I am an employee at Bayhealth, and I am posting this to bring awareness to the toxic, transphobic environment that is tolerated here. Over my time working for this organization, I have repeatedly witnessed and experienced harassment from other staff members regarding my identity.
It is exhausting to show up to work just trying to do your job and earn a living, only to be subjected to outright disrespect, mocking, and hostility from colleagues. This kind of ongoing environment takes a massive toll on mental health.
What worries me even more than my own situation is the impact on patient safety. If healthcare workers here feel entirely comfortable treating their own transgender colleagues like garbage, it raises serious red flags about how they treat vulnerable LGBTQ+ patients who come to this hospital expecting safe, unbiased, and compassionate care.

Bayhealth needs to step up, hold its employees accountable, and address the culture of bigotry that is currently being permitted behind the scenes.

PAID MOVING HELP NEEDED — TUESDAY 10/20 — NEWARK, DE 19702

Looking for 3–4 reliable college students or other individuals to help load a moving truck on Tuesday, October 20.

I'm moving out of a 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom apartment on the third floor with no elevator.

Everything will already be packed into boxes. I only need help carrying boxes and furniture downstairs and loading everything into the truck. No driving or transportation services needed.

Pay: $25/hour per person. Expect several hours of work.

($150 flat rate; even if this takes 3 hours you will receive at least $150 each)

Must be reliable, comfortable lifting and carrying furniture, and available Tuesday, October 20.

Please message me with your availability and whether you're applying individually or have a group of people who can help.

EDIT: No off loading help needed. I am moving out of state. Just need loading help from Newark apartment

Update on yesterday's story. Story at the link has been updated.

Open letter to Royal Radiance Spa in Pike Creek, Delaware. You recently hired a young lady from a job where she worked a guaranteed 4 day week, with an offer of a 40 hour week as an esthetician and an offer to pay for her medical assistant certification. The subject of the certification was never discussed again and within a month of her joining your staff, you changed the criteria of her duties with a mandate that she had to bring in 5 new clients a week. An unheard of expectation. This young lady was working in another profession and did not have current clients but you wanted 5 NEW clients a week. People that have been in this industry for years are not able to meet that expectation. Even with friends and family she could not ask anyone come for a service because of your overpriced facials. Because you were ill-prepared to have this business grow or the capital to wait for it to grow. You decided that this young lady would only come to work when needed. If there was a client that needed a service only then would reach out to her. You therefore eliminated her position without officially informing her. You did this to a single mother. You left a single mother with a small child with no income. As most young single mothers, she was already living paycheck to paycheck and you completely took away her paycheck. Also, you recently had positive reviews on YELP, it appears the majority of the reviews are from friends and family of the Dr., not patients.

Not sure if "announcement" is the best flair for this post, but it was my best guess.

Anyway! I just heard about this interesting thing, so I thought I'd mention it for anyone who owns a property:

If you own a home/property and want it to go to someone specific after you die, fill out/file a TOD Deed form and file it with your county's Recorder of Deeds.

The form basically says "When I die, I want this person/people to get my house, no questions asked. Regardless of whether I have a will or not, this TOD Deed document is what we all agree to go by. I can also revoke this any time."

Before this law went into effect, dealing with property transfers if you didn't have a will was a royal pain in the ass, but this law solves it with one form.

This law went into place in DE pretty recently (either 2025 or 2026, I can't remember), but it can saves soooo many headaches.

If you're in NCC, you can read more about it here:

https://www.newcastlede.gov/3026/Transfer-on-Death-Deeds

Enjoy!

From their FB page:

Today, October 15, 2026 at approximately 2:00 p.m., the Delaware Department of Elections (DOE) received and opened a letter which was discovered to contain a white powdery substance. Staff members followed security and USPS postal instructions on handling suspicious mail. The mail piece was isolated, staff members were decontaminated and evacuated, HVAC system was shut down, and law enforcement, state and federal partners have arrived at the office and are conducting the investigation and testing.

All election offices statewide have sent their non-essential state employees home in an abundance of caution.

