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Guitar Hero fosters interest in real thing

Most guitar teachers and ace-level players will tell you two things about the video games Guitar Hero and Rock Band.

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Sat Nov 28, 2009

News Journal

Backyard chickens still a no-no in NCCo

Backyard chickens are still illegal in New Castle County -- for now. County Council voted 10-3 on Tuesday against a law that would allow keeping as many as six chickens on residential lots of a half-acre to one acre.

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Thu Nov 26, 2009

News Journal

Giving thanks by giving

For the Delaware Community Foundation, the season focuses attention on what others need -- now more than ever By GARY SOULSMAN * The News Journal * November 26, 2009 Sometime during this Thanksgiving weekend, Barbara and William Wade will gather around a speakerphone with their daughter, Erin.

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Tue Nov 24, 2009

News Journal

All spruced up for a cause

For Laura Robelen, it's about the details. It took her four hours to perfect one of the four trees she decorated for the Delaware Hospice Festival of Trees.

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Sun Nov 22, 2009

6 ABC

2 teens injured as car hits tree

HOCKESSIN, Del. - November 22, 2009 -- New Castle County Police are investigating an accident that has seriously injured two teenagers.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

WPVI-TV Philadelphia

Man could face death for Del. double murder

A 38-year-old man could face the death penalty after a Delaware jury convicted him of murdering his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend in a jealous rage.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

Cape Gazette

Fred Cullis running for congress

Political newcomer Fred Cullis is the first Republican candidate to announce a run for the statea s lone House of Representatives seat.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

News Journal

Republican steps forward for House seat

Fred Cullis, a Hockessin sales representative, said Tuesday he is running for the U.S. House of Representatives seat held for the past nine terms by Republican Mike Castle.

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

News Journal

Protack taking run at NCCo Council

Perennial candidate Mike Protack, who lost a second bid for governor last year, is back for another electoral try, but is setting his sights a little lower this time.

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Sun Nov 08, 2009

News Journal

Landfill fee hike asked by agency

Delaware households and businesses face a big surprise at their wastebaskets next year: a 50 percent landfill fee hike.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Delaware Today

Simply a Matter of Taste

Shrimp, scallops and lobster from Baywood Clubhouse Restaurant. Welcome to Home Skillet, where we're already thinking about Christmas cookies.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

News Journal

Football Feast to be held for slain officer's daughter

A Football Feast will be held Nov. 1 at the Hockessin Police Athletic League to raise money for the Aubrey Spicer Trust Fund.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

News Journal

Nature's giants shrinking

It takes eight adults joining hands to encircle the big white oak in Lynn Robinson's Hockessin yard.

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Sun Oct 25, 2009

News Journal

A few small acts make a big difference

In honor of Make A Difference Day, about 100 parents, teachers, students and community members volunteered Saturday to spruce up Elbert-Palmer Elementary School in Wilmington.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

News Journal

270 times upon a time ...

At what age should a parent begin reading a nightly bedtime story to a young child? As soon as the parent brings him or her home from the hospital, says storyteller Terry Colonna of Hockessin.

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Sun Oct 18, 2009

Delaware Today

The (Not So) Great Divide

It wasn't even thought of as a local one. Basically, a few guys gathered in the woods to drink and launch pumpkins off of flatbed trucks with contraptions made from tree branches, for no other reason than to watch the fruit fly.

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Fri Oct 16, 2009

Metromix Delaware

Pumpkin bites fill local restaurants

Warm up to six of these pumpkin-inspired sips and savories at local spots. or bowl at the restaurant, but it's also available to-go by the pint and quart .

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Tue Oct 13, 2009

News Journal

Undocumented workers face drug charges

Three undocumented workers from Pennsylvania were arrested early Sunday when troopers found them parked in a lot in Hockessin with drugs in the car.

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Thu Oct 08, 2009

News Journal

Two linked to several Centreville burglaries

Two men who were spotted wearing gloves while running through the woods near a Pike Creek home burglarized last week have been linked to other residential break-ins in the Centreville area, New Castle County police said.

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Tue Oct 06, 2009

News Journal

Trial under way for man charged in double murder

A tale involving obsession, infidelity and drug use ended in Tweed's Park near Hockessin in 2006 with the bodies of a mother and her new boyfriend found inside the family mini-van burned almost beyond recognition, according to prosecutors.

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