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.

Meet Brandywine Hundred's Community Police Officer Cpl. Amy Kevis.

The Brandywine School Board heard plans to expand Lombardy Elementary School, which is overcrowded, and approved moving forward with $2 million plans to buy its transportation yard during its Jan. 25 meeting.

Take in the vista from the front porch of the Bellevue State Park's Cauffiel House and there's little doubt why it's known as the "Last River House."

Even as new home sales in Delaware continue to sag with the economy, Darley Green is a success story.

They've been married nearly 30 years and have known each other even longer. Surely Melvin and Claudia Brown consider one another the most important thing in their respective lives, but the Brandywine Social Club is likely a close second.

East Stroudsburg Junior forward Kailyn Buckley, a Brandywine High School graduate, was named to the All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference's Second Team.

Was it Mr. Green with the lead pipe in the conservatory or Miss Scarlet with the knife in the kitchen?

Put the board game away and head on out to Rockwood Mansion Friday night to find out.
 

The Brandywine School District signed an agreement with the state that is the first step toward receiving federal Race to the Top competitive grants.

When it comes to art, bigger is not necessarily better.

Bellefonte resident Emily Eifert Brown is living proof of that maxim – the landscapes she paints are barely an inch across.

 As a parent, Gov. Jack Markell is horrified by consistent allegations of sexual abuse committed by Lewes pediatrician Earl Bradley, who authorities say sexually assaulted children at his practice, and the failure of the state to prosecute him earlier. Ås governor, he has asked Widener Law School Dean Linda L. Ammons to lead an independent review of state law and procedures governing child abuse and exploitation.

An armed man robbed the China Inn on Concord Pike on Tuesday night, according to Delaware State Police.

Meet the Claymont Fire Company's president.

Springer Middle School eighth graders played money management games and learned about making wise life choices as they took part in the nation-wide CHOICES program Tuesday, Jan. 5.

Two men broke into a Claymont apartment building, assaulting and robbing a 63-year-old man on Monday, Dec. 28, New Castle County Police said.

The pitched battle between a Bala Cynwyd, Pa., developer and residents of Greenville and Brandywine Hundred continues to rage.

Born out of the musical community surrounding the legendary Los Angeles club Largo is the Works Progress Administration. With roots in country and bluegrass, the band's rustic American sound hearkens back to the time of the New Deal-era agency for which it was named. The core of the band - Glen Phillips (Toad the Wet Sprocket), Sean Watkins (Nickel Creek) and Luke Bulla (Lyle Lovett, Jerry Douglas Band, Ricky Skaggs) - were joined by a cast of high-profile contributors - for the band's September self-title release. With a string of dates scheduled here in the east, including a date Friday in Arden, the band discussed their new project.

A 29-year-old man who falsely reported a gun-wielding intruder outside his Brandywine business embellished his report in order to get more rapid police response, according to Delaware State Police. He has been charged with falsely reporting an incident.

James Simmons is the Principal at Mount Pleasant High School and is currently serving his second year.