Elijah Proctor Moore from St Andrews gets a two hand dunk in D1 Showcase Day 2 games. Photo by Nick Halliday

St. Andrew’s gets huge upset over Sallies in D1 Showcase

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

The D1 Showcase is a two-day event that had basketball teams from Delaware play teams from Pennsylvania, New York, and Maryland this year. The tournament took a few top teams from Delaware and placed them against a few top teams from the Eastern region, including No. 15 nationally-ranked Dematha Catholic from Maryland.  The two-day tournament took place on Friday and …

Big Ive's Turkey Drive 2023

DART’s ‘Stuff the Bus’ campaign launches this week as holiday food collections continue

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines

DETV’s Ivan Thomas plans to give away 3,000 turkeys this year in his Big Ive’s Turkey Drive, increasing the giveaway by about 400 over last year. The program is the successor to Norman Oliver’s longtime Wilmington Thanksgiving giveaway, which gave away 250,000 turkeys over its 40-year run. “Last year’s Big Ive’s Turkey Drive taught me something powerful—when you truly listen …

Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library

Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library remains one of Delaware’s hidden gems

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines

ODESSA — One of the treasures of Delaware, and a bit of First State history in itself, is tucked away on a leafy residential street a quick walk away from Cantwell Tavern in Odessa. The Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library, the oldest free library in Delaware open to everybody — including women and children — has been catering to the public since …

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First State Educate embraces broader Del. schools mission

Betsy PriceEducation, Headlines

During the first three years that nonprofit First State Educate has been at work in Delaware, it focused on finding school board candidates and supporting them in campaigns as a means to improve state education. While it remains the only state nonprofit to focus on building the capacity of school boards, the agency has begun to branch out. Now it: …

Assurance Media

Assurance Media to celebrate growth, anniversary Friday

Betsy PriceBusiness, Headlines

While Assurance Media will celebrate its 15th anniversary with a ribbon cutting and open house Friday in Milford, many of its employees have been working together for 20 to 35 years. The company installs low-voltage cabling as well as offering security, audiovisual systems and managed service solutions. Assurance sprang out of a Delaware information technology company, Info Systems, which included …

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Droneversity wins $10,000 Swim with Sharks grand prize

Betsy PriceBusiness, Headlines

Ashlee Cooper was standing a chair taking photos of balloon decorations when a passerby told her she needed a drone. Now her company, Droneversity, has won $10,000 in the 12th Annual Swim with the Sharks Pitch Competition, held Wednesday at Penn Cinema on the Riverfront. The Emerging Enterprise Center’s competition showcases innovative entrepreneurs and celebrates the spirit of entrepreneurship in …

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Wilmington eyes foreclosure on Congo center that got opioid funds

Jacob OwensCulture, Government, Headlines

This story was originally published on Spotlight Delaware.  By Jacob Owens and Nick Stonesifer The city of Wilmington intends to foreclose on a former school building that recently received a nearly half-million-dollar facelift, paid for by a state fund designed to help people suffering from opioid addiction. City officials say they intend to take the property to sheriff’s sale within 60 days. The …

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CSC’s Rod Ward to keynote State Chamber’s annual dinner

Betsy PriceHeadlines, Business

CSC President and CEO Rod Ward III will give the keynote speech at Jan. 13’s annual Delaware State Chamber dinner on Jan. 13. The event, one of the best-attended business gatherings of the year, draws 1,100 politicians and business leaders together for a cocktail hour and then a dinner at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington. The evening …

marijuana Robert Coupe

Delaware marijuana czar details fast-moving license plans

Betsy PriceBusiness, Government, Headlines

When Delaware starts allowing the legal sale of marijuana April 1, 2025, the state should get between $28.8 million and $42 million in taxes per year, predicted the man in charge of overseeing the new business sector. Marijuana Commissioner Robert Coupe to the Central Delaware Economic Summit Tuesday that the difference in the two amounts is how the math was …

Acme Markets

Kirkwood Acme to close in November because lease ends

Betsy PriceBusiness, Headlines

The Acme Market on Kirkwood Highway in Wilmington will close in November because the store’s lease is ending. “Closing a store is always a touchy issue,” said Dana Ward, director of communications and public affairs. “Our focus remains on growing our business, which sometimes involves reinvesting resources into existing stores and exploring potential new locations.” No employees will be laid …