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Before Howard Pyle, or N.C. Wyeth, there was F.O.C. Darley. The self taught artist was the son of theatrical performers. He was perhaps t ...
13 years ago
Delaware gun bill sponsor, Democrat Representative Valerie Longhurst talks guns and focuses on two pieces of legislation she’s supp ...
13 years ago
News of insider attacks has families at home worried about their soldiers in Delaware’s 153rd Military Police company. The unit is ...
13 years ago
Mount Airy group pushes to legalize backyard chickens
When people hear the term “backyard pets,” they usually think of cat and dogs, not chickens. Chickens are considered farm ani ...
13 years ago
Delaware Makers: Bebe Coker using theater to teach
Meet Bebe Coker, a Delaware resident and community activist for over 50 years who continues to make an impact on the community. ...
13 years ago
Pa. took $8.7 million from Philadelphia School District, gave it to charters
(Updated Feb. 21 with an additional comment from the PDE) The Philadelphia School District’s losing fight t ...
13 years ago
Delaware public schools show significant improvement in AP courses
Three school districts in Delaware receive national honor for succeeding in college level Advanced Placement courses. According to ...
13 years ago
Delaware Governor, AG move forward with new gun legislation
The first piece of gun legislation in a package Governor Jack Markell and Attorney General Beau Biden announced several weeks ago was off ...
13 years ago
No cause found in double fatal fire in Delaware
Fire investigators have closed their investigation into a double fatal fire in December without determining what sparked the deadly blaze ...
13 years ago
Spill settlements questioned in Paulsboro
Settlements are being offered to resolve last year’s Conrail chemical spill in Paulsboro, New Jersey. It appears the residents are ...
13 years ago
Woman escapes Germantown house fire by jumping from second-floor window
A Germantown woman jumped out a window on the upper floor of a burning home early Tuesday morning to save herself, Philadelphia Fire Depa ...
13 years ago
Philly courthouse evacuated over anthrax threat [updated]
Fire officials say part of the federal court building in Philadelphia had to be evacuated for about an hour after the discovery of a lett ...
13 years ago
West Chester teachers ditch student desk chairs for yoga balls
When students at one suburban Philadelphia school work diligently at their desks, they aren’t exactly sitting still. The fif ...
13 years ago
Bryn Mawr College honors rocker, Patti Smith, with Katharine Hepburn Award
Brought to you by Freemans Auctioneers, The Circuit, with Caroline Stewart, takes you to Bryn Mawr College’s Katharine Hepburn Medal aw ...
13 years ago
Ethics Board reassures Philadelphia on non-profit grants
The Philadelphia Ethics Board has assured Mayor Nutter that standard philanthropic grants to city agencies won’t trigger repo ...
13 years ago