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..............~ + ••••• + •••• •:. Greater Newark's Hometown Newspaper Since 1910 .:. 98th Year, 21 st Issue ©2007 June 15, 2007 Newark, Del. Up FRON[ Strategic Just let Plan them yell Name of Newark's late proceeds chief added to torch By MARY E. PETZAK Facilities component NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER By CHRISTINE NEFF most affected hey came with camer NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER • BY MARY E. PETZAK Tas and videorecorders he Flame of Hope passed and cellphones. They T through Newark the afternoon NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER dressed in Sunday best - even of Friday, June 8, on its way if that was a clean shirt and hristina School District will not to the opening ceremonies for the have full-day kindergarten, man pressed jeans~ C Special Olympics Delaware games This was a proud night, a dated by the Governor to start in held here last weekend. 2008, in the 2007-08 school year. "We triumphant night, the night of Officers with the Newark Police a lifetime when a loved one are only able to move some aspects Department ran the torch along Main of the Facilities component [of the graduated from high school. Street and Elkton Road, arriving For some families, this was a Strategic Planl as a result of litiga at the Newark Municipal Building tion," Helen Spacht, supervisor of cur first-ever event. on Elkton Road around 4:15 p.m. They called riculum and instruction, told the school Friday. board on Tuesday night. "We will not be each other before Th.e torch was carried by Cpl. and during the able to offer full-day· kindergarten this ceremony, trying See ,17 year ... and the ELL (English Language to make sure the Learners) will stay where they are for graduates knew NEWARK POST PHOTOS BY CHRISTINE NEFF now." (See Newark Post, June 8 issue). they were there. Above Right: Ben ' Nefosley, brother to Other District measures announced They screamed the late Chief Bill Nefosley, takes over due to inability to reallocate school and yelled as the Petzak the torch for the last leg of the run, resources include: assistant principals as graduates pro- from the Municipal Building on Elkton See ,14 ~ cessed in and during the cer Road to the Bob Carpenter Center. Right: emony when their voices were City staff and members of the Newark likely to be heard. Police Department welcomed the run They whistled and a few ners across the finish line at the Newark tooted horns. They waved, Municipal Building oil Friday. Aetna opens See , 7 new station Inside-This Week Glasgow substation will service 15,000 By TAil MILIlANA NEWARK POST CONTRIBUTING WRITER etna Hose, Hook and Ladder A Company; the fire company that services Newark and the sur rounding area, held an opening ceremo ny for its new Glasgow substation on Old County Road, Saturday, June 9. The new station, called Station 10, is the fourth station that the company operates and is the first the company has built since 1985 when it opened Station The "stars of tomorrow" 7 on Thorn Lane in Newark. received their diplomas in According to fire officials the new sta graduation ceremonies for tion will currently house two engines, an . ambulance and up to 40 crewmembers; area high schools held over however, the station has the capacity to the last two weeks. See full add three more vehicles in the future. coverage of the Class of See , 13 2007 on page 22. • Police Blotter is c;ompiled each drawals at area ATMs . weekfrom the files of the Newark Police Department, New Castle Shoplifter-caught Weekly ·c_rime report County Police and the Delaware STATISTICS FOR 5/27'6/02, 2007, CUM PILED BY NEWARK POLICE DEPARTMENT State Police by the newspaper A 39-year-old Newark man I staff. was issued a criminal summons INVESTIGATIONS CRIMINAL CHARGES for shoplifting after employees at 2006' 2007 THIS 2006 2001 THIS a grocery store in the 100 block PART I OFFENSES - TO DATE TO DATE WEEK TO DATE TO DATE WEEK Assault rep~lrted on of. College Square caught him Murder/mans~aughter o 0 0 - o -1 0 attempting to take more than $300 Attempted murder o 0 0 o 0 0 Courtney Street worth of merchandise from the Kidnap o 2 0 11 1 0 A 22-year-old Newark man store without paying on Tuesday, Rape 5 4 1 2 4 0 was assaulted by two unknown