Additional information will be provided to the public as the response continues.

Dre's Tri-State Edition covers DE/Philly/Baltimore. Today's Delaware free leads:

Bank-owned auctions Sunday Oct 18: - 318 W North St, Smyrna — 3bd/1ba, 1,108 sqft, vacant. $108K starting bid. - 212 Green Blade Dr, Dover — 3bd/1.5ba, 1,240 sqft. $102K starting bid. - 109 Surrey Dr, Seaford — 5bd/3.5ba, 4,140 sqft, vacant. $169K starting bid.

New Castle County sheriff tax sales Nov 10: - 421 W 22nd St, Wilmington 19802 - 826 N Lombard St, Wilmington 19801 - 109 Stroud St, Wilmington 19805 (Note: these are monition tax sales — a 60-day buy-back right exists, so do your homework.)

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Hey folks. I'm starting a new job up in Dover on Monday. I live like right on the border of Milton and Lewes near the Lewes-Georgetown highway. Anyway, just wondering how AM traffic from here to Dover is. I start at 8AM. I previously worked hybrid and went to the office (in NJ) a couple times a month, so I'm not much of a road warrior.

TIA!!

𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠! Pre-registration required (click the link).

Over 60,000 trees have been planted in the last three decades. This reforestation partnership with Delaware Nature Society has resulted in over 107 acres of former agricultural fields surrounding the original Middle Run forest converted into new, young forest.

Middle Run Natural Area is the largest of the County’s 251 parks and parcels, measuring 890 acres that stretch from Paper Mill Road, to Polly Drummond Hill Road, to Possum Park Road, nearly reaching Kirkwood Highway. Hikers and bikers enjoy the 17 dirt trails that wind through 15 miles of property. Birders appreciate the 227 different types of birds that frequent the area, along with white-tailed deer, rabbits, raccoons, red foxes, and turtles.

https://delawarenaturesociety.org/event/middle-run-tree-planting-2/

Alt text: Photo of a large group of volunteers planting trees in a field. Overlaid text: Middle Run Tree Planting, Middle Run Natural Area
Edited to re-add photo

I know Route 1 has tolls so is there a way to minimize tolls?

Any combo of local roads on Route 1?

Trying to find a few routes in case I need to divert during my commute either way.

I don't know what your story is, but I like your style.

Has anyone had trouble trying to reach Christiana Care PCP?

Nobody answers the phone

Their portal is down

You cannot leave a voicemail because the voicemail is FULL

like do they seriously think it’s good medical care to not ever have anyone answering the phones OR clearing odd voicemails?

Healthcare in Delaware SUCKS.

Hope to see everyone this weekend for No Kings: Vote Early in Newark! This event is part of a national day of action meant to mobilize the largest early vote turnout in American history.

• No Kings: Vote Early protest
• Sat Oct 17th
• 2:00-3:30pm 
• Corner of S College and Main St. in Newark

And to the inevitable trolls that comment saying something like "good job, we haven't had a king since the 1700s"... yeah, that's the point. We want to keep it that way.

Hey, just curious but my Mama and Sister are planning on getting matching Tattoos in the area. Can anyone suggest any good artist?? Maybe around the Rehoboth/Sussex area??

Hi Delaware friends —

The Nov. 3 election is almost here! Here are some related resources from WHYY News:

• Your one-stop shop: Have questions about the midterms? WHYY News’ voter hub has the answers.
• Voter FAQs: Looking for candidate breakdowns, election logistics and more? Check out WHYY News’ Delaware voter guide.
• Races to watch: Find out who’s running for which races, and what they stand for.
  • Attorney general: Kathy Jennings vs. David Graham
  • U.S. Senate: Chris Coons vs. Mike Katz
  • U.S. House: Sarah McBride vs. Joseph Arminio
  • State treasurer: Ted Lauzen vs. Mike Ramone
• Changing tides?: Progressives are positioned to gain seats in the midterms after ousting incumbent lawmakers.

From Macy’s store locator for upcoming events.

https://www.macys.com/s/events/lego-build-event/