The fight for Philadelphia Pike

Sixteen couples plan to be married by New Castle County's Clerk of the Peace on August 8, 2008, hoping to draw good luck from the triple eights, auspicious numbers in Chinese culture.

After 10 years of accepting only cash for marriage licenses, New Castle County's Clerk of the Peace is now accepting credit and debit cards.

Changing fashion trends keep interior designers on their toes and a good designer must keep up with trends while creating rooms that never go out of style, said Joyce Keeney, fouder of Interior Concepts in Hockessin.

The Community News, in cooperation with the Greater Hockessin Area Development Association, will hold a candidates forum August 18, and wants you – our reader – to submit questions.

The Community News, in cooperation with the Greater Hockessin Area Development Association, will hold a candidates forum August 18, and wants you – our reader – to submit questions.

The recycling center in Lantana Square shopping center, the No. 1 site in the state, has two months to find a new location.

Changing fashion trends keep interior designers on their toes and a good designer must keep up with trends while creating rooms that never go out of style, said Joyce Keeney, fouder of Interior Concepts in Hockessin.

The Community News, in cooperation with the Greater Hockessin Area Development Association, will hold a candidates forum August 18, and wants you – our reader – to submit questions.

The $44 million renovation of the historic P.S. duPont High School, which opened in 1935, is nearly complete and incorporates the old with the new.

A dozen Brandywine Hundred residents voiced their opposition Tuesday to a proposed town center at the southwest corner of Concord Pike and Beaver Valley Road.

Until recently, Carl Colantuono was a supporter of New Castle County Councilman John Cartier, but made an 11th hour decision to run for the 8th District seat himself.

Brandywine Hundred’s Robert Valihura is running for a sixth term in the General Assembly. Valihura will face Democrat Dennis Williams in November.

The Charter School of Wilmington Board of Directors will keep President Ron Russo at the helm of the highly successful school for this coming school year after hearing from several students, parents and faculty members upset at a possible shift. The Red Clay charter school is regularly ranked No. 1 in the state for students meeting English and math standards.

The Brandywine School District has held two public meetings focused on an issue that comes to the forefront of people's minds when it comes to schools – discipline. Superintendent of Schools Jim Scanlon said consistency in doling out discipline is important as is addressing minor infractions, such as tardiness, before they develop into more serious issues.

Changing fashion trends keep interior designers on their toes and a good designer must keep up with trends while creating rooms that never go out of style, said Joyce Keeney, fouder of Interior Concepts in Hockessin.

Newark Natural Foods has nearly finished renovations to double the size of its store, adding more frozen food and produce from local farmers to meet the demand of its growing customer base.

An autopsy performed at the Seaford Animal Hospital on Aug. 6 has determined that the cause of death for two Harbeson-area goats, belonging to Lawson's Produce owner Bob Lawson and found July 31, was an attack by an as-yet-unidentified animal.

Barbara “Barb” Hudson, lifelong Laurel resident and educator, will announce her candidacy for the 40th District Representative seat in the Delaware House of Representatives on Aug. 9. She will challenge incumbent Republican Clifford "Biff" Lee for his House seat.

Today’s middle class is gradually disappearing due to a failing economy, high gas prices and job outsourcing. As a member of the middle class here in Delaware, I have personally felt the effects of this over the past eight years.

Local crime is not a mere local issue.  Weapons and drugs do not simply materialize in our communities; rather they travel great distances and cross many borders before arriving in our neighborhoods.  The issue is inescapably national and requires federal intervention.