This Week’s Top Stories Include Cindy Marten appointed Delaware Secretary of Education Christiana Care house staff becomes first to unionize in DE, 2nd pool of docs Chamber Executive Director Jo Schmeiser reflects on 2024, looks ahead at 2025 Melissa Stewart caters to customers with a sweet tooth EastSide Charter unveils long-awaited, $27M Chemours STEM Hub Wilmington City Council to launch …
Pete du Pont Freedom Foundation names 5 Reinventing Delaware semi-finalists
WILMINGTON, DEL. — The Pete du Pont Freedom Foundation (PDFF) has chosen five semi-finalists from more than 100 ideas from its 2024 dinner last November to advance to the next round of its 11th Annual Reinventing Delaware competition. Delaware Health Equity Coalition Inc.: Championed by Dr. Cydney Teal, this Wilmington-based initiative aims to make healthcare equitable for low-income and diverse …
Incyte update: new drugs, cancer cures, downtown office plans
Some of Incyte’s biopharmaceutical drugs can help skin problems and one seems to be a cure for vitiligo, CEO Hervé Hoppenot said in an update Thursday. He also said the company plans to renovate the two downtown MBNA buildings in a way that will make them unrecognizable to the people familiar with how they look now. And he predicted that …
EDGE grants give Del. entrepreneurs money – and advice
When businesses run by Kathy Collison and Donny Legans won EDGE grants from the Delaware Division of Small Business, they got more than a lot of money. They got a lot of good advice. “The biggest takeaway is that the application process forces you as a new business owner to think through a lot of things that you didn’t …
Clean hydrogen company wins Reinventing DE contest
A company that would build a plant in Delaware to create clean hydrogen won the 2023 Reinventing Delaware program sponsored by the Pete du Pont Freedom Foundation. If implemented, a manufacturing plant would use fresh water in an electrolysis process that splits water into hydrogen gas and oxygen gas. The idea championed by Andrew Cottone, CEO of Adesis, a chemistry …
Life and legacy of Pete du Pont to be celebrated Friday
Pierre S. Du Pont IV | CREDIT: WILLIAM FOLEY/THE LIFE IMAGES COLLECTION VIA GETTY IMAGES A memorial service for former Congressman and Delaware Governor Pete du Pont will be held Friday in Wilmington. The public event, promoted as a celebration of du Pont’s life and legacy, will begin at 2 p.m. at The Playhouse on Rodney Square. A reception …