The state of Delaware and Enstructure, the current private operator of the Port of Wilmington, will build a $635 million new terminal in Edgemoor that will quadruple its capacity for container cargo ships and serve larger ships. The Edgemoor industrial site was purchased in 2017 by the taxpayer-owned Diamond State Port Corp., which subsequently secured the necessary permits to construct …
Veterans housing project imperiled as developers spar in court
In the fall of 2022, David Mosley, the affable but embattled CEO of the Delaware Center for Homeless Veterans, told the New Castle County Council that his plan to build 60 apartments for struggling military Veterans and their families was just a first step in a coming wave of housing construction for vulnerable people. Mosley’s comments followed the council’s unanimous …
Year after tire pile helped topple port operator, solution nears
The massive tire piles at the Port of Wilmington’s Edgemoor property that last year stoked fears among neighbors of mosquito infestations and rubber fires may finally be getting removed in the coming month, port officials said during a public meeting Friday. Yet, why tires still remain and how many have been removed to date is not entirely clear. That is, …
Problems detailed in 3 short-staffed Delaware post offices
Last Oct. 25, the Lancaster Avenue post office had 68,493 delayed letters, magazines and packages, a new federal inspector general’s report found. And not one was logged as delayed, as it should have been. That stat is just one part of a numbing inspection of three post offices in New Castle County and three in Philadelphia. The tone is dry, …