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Newark man charged with DUI and other offenses after incident on Route 40
15+ hour, 45+ min ago (159+ words) Sunday, March 22nd at the Hilton Christiana A Newark man is charged with DUI and a laundry list of other offenses after he allegedly drove dangerously along Route 40 this past week. New Castle County Police accused 35-year-old Curtis Maxwell with accelerating…...
Newark man charged with DUI and resisting arrest
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (115+ words) Newark Police arrested 37-year old Robert Davis on January 8, 2026, on a variety of charges including DUI and resisting arrest. Police said officers had contact with Robert Davis while investigating a trespassing complaint on Waterworks Lane. They said Davis was in…...
Newark Library reaches construction milestone
3+ mon, 15+ hour ago (188+ words) Construction on the new, Newark Library, reached an important milestone just before Thanksgiving with placement of the first steel beams at the project site. Construction on the new, Newark Library, reached an important milestone just before Thanksgiving with placement of…...
Two hurt in Newark area rollover
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (112+ words) Two people were hurt in a rollover crash Monday morning, December 1, 2025, near Newark. New Castle County paramedics and Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder firefighters responded to Capitol Trail (Route 2) and Possum Park Road at 6:45 a.m. and found one of two vehicles…...
Newark offering a month of free weekend parking around Christmas
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (249+ words) Weekend visitors to Newark will get to enjoy free parking for a month starting on December 20, 2025. Newark's on-street and off-street parking meters will be turned off on Saturdays, Sundays, City Holidays, and December 31 from December 20, 2025-Monday, January 19, 2026 following a unanimous…...
Newark-area Santa Runs 'discontinued' due to increased fire call volume
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (263+ words) Santa Claus rides on an AETNA Fire Company truck during the 2022 Santa Run The Newark-based Aetna Fire Company will not hold their annual "Santa Runs" this holiday season, after they said they've received a series of complaints. According to a…...
Newark townhouse fire hospitalizes 2
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (182+ words) A Newark townhouse fire sent an adult and a child to the hospital Friday night. Crews from Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company and several other departments were sent to the unit block of Martine Court in the Drummond Ridge…...
One Newark man dead, another seriously hurt in Friday-afternoon crash
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (183+ words) Get YOUR business in the game! Sponsored by Thunderstruck Roofing & Restoration A 2-vehicle crash Friday afternoon killed one Newark man and seriously injured another. A 49-year-old man driving a black BMW sedan was seen racing another car on the southbound…...
New venue, same variety, as Newark Independent Film Festival returns this month
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (469+ words) Get YOUR business in the game! Sponsored by Thunderstruck Roofing & Restoration In an era where it seems every major movie is either a sequel, remake, or a superhero film, Kazy Tauganis said now is the time for small movie makers…...
New Castle man charged in Newark robbery
7+ mon, 6+ day ago (155+ words) A New Castle man is behind bars, charged with robbing another man in Newark this past week. The victim was getting into his car in the parking lot of the Moon Spa on Capitol Trail around 12:10 a.m. Thursday when 30-year-old Erik…...