Speak Up: Firefly to take place Sept. 22-25 in 2022

Something about September must have suited the Firefly Music Festival because it will again take place during that month in 2022. Officials announced in a video posted on the festival’s website and social media channels Wednesday that next year’s 10th-anniversary event in the Woodlands of Dover will take place Sept. 22-25.

• Noooo! — Lisa Kelley

• I guess schools will close again. — Diane Butters-Eastburn

• Why would schools close because of Firefly? It’s a weekend event. — Fabio Sabatelli

• Actually starts on a Thursday, and the schools closed this year during it. — Eric Wesley

• I really enjoyed our beginning-of-summer tradition! I’m really debating on retiring, depending on the lineup. — Jaso Lopez

Carney celebrates Veterans Small Business Week

Many veterans take what they learned in the U.S. military to the tough battlefield of small business. On Tuesday, Gov. John Carney and members of the General Assembly visited some small businesses owned by veterans to thank them for their service to the country and Delaware’s economy. Nationally, there are more than 500,000 veteran-owned businesses — in Delaware, there are 6,000.

• It would be nice that when a veteran loses a job through no fault of his own and applies for unemployment, they don’t have to wait months — and still waiting — to see anything from unemployment compensation. The only thing unemployment says is, “Your case is under review.” — Bob Hice