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Adventures in Drool
Adventures in Drool: We’ve got the gripe

rachel_swick

14 years ago

In Spanish, gripe (pronounced gree-pah) means cold or flu, but in my experience, it is often used...
The Tax Therapist
Why hire a bookkeeper for your small business?

MobileTax

14 years ago

It takes a village to raise a child. In the same way, it takes collaboration to run a successful...
Mac’s World
The Super Bowl: When commercials are entertainment

ron_macarthur

14 years ago

The game is over, and now it's time to pick and choose the best commercials. Most people I've...
New "authentic" movie highlights Lincoln's crusade...

donflood

14 years ago

“Aside From the Vampires, Lincoln Film Seeks Accuracy” – Headline from The New York Times...
The Mojo Wire
Turning heel

ryan_mavity

14 years ago

In my own mind, I hear Jim Ross shouting about how I’ve got no heart, I’ve got no soul and I’ve got...
Adventures in Drool
Fitness Friday: Don’t forget lower body

rachel_swick

14 years ago

While cardio helps burn through that stubborn chub, don’t forget to do some strength-training for...
Schell Blog
Why Live, Work and Play at the Beach?

schellbrothers

14 years ago

As members of the beach community, we’re reminded every day of the reasons we came to live, work,...
Adventures in Drool
Adventures in Drool: Making the most of every minute

rachel_swick

14 years ago

As a working mama, I worry about the amount of time I spend away from Droolface. The early morning...
Active Adults Delaware
Tips to get a Mortgage

ksperl

14 years ago

Everyone keeps talking about how hard it is to get a mortgage with today’s tighter lending...
Service went too far absolving Paterno of...

donflood

14 years ago

On Thursday, a memorial service with 12,000 mourners was held at Penn State in honor of Joe Paterno...
Adventures in Drool
Drool: He's how old now?

rachel_swick

14 years ago

I know most of my entries are pretty upbeat – that’s because I am generally a positive, go-get-em...
Thank heaven for derby girls

kara_nuzback

14 years ago

"Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got."  — Janis Joplin I have never been a...
Adventures in Drool
Drool: Fitness Friday!

rachel_swick

14 years ago

Tomorrow my son will be 7 months old. Wow, how time flies. He has stretched from a 7-pound peanut...
The Mojo Wire
Troubled times in Fat City

ryan_mavity

14 years ago

Yeah, we’re still not over last Sunday here in the Ravens Nation Army. Last Sunday’s 23-20 defeat...
Mac’s World
Sussex County hotbed of the prayer debate

ron_macarthur

14 years ago

Sussex County appears to be the hotbed of the never-ending struggle of separation of church and...
Remodel or Move?? If Move, We Are The One To Call !!!

rallamong

14 years ago

If you’re looking to make some upgrades to your home this year, be sure to think about what makes...
Adventures in Drool
Drool: Travels with baby revisited

rachel_swick

14 years ago

I know I have written about traveling with baby before, but have I got a story for you ... After a...
The Mojo Wire
Billy Cundiff=Ray Finkle

ryan_mavity

14 years ago

…And let’s hope for the sake of humanity that Cundiff doesn’t go off the rails, get a sex change,...
Mac’s World
UPDATED: On Blockhouse Pond

ron_macarthur

14 years ago

Blockhouse Pond Park in Lewes is home to Canada geese and other members of the animal kingdom, if...
Adventures in Drool
Adventures in Drool: The hoarding of the diapers

rachel_swick

14 years ago

I’m a diaper hoarder That’s right, I’m coming clean. I hoard diapers. Wait, just a second – I’m...
Delaware's not the First State when it comes to open...

donflood

14 years ago

A few years back, when I was editor of the Dover Post, we ran something about a legislator whose...
Adventures in Drool
Fitness Friday: Ab-pocalypse

rachel_swick

14 years ago

I’ve always wanted to make my own word! I’m sure others have come up with ab-pocalypse, but it...
The Mojo Wire
Joe Flacco’s Chance of a Lifetime

ryan_mavity

14 years ago

“Killin’ them corners like Ed Lineback like Ray Man, we wacko like Flacco Look out for that Purple...
Mac’s World
It's good to have Dan Kramer back

ron_macarthur

14 years ago

Dan Kramer has broken his silence. The Greenwood resident has taken on the role of Sussex County...
Adventures in Drool
Adventures in Drool - No. 3

rachel_swick

14 years ago

My kid has gone viral. Has yours? I am totally enthralled by viral videos. It’s a new obsession...
Lord's Prayer not on trial, just the county's...

