This Old House, a media empire that for decades has been extolling old houses, just looked at how each generation approaches homeownership and what drives the decision to plant roots or seek new horizons. And Delaware makes a prominent appearance. Dover is No. 5 on a list it compiled of the countryâs metropolitan areas for the greatest percentage of homeowners …
Potholes arenât that big a deal in Del., but they cost a lot
Delawareans use Google a lot less than the rest of America to find out about potholes, and new number crunching has concluded that means potholes are less of a problem in the First State. âPothole data from each state isnât available, but online searches for pothole-related terms can shed some light on where drivers are most frequently victimized by them,â …
Matt Halls Toilet Table: âYou didnât know you neededâ it
Matt Hall has an idea that is so unusual that Amazon has to create a category for his invention. Yet itâs an idea that might appeal to the 90%-95% of people who bring cellphones into the bathroom. Itâs Matt Halls Toilet Table, which ToiletTable.com describes as âthe table you didnât know you needed.â Â IN THE NEWS: Coolest Thing Made …
Girl Scouts sell Newark headquarters, Camp Sandy Pines
The Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay have sold their Newark headquarters and Camp Sandy Pines in Maryland as part of their controversial plan to downsize. The headquarters on Old Baltimore Pike was sold to a limited liability company. Camp Sandy Pines near Fruitland was sold to a former Girl Scout and her husband. The Scouts in August of 2022 …
DART changes affect dozens of routes, starting May 19
Dozens of of DART routes are being changed starting May 19, affecting prominent destinations like Delaware Park, Christiana Hospital, Christiana Mall, Amazonâs Middletown facility and the Rehoboth outlets. The following are recommended approved changes to be implemented. Modifications to original proposal are designated in italicized bold. IN THE NEWS: Amtrak to invest millions in controversial Wilmington site The new route …
Exclusive: Record $18M for Delaware residential property
A Centreville estate with a 10-bedroom house, five rental properties and two barns on 152 acres has just been sold for $18 million. Thatâs a record for Delaware, according to Steve Crifasi, the listing agent with Christopher S. Patterson, both of Patterson-Schwartz Real Estate. âItâs drop-dead beautiful,â he told DelawareLive. âWhat makes the property so unique is that it is …
Del. ranked 49th in passenger fatalities in car crashes
Delaware ranks 49th â and itâs better to be at the bottom of this list â of the most dangerous states to be a car passenger. The ranking comes from looking at data on fatal crashes from 2017 to 2021 from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, specifically the number of passengers involved in fatal crashes and the number of …
NCCo gives residents 3 more weeks to pay sewer bills
New Castle County is giving residents three more weeks to pay sewer bills that it says were delayed in the mail. âWhen our office was alerted that residents had not received their annual sewer bills as expected, we immediately investigated the situation and learned that the delay had been caused by operational changes at the United States Postal Service, County …
Expanded Wilmington Airport among DRBA’s $132.7M capital plan
The Delaware River and Bay Authority will spend $6.6 million to improve and expand the Wilmington Airport terminal, according to its five-year capital investment plan. That is one of 120 major improvement projects costing $132.7 million at the Delaware Memorial Bridge, the Cape May-Lewes Ferry, the Forts Ferry, the Millville Executive Airport, the Cape May Airport, the Delaware Air …