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Ongoing effort to fire superintendent poses 'peril, significant liability,' Christina's lawyer warns
As the Christina school board remains embroiled in controversy, Christina's longtime lawyer is dropping the district as a client and issued a stark warning of legal peril if the board doesn't change course. “Legally, if turmoil is not resolved in very, very short order, I see only peril, significant liability and other legal concerns,” attorney James H. McMackin III wrote in a July 17 email to the board. “I urge the board to cure internal differences in short order.” ...
Older apartments demolished to make way for 190-unit complex on South Chapel Street
A wrecking crew has been busy for the past week demolishing two student housing complexes to make way for the construction of what will be one of the largest apartment buildings in Newark. The demolition includes Continental Court, which is a three-story apartment building on South Chapel Street that contains 41 units, and University Commons, which is a 32-unit townhouse community on Haines Street. In their place, Tsionas Management will...
Forensic review finds improprieties in Delaware gubernatorial candidate's campaign finances
A forensic review commissioned by the state Department of Elections has uncovered significant improprieties in the campaign finances of Delaware's lieutenant governor, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor.The elections department hired Pennsylvania-based Forensic Litigation Consultants in January amid widespread scrutiny of Bethany Hall-Long's campaign finances. Jeffrey Lampinski, a certified fraud examiner, found among other things that Hall-Long and her husband had received payments totaling $33,000 more than what she purportedly loaned to her campaign.Lampinski, a retired FBI senior executive, also found that Hall-Long's husband and former campaign treasurer, Dana Long, wrote four campaign checks to himself but falsely...
Find out how Delaware has one of the highest rankings for athletes at the Olympics
Delaware may be small, but its ability to produce Summer Olympians ranks high. Delaware Olympians LiveSportsonTV.com, a company providing schedules for TV sports and streaming, conducted a study analyzing the...
8 questions as Blue Hens open football practice for unusual 2024 season
The University of Delaware football team commences preseason drills Tuesday morning. When the Blue Hens step onto the turf, they’ll be preparing for a season unlike any other in the school’s prolific football history. The 2024 season will be absent the traditional aim of earning national stature, due to Delaware’s 2025 climb to Conference...
Chemical process easily separates textile fibers for recycling
Chemical and biomolecular engineers from the University of Delaware and the Center for Plastics Innovation, have created a new method for chemically separating fibers in textiles that enables them to be recycled more quickly and inexpensively than current methods. Because modern-day clothing is composed of multiple types or blends of...
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.
400 Jobs Coming To This New Jersey Area
Good news for job seekers. A new warehouse being built in South Jersey is expected to bring hundreds of jobs to the area. It'll be located way down in Salem County but it's close to the New Jersey Turnpike and Interstate 295. Walmart recently announced they're building a nearly 7,000-square-foot...
Delaware man wins $300,000 in lottery scratch-off game
A 68-year-old Clayton man won the first $300,000 top prize playing the Mega Bucks Blowout scratch-off game in the Delaware Lottery. The man, who chose to remain anonymous, bought the ticket at the Goose Creek store in Felton and claimed his prize from state lottery headquarters July 12, said Helene Keeley, director of...
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