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Today in Delaware County history, Feb. 1

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February 1, 2024

Today in Delaware County history, Feb. 1

100 Years Ago, 1924: Pupils returning from the Immaculate Heart Parochial School had narrow escapes from injury when a large truck and a touring car collided at Second and Norris streets. Both machines were damaged by the impact and a letter box on the sidewalk in front of a drug store was knocked over when one of the machines struck it.

75 Years Ago, 1949: In what is believed to be the largest mass service of subpoenas in county history, 102 city merchants were notified Monday to appear in Media Courthouse for a hearing on the mercantile license tax on Monday, Feb. 14. The subpoenas were obtained by City Solicitor Thomas A. Curran as part of the city’s defense against charges made by the merchants when they instituted a suit Jan. 26 to have the tax invalidated. The papers were served by constables. The merchants are directed to bring with them all records pertaining to their business as part of the city’s answer to claims the tax is “excessive, unreasonable and discriminatory.”

50 Years Ago, 1974: The opening of the Commodore Barry Bridge today “symbolizes what two great states working together can accomplish,” a top New Jersey official said today. Edward Crabiel, secretary of state, made the comment in remarks prepared for delivery at bridge opening ceremonies today at the administration building on the Bridgeport, N.J., side of the bridge. He warned that the bridge opening poses some development problems by making southern New Jersey “more accessible to residents of a more densely populated region.” Crabiel urged that “mistakes made in the past” not be repeated in possible rapid development of the now comparatively sparsely developed area of New Jersey.

25 Years Ago, 1999: Wojie’s Restaurant owner Chuck Wojciehowski is always willing to discuss a reasonable proposal. When a customer in 1997 proposed he market his famous crab cakes from his Brookhaven restaurant, he could not refuse. Two years later his Capt ‘N Chucky’s Creamy Crab Cake Co. is a million-dollar business churning out about 15,000 crab cakes per week from Wojie’s. Capt ‘N Chucky’s will soon open a processing plant, probably in Wojciehowski’s home town of Chester.

10 Years Ago, 2014: A planned discussion of a conditional-use proposal submitted by the Delaware County Intermediate Unit (DCIU) to enlarge the Delaware County Technical High School was tabled by Aston township commissioners in favor of a special meeting. The Intermediate Unit is hoping to move students from leased spaces at the Delaware County Academy at the Collingdale Community School and the County Alternative School in Middletown to the Aston site.

— COLIN AINSWORTH

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Delaware needs to take care of littering

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January 27, 2026

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Shooting in Wilmington, Delaware, leaves teen, man injured, police say

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January 26, 2026

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Shooting in Wilmington, Delaware, leaves teen, man injured, police say

Updated on: January 26, 2026 / 9:21 PM EST
/ CBS Philadelphia

A teenager and a 21-year-old man were injured in a shooting in Wilmington, Delaware, Monday afternoon, police said.

The shooting happened in the area of East 23rd and North Pine streets at around 2:30 p.m., according to Wilmington police.

The 21-year-old man was placed in critical condition at the hospital, while the 16-year-old was placed in stable condition, police said.

The shooting is under investigation.

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Delaware snow totals for Jan. 25 top out at 10 inches, says NWS

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January 26, 2026

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Delaware snow totals for Jan. 25 top out at 10 inches, says NWS

The Jan. 25 snowstorm was the Wilmington area’s biggest single snowfall since the January 2016 blizzard, according to the National Weather Service.

At Wilmington Airport near New Castle, 8.3 inches of snow was recorded. On Jan. 22-23, 2016, 16.1 inches fell at the airport.

The Jan. 25 daily snowfall record at the airport, set in 2000, is 10.0 inches.

The airport has recorded 15.6 inches of snowfall this snow season. The normal amount through Jan. 25 is 7.6 inches.

Here are snow totals for other places in Delaware, according to the National Weather Service and the Delaware Environmental Observing System’s Snow Monitoring Network.

New Castle County snow totals for Jan. 25

Here is the snowfall reported, with the provider in parentheses:

Bear: 10.0 inches at 11 p.m. (public)
Wilmington area: 9.0 inches at 8 p.m. (public)
Holiday Hills area, Brandywine Hundred: 8.7 inches at 9 p.m. (trained spotter)
Pike Creek: 8.5 inches at 10 p.m. (trained spotter)
New Castle County Airport: 8.3 inches at midnight (Automated Surface Observing System)
Twin Oaks, Brandywine Hundred: 8.1 inches at 8 p.m. (trained spotter)
New Castle: 8.0 inches at 6:46 p.m. (public)
Talleyville area: 8.0 inches at 3:15 p.m. (public)
Hockessin: 7.8 inches at 10:15 p.m. (trained spotter)
Newark: 7.5 inches at 6 p.m. (trained spotter)
Blackbird: 7.3 inches (DEOS)
Talley: 6.9 inches (DEOS)
Glasgow: 6.8 inches (DEOS)
Port Penn: 6.8 inches (DEOS)
Newark: 6.7 inches (DEOS)
White Clay Creek: 6.7 inches (DEOS)
Claymont: 6.3 inches (DEOS)
Greenville: 6.4 inches (DEOS)
Prices Corner: 6.3 inches (DEOS)
Hockessin: 6.2 inches (DEOS)
New Castle: 6.0 inches (DEOS)

Kent County snow totals for Jan. 25

Here is the snowfall reported, with the provider in parentheses:

Dover: 6.5 inches at 9:10 a.m. (public)
Dover Air Force Base: 6.5 inches at 11:55 a.m. (Automated Surface Observing System)
Smyrna: 6.5 inches (DEOS)
Woodside: 6.3 inches at 3 p.m. (trained spotter)
Camden: 6.0 inches at 11:38 a.m. (trained spotter)
Smyrna: 6.0 inches at 9:38 a.m. (trained spotter)
Magnolia: 5.6 inches at 1 p.m. (trained spotter)
Dover: 5.5 inches at 11 a.m. (public)
Dover: 5.4 inches (DEOS)
Harrington: 5.4 inches (DEOS)
West Dover: 5.3 inches (DEOS)
Frederica: 4.5 inches (DEOS)
Woodside: 4.5 inches (DEOS)