Betsy Price

Nov 3, 2024 | delawarelive.com | Betsy Price

DETV's Ivan Thomas plans to give away 3,000 turkeys this year in his Big Ive's Turkey Drive, increasing the giveaway by about 400 over last year.

Oct 23, 2024 | townsquaredelaware.com | Betsy Price

DETV’s Ivan Thomas plans to give away 3,000 turkeys this year in his Big Ive’s Turkey Drive, increasing the giveaway by about 400 over last year. The program is the successor to Norman Oliver’s longtime Wilmington Thanksgiving giveaway, which gave away 250,000 turkeys over its 40-year run. “Last year’s Big Ive’s Turkey Drive taught me something powerful—when you truly listen to your community, you realize how much people need more than just food,” Thomas said Wednesday.

Oct 16, 2024 | townsquaredelaware.com | Betsy Price

During the first three years that nonprofit First State Educate has been at work in Delaware, it focused on finding school board candidates and supporting them in campaigns as a means to improve state education. While it remains the only state nonprofit to focus on building the capacity of school boards, the agency has begun to branch out. Now it:Holds free monthly workshops for board members and the public on topics such as how agendas are set, featuring state officials and involved residents.

Oct 2, 2024 | townsquaredelaware.com | Betsy Price

While Assurance Media will celebrate its 15th anniversary with a ribbon cutting and open house Friday in Milford, many of its employees have been working together for 20 to 35 years. The company installs low-voltage cabling as well as offering security, audiovisual systems and managed service solutions. Assurance sprang out of a Delaware information technology company, Infosystems, which included a small cabling division.

Sep 19, 2024 | townsquaredelaware.com | Betsy Price

CSC President and CEO Rod Ward III will give the keynote speech at Jan. 13’s annual Delaware State Chamber dinner on Jan. 13. The event, one of the best-attended business gatherings of the year, draws 1,100 politicians and business leaders together for a cocktail hour and then a dinner at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington.