Wastewater Treatment facility. Natural gas service in Newark is provided by Delmarva Power, a subsidiary of Exelon. Health care Christiana Care Health System operates the Christiana Hospital to the east of Newark. The hospital has 907 beds, 22 hospital operating rooms, 10 outpatient operating rooms, an emergency room with the only Level I trauma center in Delaware, the state's only Level 3 neonatal intensive care unit, the state's largest maternity center, the Center for Heart & Vascular Health, and the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center. Notable people Joe Biden (born 1942), former U.S. Senator; 47th Vice President of the United States, 46th President of the United States Tarzan Cooper (1907–1980), professional basketball player Harry Coover (1917–2011), inventor Dave Douglas, golfer Tom Douglas, award-winning Seattle chef Joe Flacco, former University of Delaware football player; current New York Jets quarterback Anthony Fontana, professional footballer; current midfielder for the Philadelphia Union David Grinnage, former North Carolina State University football player; former NFL tight end for the Jacksonville Jaguars Wilbert L. Gore, chemical engineer and founder of W. L. Gore & Associates Orien Harris, former University of Miami football player; former NFL defensive end Richard Howell, former governor of New Jersey K. C. Keeler, former University of Delaware football coach Chad Kuhl, Major League Baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates Jack Markell, former governor of Delaware M. A. Muqtedar Khan, Muslim American intellectual and commentator Bilal Nichols, former University of Delaware football player; current Chicago Bears defensive end Harold "Tubby" Raymond, College Hall of Fame football coach George Thorogood, rock and roll musician Johnny Weir, U.S. figure skating champion Madinah Wilson-Anton, candidate for the Delaware House of Representatives Vic Willis, Hall of Fame baseball player Media Radio WVUD/91.3: University of Delaware Magazine Newark Life Magazine Newspaper Newark Post Notes References External links Brief History of Newark A History of Newark, from 1757 to 1888 from Thomans J. Scharf's Chapter on White Clay Creek Hundred in History of Delaware, 1609–1888. Official Delaware Tourism Website's list of Newark Attractions Populated places established in 1694 Cities in New Castle County, Delaware Cities in Delaware 1694 establishments in Delaware