June 5, at 5:06 p.m. Mark E. Unlawful sexual contact 1 3 1 o 1 1 white males after he parked his Stansberry, 39, of the 100 block Robbery 44 19 1 48 36 2 car on the comer of Courtney of S. Oxford Street, was issued the summons and released pend" Aggravated ass~ult 27 29 1 30 30 1 Street and Manuel Street, police ing a court appearance. Burglary 61 72 1 32 182 0 were told on Friday, June 8, .at Theft 377 389 18 125 209 2 1:3$ a.m. The suspects punched the Newark man in the face. One Auto.theft 49 ,46 3 I 7 5 0 Other incidents of the suspects threw a small Arson 5 1 1 600 A customer at .li restaurant All other 30 29 3 46 95 3 nitrous tank at the victim's wind shield, causing it to shatter, police in the unit block of E. Main TOTAL PART I 599 594 30 307 560 9 were told. Investigation will con Street had his wallet stolen by an tinue. unknown suspect who then used PART II OFFENSES one of the stolen credit cards to Other assaults- 174 199 8 98 179 3 pay 'for a bill at the restaurant, Receiving stolen property 0 0 0 19 Stolen property polic~ were told on Tuesday, June Criminal mischief - 354 250 10 246 109 2 returned ' 5, at 11:53 a.m. Weapons 4 6 0 52 39 Unknown suspects entered a 0 Several pieces of stolen prop Other sex offenses - 4 11 1 2 5 Q business in the 1000 block of S. erty - including $600 worth of College Avenue by breaking a Alcohol 175 181 2., 398 365 10 pool cues and a cellphone - were Drugs . 60 65 0 -196 200 6 'pane of glass on the garage door, returned to their owners after police were told on Friday, June Noise/disorderly premise 325 273 10 203 155 7 -police- discovered them in the Disorderly conduct 612 469 13 88 108 1 8, at 1:13 a.m. Nothing was taken . possession of two men charged from the business, said police . Trespass 71 650 .28 53 1 with burglary. Michael Xu, 18, of All other' 240 259 10 91 126 1 A laptop computer and game Hockessin, and J~ffrey Johnson, system were stolen from an apart TOTAL PART II 1421 2019 1778 54 1359 31 18, of Newark were arrested and ment in the 300 block of E. charged with theft by New Castle Main Street by an unknown sus MISCELLANEOUS County Police for crimes in their pect, police were told on Friday, Alarm 580 662 31 o o 0 jurisdiction. During investiga June 8, at 9: 11 p.m. The items Animal control 251 259 18 34 2 - 0 tion, Newark Police discovered were valued at more than $1,000. Recovered property 131 -106 7 o o 0 the men-were responsible for sev It appeared the suspect entered ~ervice 4075 3550 172 o o 0 eral thefts that occurred in Paper through a ground floor window, Suspicious personlvehicle 396 443 15 o o 0 Mill Farms during the month of said police. _ TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS 5433 5020 243 34 2 0 April: Those stolen items were Two 15-year-old girls and a recovered during the execution of 17-year-old boy were found to THIS WEEK 2006 2006 TO -DATE THIS WEEK 2007 2007 TO DATE search warrants at the suspects' be trespassing on the path_around TOTAL CALLS 483 12081 . 501 11790 homes and returned, said police. the Newark reservoir in the 200 block of Old Paper Mill Road -Bank card taken on Sunday, June 10, at 9:38 p.m. Call for a FREE Security Risk Assessment The juveniles were issued crimi A Newark man reported to nal summons for ttespassing and ~" . CCTV Surveillance· Burglar Alarms police on Thursd~y, . June 7, at released. Wayne Jones - Small Business Sales Representative 4:45 p.m . .that his bank: card had A Newark man · and his date been taken from his home in the -tqeD Phone: 302-325-3125 x402-7 Mobile: 302-650-0399 were hit with a water balloon unit block ofE. Cleveland Avenue thrown from a passing vehicle www.adt.com ~ and used by unknown suspect to while dining outside at a Maiti make more than $1,000 ih with- Street restaurant, police were told on Sunday, JUI)e 10, at 7:30 p.m. Several batloons were thrown fropl the car, which police did not get a description of. An unknown man 'slapped a store. clerk in the face after ~~J:~det sells ads in the the two disputed over a gas sale dow~town Newark area She can be in the 800 block of S. College reached by calling 1~_~3311, The Wellwood Karaoke Idol Avenue, police were told on June ext. 3301. Contest is back! 10, at.l0:18 a.m. The victim did not want to press charges. 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