Delaware LIVE Weekly Review – December 29, 2024

Sonja FreyDelaware Live, Weekly Review

This Week’s Top Stories Include DSU hires Eagles legend DeSean Jackson as its new head coach Sober Rides offers Lyft, Uber vouchers on New Year’s Eve Good Company Handyman using EDGE grant to expand service area, hire more people Milford’s Elijah Farrington wins Player of the Week honors Click on the image below to view the PDF Sonja Frey

The owners of El Diablo recently opened Hayworth & Finch Trolley Square. Courtesy of Hayworth & Finch

El Diablo Burritos owners launch new Hayworth & Finch concept in Trolley Square

Pam GeorgeBusiness, Headlines, Retail and Restaurants

By Pam George In 2010, a small burrito shop opened in Trolley Square, and it did not take long for the buzz to travel outside Wilmington’s city limits. El Diablo Burritos quickly became an if-you-know-you-know destination for fast-casual food made with quality ingredients. The owners hope lightning strikes twice. Dean Vilone, Roger Andrews, and Shannon Stevens recently opened Hayworth & Finch at 11 …

The Walgreens in Trolley Square is closing. (Ken Mammarella photo)

Walgreens in Trolley Square closing

Ken MammarellaBusiness, Headlines

Another drugstore is closing, and this time it’s the Walgreens in Trolley Square. Citing a recent post on Nextdoor.com that reported the closure, DelawareLive asked Walgreens to confirm the news, to share the store’s last day and indicate if any other Delaware Walgreens locations have closures scheduled. RELATED: Kirkwood Acme to close in November because lease ends Here’s what a …

First District Candidates

3 candidates, 3 different visions for North Wilmington

Charlie MegginsonGovernment, Headlines

Voters in Northwest Wilmington, Brandywine Village and Trolley Square will have three choices when they decide who to send to Dover as their next state representative.  They can go with who they know: incumbent Democratic Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha.  They can toss Chukwuocha out and promote progressive Councilwoman Shane Darby to the seat.  Or they could do the unlikely and vote …

Delaware LIVE Weekly Review – July 17, 2022

Sonja FreyDelaware Live, Weekly Review

Click on the image below to view as a PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Headlines House, Senate offer different options to remove McGuiness Pettyjohn, Briggs King secure exception to magazine ban, save jobs Fate of Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase up to Delaware court Lawmakers praise formal application process for state grants Trolley Square project turns utility boxes into art …

Trolley Square utility box mural project

Trolley Square project turns utility boxes into art

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines

Sungmin Bobyak expected that painting a ladybug mural on a utility box near the Trolley Square fountain plaza would be a solitary experience. It wasn’t. Drivers honked and yelled compliments out of their windows as they drove by. People who were walking by stopped to talk, some thanking her profusely for creating the public artwork. “I thought I would go …