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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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