Delaware
Weekend Open Houses: Counties Edition
This weekend we decided to spotlight homes from each of the four counties surrounding Philadelphia. For Delco, we chose a recently renovated house that has […]
Shoeless Delaware Student Competes on Jeopardy
Notice anything special in the photo above? That’s right: In the green dress and Delaware sweatshirt is College Jeopardy! contestant Sarah Stevens, and she’s not […]
Rubber Mask-Wearing Robber Sought in Delco
Police in Delaware County are looking for a robber it suspects in three recent incidents. He can be identified most notably, cops say, by his […]
College-Age Chris Christie Was Overjoyed by Bridge Staying Open
Before he was the New Jersey governor and a frontrunner for the GOP nomination in 2016, Chris Christie was just an undergrad at the University […]
MAP: Philly Should Be in Delaware
Based on a concept that originated int he late 19th century, Montana land use planner John Lavey has redrawn the boundaries of U.S. states based […]
Dogfish Head Makes Beer out of Meteorites
CBS Philly reports on Celest-jewel-ale, a small-batch brew from Dogfish Head Brewery, made out of … moon dust. “To be exact, Celest-jewel-ale contains crushed lunar […]
Dr. Dog’s New Album, Streaming Now, Is Named for Their Delco Studio
The phenomenally popular rock band Dr. Dog, one of the area’s most successful musical exports, has a new album out — and, so we can’t […]
Readers Write: Delaware Isn’t Just a Rioting Party School
We don’t often print reader letters here at The Scoop, but after our coverage of Monday’s I’m Shmacked drunky-drunk riot at the University of Delaware, […]
I’m Shmacked Strikes Again: University of Delaware Edition
Oh dear: Thousands of students at the University of Delaware took to the streets during a Monday night riot during the filming of a party […]
Mass Discovered in Beau Biden’s Brain
Beau Biden, Delaware AG, has a mass in his brain according to doctors at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. He is being held for […]
Beau Biden Was Hospitalized at Jefferson Last Week
Last Wednesday, Delaware A.G. Beau Biden, VP fils, was driving with his family to Indiana for a family vacation when he became disoriented and felt […]
Wilmington Teen Caught with 3,500 (!) Bags of Heroin
3,582 bags to be precise. That sounds like a lot, but as the above photo demonstrates, one could probably fit this into a backpack. Because […]
University of Delaware Hack Affects 72,000 People
6ABC reports: The University of Delaware says the employee records of 72,000 people, which includes social security numbers, were breached by criminal hacking. In a […]
So Forbes Just Ranked Swarthmore Higher Than Harvard
Forbes is out with its 6th annual college rankings, which are calculated in a unique way. Rather than judge by SAT scores and selectivity, like […]