Government
In August 2023, County Council voted 3-2 to deny a conditional use application for a solar farm south of Frankford but reversed course Tuesday because of conditions set forth in litigation.
It’s no secret that there have been some challenges filling the Rehoboth Beach city manager position.
But, for its newest hire, Taylour Tedder, formerly of Boulder City, Nevada, there are some added compensatory incentives in the contract.
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Patricia Sterling of Wyoming took this photo of a meeting of turkeys at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge on March 16.
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Environment
Even with less parking and shifting entrance and exit points for the next year or so, representatives from federal and state agencies agree that the repairs on the Indian River Inlet and Bay, starting later this month, will be worth it.
With repairs set for later this month on the Indian River Inlet, the Army Corps of Engineers will be holding an information session regarding access to the site this week in Dewey Beach.
Cops and Courts
BETHANY BEACH — Former Bethany Beach police chief Michael Redmon has pleaded guilty to DUI and accepted the first offenders program, the Delaware Department of Justice said Thursday.
A 19-year-old Dover man has been arrested in connection with a shooting outside a bar in Millsboro last year, Delaware State Police.
Kent County
Residents of The Greens at Wyoming are attempting to get control of their neighborhood after they say their concerns have been ignored by an out-of-state homeowners association.
FREDERICA — The Frederica Spring Creek Lions Club presented a TREX bench April 16 to Lake Forest North Elementary School.
The club earned the bench by collecting, recycling and reporting …
GEORGETOWN – Special Olympics Delaware will hold four Unified Soccer Tournaments and Sports EXPOS this spring, including an event at Sussex Technical High School on April 30.
The …
Sussex County
MILLVILLE — The 38th District Republican Club will hold a How to Save Education in Delaware Forum at 6 p.m. April 22 at Millville Town Hall, 36404 Club House Road.
The guest speaker is Ron …
GEORGETOWN — Delaware JobLink, the state’s internet arm of the division of labor, is hosting a job fair tonight at Sussex Central High School, 26026 Patriot’s Way, Georgetown, …
LEWES — While admitting the new proposal is different, but maybe not exactly what the schools are looking for, Mr. Bob Fulton, superintendent of schools, launched the effort to promote the …
New Castle County
The Delaware Department of Education has named four Delaware teachers as state finalists for the 2024 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the highest recognition …
When it comes to mental health therapy, “We’ve come a long way, but we still have a long way to go in destigmatizing it,” says Tamara Gibbons.
Gibbons is a Licensed Associate …
George Thorogood has no direct ties to Delaware anymore.
There are no close family members living in his home state.
But he does have memories.
Boy, does he.
Wicomico County
SALISBURY — TidalHealth Primary Care and TidalHealth Specialty Care announce Tina Stade and Chrystal Willey are Team Members of the Month for March 2024.
Ms. Stade, Cancer Services …
SALISBURY — Residents of a northern Wicomico County community continue to protest an upcoming Jeep-specific event planned for a nearby county-owned site off Connelly Mill Road in Delmar.
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A 64-year-old Wicomico County man has been indicted on 228 charges.
Dorchester County
The governing body of the Cambridge Harbor development, which has come under fire in recent weeks following the resignation of City Manager Tom Carroll, has posted two streaming links to its community update meeting Wednesday.
Cambridge Mayor Steve Rideout took steps to assert city oversight into Cambridge Harbor activities with the introduction of amended articles of incorporation for Cambridge Waterfront Development, Inc. (CWDI).
Under the revisions, the Mayor of Cambridge would be designated as the nonprofit CWDI’s sole member.
Dorchester County Council recently appointed her to fill the remaining school board term of the late Dr. Theresa Stafford, who passed away in December 2023, representing District 2.
And on …
Somerset County
PRINCESS ANNE — Like all other capital projects in the last few years costs are skyrocketing and it’s no different for the hanger replacement project at the Crisfield-Somerset County …
PRINCESS ANNE — The Washington Hotel and Sugar Water Restaurant continue toward opening under new ownership May 15 as the Somerset County Board of License Commissioners showed is support …
PRINCESS ANNE — Following an earlier vote last month the County Commissioners have formally approved by resolution to increase the annual transfer station sticker fee from $60 to $64 effective …
News
GEORGETOWN — As the county builds out, new methods of maintaining service levels are coming online as Sussex moves away from discrete emergency services stovepipes into a unified public safety …
The National Kidney Foundation’s Maryland and Delaware branch will hold its 15th annual Southern Delaware Kidney Walk on April 28 at Cape Henlopen State Park, 15099 Cape Henlopen Drive, Lewes.
MILTON — The Milton Chamber of Commerce will host a public briefing by Roddy Flynn, the executive director of the Delaware Broadband Office, at 5 p.m. April 23 at the Milton Public Library.
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LEWES — After about an hour of taking their lumps from a concerned audience, the Cape Henlopen Board of Education voted unanimously to proceed with another funding referendum, scheduled for May …
Though largely unchanged from a previous version and without a multitude of comments for or against, the Sussex County Planning & Zoning Commission chose to delay acting on a planned marijuana ordinance Wednesday.
In a little more than two years, what was just an idea by Steve Greifer has shifted into an arrangement bigger than he could have imagined.
Following a 660-vote defeat last month, the Cape Henlopen School District is tentatively scheduling another referendum for May 21, according to the Sussex County Board of Elections.
REHOBOTH BEACH — Rehoboth Beach Commissioners announce Boulder City (Nevada) City Manager Taylour Tedder will be the new city manager.
Mr. Tedder brings more than a decade of local …
SELBYVILLE — The Delaware Center for the Inland Bays will host its second annual Green Screen Film Night April 17 at Signatures Bayside in Selbyville.
Hosted in partnership with the …
GEORGETOWN — The Lewes Social Security Office will relocate to its new location at 17 Georgetown Plaza April 15.
Business operations at 12001 Old Vine Boulevard in Lewes will end at noon …