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Delmarva makes case for land-based windpower (The Delaware Business Ledger)

June 8th, 2008

Delmarva Power President Gary Stockbridge says his utility has been “playing defense.” While at times appearing to be dead in the water, the Bluewater Wind offshore wind project off the coast of Sussex County continues to enjoy widespread support.
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Russian student pleads no contest in love triangle slaying

June 5th, 2008

Irina Malinovskaya Thursday to five years in prison with credit for time served. She will be released in 10 months.Malinovskaya has already been tried three times for the slaying of
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Annual Rehoboth Jazz Festival announces its 2008 lineup

June 5th, 2008

This week’s sign that the year is already moving fast: the 19th Annual Rehoboth Beach Autumn Jazz Festival has announced artists for the five-day event at the Rehoboth Convention Center, schedul…
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Rehoboth Art League ready to unveil its June exhibit

June 5th, 2008

Members of the Rehoboth Art League will assemble for their 35th annual Craft Exhibition on Friday, June 6. Hundreds of works in clay, wood, metal, glass and mixed media will be on display in the Corkr…
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Sussex County wants to take action on sewer upgrades in June

June 5th, 2008

Sussex County Council members say they want to move forward on a collaborative, regional plan for wastewater disposal with the City of Rehoboth Beach, but neither the council nor the city has decided …
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Possum Point players to present

June 5th, 2008

John Marino of Lewes will be directing the American classic “The Little Foxes” by Lillian Hellman at Possum Point Players in June. Tickets are now on sale for the production, which will ta…
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Nature Conservancy’s Delaware chapter eyes 150,000 acres (Cape Gazette)

June 5th, 2008

The Nature Conservancy’s Delaware chapter has ambitious plans for Lower Slower Delaware. “We have a lot of work to do in Sussex County,” said Roger L. Jones Jr., vice president and state director of The Nature Conservancy, Delaware chapter.
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DELMARVA: Storms topple trees, wall, cut power (The Daily Times)

June 5th, 2008

A powerful storm moved across Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland Wednesday evening, knocking down trees, blocking traffic and blowing over the front wall of a Lewes furniture store.
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A sweet new start in Coastal Sussex (Delaware Coast Press)

June 5th, 2008

MILTON — Sam Weiner loves to tell people what he did for a living in Philadelphia: ‘break into houses and sell deadly weapons.’
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Rail link to Pa. closer to revival (The Star-Ledger)

June 5th, 2008

A long-awaited plan to restore passenger rail service between Hoboken and Scranton, Pa., via the defunct Lackawanna Cutoff in Warren, Sussex and Morris counties took a major step forward yesterday.
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Plans to revive passenger rail service on move (The Express-Times)

June 5th, 2008

State transportation authority includes section of Lackawanna Cutoff in its proposal. A long-awaited plan to restore passenger rail service between Hoboken and Scranton via the dormant Lackawanna Cutoff in Warren, Sussex and Morris counties took a major step forward Wednesday.
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Sussex County approves expanded spray irrigation plan

June 5th, 2008

Sussex approves expanded spray irrigation plan
Sussex County Council has rejected a plan that would have put some treated sewage into the Atlantic Ocean.

Delaware Tourism Office Marketing Grants Awarded

June 4th, 2008

The Delaware Tourism Office awarded $160,468 in tourism grants to a total of 18 tourism organizations in the state. The grants help promote events, boost the marketing of attractions and promote trave…
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GM to close 4 plants, focus on small cars

June 4th, 2008

News ) officially blew up its old business model Tuesday, closing four pickup truck and sport utility vehicle factories, announcing a new small car that could get 45 miles per gallon and shedding 8,35…
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Jury clears Newark skinhead of murder

June 4th, 2008

The jury has found 35-year-old Thomas Gibison, of Newark, Del., not guilty of murder and ethnic intimidation.Gibison has been found guilty of the lesser charges of conspiracy and firearms violations.G…
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Suspect in fundraising shooting waives hearing

June 4th, 2008

A man accused of fatally shooting the leader of a Coptic church during a fundraiser has waived preliminary hearing in the Court of Common Pleas.Fifty-eight-year-old
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WATER TRAIL: Delaware, Maryland forge bi-state approach to protect Nanticoke River (The Daily Times)

June 4th, 2008

VIENNA — Natural resources officials from Maryland and Delaware traveled by boat Monday from this Dorchester County waterfront town to Phillips Landing, Del., and signed a pact supporting a bi-state effort that ensures long-term stewardship of the Nanticoke River — a premier component of the newly established Capt. John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail.
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CapeGazette.com - Covering Delaware’s Cape Region - Rehoboth wastewater (Cape Gazette)

June 4th, 2008

To paraphrase an old Cheap Trick song, the clock is about to strike 10 for Rehoboth Beach’s decision on its wastewater disposal future.
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Clerk of peace plans 2nd run (The Daily Times)

June 4th, 2008

GEORGETOWN — George Parish said he will seek a second four-year term as Sussex County’s clerk of the peace. He is the lone announced candidate for the office.
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REGIONAL ROUND-UP (The Daily Times)

June 4th, 2008

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Jury selection begins today for the trial in Hagerstown of a dairy farmer charged with animal cruelty for allegedly starving his cows.
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