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.

Indoor freeflight model airplane flying, a hobby that took hold in the 1930s, is making a comeback in Hockessin.

The Hockessin Design Review Advisory Committee voted to approve a parking variance for a proposed Old Lancaster Pike restaurant at its Jan. 18 meeting.

More than 50 family and friends gathered at a candlelight vigil Jan. 10 to celebrate the memory of LoriBeth Klenk on the anniversary of her untimely death.

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

Anyone who has visited Hockessin’s largest used book sale in search of a cheap, dog-eared paperback or a rare premium find owes Larry Thurrell a thank you.

Hockessin residents Ellen and Lou Calvarese are planning to open a health-conscious fast food restaurant on Lancaster Pike in February.

It was a busy year for Hockessin and Greenville -- both communities saw the arrival of new businesses, the beginnings of road improvement projects and the groundwork laid for new development and parkland. Here is a roundup of the top five news stories of 2009.

The Wilmington and Western Railroad's Holiday Lights Express shines like a Christmas tree as it winds its way along the Red Clay Creek, and the neighborhoods that face the tracks put on their holiday best for its passengers.

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 importance of volunteerism is a lesson Hockessin native Barbara Miller learned at a young age and a message she continues to share with the community.

The road construction on Old Lancaster Pike is more than just a nuisance to some businesses lining the street – it’s having a serious impact on their bottom lines.

What do Christmastime and war have in common?

More than meets the eye, according to Hockessin author Stanley Weintraub, and he’s not talking about fierce battles between SUVs over mall parking spaces.

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.

Delaware and Cairo may be worlds apart, but that didn't stop Centreville resident Hannah Beswick from studying abroad there last year -- and it's not going to stop her from heading back to the Middle East in January.

Kind to Kids, a charity founded and run by a Hockessin family, provides free event tickets to under-privileged kids.

Sixty-five years ago, 25-year-old Joe LaRosch’s olive drab Jeep was churning its wheels in the slippery sand of a Normandy beach alongside thousands of American troops storming Nazi fortifications.

Today, instead of enjoying a quiet retirement, it’s become an unlikely war memorial.

The lights may be up and the tree may be trimmed, but it just wouldn’t be Christmastime in Hockessin without the traditional holiday sing-a-long.

Lyndie Moe is no stranger to the spotlight. The 11-year-old Hockessin resident sung her first national anthem at a local basketball game when she was 6 years old. Since then, she’s sung it for the 76ers, Phillies, Kansas City Royals, Denver Nuggets and San Antonio Spurs.