âIâll see you in heaven.â
It was the last thing Al Braccolino, 90, of Crown Point, told one of his daughters as paramedics loaded him into an ambulance Nov. 16. COVID-19 forced him into the final fight of his life.
Ten days later, the chair Al usually occupied at the Thanksgiving table would sit empty. The husband to his wife of 70 years, father of three and grandfather of six died on the holiday.
Alâs daughter, Sandra Noe, was herself suffering from COVID-19, which she contracted while caring for her sick parents, when the virus forced Alâs hospitalization.
Noe, 66, is no stranger to helping elderly shut-ins weather isolation.
DOVER, Del. (AP) A federal judge has granted a request by the U.S. Department of Labor to void a union election held by a Delaware chapter of the International Longshoremen’s Association. The judge declared Thursday that the results of a May 2019 held by Local 1694 in Wilmington are void and ordered that the union hold a new election within 60 days under DOL supervision.
ILA lawsuit throttles South Carolina container terminal traffic
It is unclear whether ocean carriers will avoid a newly opened container terminal in South Carolina until a labor dispute is cleared up. But at least for now, it appears most shipping lines are steering clear of the Port of Charleston’s Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal to avoid being caught up in a lawsuit filed by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA).
Over the next 15 days, only two container ships are slated to be handled at the Leatherman Terminal. Forty vessels are scheduled to berth at the Port of Charleston’s neighboring Wando Welch Terminal in the same time period.
Although still more than a year away, an N.C.-based company is already talking with local chefs, musicians and other vendors to fill a space that will include a food hall and music venue at 1315 S. 5th Ave.
Monarch Property Co., which is behind Raleigh’s Transfer Co. Food Hall, is also developing this social hall in the Greenfield Park/South Front areas near downtown Wilmington.
Food halls, which collect several dining concepts in one space, have been booming across the country. Food industry statistics show that their number has tripled since 2016.
Seaboard Social Hall will be a 43,000-square-foot gathering place in the former National Linen Service Building, near the local International Longshoremen s Association site and The Rusty Nail bar and blues club.