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Feline distemper kills dozens of cats at central Delaware shelter
The Kent County SPCA has been forced to suspend intake of cats after a deadly outbreak of feline distemper. The clinic in Camden, ...
14 years ago
Corbett’s education plan includes tax credits and vouchers
Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett is in York today outlining his education plan. What does it include? vouchers for low-income students in poor ...
14 years ago
West Philly press publishes book of MOVE accounts
Andrea Walls was a West Philly resident when a helicopter dropped a bomb onto 6221 Osage Ave., in 1985 the fiery culmination of the city& ...
14 years ago
Kent County SPCA cat intake closed as ditemper virus spreads
The Kent County SPCA is dealing with a distemper epidemic, forcing the shelter to close its cat intake and resulting in the loss of more ...
14 years ago
Cherry Hill Mall, nation’s fist enclosed shopping center east of the Mississippi, turns 50
Some things you might not have known about the Cherry Hill Mall: It’s got underground delivery tunnels, rose out of farmland ...
14 years ago
Delaware Governor meets with colleagues to discuss job creation
Delaware Governor Jack Markell says his visit to Connecticut Tuesday to meet with other governors focused on two key issues: jobs a ...
14 years ago
Delaware County company selling Pothead candy line
Pothead candy — gummies, lollipops and ringpops in the shape of pot leaves — is being sold by a Delaware County company ...
14 years ago
Supreme Court rejects prosecutors’ request to re-impose Mumia Abu-Jamal death sentence
Prosecutors did not get the answer they wanted from the U.S. Supreme Court when court rejected their request to re-impose the death penal ...
14 years ago
Delaware gas prices continue to tumble
Prices at the pumps in Delaware are down four-cents from a week ago, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic. A gallon of gas now goes for a ...
14 years ago
Middle school no longer part of Delaware’s Race to the Top Partnership Zone
Delaware’s Bayard Middle School won’t be getting the financial assistance that comes with Race to the Top attention. ThatR ...
14 years ago
NBA cancels first two weeks of season amid labor negotiations
Two weeks of the NBA season are gone after Commissioner David Stern made good on his promise yesterday to cancel two weeks of games is no ...
14 years ago
New Castle County Council President announces candidacy for Delaware’s lone Congressional seat
The President of New Castle County Council plans to run for Delaware’s only seat in the US House of Representatives. Republi ...
14 years ago
An audio tour of Independence Mall and the economic effects of a shortened Sixers season
Good morning, Feeders! Later, join Peter Crimmins as he gets an audio tour of Independence Mall from a blind historical re-enactor ...
14 years ago
Central Delaware animal shelter will not accept cats for two weeks
The Kent County SPCA says it’s unable to take in more cats until later this month. Operators of the shelter say the tw ...
14 years ago
Vineland takes time to mourn loss of police dog
Vineland lost its first police K-9 Monday, and the city is taking time to mourn the German shepherd they way it would any other officer. ...
14 years ago