To understand public sector financing you’ve got to wade pretty deep into numbers. You’d better have a calculator handy.

But in this year’s race for New Castle County Executive you’re likely to need more tools at your disposal – a dictionary, some history books and perhaps a few over-the-counter pain killers. It’s enough to give you a headache.

They didn’t always strongly distinguish themselves on the issues during Monday's pre-Primary debate at the Hockessin Firehall, but styles varied among seven Hockessin-area senate candidates.

Share your happiest moments with friends and neighbors by submitting engagement, wedding, anniversary and birth announcements online.

The A.I. duPont High School Sports Boosters pitched in to clean up the school grounds before the first day of classes on Aug. 26.

Share your happiest moments with friends and neighbors by submitting engagement, wedding, anniversary and birth announcements online.

A man stole a power washer from a resident’s shed sometime between August 18 and 21 on Limestone Road.  The suspect was barefoot, according to neighbors.

Share your happiest moments with friends and neighbors by submitting engagement, wedding, anniversary and birth announcements online.

Hockessin Soccer Club's U12 Academy LadyHawks won the under-12 elite age group of the Spirit United Kickoff Classic Tournament held August 23 and 24 in Downingtown, Pa.

Share your happiest moments with friends and neighbors by submitting engagement, wedding, anniversary and birth announcements online.

The council voted unanimously on two pieces of legislation, one modifying deed restrictions at the Brandywine Town Center, the other allowing the developer at Renaissance Village to slightly alter the original design.

To understand public sector financing you’ve got to wade pretty deep into numbers. You’d better have a calculator handy.

But in this year’s race for New Castle County Executive you’re likely to need more tools at your disposal – a dictionary, some history books and perhaps a few over-the-counter pain killers. It’s enough to give you a headache.

For Chris Coons and Tom Gordon, each seeking another term as New Castle County executive, Monday’s debate in Hockessin was the latest installment in a long-running political rivalry. But for Paul Clark and William Dunn, both candidates for county council president, it may have been only the opening chapter.

In an effort to provide more resources to parents and students, the Delaware Afterschool Alliance has created a new Web site that will provide resource information.

Goldey-Beacom College inducted two new members into its Distinguished Alumni Gallery and honored the Alumnus of the Year for 2008.

The council voted unanimously on two pieces of legislation, one modifying deed restrictions at the Brandywine Town Center, the other allowing the developer at Renaissance Village to slightly alter the original design.

Michael O'Neill founded Newark-based O'Neill Innovations a year ago with a goal of inventing products that have an obvious benefit for consumers and make people more comfortable, a goal he said he accomplished with his company's first invention, Maxfit gloves.

The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) invite the public to attend a Capital Transportation Program (CTP) hearing set for Sept. 11 in Sussex County. The hearings provide an opportunity to review the current CTP and suggest transportation projects and/or services to be considered for the proposed CTP for Fiscal Years 2010 - 2015.

For former Sussex Central graduate and Delaware Tech baseball player Matthew Donovan, there truly was no place like home. Just over a decade ago, Donovan, who started out at Virginia Wesleyan for a semester, began his journey as a student-athlete at Delaware Tech’s Owens Campus and in May of this year earned his Ph.D. in educational leadership from the University of Delaware.

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.