Governor Jack Markell discusses the creation of Delaware’s first in the nation secure online emergency preparedness registry. The registry aims to give first responders more information about citizens with special needs before they arrive on the scene of an emergency call. The registry can also help identify and locate those who may need special assistance [...]
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns says the fact that First State does not yet have a National Park is “quite shameful”—and he’s ready to help change that.
Burns joined Senator Tom Carper, Rep. John Carney and a small crowd of Delaware political leaders, residents and park workers Thursday at the New Castle Court House Museum in historic New Castle as Carper continued his campaign to create a National Park in Delaware. In February, Carper introduced the First State National Historical Park Act of 2011. Delaware is the only state in the U.S. without a National Park, or even a unit of the National Park service.
A campaign to put Wilmington’s arts and entertainment scene front and center in the minds of potential audiences launches in earnest May 2. The Wilmington Arts and Entertainment Marketing initiative is set to unveil a new website and a new slogan “Wilmington: In your backyard” – building on Wilmington’s 5 year old “In the middle of it all” campaign. This time, the “In” theme is focusing on drawing people within 50 miles of Wilmington to arts and entertainment options in the state’s largest city.
Mobius New Media, Inc. developed the new campaign and is executing its roll out. DFM News sat down with the campaign manager Brianna Hansen of Mobius New Media to discuss the scope of the campaign, its goals and more.
The Wilmington Arts and Entertainment Marketing initiative is set to unveil a new website and a new slogan “Wilmington: In your backyard” – building on Wilmington’s 5 year old “In the middle of it all” campaign. This time, the “In” theme is focusing on drawing people within 50 miles of Wilmington to arts and entertainment options in the state’s largest city. Mobius New Media, Inc. developed the new campaign and is executing its roll out. DFM News sat down with the campaign manager Brianna Hansen of Mobius New Media to discuss the scope of the campaign, its goals and more.
Senator Tom Carper (D-Delaware) says his latest visit to South Asia brought into clear focus the importance of helping India and Pakistan work together.
“The big opportunity here to help the whole region is to encourage as much as we can the normalization of relations between India and Pakistan,” said Carper. “It would be a great boon for those countries, for Afghanistan, and quite frankly, for us.”
Carper spent a week in the region, visiting Pakistan and Afghanistan for the third time in two years and India for the first time before returning home Monday. He met with a variety of state officials and business leaders, including Afghan President Hamid Karzi, India’s Minister of State Jairam Ramesh and Pakistan’s Special Secretary of Foreign Affairs for Afghanistan, Haroon Shaukat.
Just over a month into his tenure as chief executive of the 147-year-old Delaware Historical Society, Scott Loehr, a South Florida native with no Delaware ties, concedes he’s still learning about the First State and his new job.
“In a number of ways, the learning curve has been very steep—particularly learning Delaware history, since I’m from the southern part of this country,” said Loehr. Administratively, “with 27, 28 years of experience, some of the things are like riding a bike, but certainly there are some unique applications with this organization. It’s been four weeks of learning—which has been good and reinvigorating.”
In an interview with DFM News, Loehr discussed his vision for the Delaware Historical Society, the economic challenges it faces, and its current and upcoming projects.
New Delaware Historical Society chief executive Scott Loehr sat down with DFM News’ Tom Byrne this week to discuss his first month on the job – as well as his vision for the Delaware Historical Society, the economic challenges it faces, and its current and upcoming projects—including this month’s 2011 History Awards Maker dinner honoring filmmaker Ken Burns and the “Steppin’ Out Under The Stars” exhibition highlighting the history of nightlife in Wilmington.
A recent University of Delaware study found that agriculture is an $8 billion business in the state. But only a tiny fraction of the state’s farms are focused on the growing organic and local food movement.
DFM News’ Patrick Mairs spoke with farmers, shoppers and the experts to find out how Delaware fits into a movement to eat better food.
Governor Markell touts the state’s ability to reform its health and pension plans, saving an anticipated $480 million over the next 15 years, through a collaboration between state officials, legislators and representatives of state employees.
With summer still weeks away, 17-year-old Emerson Marine of Wilmington already has filled out lots of summer job applications. She doesn’t want a repeat of last year’s jobless summer.
“I just want to be prepared,” said Marine, who volunteered at the Delaware Art Museum last summer when she couldn’t find a paying job. She applied for a job at the Woodlawn Library but didn’t hear back until September. “So the earlier, the safer.”
Already it might be too late for teenagers like Marine to get a summer job this year. The unemployment rate among Delaware teens in the first quarter of this year was 21 percent, far above the state’s overall jobless rate of 8.5 percent, and many businesses and organizations known for employing teens have finished their hiring because they have been overwhelmed with both teens and adults looking for work.
