Excerpts from The News Journal archives for the week of Aug. 24-30 includes the new police strategy cutting crime in 1925.

Delaware governor visits unemployment line in 1975.

First charter school in Sussex County set to open in 2000.

"Pages of history" features excerpts from The News Journal archives including The Morning News and The Evening Journal. See the archives at delawareonline.com .

Aug. 25, 2000, The News Journal

First charter school in Sussex ready for students

With the start of school just two weeks away, Sussex County’s first charter school opened its doors this week in Georgetown.

The $3 million building with an old-fashioned school bell above the front door is the first charter school in Delaware built from the ground up.

Grants from several foundations and low-int

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