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Watchdog groups want politics out of drawing Pennsylvania’s legislative map
As state lawmakers in Pennsylvania prepare to draw new legislative districts this year, government reform advocates are calling for a mor ...
15 years ago
Mastery Charter wants 6th grade at two Renaissance Schools
Two K-5 Mastery Charter Renaissance Schools are seeking to include sixth graders. Mastery-Smedley in Frankford and Mastery-Mann in West P ...
15 years ago
Langford not ready to support state tourism district
In his State of the City address this afternoon, Atlantic City Mayor Lorenzo Langford said the plans for a state-run tourism district in ...
15 years ago
Darby Township passes fine on spot saving
Better think twice before you drag that patio chair out to the street to save your snow cleared parking spot. Darby Township is pre ...
15 years ago
Special election today for New Castle County Executive
Poll are open until 8 p.m. for today’s special election in New Castle County. Four candidates face off in the race to replace Count ...
15 years ago
Vineland City Council may override mayor’s trash fee veto
Vineland City Council may soon vote to override Mayor Robert Romano’s veto of a flat trash fee bill. City Council adopted the ordin ...
15 years ago
Live video of Christina Taylor Green’s funeral
The Associated Press will air a live broadcast of the funeral services for Christina Taylor Green. The 9-year-old granddaughter of former ...
15 years ago
Drinking game concept based on Nutter’s accountability
There are a lot of rules and a lot of drinking. The Philadelphia Examiner’s Aaron Proctor proposes a new approach to Mayor Michael ...
15 years ago
Probation and Parole staff collect winter coats
Thanks to the efforts of Delaware Probation and Parole staff, more than 100 winter coats have been collected for local shelters and chari ...
15 years ago
Toms River man pleads guilty to child pornography charges
A former youth camp leader in Toms River, NJ, has pleaded guilty to charges of transporting child pornography over the Internet. Steven T ...
15 years ago
Giffords’ surgeon is son of pioneering Del. doctor
Dr. Gerald Lemole, the man who developed the first open heart surgery program in the state of Delaware, says from what he’s heard, ...
15 years ago
9-year-old Arizona shooting victim is made honorary member of Delaware State Senate
Nine-year-old Christina Taylor Green, one of the six people killed in the Tucson Arizona shootings, was posthumously named an honorary me ...
15 years ago
Who’s accurately reporting the Philadelphia weather?
Let’s face it: none of the news stations get the weather right. During any given snow storm, we’re either getting none or the ...
15 years ago
Anonymous poll seeking mayoral opinions
There’s a poll being taken around the city about Michael Nutter and his abilities as mayor. But no one can figure out who’s b ...
15 years ago
Lowering health care costs, mistakes
Delaware’s Congressional delegation was at A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children this morning, praising the hospital for its leadership ...
15 years ago