Hockessin chef simplifies gourmet cooking

A two-way standout for Alexis I. duPont, William "C.J." Jones smiles coyly when asked about taking snaps behind center at his new home, Boston College.

Since 2002, the Scott family has hosted an inner city youth for a two-week summer vacation through the nonprofit Fresh Air Fund.

Delawareans had the sun on their side for a change this weekend as they dug out of a massive snowstorm that dropped more than 20 inches in some parts of the state.

Ron Merritt is the assistant superintendent of All Saints Cemetery. He mainly works outside taking care of the grounds, a job he has held for 25 years.

Read up on Rebecca Dowling, the owner of the Hockessin Book Shelf, who not only runs a successful Lancaster Pike business, but also collaborates with her fellow entrepreneurs through the Hockessin Business Association.

Culinary instructor Diana Leitch teaches the finer points of gourmet cooking with a down-to-earth twist from her Hockessin kitchen.

Last summer, New Castle County Police Cpl. Amy Kevis and others pounded the pavement in Overlook Colony - getting out of their patrol cars and walking the streets of the neighborhood, engaging residents face-to-face along the way.

A little cold water is no problem for Joe de Rosa, a Brandywine Hundred resident who will take the Special Olympics Delaware Polar Bear Plunge with his son, grandson and great-granddaughter.

A bill pending action in the state House of Representatives seeks to give Delaware food banks and food pantries millions of dollars in additional funding each year.

New Castle County Executive Chris Coons will challenge Congressman Mike Castle for the U.S. Senate.

Students in Delaware in grades six through 12 have the chance to Get Up and Do Something and possibly win $1,000 plus co-direct a 30-second video commercial on healthy lifestyles for 12 to 18 year olds.

Fifteen students from Wilmington University’s Business Fusion program have organized the Green Energy Solutions event to help make the University more environmentally friendly. Green Energy Solutions will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Feb. 10 in the Alumni Center on the New Castle campus and will feature proposals on the benefits of shifting to solar power, wind power or geothermal power.

Paul Regan has been named acting director of Widener University School of Law’s Institute of Delaware Corporate and Business Law.

Dr. Christopher Casscells has been appointed to serve as president of the Medical School Foundation Board of Trustees by the University of Virginia.

Gov. Jack Markell has ordered the state of emergency imposed Feb. 5 to be lifted at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8. Many roads remain dangerous, however, and the governor urges continued caution while driving.

In the wake of the Haiti earthquake, members of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Wilmington  were asked to pray for those affected by the disaster, to contribute financially, and to make either hygiene or baby kits for Gifts of the Heart. Members and their friends donated $19,000 for Haiti Relief.

Instead of focusing on the negative aspects of health care reform and reporting on all of the negative town hall meetings, please show in your newspaper that a great percentage of folks are FOR health reform, not against it.

Barley Mill Plaza has already been beautifully developed by The DuPont Company. Now, under the disguise of a "Mixed Use Redevelopment," Stoltz is intent on unleashing a monstrosity of a project that will forever, detrimentally, alter the ambiance, milieu, and character of Greenville and the surrounding community.