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Beach patrol candidates begin tough testing
REHOBOTH BEACH -- Even though it was more than five years ago, Kelly Gonzalez can remember her first beach patrol tryout vividly.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-16
Old New Castle will have its day after all
Nonprofit groups said Monday they will host a substitute event for a Day in Old New Castle, while the house-and-garden tour's 85-year host has a year off.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-16
Delaware just storm's afterthought
Today marks the day that Delaware and several other states in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast begin to dry out from a massive storm that caused flooding in many areas, leaving thousands without power and causing at least nine deaths since Friday.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-16
Talks on pollution buffers continue
Twin lawsuits against the state over its year-and-a-half-old rules on anti-pollution buffers around the Inland Bays may be headed for a settlement.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-16
Officials insist water supply safe for public
Public water supplies remain safe despite the unexpected discovery of toxic chemicals in a groundwater layer widely used by utilities, state and federal officials insist.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-16
Rising pollution puts water source at risk
New tests show that toxic pollution from an abandoned chemical plant near Delaware City is far worse than previously believed
delawareonline.com 2010-03-16
Scammers return with the spring
86-year-old Robert Bennett has this advice for his fellow senior citizens: "Make sure you know who you're dealing with"TODAY'S POLL
delawareonline.com 2010-03-16
Lack of jobs stalls Del.'s recovery
Delaware's ailing job market will be a drag on its economy that will cause the state to lag the mid-Atlantic during the emerging recovery, economists said Monday.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-16
Residents question Stoltz plans
Residents at Monday's meeting of the Greater Hockessin Area Development Association voiced objections to the proposed redevelopment of Barley Mill Plaza while others asked questions of Stoltz Real Estate Partners about their plans.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-16
On the ball all winter long
For many of the 390 young people playing on almost 40 teams at the Police Athletic League center in Garfield Park, the Urban Soccer League is the highlight of their week.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-15
Fed up with crime
Residents of Wilmington's Ninth Ward area say a shooting and an increase in burglaries and drug deals are an indication that their neighborhood is not as safe as it once was.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-15
'Polar Bears' raise more than $500,000 for Special Olympics
2,323 people stripped down to their swimsuits and dashed, skipped, dived or tiptoed into the ocean Sunday afternoon as part of the annual Polar Bear Plunge, a fundraiser for the Special Olympics.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-15
Waiting for a bite
A puddle in a front yard near Bowers Beach became a fishing hole for these kids Sunday.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-15
'By George' harsh, often funny
The City Theater Company regularly offers a platform to local playwrights. This year, George Tietze is showcased with a set of six one-act plays that almost coalesce into something more unified.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-15
Wilmington residents offered free trees
Federal grant funds program to expand city's green canopy
delawareonline.com 2010-03-15
Seaford School District sets referendum on repairs
If the referendum is approved it would raise the average property owner's taxes by about $10 a year, the district says
delawareonline.com 2010-03-15
Seaford considers starting 5th-grade music academy
Some Seaford students may be getting an intensive exposure to music next year.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-15
Del. FOIA champions enjoy the 'sunshine'
DOVER -- When Karen Peterson was considering running for the state Senate in 2002, Democratic activist Maryanne McGonegal asked her a question: "How would you feel about opening the General Assembly to the public?"
delawareonline.com 2010-03-15
Battle over gambling sites looms in Legislature
Developers will start circling the General Assembly this week as legislators debate whether to grant more of the most lucrative licenses within their power: the right to open a new gambling casino.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-15
Accusations fly over deaths of endangered bats at zoo
The idea was for the National Zoo to establish a captive colony of endangered Virginia big-eared bats, to shield them from a deadly epidemic and ensure that there would be survivors should the wild population be destroyed.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-14
Westside coalition holds March meeting Wed.