donflood

14 years ago

“Sussex: Lord’s Prayer goes on trial,” the headline read. Sounds more ominous than it is. The Lord’...
Active Adults Delaware
What do all those initials mean?

ksperl

14 years ago

Do you ever wonder what all those initials are about? You know that long list of three and four...
Adventures in Drool
Adventures in Drool: Fitness Friday!

rachel_swick

14 years ago

Happy Friday fellow servants in the kingdom of drool! Today I must report it seems my baby grew...
Adventures in Drool
Adventures in Drool 2.5

rachel_swick

14 years ago

Eating with baby Now that our tot is tackling solid foods, we have entered a whole new ballgame...
Barefootin'
Upticking economy and pre-dawn observations

dennis_forney

14 years ago

12 January 2012 • Waning gibbous moon Fernando Guajardo owns the Clothes2You dry cleaning business...
The Mojo Wire
What’s over is over and nothing between/Ravens vs....

ryan_mavity

14 years ago

As a lover of the collective oeuvre of Arnold Schwarzenegger, I know as well as anybody that to...
Adventures in Drool
Adventures in Drool No. 2

rachel_swick

14 years ago

My pediatrician thinks I’m cool. Do you? The well-baby checkups have become a welcome task for me...
Mac’s World
Vintage photos help bring stories to life

ron_macarthur

14 years ago

We tend to forget it, but the stories and photographs we work on at this newspaper are part of...
Ron Paul lands critical Kelly Clarkson endorsement

donflood

14 years ago

Now that former American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson has thrown her support to Ron Paul, one big...
Brand new pair of roller skates

kara_nuzback

14 years ago

“Can anybody be given a great deal of creativity? No. They can be given the equipment to...
Adventures in Drool
Adventures in Drool: Fitness Friday!

rachel_swick

14 years ago

It's Fitness Friday here in the drool kingdom. Each new year brings a mad rush to the gym, a quick...
Mac’s World
Fighting Sioux are now no-names

ron_macarthur

14 years ago

I've always been fascinated with the ongoing debate over sports teams with Native American names...
Mac’s World
Cupcakes steal the show

ron_macarthur

14 years ago

I'm probably the last person in the area to see the movie “Mayor Cupcake.” It was a big hit at last...
Adventures in Drool
Adventures in Drool No. 1

rachel_swick

14 years ago

Returning rejuvenated and ready to roll We recently returned from a long weekend trip to North...
Older drivers should be tested more often

donflood

14 years ago

Here’s news that will make most everyone happy. Starting this month, the Delaware Division of Motor...
Active Adults Delaware
New Years Resolutions

ksperl

14 years ago

2011 Ended with a flurry of activity and the opening of our own Brokerage – Active Adults Realty ...
The Mojo Wire
Bad Vibes In Ravenstown

ryan_mavity

14 years ago

Here I go again, turning into Pollyanna. If it seems like I'm always a Negative Nancy in this space...
Barefootin'
A Christmas Day dunes hike with surprises

dennis_forney

14 years ago

Christmas Morning 2011 - Joy To The World Christmas morning continued our mild winter. A good time...
Raven fans are no raven lunatics

donflood

14 years ago

Professional football fans, in general, might be loud and boisterous, but it’s surprising how...
Mac’s World
George discovers true meaning of Christmas

ron_macarthur

14 years ago

George was a cantankerous man who came across as rough and tumble. A hardened World War II veteran...
The final countdown

kara_nuzback

14 years ago

“Endurance is patience concentrated.” –Thomas Carlyle Since Southern Delaware Roller...
Mac’s World
Mutual combat between two public servants

ron_macarthur

14 years ago

Sussex County Councilman Vance Phillips and Sheriff Jeff Christopher have a lot in common. They are...
Notes & comment

donflood

14 years ago

YOU REALLY OTTER BELIEVE ME : Many years ago a James Thurber cartoon showed a bickering couple in...
Active Adults Delaware
Looking for a Bargain?

ksperl

14 years ago

If it seems too good to be true it probably is and that applies to homes. When I get a call telling...
Barefootin'
Lewes-Rehoboth Canal scenery and push back

dennis_forney

14 years ago

One of the area's most dramatic views is looking southeast from the Freeman Highway Bridge over...