Latest Delaware Headlines
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New Delaware Insurance Commissioner Names Transition Team
Dec 4 2008 // Delaware’s Insurance Commissioner-elect says she’s chosen former New Castle County Executive Tom Gordon to serve on her transition team. Karen Weldin Stewart says she picked Gordon to evaluate the fraud unit in...
Delaware Student Seeks Damages for Gossip
Nov 30 2008 // A University of Delaware student from New Jersey has gone to federal court to find out who was responsible for posting gossip about her on a Web site. The woman, identified only as Jane Doe, also wants damages for what she...
Group Cites 3 Delaware Plants as High Risk Locations
Nov 26 2008 // A national group puts three Delaware plants among hundreds in the country that must consider new materials or changes in production to cut the risk of a public disaster. The Center for American Progress says Honeywell...
Fire Causes $800K in Damage to Delaware House
Nov 21 2008 // Fire officials are investigating a blaze that caused $800,000 in damage to a house in Greenville Manor, Delaware that was undergoing renovations. The fire broke out about 8 p.m. Tuesday in the 38000 block of Ardleigh...
Delaware Student Seeks Damages for Online Gossip
Nov 20 2008 // A University of Delaware student from New Jersey has gone to federal court to find out who was responsible for posting gossip about her on a Web site. The woman, identified only as Jane Doe, also wants damages for what she...
Delaware Safety Officials End Campaign Against Agressive Driving
Nov 18 2008 // The Delaware Office of Highway Safety has ended its 2008 Stop Aggressive Driving campaign. Statistics show 2,737 drivers were cited for speeding since the campaign began in July. Delaware police agencies made 26 arrests...
Democrat Stewart Wins Delaware Insurance Commissioner Race
Nov 5 2008 // Democrat Karen Weldin Stewart rolled to victory in the race to be Delaware’s next insurance commissioner. She defeated Republican John F. Brady, 56.9 percent to 41 percent in the final tally. The former state...
Voters Shuffle Deck of State Legislatures; Both Parties Claim Gains
Nov 5 2008 // Voters on Tuesday left their mark on the state political landscape, shifting the partisan control of state government in a dozen states. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Democrats gained control...
Delaware Court Approves $115M Settlement with Former AIG Execs
Oct 22 2008 // The Delaware Chancery Court has given preliminary approval to a $115 million settlement in a shareholder derivative action brought by the Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana against four former AIG executives...
Fire at Vacant Delaware Building was Arson
Oct 17 2008 // Fire investigators say a blaze that caused $250,000 damage at a building in Smyrna, Delaware was intentionally set. The fire was reported about 2 p.m. Sunday at the vacant Smyrna-Clayton Sun Times building in the first...
238 Charged for DUI at Delaware Checkpoints Since June
Sep 17 2008 // Delaware’s Office of Highway Safety says 238 people have been charged with DUI since July at checkpoints across the state. On June 27, the state began enforcing DUI laws in a campaign scheduled to end after New...
Renovated Delaware Boardwalk Will Support Fire Trucks
Sep 3 2008 // Planned renovations to the Rehoboth Beach, Delaware boardwalk will make it possible for fire trucks to drive on it. Boardwalk Committee Chairman Stan Mills says reinforcements to the center section will allow it support 20...
3 Democrats Vie in Sept. 9 Primary for Delaware Insurance Commissioner Post
Sep 1 2008 // One of the three Democrats vying for the party’s nomination for the Delaware insurance commissioner post formally launched her campaign with just three weeks before the Sept. 9 primary. Karen Weldin Stewart promised...
Democrat Stewart Launches Campaign for Delaware Insurance Post
Aug 20 2008 // With just three weeks until Democrats choose their nominee for insurance commissioner, one of the three candidates vying for the nomination has formally launched her campaign. Karen Weldin Stewart made her campaign...
Delaware Orders 11.5% Workers’ Comp Rate Cut
Aug 19 2008 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn is ordering a 11.57 percent across-the-board cut in average workers compensation premium rates effective October 1, 2008. Denn also said that he will consider making additional...
Campaign Donations Focus of Del. Insurance Commissioner Debate
Aug 15 2008 // The leading candidate in the race for the Democratic Party’s nomination for state insurance commissioner is defending himself from attacks from his rivals about his campaign contributions. During a debate Wednesday...
Storm Damages Closes Delaware Zoo
Aug 12 2008 // Delaware officials say the Brandywine Zoo in Wilmington will be closed through at least Wednesday after sustaining what is described as major damage during a powerful storm. Zoo Director Nancy Falasco says the animals are...
Delaware Police Issue 840 Speeding Tickets in 1 Month
Aug 7 2008 // Police in Delaware issued 840 speeding citations, including nearly 200 in one week, in the first month of a statewide crackdown on speeding. The state highway safety department is promoting the initiative, which also led...
Delaware County Suspects 9th Arson at Vacant Property
Jul 16 2008 // Delaware fire investigators say a fire at a vacant home in Sussex County earlier this week was intentionally set, the ninth arson at a vacant home in the area over two months. This Monday’s fire was reported around...
E&S Broker TAPCO Expands to Serve Delaware, New Jersey Retail Agents
Jul 8 2008 // TAPCO Underwriters, Inc., a Burlington, North Carolina-based excess and surplus lines managing general agency, is now offering its products and proprietary quoting and binding process to retail agents in Delaware and New...
