DelawareLive Nov 26

DelawareLIVE Weekly Review – November 26, 2023

Sonja FreyDelaware Live, Weekly Review

This Week’s Review Includes: Ho-ho-ho! Classic Delaware area Christmas traditions await Milford’s new ‘Farmacy Market’ grew out of an abundant garden Retired nurse Valerie Jones Giltner to run in House District 37 Milford parents voice concern about school safety, bullying Salesianum soccer wins third consecutive state championship Click on the image below to read the articles and more!   Sonja …

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SEPTA train service starts Dec. 4 at new Claymont station

Ken MammarellaGovernment, Headlines

SEPTA commuter train service to the new Claymont Transportation Center starts Dec. 4, increasing the community’s attractiveness to businesses and residents and reducing hassles for commuting into – and just visiting – Philadelphia The new station is a centerpiece of redevelopment of 425 acres on Philadelphia Pike, just south of the Pennsylvania line, that for decades was a steel mill. …

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Commuter rail link between Newark and Perryville advances

Ken MammarellaGovernment, Headlines

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 …

Masks no longer required on DART buses

Charlie MegginsonGovernment, Headlines

Dough4872/Wikimedia Commons Masks are no longer required on Delaware’s public transit buses.  A federal judge in Florida on Monday ruled the CDC overstepped its authority and failed to follow proper procedure when it extended the mask mandate for planes and other forms of public transportation. Shortly after, the White House announced the Transportation Security Administration would no longer enforce the …