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Increased police presence at Philadelphia rec centers with basketball leagues

In case Hurricane Irene has started to affect your memory, here’s the series of events leading up to the increased police presence ...

14 years ago

Delaware residents on Irene: “We’d rather prepare for snow.”

Craig Schulz had been looking forward for months to taking his wife and baby daughter to Dewey Beach for the first time. They had planned ...

14 years ago

South Jersey residents brace for Irene, evacutate

The red flags are up warning swimmers to stay out of the water, but there were a handful of people on the beach in Point Pleasant enjoyin ...

14 years ago

Irene’s arrival foils freshman dorm move-ins

Across New Jersey, incoming freshman itching to move out of mom and dad’s house are just going to have to wait. Same goes for moms ...

14 years ago

Life in prison for former Delaware pediatrician convicted of rape

A Delaware pediatrician convicted of abusing scores of young patients over more than a decade will spend the rest of his life in prison ...

14 years ago

Weekend visitations canceled at New Jersey state prisons

Inmates at some New Jersey state prisons could be evacuated as Hurricane Irene nears, but evacuations or not, no one’s getting in. ...

14 years ago

Delaware orders evacuations of all coastal communities

Governor Jack Markell of Delaware is ordering an evacuation of coastal communities in all 3 counties.  Anyone living within 3/4 of a ...

14 years ago

Governor orders Delaware coast evacuation

If you live within three-quarters of a mile of Delaware’s coastline in any of the state’s three counties, Governor Jack Marke ...

14 years ago

Feed the Feed: Share your photos and stories of Hurricane Irene

When you’re clearing out the standing water, tossing your refrigerated items and waiting for someone to clear the tipped over trees ...

14 years ago

National Interest

Cheney’s tangled web

Seriously, folks, a Dick Cheney memoir? Haven’t we already filled our quota of summer fiction?The Cheney tome, set for official rel ...

14 years ago

Delaware pediatrician gets life in prison

A former Delaware pediatrician has received a life prison sentence in one of the nation’s worst cases of child sexual abuse – ...

14 years ago

Corbett talks state’s preparedness for Irene

We’ve heard a lot from New Jersey about how to prepare for Irene. Gov. Chris Christie declared a state of emergency yesterday, and ...

14 years ago

Vets warn pet owners to factor animals into emergency plan

Your windows are bolstered, you moved the junk out of the basement and now it’s time to wait for the hurricane. What are you ...

14 years ago

Delaware hurricane forecast: 5 to 10 inches of rain, wind gust 80+ mph

Hurricane Irene is trudging northward towards a date with the Mid Atlantic, bringing a rather large and significant storm our way. ...

14 years ago

Grocery store opens in time for Irene, Shore venue events canceled

Good morning, Feeders! The earthquake is a thing of the past as we move into the weekend and Hurricane Irene moves toward the coast. ...

14 years ago

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