New Castle County is moving forward with a plan to require fire sprinklers in new townhouses and one- and two-family dwellings. Its planing document cites lots of support, including the Delaware State Fire Marshalâs Office, the New Castle County Fire Chiefs Association, the New Castle County Firefighterâs Association, the New Castle County Fire and Ambulance Advisory Board, the Fire Sprinkler …
New public libraries are being built across Delaware, as part of a state government goal to have 1 square foot of library space for each resident. That space and that expansion is a shorthand way to understand librariesâ increasingly broad roles. They have a long history of lending books and answering reference questions, but todayâs libraries are adding to their …
Most Delaware places known for Fourth of July fireworks and other Independence Day activities have announced their plans. Organizers consistently ask for people to arrive early and leave late, and the Delaware Department of Transportation warns that many events close roads, too. In other words, traffic could be bad. Dusk is about 9:05 p.m. on the Tuesday, the Fourth, but …
The long-desired commuter rail service between Newark and Perryville, Maryland, is inching forward. A new agreement between the Delaware Transit Corp. and the Maryland Transit Administration calls for studying the expansion of MARC train service 20 miles to Newark and hence into the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority system into Philadelphia and points beyond. “The recently announced agreement by the MTA …
The family that owns Delawareâs oldest bakery has set up a second coffeeshop in downtown Newark, across Main Street from where Bingâs Bakery opened in 1871. Bingâs Bake & Brew bought the Little French CafĂ© of Newark. âItâs quaint,â Carla Guzzi, who owns Bingâs with her husband Tom Guzzi, said of the new location âIt has a lot of charm.â …
Newark has received $490,000 from Energize Delaware and $42,000 from the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Electric Vehicle Charging Equipment Rebates Program, which supports the Delaware Clean Vehicle Rebate Program. âNewark is proud to be a sustainability leader in Delaware,â said Jeff Martindale, the city’s chief procurement and projects officer. âThe grant funding will allow us to …
This post has been updated. A massive project starts in May to reconfigure the interchange between Interstate 95 and Route 896 just south of Newark. Here’s the latest schedule: Sunday, May 7: Multi-lane overnight closure on southbound I-95 between Route 72 and the Route 896 interchange, from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday, May 8 and Tuesday, May 9: Single overnight …
