POLICE BEAT: On Wednesday, January 12 between 10:30pm and midnight, 6th District officers arrested 5 males for Obstruction of Highway Related to Prostitution at 1200 Locust Street, 1200 Spruce Street and 215 S. 13th Street. On the 20th they arrested 2 males for prostitution in the same location around the

The 500 block of Mercy Street in the Pennsport neighborhood has almost 20 vacant lots. This little loophole of a block is currently unrepresented by any civic association and no grants, projects or improvement ventures have even mentioned it--until now. Thanks to University of Delaware graduate Robyn Mello (a community organizer,