Delaware
Sussex Printing Corp. under new ownership
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Sussex Printing Corp. was purchased by O’Rourke Media Group for $1 million. | PHOTO COURTSEY OF GOOGLE
SEAFORD — The Sussex Printing Corp., longtime writer of regional categorised and promoting publication The Information, has been offered to a multi-state media firm targeted on buying local-recognized manufacturers.
O’Rourke Media Group acquired the corporate, together with its plant in Seaford, The Information and its related web site as of March 31. The property sale was recorded at $1 million, in response to Sussex County deeds. O’Rourke Media Group took over the corporate as of April 1 and retained the present 50 staff.
“I’m excited to welcome The Information and all of their staff into our firm,” O’Rourke Media Group CEO Jim O’Rourke mentioned in a press release. “As I studied this Delmarva market and received to know Amy and Tim, the present homeowners, I simply received an increasing number of enthusiastic about this firm. The Information has a powerful model and aligns properly to our development technique because it pertains to print promoting, printing & design, and digital. We’re charged as much as work with the crew on increasing our digital enterprise and company within the state of Delaware, and we love the market’s proximity to Philadelphia, South New Jersey and Maryland.”
O’Rourke Media Group at present operates in six states with a full-service digital company and 23 publications and hyperlocal web sites. Since launching in 2018, the corporate owns property, together with many neighborhood newspapers in Arizona, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Minnesota and Vermont.
Outlined on its web site, the O’Rourke Media Group’s enterprise technique is to transition local people newspapers and publications to a web based platform. Its main income is promoting print and digital promoting and advertising and marketing options to native companies. Goal acquisitions embody firms with established manufacturers, constructive money circulation and a wholesome base of advertisers.
Based in 1959, Sussex Printing Corp. is a full-service, family-owned printing firm, dealing with merchandise that vary from enterprise playing cards, brochures, contracts, menus, books and extra. It additionally serves as a weekly categorised advertiser on the Delmarva peninsula via its two publications: The Information and The Maryland Information. Each publications are delivered to 1,500 places throughout each Delaware and Maryland.
Amy Higgins, who owned the Sussex Printing Corp. with Timothy E. Ayers, was the third-generation proprietor of the enterprise till the sale. In a 2016 interview with the Delaware Enterprise Instances, Higgins acknowledged that lots of the Sussex Printing Corp.’s advertisers “held prime web page positions each week for almost 30 years,” indicating The Information’s energy within the southern Delaware market.
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Delaware
Toll increase goes into effect for several Delaware River bridges
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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A toll increase is now in effect for drivers crossing the Delaware River.
The toll for the Ben Franklin, Betsy Ross, Commodore Barry and Walt Whitman bridges is going from $5 to $6.
“I think it’s crazy, it’s ridiculous we’re already paying so much already in taxes as it is,” said Lauren Cozzi, of South Philadelphia.
“I’m really upset right now,” said Adnan Malik, of Pennsauken, NJ.
The Delaware River Port Authority says these funds will go towards bridge maintenance, operational costs, plus hiring and retaining additional police officers.
The is the first toll increase in over a decade.
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Delaware
Delaware State's Montes stops 2-point conversion for 17-15 win over Sacred Heart
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FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Eric Montes sacked John Michalski on a 2-point conversion attempt and Delaware State held off Sacred Heart 17-15 on Saturday night.
The Hornets (1-1) took a 17-9 lead on Jaden Sutton’s 39-yard touchdown run midway through the fourth quarter, but the Pioneers (0-1) responded with an 11-play, 66-yard drive. Xavier Leigh capped the drive by scampering around left end with 1:54 to play.
Going for the tie, Michalski rolled right but couldn’t find an open receiver before Montes loomed in front of him. Michalski reversed field but had a slight slip and Montes caught him from behind.
The Hornets couldn’t run out the clock, but Sacred Heart couldn’t make anything happen in the final 90 seconds.
A 41-yard pass from Marqui Adams to Kristian Tate gave Delaware State a 7-6 lead at the half.
Matt King’s third field goal put the Pioneers on top in the third quarter, but Nathan Wilson answered for the Hornets early in the fourth.
Adams threw for 150 yards and Sutton ran for 86 for Delaware State, which lost at Hawaii last weekend.
Leigh led Sacred Heart with 91 yards on the ground.
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Delaware
Missing Delaware fisherman missed call with family; Coast Guard asks for help
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REHOBOTH BAY, Delaware (WPVI) — The U.S. Coast Guard is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing Delaware fisherman who was last seen earlier this week.
Officials are searching for 46-year-old Dorian Yanke. He last spoke with family members on Monday around 7:30 a.m.
During the phone call, he reportedly informed family members he was going on a fishing trip in the vicinity of Rehoboth Bay, Delaware.
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The Coast Guard says he missed a call with family members on Tuesday. He was then reported missing the next day.
Yanke is about 6 feet tall and weighs roughly 200 pounds.
He was last seen wearing a tan shirt, navy shorts, and a navy ball cap.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Sector Delaware Bay Command Center 24/7 hotline at 215-271-4960.
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