Delaware
Security heightened across Delaware Valley amid threats of ‘day of rage’
No credible threats are known locally but law enforcement agencies are being extra vigilant.
Friday, October 13, 2023 11:09PM
As reports of international threats surfaced, warning of a “day of rage” by the militant group Hamas, security was heightened throughout the Delaware Valley on Friday.
At Temple University, officials say security officers and police have been assigned to increase patrols.
Congregation Or Ami in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania closed its preschool Friday out of an abundance of caution.
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“We chose to not have our students in our early childhood education center this morning, however, we are going to have everybody at Shabbat services tonight,” said Rabbi Glen Ettman. “The challenges of managing what is being talked about, being strong but not being blind to challenges that we see in the world are ways that we kind of approach it.”
In New Jersey, a much-anticipated rivalry was put on hold.
The Cherry Hill East versus West football game was scheduled for Friday night, but in light of recent events, school officials chose to postpone the big game to later in the month.
“Ultimately it was their decision. We talked about a security footprint for that and ultimately it was their decision to postpone,” said Chief Robert Kempf with the Cherry Hill Police Department.
New Jersey authorities say state and local police will be extra vigilant at Jewish and Islamic places of worship.
In Cherry Hill, it includes at least ten synagogues and an Islamic community center.
“We train for this day in and day out all year. And so today what you’re seeing is the visibility of that but the work gets out in every day of the year,” said Kempf.
Police say part of that work that isn’t so visible is social media monitoring for any threats being circulated.
Again, no credible threats are known locally but law enforcement agencies are being extra vigilant.
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This holiday season, the very last of one local family’s Christmas trees are being shaken, bundled and getting their fresh cuts.
After this Christmas Eve, the Poynter’s Tree Farm and ornament shop is closing for good.
The family behind the beloved holiday tradition says that they’ll miss their customers, but they say this is just the right time to say goodbye.
Jeannie Wood and her father made their very first sale back in 1970 when Bob and Bonnie Poynter started the farm in Felton, Delaware, to help pay for their three daughters’ college dreams.
The farm became a tradition for many in Kent County and a way for the family to come back together every holiday season.
We’ve all been doing it for a long time so I think we are all ready to retire,” Wood told NBC10. My dad and I planted the first trees in 1967.”
When Bob Poynter died a few years ago followed by his wife Bonnie last summer, the family agreed that this year would be the last for the tree farm.
“It’s going to be different but I don’t know what it’s gonna be like because we’ve never experienced it. We’ve always been doing this,” Wood said.
From the Christmas shop to the wreath workshop, it’s a bittersweet moment for the family and for their loyal customers.
Many of the customers come from a couple of hours away just to buy their tree at Poynter’s every year.
All of the trees that are ready for sale have been sold already. Before the family sells the land, they will have to decide what to do with all of the little trees that are still too small to be sold this year.
If you want to check out Poynter’s before they close, you have until Christmas Eve to shop for ornaments and nutcrackers.
Delaware
Biden honors the memory of his late first wife and baby daughter who died in a 1972 car crash
Associated Press
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden is remembering his first wife and baby daughter who were killed in a car crash in Delaware in 1972 weeks after he was first elected to the Senate. Biden, his current wife Jill, and son Hunter and his family attended a private memorial mass at a Delaware church on Wednesday’s 52nd anniversary of their deaths. Biden was in Washington when he was informed about the crash that killed his wife, Neilia, and year-old daughter, Naomi, a week before Christmas. Their young sons, Beau and Hunter, were gravely injured. Beau died of brain cancer in 2015 at age 46.
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Wednesday, December 18, 2024 5:01AM
NEW CASTLE, Del. (WPVI) — A gunshot victim jumped on a school bus full of students on Tuesday while trying to seek help in New Castle, Delaware.
The shooting happened just before 4 p.m. on Old Forge Road, near Appleby Road.
The bus driver called 911 to report the incident.
Police say the victim is hospitalized at Christiana Hospital. There was no word on his condition.
No other injuries were reported.
Further details on the shooting have not been released.
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