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Cornerstone West CDC is working to bring affordable housing to seniors on Wilmington’s West Side.
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The burst of winter weather this week might make summer vacation feel a long way off, but if you’re planning to get away to the beach later this year, now is the time to book where you will stay.In recent years, rental costs have been higher, but that hasn’t deterred people from booking at the beach.Contributor Eileen Dallabrida reports on this year’s beach rental market and what to know about booking in Delaware.
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U.S. workers who belong to a union fell last year to 10%, marking only a slight decline from 10.1% a year earlier, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.But experts say if there was a year to expect the unionization rate to increase, it was 2023, which saw successful walkouts by Hollywood actors and writers, service employees, autoworkers, and healthcare professionals.This week, Delaware Public Media’s Kyle McKinnon sits down with Jake Rosenfeld – a sociology professor at Washington University-St. Louis who recently wrote about labor union rates – for more on union efforts and membership going forward.
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Comedian Dan Bell’s new multi-purpose performance center in Delmar is drawing sell-out crowds since opening its inaugural season in early January.The Dream Big Performing Arts Center mainly hosts stand-up comedians but hopes to offer a variety of performing acts in the near future.In this edition of Arts Playlist, Delaware Public Media’s Karl Lengel is joined by RJ Jackson – one of several regional comedians working with Bell to book ‘Dream Big’– for a chat about the new center.
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The Downtown Dover Partnership hosted a tour for Gov. John Carney and community leaders to see where some initial projects in the Capital City plan will go.
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Home sales in Delaware – buffeted by a variety of issues like low inventory and high interest rates – remain sluggish.So, if you are looking to buy or sell a home in the First State as the spring and summer approach, what can you expect?Contributor Eileen Dallabrida reports on home sales in Delaware and what’s driving them.
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About 70,000 fans will watch the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs face off in this year’s Super Bowl at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. The rest of us, roughly 100 million people, will watch the CBS broadcast or stream it, and that means Super Bowl commercials.For the second straight year, the average cost of a 30-second ad spot during the big game is $7 million, a price tag that guarantees an opportunity to reach by far the largest U.S. television audience of the year.In this edition of Enlighten Me, Delaware Public Media’s Kyle McKinnon is joined by Steve Merino – Owner and Chief Creative Officer of the Wilmington-based ad agency Aloysius Butler and Clark – to learn more about Super Bowl commercials and what to expect this year.
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