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We decided to give them areas where they can go.” 10 Years Ago, 2013: Council approved the submittal of a grant application to the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission for $500,000 for the design, https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/today-in-delaware-county-history-april-10

The first openly gay person to lead the American Medical Association takes the reins at a fractious time for U.S. health care. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/amas-first-gay-president-to-take-over-at-tumultuous-time

Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for President Biden to ignore a federal judge's temporary hold on the abortion pill, raising alarm about the rule of law taking a back seat to the rule of man. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/wyden-aoc-urge-biden-to-ignore-judges-order-blocking-abortion-pill

Davis has played sparingly with the Wizards but has come on strong of late and is closing out his rookie campaign on a high note. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/wizards-johnny-davis-explains-how-g-league-helped-prepare-him-for-nba

Albany-Saratoga Speedway on Route 9 in Malta opens its gates Saturday as it will hold tech and inspection in the morning. Pit gates will open at 10 a.m., and on-track practice will take place, weather permitting, https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/area-stock-car-racing-tech-inspection-day-is-saturday-at-saratoga-speedway

California's Medicaid program will continue to pay Walgreens about $1.5 billion each year despite Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom declaring last month the state was done doing business with the pharmacy giant after it indicated it would not sell abortion pills by mail in some states. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/california-to-keep-paying-walgreens-despite-gavin-newsoms-order

Delaware Gov. John Carney has been extending the state’s public health emergency month after month as required by law since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. Those extensions https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/delawares-covid-19-public-health-emergency-to-end-may-11

Roughly 200 Russian journalists and activists have signed a letter calling for the release of a Wall Street Journal detained in Russia on unsubstantiated charges of espionage. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/russian-journalists-demand-the-release-of-evan-gershkovich-in-open-letter

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who has indicted former President Donald Trump, is following a well-trod Democratic playbook. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/trump-indictment-follows-democratic-playbook-says-former-house-gop-majority-leader-tom-delay

Disney CEO Bob Iger on Monday said any retaliatory actions by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature against the company that threaten jobs or expansion at its Florida resort is not only "anti-business but anti-Florida." https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/disney-desantis-war-of-words-heats-up-at-annual-meeting

Saturday's confirmed tornado in northern Sussex County brought Delaware's first tornado death in nearly 30 years. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/sussex-county-storm-brings-delawares-first-tornado-fatality-in-nearly-30-years

Klever Ortega and Cristina Lema had a good life until COVID-19 crippled Ecuador's economy. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/more-ecuadorians-move-to-u-s-spared-many-others-hurdles

Technology and funeral service doesn’t always go together,” said Paul Cavanagh, whose family owns and operates Cavanagh Funeral Home in Norwood and Cavanagh-Patterson Funeral Home in Media. “Not much has changed since 1885, https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/delaware-county-funeral-director-offers-ai-obit-writer-to-community

Stormy Daniels, the adult film star who received the alleged hush money payment at the center of the Manhattan district attorney's indictment of Donald Trump, says she is not afraid to take the stand against the former president but worries about violence from his supporter https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/stormy-daniels-not-afraid-to-take-stand-against-trump-worries-about-violence-from-supporters

Grossberg told NBC News she believes she was set up to be a scapegoat in the defamation suit against Fox News over baseless election fraud claims. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/former-fox-news-producer-abby-grossberg-calls-the-network-a-big-corporate-machine-that-destroys-people

Mike Rhoades has agreed to become the next men's basketball coach at Penn State and leave VCU, which is close to hiring Utah State's Ryan Odom as his replacement, sources told ESPN. https://ourcommunitynow.com/sports/sources-rhoades-to-psu-as-vcu-eyes-odom

100 Years Ago, 1923: An address ringing with patriotism, with telling points as to why every Kiwanian should take an observation of himself, to ascertain if he is contributing something worthwhile for the benefit of his country, his state and his hometown ... https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/delaware-county-history-march-29

The cryptocurrency entrepreneur's latest indictment alleges conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defense minister, who had called for a halt on sweeping judicial reforms. Netanyahu's proposal has sparked months of protests in Israel and abroad.
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Including Marion, 56 counties in Ohio have now joined the Stepping Up Initiative. Neighboring counties that are also part of the program include Crawford, Delaware, Union, and Wyandot. Boleyn said the lack of resources and inability to properly coordinate ... https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/marion-stepping-up-to-reduce-number-of-people-with-mental-illness-in-jail

There is a purity to the tournament, the idea that anything is possible playing out before our eyes. So long as Alabama remained, that was tainted.
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Fox News has fired a producer who filed a lawsuit against the network in which she claimed that she was coached and coerced by the network’s lawyers to give misleading deposition testimony in the defense against Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/fox-news-fires-producer-who-filed-lawsuit-over-dominion-testimony

100 Years Ago, 1923: Purchase of a modern street sweeping machine, to cost $6,750, was yesterday authorized by City Council, by the unanimous adopting of a resolution presented by Superintendent of Street Worrilow. Acquisition of this machine by the city ... https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/today-in-delaware-county-history-march-24

A Boston sports radio talk show host is under fire for using an ethnic slur to describe ESPN personality Mina Kimes.
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After nine years, the sixth generation Camaros will come off the assembly line at the Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant in January 2024.
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The civil suit was filed by the mother of Rodney Robinson, who was fatally shot by a Dewey Beach police officer last March. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/family-of-man-fatally-shot-by-dewey-beach-police-officer-last-year-files-federal-lawsuit

Amazon will be eliminating roles in its cloud computing unit, human resources division, advertising and Twitch, CEO Andy Jassy said Monday.
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Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski provided a rarity for NASCAR and Atlanta Motor Speedway: a last-lap battle without collateral damage. For a change, there were no late wrecks. No overtime necessary. Just a clean finish between hard racers headed to the checkered flag. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/auto-racing-roundup-joey-logano-uses-last-lap-pass-for-first-atlanta-win

There is no March Madness – or college sports at all – without the athletes. So why are they getting cheated out of the money they rightfully earned?
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Learn how to open a coffee shop in Delaware from Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea! The award-winning coffee roaster, which has helped start over 300 independent coffee shops in 30 states, recently published an online coffee shop startup guide for The First State. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/learn-how-to-open-a-coffee-shop-in-delaware-from-coffee-shop-startup-experts-at-crimson-cup-coffee-tea