Delaware is the fifth-friendliest state for cellphones, a new list concludes. Maryland and New Jersey top the list, with Pennsylvania at No. 10. The list crunched data from the Federal Communications Commission, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the Tax Foundation and Opensignal to see which states had the best cellular internet speeds, phone service, 5G coverage, taxes (meaning lowest) …
The lineup for the 61st season of free summer concerts at the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand has been announced. Concerts usually run from 8 to 9:15 p.m. every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Exceptions include two sets from the Funsters on July 2, a bonus Delaware National Guard 287th concert on July 4 and no concert on Sept. 3, when the season …
âTime to dust off your lawn chairs,â Bellevue State Park said on Facebook in announcing its summer concert series. âCanât wait to share some delicious food and toe-tapping tunes,â the Brandywine Hundred park continued. Most concerts are 6:30 p.m. Sundays and Thursdays — with some dates skipped — and are included in park admission. Fans able to walk or bicycle into …
Fisherâs Popcorn of Delaware has chosen Frankford for a new $4.85 million facility that will more than quadruple space for its manufacturing and wholesale operations. The companyâs current production facility in Fenwick Island is 2,000 square feet, and the new 17-acre site on Route 20 is almost 10,000 square feet. The additional space will include two kettles and a large …
Delaware State University has received $1.6 million in federal funding, the state’s Congressional delegation announced on Monday. The funding for the Dover university includes $866,000 for an agriculture incubator, $300,000 for a mentoring project for young Black men that will provide summer jobs to 80 Black male DSU students and $490,000 to establish a Space Center within the existing Optical …
Delaware is among the most financially challenged states, a website has concluded after crunching six factors relating to personal finance. Uplift Legal Funding, which gives lawsuit loans to plaintiffs in need, looked at these stats (followed by Delawareâs figures): ⢠Consumption of annual income (97.4%). ⢠Percentage of income saved (2.6%). ⢠Household debt-to-income ratio (1.5). ⢠Personal bankruptcy rates …
Neighbors opposing expansion by Incyte have raised the typical concerns about nearby development â increased traffic and decreased property values â if the biopharmaceutical company gets approval to expand its Alapocas campus. Uniting as Neighbors for Responsible Land Use, theyâre also concerned about the noise and dirt during construction, the trees that would die, the wildlife habitat that would be …
Plans are under way to make roadways around the Augustine Cut-Off bridge over the Brandywine safer and better for drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians. And slower for drivers. The Delaware Department of Transportation project  extends from Brandywine Hundred down to Lovering Avenue in the northern edge of Wilmington. The most prominent change involves reconfiguring the triangular intersection of Lovering Avenue and N. …
The St. Georges Bridge, which carries U.S. 13 over the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal, will close starting Tuesday, April 4, for approximately 18 months for major repairs. A $45.8 million contract, awarded to J.D. Eckman, Inc., involves demolishing and replacing the bridge decking, median barrier and drainage features; replacing bridge approaches and roadways; and repairing other bridge structural features. Work …
Delaware is planning a 100-foot statue of April Ludgate, the âParks and Recâ character created by famous Delawarean Aubrey Plaza, the official Twitter feed of Delawareâs government announced on Saturday. An artistâs rendering of the statue shows it next to the lighthouse in Cape Henlopen State Park, just smaller than the lighthouse but towering over a drawing of Liâl Sebastian, …
