seat. The driver, 26-year-old Summerit Davis, was charged with carrying a concealed deadly weapon, along with traffic offenses. She was released on $2,600 unsecured bail.
DSP Investigating Shots Fired at a Lincoln Home
Delaware State Police were called to a home on Cedar Creek Road in Lincoln just after 10:30 Thursday night for a report of shots fired. Police learned that an unknown suspect fired several shots that struck an occupied home. Three adults were in the home at the time of the shooting – there were no injuries.
Jersey City mayor and NJ gubernatorial candidate Fulop sees bitcoin as an ‘inflation hedge’
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop told The Block the municipal pension fund is investing in bitcoin ETFs as an “inflation hedge.”. Fulop, a gubernatorial candidate, is not alone as a politician in leaning into bitcoin to counter the rising cost of living. The mayor of the Garden State’s second-largest...
New Jersey theater program giving kids chance to perform on professional set
STONE HARBOR, N.J. (CBS) — Down the Jersey Shore, a theater program is providing kids a unique opportunity to perform on a professional set this summer.After weeks of rehearsals, the 7 Mile Island Players are putting on a musical performance of "Beauty and the Beast" at Middle Township Performing Arts Center.Before the show can even begin, nonstop work behind the scenes keeps the family-run theater company busy before the big day."It's been a rollercoaster for sure," Charlie Casey, who's playing Beast, said."Being in theater gives you more people to hang out with, you make amazing friends and you just have fun," Christopher...
Somers Point, NJ, bar looking for your help to name new outdoor bar
A Somers point institution is looking for some help in naming their new bar. The World Famous Anchorage Tavern, located at 823 Bay Ave in Somers Point has a new outside bar on their front porch and is looking for your help in naming the bar. The bar says they...
Former Greensgrow space in West Philly could be revitalized under new nonprofit
Two summers ago, the Greensgrow urban farm in West Philadelphia shuttered abruptly amid a unionization push and a check fraud scheme that the struggling nonprofit said had left the organization $33,000 in the hole. The original Greensgrow Farms in Kensington went down with it, leaving the future of the two lots in question.
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