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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.

Sixty kids competed in the NFL Pepsi Punt, Pass and Kick Competition at the Western Family YMCA in Newark on Aug. 23.

Students, parents and faculty members helped beautify John Dickinson High School in Pike Creek during the Sports Boosters' back to school cleanup on Aug. 23. They collected trash, cleaned out flower beds and painted in preparation for the first day of school on Aug. 26.

Leroy Watson was driving a Red Clay Consolidated School District van July 22 with six students and two other paraprofessionals headed for Meadowood Program, when he smelled the faint oder of plastic burning and followed "the rule."

The Red Clay Board of Education extended the contract between the school district and the teachers' union until  a new one can be reached. The current contract expires August 31.

The Red Clay Consolidated School District has a preliminary budget in place for the 2009 fiscal year that increases spending by 3.9 percent to $160. 6 million, while revenues are expected to be up 7.9 percent to $167 million.

A woman had her purse stolen in Canby Park near Elsmere August 19 at 11 p.m.  The 46-year-old victim was walking along Maryland Avenue when she was approached by a man who grabbed her purse containing $15 and fled east, according to Delaware State Police.

A woman was stabbed before disarming a 66-year-old man on August 15 in Five Points, near Elsemere, according to Delaware State Police.

The 2008 Bike Show and Blues Festival  brought three great blues bands and a whole lot of motorcycles to the area August 16.

Red Clay schools' chief, Dr. Robert Andrzejewski, was looking for the right man to become the "turnaround leader" at struggling Dickinson High School. He tapped former Middletown High School assistant principal Byron Murphy, who has a strong mathematics and engineering background -- and, experience in turnaround work.

Veteran educator Meg Hoefer is returning to Warner Elementary to become the turnaround leader needed following a state-mandated restructuring plan for the school.

Myron Cortez Cornish, who has extensive experience as a Spanish teacher and as an assistant principal, is the new principal at the William C. Lewis Dual Language School.  Cornish is a perfect match for Lewis, Red Clay Superintendent Dr. Robert J. Andrzejewski said.

Veteran Red Clay educator Mark Pruitt has been promoted to principal of Henry C. Conrad Schools of Science. Pruitt has proved himself as a leader, be it as head boys coach at McKean High School or as an assistant principal at A.I. duPont High School, Superintendent Bob Andrzejewski said.

The short-term loan will help the school district complete the longstanding Porter Road elementary project while it waits for the state to ante up its share of funds.

Paraprofessionals and secretaries in the Christina School District both have three-year contracts in place, retroactive to 2007. But they will not get raises similar to the three-year deal that was made with teachers earlier this summer.

Rev. Patricia Bryant Harris, pastor of the Marshallton United Methodist Church, will be honored Sunday for becoming the first black woman to give an opening prayer in Congress.

Workers are making progress on the new Kirkwood Highway Library. Much of the vertical steel is in place, and crews are now doing site work around the perimeter. The new 22,500-square-foot library is due to open in July 2009.

A list of the most problematic properties for Code Enforcement officials.

New Castle County’s three community yard waste demonstration sites will be temporarily closed so yard waste can be ground into mulch.