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.

A landscaping mistake by Stoltz Management at Greenville Center touchesd a nerve among members of the Kennett Pike Association.

The Delaware Nature Society is starting a Community Supported Agriculture program at Greenville's Coverdale Farm to bring farm-fresh produce to suburbanites.

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

While collaboration helped make Centreville's Streetscape project a reality, Gretchen Mercer has been working behind the scenes for a decade to get shovels in the ground.

What was it like to live in a du Pont family mansion? Winterthur historian Maggie Lidz explores life inside 24 du Pont homes in her book “The Du Ponts: Houses and Gardens in the Brandywine.”

The city of Wilmington is continuing to remove snow from neighborhoods and from the downtown and riverfront districts following last weekend's formidable storm.

The Red Clay School District unamiously approved the final 2010 fiscal year budget of $160, 975, 359 million, an increase of $1.5 million or .9 percent compared to last year Wednesday, Dec. 16 meeting.

Motorists in Centreville are encountering both day and nighttime lane closures as part of the Centerville Streetscape Improvement Project.

Centreville’s annual Holiday Party, now in its 26th year, has become a tradition in the village and this year’s event has expanded to include new, family-oriented activities.

Experience the holidays the way the du Pont family did at Winterthur in years gone by during the Greenville museum's annual Yuletide at Winterthur through January 3.

Healthy cooking can be cool -- that's the message Landenberg-resident Cindy Sardo is sharing through her line of children's books.

School can be stressful enough at any age and in any grade without having a debilitating illness keeping a student housebound and falling behind. Before 1985, many children faced that struggle, but now they have an alternative – The First State School.

Step inside Newark’s Soffritto Italian Grill during dinnertime and the busy tables, clattering silverware and hustling waitstaff all point to a successful restaurant.

It’s a success that restaurant-owner Stefania Panza, winner of this year’s Delaware Entrepreneurial Woman of the Year award from the New Castle County Chamber of Commerce, built from the ground up.

Construction is set to begin in December on the Centreville Streetscape, a beautification and traffic calming project.

Greenville resident Justin Hugelen is spending time in the Togo, a West African country, volunteering with the Peace Corps. The Community News caught up with him via e-mail to ask about his experiences in a foreign country.

If you’ve never traveled to Halfdollar, W.Va., pull up your hip boots and wade right on in. But watch out for the falling rope-swingers, RVs without buffalo-proof roofs, and CS&X Monster Trains that comprise Bil Lepp's tales.

Micki Edelsohn, founder and treasurer of Homes For Life Foundation, received the 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Wilmington Senior Center.

Meet Traci Manza Murphy and Patrick Callahan, founders of the Brandywine Family Buzz - an electronic bulletin board of what's happening for families in the region. What started in 2007 as an e-mail to a few dozen friends has blossomed into a popular listserv for thousands in the Brandywine Valley and beyond.