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Buttonwood is a 180-year-old riverfront “summer home” in the City of New Castle, associated with a 19th-century Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice.But the historic property has fallen into disrepair and faces what’s known as “demolition by neglect.”This week, contributor Larry Nagengast reports on progress made over the past year to get Buttonwood preservation efforts on track.

Delaware built fewer housing units than needed to keep up with household growth between 2010 and 2020.That’s according to a new report from the Delaware State Housing Authority, which releases its housing needs assessment report every five years. The First State partnered with Root Policy Research this year to identify the gaps in its housing market.Delaware Public Media’s Joe Irizarry sat down this week with Heidi Aggeler – Managing Director and Founder of Root Policy Research – to talk about the report and its findings.

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With Thanksgiving nearly here, retailers’ full attention moves to holiday shopping.They’re hoping people are ready to open their wallets to spend big this year, but a variety of factors could temper how many gifts land under the tree.Contributor Eileen Dallabrida details what retailers and shoppers can expect from the holiday shopping season.

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Thanksgiving is just days away and that means it’s almost time to dig into the most celebrated meal of the year.But for many home cooks, new cooks, or potential cooks, Thanksgiving is also the most daunting meal to make.For this edition of Enlighten Me, Delaware Public Media’s Kyle McKinnon chats with Emily Weinstein – editor-in-chief of New York Times Cooking and Food – about holiday cooking, new recipes, and old favorites.

It can be stressful to travel around the holidays.Airports are packed with people, tickets are expensive, roads are jammed and bad weather can turn your travel plans into a nightmare.This year, AAA projects roughly 55 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home for the Thanksgiving holiday, marking a 2.3% increase over last year.Delaware Public Media’s Quinn Kirkpatrick sat down this week with AAA spokesperson Jana Tidwell to learn more about what we can expect from this holiday travel season and how to prepare.

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Delaware and dozens of other states are suing Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, over claims that its social media platforms harm young people's mental health and contribute to the youth mental health crisis.The lawsuit alleges Meta routinely collects data on kids under 13-years-old without parental consent and deliberately designs features that addict children.This week, Delaware Public Media’s Kyle McKinnon spoke with kids and technology expert Devorah Heitner – author of the new book “Growing Up in Public: Coming of Age in a Digital World” – about Meta’s lawsuit and the link between children's mental health and social media.

This week, The Green brings you a portion of the latest episode of the Delaware Humanities’ podcast 2023/1973 In Conversation. The podcast celebrates Delaware Humanities’ 50th anniversary by focusing on the conversations it’s engaged in with Delawareans for more than 50 years and continues to encourage today.In this episode, Ed Ratledge – Director of the University of Delaware’s Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research – examines the First State’s demographic shifts and the issues communities face as those demographics change.