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National Flip Flop Day means Free smoothies from Tropical Smoothie Cafe. What to know
While this weekend – Memorial Day weekend – is the unofficial start of summer, the party isn't ending after the last grill burns out on Monday. The first Wednesday after Memorial Day is National Flip-Flop Day, and it comes with a nice benefit. ...
Delaware County Burgers Still a Bargain Even With Rising Prices
Delaware County burger restaurant owners are feeling the pressure of rising beef prices as they try to keep customers happy. It seems even Charlie’s Hamburgers in Folsom has felt the effect of rising beef prices, writes Erin McCarthy for The Philadelphia Inquirer. In January, Charlie’s Hamburgers, a nearly 90-year-old...
Delaware College of Art and Design to close its doors at end of spring semester
Delaware College of Art and Design, a private art school in Wilmington, announced Thursday it will be closing its doors at the end of the spring semester. The college said they will be "winding down operations in the coming weeks" before closing permanently. DCAD has faced ongoing challenges, including -...
Air quality alert affecting 9 N.J. counties Sunday
On Saturday at 11:42 a.m. an air quality alert was issued valid until Sunday at midnight for Monmouth, Salem, Gloucester, Camden, Burlington, Ocean, Cumberland, Atlantic and Cape May counties. "The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Ground Level Ozone, until...
This Delaware chef once beat Bobby Flay. But did he get 'Chopped' from the Food Network?
Delaware chef Robbie Jester, who honed his craft at Piccolina Toscana in Wilmington's Trolley Square, won a Tuscan food cooking competition on the Food Network. Jester bested three chefs on the program "Chopped ‒ Battle Italiano: Tuscany," which focused on the food of that Italian region. ...
Dad killed in crash with garbage truck in N.J town is ID’d
Authorities have identified the 53-year-old driver killed in a crash with a garbage truck earlier this week in Gloucester County. Nicholas Sacerdote, of Cherry Hill, died of his injuries after the front of the garbage truck struck the side door of the pickup he was driving at noon Tuesday in the area of Lambs and Tyler Mill roads in Mantua, police said.
Ladybug Music Festival hosts international talent May 31st
Boasting a 100% female-fronted music festival, the Ladybug Music Festival will make its return on May 31st. Rose Cora Perry & The Truth Untold are making their way down to the First State from Canada-- specifically to the Queen in Wilmington. "We're really honored to be considered the very first...
Incyte Moving 300 Chadds Ford Jobs to Wilmington in Expansion
Incyte is renovating this former bank building in Wilmington and will transfer 300 of its Chadds Ford employees to the new facility. Biopharmaceutical company Incyte is relocating 300 jobs from Chadds Ford to Wilmington, Delaware following the purchase of two buildings there, writes Pau Schwedelson for Philadelphia Business Journal. Incyte...
Communities fear health, environmental harms as they await more info on hydrogen hub projects
HARRISBURG — The federal government and private developers are collecting public feedback on two major hydrogen production networks that will be partly located in Pennsylvania as part of a multibillion-dollar Biden administration effort to cut carbon pollution and fight climate change. But affected communities and environmental advocates feel left...
Friday update: DIAA spring sports tournament scores and schedules
No. 17 Laurel (11-8) vs. No. 1 Sussex Central (15-2) at Sports at the Beach Field 7, 1. No. 9 Saint Mark’s (15-4) at No. 8 Concord (15-3), 1. No. 13 Salesianum (12-7) vs. No. 4 Delaware Military Academy (15-3) at Newark National Little League, 1. No. 12 Caravel...
New Castle County invests $100,000 from ARPA funds in sports tourism
New Castle County gives $100,000 in ARPA funds to the Wilmington Convention and Visitors Bureau to support sports tourism. The money will be used to create a video marketing the county’s sports tourism assets like the Chase Fieldhouse in Wilmington and the STATS Sports Complex in Bear. Greater Wilmington...
Flacco's comeback to UD
After this weekend you can add University of Delaware 2024 Commencement Speaker to Joe Flacco's resume, which already includes Super Bowl MVP and 2023 Associated Press NFL Comeback Player of the Year. The former UD quarterback makes his return to Delaware Stadium on Saturday, May 25, 2024, to address the...
Johnstown flood, nine years without NCCo tax hike: News Journal archives, May 26-June 1
"Pages of history" features excerpts from The News Journal archives including The Morning News and the Evening Journal. NCCo passes budget without tax increase for ninth straight year. New Castle County residents will not pay more in property taxes or sewer service fees next year, even though the government will...
Meet Ed Brown, Upper Darby Township’s First Black Mayor
Upper Darby Mayor Ed Brown was sworn in Jan. 2 as the township's first Black mayor. Upper Darby’s first Black mayor, Ed Brown, was sworn in on Jan. 2 during the township’s annual reorganization meeting. He becomes the first Black mayor of Pennsylvania’s eighth-largest municipality. Brown follows...
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