Delaware News

As part of a national effort, 33 volunteers Sunday stuffed 1,500 valentines at the Hockessin Memorial Hall to help end the suffering of chained and penned dogs.

6, 2012--In March 1962, a powerful, slow-moving northeaster pummeled the mid-Atlantic coast, bringing huge waves, extreme winds and record-setting tides over the course of three days.

A bipartisan group of Delaware state legislators has sponsored a bill to ensure that when a person fails to report a missing child, he or she can be charged with endangering the welfare of that child.

New officers installed at the January meeting of the Delaware Federation of Republican Women are Anne Shreeve, third vice president; Paula Manolakos, second vice president; Mary Spicer, president; Cathy Keyes, first vice president; Rebecca Stancliff, treasurer; Anita Sterling, recording secretary and Jean Ardis, corresponding secretary.

In Delaware today, 19.8 percent of households are "asset poor," meaning they have little or no financial cushion to rely on if unemployment or another emergency leads to a loss of income, according to a report released recently by the national nonprofit Corporation for Enterprise Development.

The Delaware Air National Guard should fare better than other units around the country when Air Force officials cut almost 10,000 active, National Guard and Reserve airmen next year.

It was about 40 years ago, but it's hard to believe that any of Mark Perry's fifth-grade classmates... Birds, like these finches, have been scarce around feeders.

Westport, Conn., police issued this poster after the slaying of a jeweler and the theft of $300,000 in diamonds.

If the experience of Nevada casinos during the online poker boom of the early 2000s repeats itself, the poker tables at Dover Downs would see an influx of new gamblers if online poker were legalized in Delaware.

Al and Joe Panaccione at R&M Automotive. Al runs Deltire, near the garage. Joe has run his business for nearly six years, but Al is only months into the enterprise.

The seventh annual Women Supporting Women Through Opportunity Conference will be held Friday-Sunday, March 23-25, with an array of activities planned including eight workshops, door prizes, food, fellowship, and lots of fun and learning opportunities.

Brittany graduated from the Delaware Learning Institute of Cosmetology. After graduating she began to train under Stephan Maybroda for a year before going behind her own chair to showcase her abilities.

Caring For the Caregiver: What About Me? will be presented at the Cancer Support Community at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Feb.

Nemours/Alfred I. du Pont Hospital for Children and Delaware Sleep Disorder Centers recently announced a collaboration to provide sleep studies for children ages 6 to 18.

The new year has brought new reasons for optimism in the nation's long-depressed job market, bolstering a more widespread belief that the economy's forward momentum is being sustained.

DOVER - To achieve public compliance through education and enforcement actions that help conserve Delaware's fish and wildlife resources and ensure safe boating and public safety, DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife Enforcement agents issued 21 citations Migratory bird violations , Townsend and Woodland Beach; trespassing to hunt , Harrington; ... (more)

Cannery Village , A Milton's only resort destination community, features single family and twin home sites that are designed to create a semi-urban, small town community.

A In hisA weekly message , Governor Markell focuses on Delaware's largest industry: agriculture.A A Delaware has 2,480 farms that cover more than 40% of Delaware, over 490,000 acres.A Agriculture drives about $8 billion dollar of economic impact each year for Delaware.

Delmarva Christian High School is now accepting student applications for the 2012-2013 school year.

At the presentation of the 2012 Secretary's Award for Distinguished Service to Agriculture are Phyllis Hotchkiss; 2012 Secretary's Award for Distinguished Service recipient Bruce Hotchkiss;A Delaware Secretary of Agriculture Ed Kee; USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack; Patrice Scuse; 2012 Secretary's Award recipient Michael T. Scuse; U.S. Sen.