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Spotlight on Sayreville: Community strives to brighten holidays for Hurricane Sandy’s victims
To drive down low-lying streets in Sayreville is to witness a seasonal time-warp. A week before Christmas, scattered front yards d ...
14 years ago
Guns in schools? Good for business!
On Meet the Press yesterday, National Rifle Association honcho Wayne LaPierre said: “If it’s crazy to call for putti ...
14 years ago
School burglar caught in Wilmington
Wilmington Police arrest someone they call a “career burglar” after he allegedly broke into a Bayard Middle School. The ...
14 years ago
New leaders for Delaware money committees
House Speaker-elect Pete Schwartzkopf (D-Rehoboth) is out with his committee assignments for the next General Assembly session which star ...
14 years ago
Unpacking a box of memories, recalling an unusual friend
My wife and I, suburban empty-nesters, have been discussing a move to a Center City condo. “Listen, buster,” she said ...
14 years ago
Few tests done at toxic sites after superstorm
For more than a month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has said that the recent superstorm didn’t cause significant proble ...
14 years ago
Phone lines ready for 2012 NORAD Tracks Santa
Volunteers are pulling on their Santa hats, phone lines are set, and tracking screens are ready — NORAD Tracks Santa is primed for ...
14 years ago
Chestnut Hill herb and extract business faces opposition from near neighbors
Confusion over a zoning variance denied to the owners of an East Mermaid Lane business turned into a public dispute during December’ ...
14 years ago
N.J. may end requirement that college students carry health insurance
A measure that would scrap a health insurance mandate for college students in New Jersey is making its way through the state Legislature. ...
14 years ago
Bikeadelphia: Philly gets some love for its ‘bike-ability’
First there was “walk-ability”– a score ranking neighborhoods on ease of getting around on foot. Now there’ ...
14 years ago
N.J. towns, property owners slow to fight southern pine beetles
New Jersey State Forester Lynn Fleming said not a single municipality has taken the state up on $10,000 grants to suppress the tree-killi ...
14 years ago
Urban League offers help to apply for foreclosure review
There’s help available for some area residents who went through foreclosure in 2009 and 2010. Homeowners able to show there w ...
14 years ago
This evening marks Christmas eve – for many families, it’s a time to reflect, light the tree, and sing songs. In their weekly ...
14 years ago
Wherein a snow-bound Jewish divorcee and her two sons encounter the random kindness of a family inspired by Christmas. I have cele ...
14 years ago
Certain Poor Shepherds, Scene 7: The stars, a hard truth, and a sweet surprise
In Day 7 of “Certain Poor Shepherds,” our Christmas tale by Chris Satullo and Tony Auth, the story concludes with one parting ...
14 years ago