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  • The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony recently to welcome Hunter Creek Homes to Georgetown. Hunter Creek Homes has been a trusted custom home builder in Sussex County for over 25 years. To learn more, visit www.huntercreekhomes.net. Pictured from left, front row: Lance Mears, Kristen Mears, Lindsay Samsel, Ashley Hamstead, Joan Hamstead, John Hamstead. Second row: Patricia Emory, Judy Townsend, Caitlin Wands. Back row: Bill Hansen, Jeff Chorman, Penuel Barrett, Rick Townsend, Alan Jester. Far right: Lee Johnson, Shannon Owens.
  • The renovations to the Civic Center include an expanded box office, lobby and food court, improved ADA access, safety barriers and better connectivity between the Civic Center and the Wicomico High School campus.
  • The Del-One Foundation presented a donation recently to the Elizabeth W. Murphey School in Dover. The school has served as a stable and loving home for children and youth in the state’s foster care system for over 100 years. For more information about the organization, visit www.murpheyschool.org. Pictured from left: Christina Reilly, Beth Pritchett and Amy Resh, Del-One Foundation; Mike Kopp, The Elizabeth W. Murphey School; and Jennifer Ellis and Sean Kemp, Del-One Foundation.
  • The Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce (CDCC) hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony recently for the new Macau Kitchen Restaurant & Bar located in Bally’s Dover Casino Resort. Chamber members and friends joined Bally’s Dover Vice President & General Manager, Nick Polcino, and the teams from Macau Kitchen and Bally’s Dover as the first diners to experience Macau Kitchen’s rich flavors of Asian cuisine. For more information, visit www.ballysdover.com.
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Funding a cure: CF fund grants over $6M for Alzheimer’s research

February 27th, 2025|Categories: BUSINESS|

By Mari Pack Last May, Michele Sands picked up a flyer promoting medical research studies for older participants, including an Alzheimer’s study at the newly established Delaware Center for Cognitive Aging Research (DECCAR) at the University of Delaware — and promptly folded it into her purse. Her late husband, Howard Sands, had died of Alzheimer’s in 2021, having worked as a pre-clinical medical research scientist for 35 years. With him in mind, Sands, [...]

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