Delaware biopharmaceutical company Incyte was named the winner of the Pete du Pont Freedom Foundation’s 2024 Freedom Award. The award, named for the former Delaware governor, who died in 2021, at the age of 86. The award is given annually to an individual or organization that has championed a successful idea that has led to economic growth and brought innovation …
GOP’s Mike Ramone to file Monday to run for governor
Rep. Mike Ramone plans to file Monday to run for governor of Delaware as a Republican. Ramone, 62, who’s represented the Newark and Pike Creek area in the Delaware House of Representatives for 16 years, has an extensive list of platform issues, largely revolving around efficient government, taxes, education and the failure of the Democrats, who he says have controlled …
Delaware LIVE Weekly Review – Mar. 26, 2023
Click on the image below to view as a PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Headlines School mentors: Who they are, what they do may surprise you 43 to compete for 23 school board seats in May 9 election Culture SALSTHON smashes fundraising goal: $243,791 to help children Pete du Pont records archive opens at Hagley Library Business Women-led Compact …
Pete du Pont records archive opens at Hagley Library
A collection of Pete du Pont’s papers is now open to the public at Hagley Museum and Library. It includes decades 0f the former Delaware governor’s public writing, as well as photos, scrapbooks, recordings and correspondence with family members. Among the material in the archive are items related to du Pont’s 1988 campaign to be the Republican nominee for president …
Delaware LIVE Weekly Review – May 1, 2022
This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Headlines Red Clay, Capital school board candidates answer forum questions Weed, taxes, police reform likely to dominate end of GA session Culture Take a first peek at new Museum of Nature and Science Conference hailing Black musicians, composers taking place in Wilmington Once controversial Kalmar Nyckel tall ship celebrates 25th anniversary Delaware hunters harvest 15,000 …
Pete du Pont remembered as great governor, even better dad
He was a tonic in human form – a stimulant for all who had the pleasure of his company. That’s how Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post columnist George Will described the late Pierre “Pete” du Pont Friday. Hundreds gathered at the Playhouse on Rodney Square in the Hotel duPont for a celebration of life service nearly a year after the former …
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 …