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		<title>Middletown sex offender charged with dealing child porn online</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:20:26</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Scott Goss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 20-year-old registered sex offender from Middletown is accused of possessing and emailing child pornography, including a sexually-explicit video involving a young boy.]]></description>
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		<title>Middletown couple says energy-efficient measures worth the cost</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:27:34</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Scott Goss
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		<description><![CDATA[Green Energy Fund incentive programs have been suspended in Middletown, but one local couple says the energy-efficient measures in their home were sworth it, even without the grants and rebates.]]></description>
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		<title>Mayor Branner says national chains coming to Middletown</title>
		<link>http://www.middletowntranscript.com/article/20130523/NEWS/130529882/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:13:18</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Scott Goss
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		<description><![CDATA[Mayor Ken Branner raised some eyebrows last week when he publicly listed several national restaurant and retail chains he believes will soon be coming to Middletown.]]></description>
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		<title>Local residents among honorees at 'Our Community Salutes' event</title>
		<link>http://www.middletowntranscript.com/article/20130523/NEWS/130529863/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 15:23:33</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Reports</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several Middletown residents were among the military officers and high school seniors recognized during the second-annual &#8220;Our Community Salutes&#8221; dinner earlier this month.]]></description>
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		<title>Six MHS art students recognized by Lt. Governor</title>
		<link>http://www.middletowntranscript.com/article/20130522/NEWS/130529901/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 14:42:54</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Miller, Arts & Entertainment
Twitter: @302Do</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lieutenant Governor Matt Denn sponsored the 5th Annual Art Contest this year. More than 500 students participated and the finalists were honored this week in Dover.]]></description>
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		<title>Trio honored for helping Middletown police make arrests</title>
		<link>http://www.middletowntranscript.com/article/20130522/NEWS/130529910/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:48:57</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Scott Goss
scott.goss@doverpost.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two men and a teen received recognition this month for helping lead police to suspects in a pair of unrelated cases dating back to 2008.]]></description>
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		<title>Air Force vet Don Hall went from fixing radios to rescuing pilots</title>
		<link>http://www.middletowntranscript.com/article/20130522/NEWS/130529941/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 0:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Brown
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		<description><![CDATA[Don Hall went from freezing Alaska to the jungles of Vietnam with the purpose of saving lives.]]></description>
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		<title>Wilbur's Revenge, Pigheaded BBQ take top honors at state championship</title>
		<link>http://www.middletowntranscript.com/article/20130521/NEWS/130529914/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:41:47</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Miller, Arts & Entertainment
Twitter: @302Do</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 4th Annual Middletown BBQ Cook-off was held over the weekend at Frightland. Sixty teams from all over the state and the region competed in Delaware's only Kansas City BBQ Society-sanctioned competition. One team will now represent the First State at the Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational in Lynchburg, Tenn.]]></description>
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		<title>Appo. High educator named Del. School Librarian of the Year</title>
		<link>http://www.middletowntranscript.com/article/20130521/NEWS/130529922/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Scott Goss
scott.goss@doverpost.com </dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The only thing Christy Payne loves more than young-adult literature is helping young adults find the literature they love.]]></description>
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		<title>Townsend council looks to clean up town trash service</title>
		<link>http://www.middletowntranscript.com/article/20130521/NEWS/130529951/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 10:37:35</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Scott Goss
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		<description><![CDATA[Townsend residents will soon be paying a little more &#8211; and a little more often &#8211; for mandatory trash service.]]></description>
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		<title>Sussex County duo busted with heroin near Odessa</title>
		<link>http://www.middletowntranscript.com/article/20130520/NEWS/130529981/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:33:36</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Scott Goss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Sussex County men are facing drug charges after police reportedly found them carrying more than 700 bags of heroin during a traffic stop on Del. Route 1 near Odessa on Saturday.]]></description>
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		<title>Appo. High teacher, baseball coach charged with indecent exposure</title>
		<link>http://www.middletowntranscript.com/article/20130520/NEWS/130529982/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:23:32</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Scott Goss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Appoquinimink High School's varsity baseball coach is facing indecent exposure and harassment charges following an incident in Newark on Sunday.]]></description>
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		<title>Teens seek council approval to open dance club in Middletown</title>
		<link>http://www.middletowntranscript.com/article/20130517/NEWS/130519818/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:47:34</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Scott Goss
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		<description><![CDATA[Two local teens about to graduate high school are hoping to launch an under-21 dance club in the Middletown Square Shopping Center this summer.]]></description>
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		<title>Police: Middletown woman found with nearly 450 bags of heroin</title>
		<link>http://www.middletowntranscript.com/article/20130517/NEWS/130519820/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:30:54</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Scott Goss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 37-year-old Middletown woman is facing drug charges after police allegedly found her with 445 bags of heroin during a traffic stop last week.]]></description>
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		<title>5K on Sunday to honor memory of late MHS senior</title>
		<link>http://www.middletowntranscript.com/article/20130517/NEWS/130519819/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:28:17</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Scott Goss
scott.goss@doverpost.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The third-annual 5K Run/Walk For Ryanwill raise money for a scholarship fund set up by the family of a 17-year-old Townsend resident who died in February 2011.]]></description>
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		<title>Townsend to hold community-wide yard sale Saturday</title>
		<link>http://www.middletowntranscript.com/article/20130516/NEWS/130519848/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:37:45</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Scott Goss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Townsend will hold its annual community yard sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday.]]></description>
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		<title>New Castle County finance officer from Middletown honored for award-winning report</title>
		<link>http://www.middletowntranscript.com/article/20130516/NEWS/130519849/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:02:38</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Castle County senior financial officer Michael M. Mackiewicz, of Middletown, was honored today (Thursday) with the &#8220;Award of Financial Reporting Achievement&#8221; by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada.]]></description>
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		<title>Md. man seriously injured when car struck by truck, bus on Route 1</title>
		<link>http://www.middletowntranscript.com/article/20130516/NEWS/130519855/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:18:57</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Scott Goss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 22-year-old Maryland man is in serious condition following a multiple-vehicle crash on Del. Route 1, north of Odessa, early Thursday morning.]]></description>
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		<title>4th Annual State BBQ Competition fires up this weekend</title>
		<link>http://www.middletowntranscript.com/article/20130516/NEWS/130519857/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:27:42</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Miller, Arts & Entertainment
Twitter: @302Do</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 4th Annual State BBQ Competition will get underway Friday night for three days of meat-cooking and meat-eating good times. The winner of the event, sanctioned by the Kansas City BBQ Society, will go on to compete for top national honors in Tennessee.]]></description>
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		<title>Middletown Odyssey of the Mind team heading to World Finals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:09:01</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Scott Goss
scott.goss@doverpost.com</dc:creator>
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