The Westside Neighborhood Coalition will hold its March meeting at 6:30 pm Wednesday at St Paul's Catholic Church Hall, Third and Van Buren streets, Wilmington.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-14
New Castle meetings introduce Weed and Seed program
Two meetings will be held in the next two weeks to acquaint residents along the Del 9 corridor in New Castle about the new federal Weed and Seed program being considered for their communities.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-14
Yemen says ex-Delaware man fooled guard by asking to pray
An American al-Qaida suspect detained in Yemen fooled his hospital guards into unshackling him by asking to join them for prayers, security officials said Saturday.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-14
Obama seeks overhaul of 'No Child' law
President Obama on Saturday proposed overhauling the No Child Left Behind law that was his predecessor's hallmark education initiative, aiming to eliminate several controversial mandates on public schools but adding new ones.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-14
Senators bristle as Obama calls for no special deals in health bill
President Barack Obama says he wants projects helping specific states yanked from the health care bill Congress is writing.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-14
DNREC yard waste site closing for 2 days
The Delaware Natural Resources and Environmental Control's Polly Drummond Hill Community Yard Waste Demonstration Site will be closed for maintenance activities from Tuesday until Thursday.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-14
Volunteers sought to plant dune grass
The state is soliciting the help of volunteers to plant dune grass along the coast.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-14
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Irish Festival a family celebration of St. Pat's
Despite pounding rain, howling wind and the cancellation of the St Patrick's Day parade, Barbara Mulrooney could not have been happier as she celebrated the Irish Saturday.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-14
Being the 'Top' teens they can be
Teyona Anderson, last year's winner of television's "America's Next Top Model," spent a year in Delaware when she was 14 and a ninth-grader at Christiana Junior High School.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-14
Newark reviewing park plans
Newark officials still are taking comments on three possible designs for a new park on the former site of the historic Curtis Paper Mill.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-14
Del. gains $2 million in carbon credit sale
Delaware sold more than $2 million worth of smoke last week through a regional program created to reduce climate-changing greenhouse-gas emissions.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-14
Students spring to action for Haiti
College students across the state have found a calling helping Haiti.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-14
A risky road for those on foot
Traffic experts look for a fix after 22 fatalities over an 8-year period -- but options are limited along U.S. 13/40 near New CastleTODAY'S POLL
delawareonline.com 2010-03-14
Rain, wind rip region
After heavy rain all day and night Saturday, Delaware could see more showers this morning and more flooding in certain areas as some waterways were flowing at spillover levels.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-14
Questions raised on abuse in pope's old archdiocese
Germany's sex-abuse scandal has now reached Pope Benedict XVI: His former archdiocese acknowledged it transferred a suspected pedophile priest while Benedict was in charge and criticism is mounting over a 2001 Vatican directive he penned instructing...
delawareonline.com 2010-03-13
Haitians displaced by quake still living in makeshift tents
Trash and sewage are piling up at the squalid tent camps that hundreds of thousands have called home since Haiti's devastating earthquake -- and with torrential rains expected any day, authorities are not even close to providing the shelters they...
delawareonline.com 2010-03-13
Democrats look to act quickly on health care
Under White House pressure to act swiftly, House and Senate Democratic leaders reached for agreement Friday on President Barack Obama's health care bill, sweetened suddenly by fresh billions for student aid and a sense that breakthroughs are at hand.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-13
Bridge repairs to close or restrict section of I-295
Emergency bridge repairs will close or restrict a section of I-295 overnight next week, where a bridge carrying I-95 over I-295 was damaged by a hydraulic lift hauler several weeks ago.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-13
Wilmington firefighters give out smoke alarms
The Wilmington Fire Department will be conducting its spring "Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery" campaign from 11 am to 4 pm today.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-13
Rehoboth residents to discuss city plan
Residents will soon have an opportunity to weigh in on the city's future, as a public hearing regarding the city's Comprehensive Development Plan, a five-year outline for growth, has been scheduled for today.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-13
Bridesmaid's dress is stolen from her car
It's not uncommon for a bridesmaid to try to ditch her sometimes-unflattering dress after a wedding.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-13
Challenges stacking up in effort to keep Del. tidy
Delaware has no statewide littering awareness campaign, and some say that's why many people continue to trash the First State.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-13
Changes coming to Red Clay schools
With an eye on the job market, the Red Clay Consolidated School District is looking to make changes at all of its secondary schools during the next three to five years by adding or enhancing career pathways, many of them in the technical fields.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-13
Killer of fiancee gets death
Emmett Taylor III, 47, will be executed by lethal injection for the 2007 murder of his fiancee days before they were to be wed, a Sussex County judge ruled Friday.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-13
St. John's students soak up fundraiser fun
In keeping with a tradition going back to 2003, principal Dina Carol Vendetti of St John's Lutheran School on Friday made a spectacle of herself.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-13
Agencies see dollars in sports complex
When she saw the headline, Cindy Small grew more resolved to push for construction of a sports complex in Kent County.
delawareonline.com 2010-03-13
FBI probes Del. links of al-Qaida suspect
Former resident worked at area nuclear plants before arrest in Yemen
delawareonline.com 2010-03-13
Past woes haunting new bridge
Two years later, lawmakers want promised report on Indian River
delawareonline.com 2010-03-13
Wet, windy weekend in forecast
St. Patrick's Day parades canceled, but Polar Bear Plunge will go on
delawareonline.com 2010-03-13
Democrats gamble on health votes
House Democratic leaders Thursday abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming as...
delawareonline.com 2010-03-12
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