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Property taxes will be going up in the Colonial School District, driven largely by the third and final year of an operating referendum approved by voters in 2024. Because it is in New Castle County, the district can take advantage of a state law allowing districts in the state’s most populous counties to set two different tax rates, one for residential property owners and another for non-residential property owners.

UPDATE: Smyrna Police have charged a 25-year-old Wilmington man in connection with the shooting that occurred in the parking lot of the End Zone Bar and Grill in mid-October. During their investigation, detectives identified the Wilmington male suspect and obtained warrants for his arrest, alongside two additional search warrants for residences in Wilmington and Newark.

Teja Chekuri loved Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant enough to name his own brewery after it, and now he owns the original. The Downingtown resident and international restaurateur is behind an $8 million effort to revive the regional brewpub chain, which abruptly shut down all its locations in September 2025 after nearly three decades in business, writes Emma Dooling for the Philadelphia Business Journal.

The Delaware State Police are investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash that occurred Wednesday morning in New Castle. On October 28, 2026, at approximately 8:45 a.m., a Hyundai Elantra was traveling southbound on West Basin Road, in the left turn lane, approaching Washington Avenue. At the same time, a Chevrolet Tahoe was traveling northbound on West Basin Road, in the right lane, approaching Washington Avenue. For reasons still under investigation, both vehicles entered the intersection at the s

Four Widener University alumni with experience in technology, business, and health care have joined the university’s board of trustees as its newest members. John Barry, Chris Hylen, Catherine Dauphinais Schaefer, and Jason Duff began their appointments in May, helping guide Widener’s educational quality, financial strength, and student experience.

Salem City's water system now runs through a brand-new $21.3 million filtration plant built to strip out PFAS, the so-called forever chemicals that had put the city out of compliance with state drinking water standards. New Jersey American Water and city officials marked the completion of the project this week, capping an 18-month buildout that began with a groundbreaking in spring 2025.

An 18-year-old man has been extradited to Delaware and charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Marcus Foster on New Year’s Eve in Wilmington. Officers responded to the 600 block of West 6th Street at approximately 7:52 p.m. on December 31, 2025, and found Foster, 40, suffering from gunshot injuries. He was transported to a hospital, where he died. Shortly afterward, Chester Police notified Wilmington investigators that a possible suspect vehicle had crashed in Chester, Pennsylvania. Off

Representatives from New Jersey American Water, American Water, Salem City and the community cut the ribbon on the completed $21.3 million PFAS treatment project at the Salem Water Treatment Plant. - courtesy New Jersey American Water. New Jersey American Water (NJAW) and Salem City celebrated Oct. 27 the completion of...

Pennsylvania Auditor General called the spending by the organization "reckless" at a time when education funding is a challenge.

Turks Head Wines in West Chester has traded its cheese-and-charcuterie tasting room for a full-service restaurant, now plating three- and four-course prix fixe dinners built around the winery’s own California-made bottles. The shift turns a once-simple pairing spot at 120 N. Church St. into something closer to a destination restaurant, with chef Dave McDonald designing seasonal menus meant to showcase the wines rather than the other way around.