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Marple Township Walmart evacuated after man points BB gun inside store: police

Police responded to reports of a man with a gun at the Walmart on South State Road in Marple Township on Wednesday, September 30. Officers took Taeshawn Salmon into custody outside the store without incident and recovered a BB gun rifle inside. Salmon is awaiting arraignment and faces charges of...
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Beyond the Spotlight: 10 Legends Who Found a Quieter Life in Delaware

Delaware’s life beyond the spotlight is easier to understand through studios, village institutions and historic gardens than through a list of supposed celebrity hideaways. Its cultural history includes nationally known figures and people whose legendary standing is strongest within the state. The ten lives below do no
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Bayard Taylor’s Historic Kennett Square Estate, Cedarcroft, Lists for $3.1 Million

More than 160 years after Bayard Taylor built it, the Kennett Square home where the celebrated writer and diplomat entertained some of the era’s leading literary figures is up for sale again, with an asking price of $3.1 million. Known as Cedarcroft, the brick estate at 108 Gatehouse Drive...
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Media’s Towne House: A Delaware County Dining Landmark Since 1951

Babe D’Ignazio reportedly once buzzed State Street in his plane and nearly landed in trouble with the law. But he’d go on to leave a far more lasting mark on Media. That mark is the Towne House. For much of the past 75 years, the restaurant at 117 Veterans Square has been one of Media’s most recognizable dining spots.
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Paulsboro man pleads guilty in Elizabeth Ave. shooting that killed one

Ramon Acevedo admitted in court this week to fatally shooting a woman during a dispute at a Paulsboro home and wounding a juvenile who fled the scene. The 41-year-old now faces decades in prison.
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Man arrested for threatening people inside Delco Walmart with gun, police say

A man is under arrest after threatening people with a BB gun that appeared to be real at a Walmart store in Delaware County on Wednesday, according to the Marple Township Police Department. Officers were called to the Walmart store located at 400 South State Road in Marple Township around...
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N.J. man pleads guilty to killing fiancée, shooting her 15-year-old daughter

A Gloucester County man who called 911 on himself after fatally shooting his fiancée and wounding her daughter in January has pleaded guilty. Ramon Luis Acevedo, 40, of Paulsboro, pleaded guilty Monday to first-degree murder, second-degree aggravated assault and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purp
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Tragedy at the State Fair

In the 1800s, the Delaware State Fair was held in September, unlike current day when the event is held in July. In that era, the fair was held in Wilmington and visitors had to travel by stagecoach or horse and buggy, although train travel made it easier by 1898. Yet, a report in the Delaware Gazette and State Journal,
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Jerk Fry City now open in Wilmington, Delaware

Shannon Thompson, owner of Jerk Fry City Delaware, talks to Good Day Philadelphia viewers about her amazing cuisine & specialty products that keeps customers coming back for more!
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Delaware Pastor Admits To Orchestrating $544,764 Fraud Scheme

A Delaware pastor has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after running a $544,764 pandemic relief fraud scheme. Brian Pitman, 47, a church leader with Delaware County ties who pastored a 350-member congregation, served as a volunteer police chaplain and ran a mentoring program, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and filin

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