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Delaware funeral home cremated wrong body, tried passing off another to family: lawsuit
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Delaware woman is turning vacant homes into affordable housing
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Avelo adding two new destinations to/from Wilmington
Avelo Airlines is adding two more routes out of Wilmington's airport. The airline announced today new service to Charlotte, using the airport in nearby Concord, North Carolina, and Orlando, using the airport in Lakeland, Florida. The Charlotte flights will be offered on Mondays and Fridays, beginning November 8th. The Orlando...
Delaware funeral home cremated wrong body, tried passing off another to family: lawsuit
A Wilmington funeral home is accused in a lawsuit of accidentally cremating a person and presenting that person's family with the body of another man for burial. Roland Johnson Sr. died in January at the age of 93. He was born in Wilmington where he built a three-decade career with the DuPont Co.,...
Q&A: Delaware's Johnny Weir previews his NBC Summer Olympic Games broadcast in Paris
Please forgive Johnny Weir if he doesn't get back to you right away. It's a crazy busy time for the Olympic figure skater, who calls Delaware home. In addition to his full-time day job running the Aston, Pennsylvania-based Johnny Weir Skating Academy, which he launched last year after retiring from public performances, he...
Your weekend guide to the Delaware beaches: Weather, fishing, safety and more
It's the last weekend in July at the Delaware beaches. Last week, Rehoboth Beach made news worldwide when U.S. President Joe Biden withdrew from the presidential race while staying at his North Shores home, but for most folks in town, the merry midsummer days of swimming and sunning continued without interruption. The heat subsided...
Abercrombie, Uniqlo and other big names are coming to Christiana Mall this year
Christiana Mall is Delaware's seemingly impregnable fortress of retail. As other malls struggle across America, Christiana remains the First State's most-visited shopping hub, a source of SimCity-caliber holiday traffic jams and a destination for tax-averse shoppers all over the tri-state region. The mall is more than 90% leased, according to representatives from...
Delaware State Police Homicide Unit Continues Investigation of Susan Ledyard’s 2019 Homicide
The Delaware State Police Homicide Unit continues to investigate the 2019 murder of Susan Ledyard, 50, of Wilmington, Delaware. On July 23, 2019, at 7:39 a.m., Susan Ledyard’s body was recovered from the Brandywine River near Northeast Boulevard in Wilmington. She had visible injuries, and a post-mortem examination by the Division of Forensic Science determined the cause of death to be blunt force trauma and drowning. The manner of death was ruled a homicide. At the time of her death, Susan was 5’4″, weighed 130 pounds, had shoulder-length brown hair, and was wearing a purple tank top.
Delaware woman is turning vacant homes into affordable housing
Charly Bass-Davis was a laborer and restaurateur before taking on her latest ambition: becoming a housing developer. Now, she is on a mission to make the act of owning a home more affordable in her city.She started with the Jumpstart Wilmington program, which reinforces nine steps towards successful real estate development and also aids in the property acquisition process. Now, she is the CEO of her own company, Steel Development.Bass-Davis is also aided by local contractors and funds from the The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program.When all these moving parts come together, the goal is for people in a middle-to-low income bracket to be able to access these luxurious homes at an affordable price.RELATED: Philadelphia woman with dyslexia becomes inspiring author and professorTracy Johnson Rockmore founded 'Vessels of Hope' to help others with dyslexia 'Flip the Script' on their learning differences.
Delaware Online Casinos Set Record-High $5M Revenue In June
According to the Delaware Lottery, the three online casinos in the First State reported a record-high $5.02 million in revenue in June 2024. Online casino revenue is up around $4 million year-on-year and monthly revenue is up 29%. All three of Delaware’s online casinos are run by BetRivers. Delaware’s...
Riccio powers MOT into Eastern Regional championship
Delaware representative MOT Senior All-Stars faced the favorite in the tournament, the 4-0 Connecticut team In the Senior League Softball Eastern Regional semifinals with the winner advancing to the championship. MOT needed late inning heroics and Gracie Riccio provided that. MOT jumped out to an early lead in the bottom of the first inning when Lucy Ponden singled, scoring ... Read More
West Chester Police Continue search for vandalizing/trespassing teens
West Chester Borough Police continue their search for five teenage males who entered the Adams Street train yard in West Chester. Reports say the group of teens spent approximately 20 minutes climbing on all of the locomotives in the yard and attempted to see if any of the doors were unlocked. In addition, the trespassers […]
BVSPCA offering free vaccines to combat respiratory disease outbreak
In light of a canine respiratory disease outbreak in Delaware that forced a couple of the largest animal shelters to close their doors to new dogs, one organization is offering free vaccines. The Brandywine Valley SPCA announced it will provide dogs with free canine influenza and distemper shots at their health centers in New Castle, Dover and Georgetown. “While this ... Read More
Delaware dubbed ‘best state to retire’
The results are in! According to Bankrate, Delaware is the best state to retire in 2024. The company says Delaware is a tax-friendly state for retirees due to the fact that it doesn’t have state or local sales tax and it doesn’t tax social security benefits. According to Bankrate’s website, “this study ranked all fifty […]
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