Tom Byrne

When former U.S. Senator and former Delaware Gov. Tom Carper retired from the U.S. Senate in Jan. 2025, he promised to remain active working on projects focused on “creating jobs that promote clean energy.” This week, Carper and the Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN) at the University of Delaware formally launched the Carper Collaborative on Climate and Jobs.And Carper sat down with Delaware Public Media's Tom Byrne to discuss this new initiative and what he hopes to accomplish with it.

Western People reporter Tom Byrne tried out Ashford Castle's new offering - ‘Paula Pastry at The Drawing Room’ - last week.

League leaders, St Patrick's Athletic, let a two-goal lead slip after two moments of brilliance by Galway United's Aaron Bolger salvaged a 2-2 draw for the Tribesmen at Eamonn Deacy Park.

A Monday night shooting at Delaware State University leaves one person injured.

Table-toppers Shamrock Rovers defeated Galway United 3-1 at Eamonn Deacy Park thanks to first-half goals from Michael Noonan and Adam Brennan, as well as a superb second-half strike by Tunmise Sobowale.

Voters in school districts across the state went the polls Tuesday for school board elections.

The Ballinrobe Races takes place again this evening.

This week, Delawareans in the city of Wilmington and throughout the state bid farewell to former Wilmington mayor Mike Purzycki. Purzycki died last week at the age of 80 and in the days following his death and at his funeral this week, much of the discussion about his impact understandably focused on his two terms as mayor and his 10 years spent shaping the massive development of Wilmington’s Riverfront as Executive Director of the Riverfront Development.But there is more to Purzycki’s legacy that those two things. Among them is his work on the Wilmington Hope Commission, which has focused on re-entry services and recidivism. And it’s that part of Purzycki’s story that three people who worked with him on the Hope Commission focused on in a piece they co-authored last week after his death.This week, host Tom Byrne sat down with those three people – Delaware State Univ. President Tony Allen, who served with Purzycki as the group’s founding co-chairs, former Hope Commission Executive Director Charles Madden and Darryl "Wolfie" Chambers, founder of the Center for Structural Equity, and a volunteer and advisor to the Commission – to discuss their piece “He Was “Enough”: Remembering Mike Purzycki."

When the new Claymont Transportation Center opened in December 2024, it completed some two decades of work to bring a new train station to Claymont, and was hailed as a foundational piece in the effort to redevelop the former Claymont Steel site and surrounding community.But two and a half years later, the facility was largely underutilized, sparking a new effort to make the Claymont Transportation Center the kind of hub it was intended to be.The Claymont-PHL Connector initiative seeks to bring a regional shuttle service connecting the Claymont Transportation Center to Philadelphia International Airport and more in the Philadelphia area.Among those behind the initiative is Tony Benson of EpiMind Consulting who joined Tom Byrne this week to discuss that effort.

Galway United marked a momentous occasion in Pearse Stadium with a 2-1 victory over Derry City thanks to two-goal hero Stephen Walsh.