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Wilmington City Council votes to increase fines on saving parking spaces

Wilmington City Council voted to increase the fine for reserving parking spaces in the city, but it's still not clear why the ordinance's sponsor felt the increase was needed. City Councilwoman Zanthia Oliver's ordinance to raise the civil penalty from $60 to $75 passed by a 10-3 margin, but she never answered multiple
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Delco Gang Leader Ordered Man’s Execution In Industrial Park: DOJ

A high-ranking street gang member who authorized the kidnapping and execution-style killing of a Delaware man at a Pennsylvania industrial park has learned his fate, federal prosecutors announced Thursday, Oct. 1. Dwayne Alexander, 42, of Philadelphia, was a high-ranking member of the Shotgun Crips …
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VIDEO | More dreams of home ownership to be fulfilled in Wilmington

What is now an empty plot of land in Wilmington's Prices Run neighborhood will be transformed over the coming months into new affordable homes. Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County's project is known as Masons Row. (appearing in the video: Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County CEO Kevin...
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Delaware County Sheriff’s Office rolls out new body-worn cameras that can translate languages

The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office is rolling out new body-worn cameras that can translate languages in real time.
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Delaware Police Say Fake FedEx Drivers Took $680,000 in Electronics. One Walked Back to...

The paperwork said FedEx. The trailer held more than $680,000 in electronics. And according to Delaware State Police, the whole thing came apart the next day in a shopping-center parking lot off Interstate 95, when one of the men accused of taking it walked back toward the truck while troopers were standing there talki
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Why Upper Darby School District is considering 4-day schedule

Superintendent Dan McGarry said the model could be an option for a district facing financial constraints and teacher turnover.
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DOJ: New Castle County officers justified in 2023 home invasion shooting

State report says three officers reasonably believed deadly force was necessary after confronting armed suspects leaving a New Castle home NEW CASTLE, Del. — Three New Castle County police officers were legally justified when they opened fire on suspects during a 2023 home invasion response, according to a Delaware Dep
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That 1st cup of coffee is getting closer: New N.J. Wawa store nears opening,...

A new Wawa with gas pumps is closing in on opening day at the Pole Tavern Circle in Salem County, where hiring is underway as construction enters its final stages. The convenience chain’s new store at 759 Route 40 in Upper Pittsgrove Township is ending construction at the busy intersection of Routes 40 and 77.
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Wilmington Native James Verderamo Comes Home as Sweeney Todd

MILTON, DE — Wilmington native James Verderamo has returned to Delaware for his professional theater debut in his home state, taking on the title role in Milton Theatre’s production of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” after a journey that included 10 years of active-duty service in the U.S. Air Force an
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Sally Goswell, Fair Hill Training Center General Manager, died Sept. 28

Sally Goswell, 72, longtime general manager of Maryland’s Fair Hill Training Center, died peacefully at her home in Newark, Del., on Sept. 28 of pancreatic cancer. Sally was born Oct. 6, 1953 in Washington, D.C., to Frank R. Stoner III and Sarah Sutherland Stoner. She grew up in Sewickley,...

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