Elsmere NewsLocal news for Elsmere, DE continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Crews rescue bunny from house fire- June 23, 2008 A Marshallton family went out to dinner Sunday and came home to find a fire had broken out in the basement that required 50 firefighters to control.http://www.topix.net/city/elsmere-de/2008/06/crews-rescue-bunny-from-house-fire?fromrss=1 Protack has plan to deal with illegal immigration- June 12, 2008 Gubernatorial hopeful Mike Protack pitched a few proposals for controlling illegal immigration Tuesday in a town that has had a high profile on such matters.http://www.topix.net/city/elsmere-de/2008/06/protack-has-plan-to-deal-with-illegal-immigra... House Democrats ask for cancer data- June 10, 2008 The drumbeat to reopen Delaware's cancer data to public scrutiny intensified when the 19 Democrats in the state House joined a chorus of voices calling for the Minner administration to release the information.http://www.topix.net/city/elsmere-de/2008/06/house-democrats-ask-for-cancer-data?fromrss=1 EDUCATION: Republicans blast Del. charter school moratorium- June 8, 2008 Republican lawmakers on Thursday criticized a proposed one-year moratorium on new charter school applications, saying it is part of an effort to attack the success of the nontraditional public schools.http://www.topix.net/city/elsmere-de/2008/06/education-republicans-blast-del-charter-schoo... DELAWARE: Battle shapes up over charter schools- June 6, 2008 A battle over charter schools is shaping up in Legislative Hall, where a resolution to put a one-year moratorium on the creation of new charter schools is pending in the Senate.http://www.topix.net/city/elsmere-de/2008/06/delaware-battle-shapes-up-over-charter-school... 2 indicted in Claymont killing, bank robbery- June 1, 2008 After bludgeoning 51-year-old William L. Burtt outside a Claymont clinic last fall and stealing his methadone, Benjamin S. Panella and Joseph P. Healy drove to the Branmar Plaza in Brandywine Hundred and robbed ...http://www.topix.net/city/elsmere-de/2008/05/2-indicted-in-claymont-killing-bank-robbery?f... |