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PSU riots over Paterno’s firing most costly in the last 15 years
At $190,000 in damages and 725 hours of police overtime, the riots on Penn State’s campus that followed football coach Joe Paterno& ...
14 years ago
Delmarva Power offers incentives for customers who conserve during hot weather
Customers of Delaware’s largest utility would get a reward if they voluntarily cut back on their electricity usage during hot summe ...
14 years ago
Delaware refinery to get billion dollar upgrade
The owners of the Delaware City Refinery have given tentative approval to spend one billion dollars to upgrade the facility. It ...
14 years ago
Preliminary hearing set for suspect in 13-year-old rape case
Ronald Ellis Mapp is back in Chester County and awaiting his preliminary hearing for a 13-year-old rape case. Mapp is believed to ...
14 years ago
N.J. legislation promotes the development of a youth suicide prevention plan
The New Jersey Senate has approved a plan to develop a statewide youth suicide prevention program. Now awaiting Gov. Chris Christi ...
14 years ago
Wedding morning: The world wears white; the boys play some street ball
On Rachel Levy’s wedding day, the world wore white. Early that morning, snow was general over the Delaware Valley. It had fa ...
14 years ago
Corbett will sign bill to extend Philadelphia’s red-light cameras
Without legislative action, Philadelphia’s red-light camera program would have expired at the end of the month. Bad news for ...
14 years ago
Photos of an early morning train derailment near East Falls
A CSX freight train derailed this morning near Martin Luther King Drive, between Falls Bridge and Montgomery Drive. Bas Slabbers captured ...
14 years ago
Delaware State Police probe an outbreak of residential break-ins
State troopers are investigating a series of residential burglaries in western Sussex County An estimated 25 burglaries have been ...
14 years ago
Seth Williams hosts holiday safety forum in West Oak Lane
Some West Oak Lane residents gathered Tuesday at the District Attorney’s Office Northwest Community Action Center to hear tips abou ...
14 years ago
The Conlin case – a monster among us?
Bill Conlin and I worked at the same paper for 20 years, but I never saw him more than a handful of times. The sports guys at the Daily N ...
14 years ago
Two local college athletes make very different Sports Illustrated appearances
Sports Illustrated is looking pretty local these days. The magazine and the website both have coverage of local college a ...
14 years ago
Bridgeton struggles with uniting business owners over language barriers
Imagine you’re in Downtown Bridgeton, N.J. You want to patronize the local businesses, but some have only Spanish-language signs, a ...
14 years ago
Delaware extends driver’s license renewal period to eight years
Delaware residents, make sure you’re satisfied with your driver’s license photos, because it’ll be eight years before y ...
14 years ago