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MHS Drama Club to perform Grease

Terry RogersCulture, Education, Headlines

Milford High School Drama Club will be performing GREASE for their Spring Musical the first weekend in March. They are inviting past 1989 and 2007 casts of GREASE to a reunion performance. GREASE is a fan favorite that evokes fond memories for many people, including some Milford High School graduates who performed in this beloved show during their high school …

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Bucs come out on top at Capital Classic Championship

Terry RogersHeadlines, Sports

In an exciting Capital Classic championship game, the MCA Boys Basketball team came out on top 50-41 over Gunning Bedford! Being named to the All Tournament Team were Stephen Sivels and Ka’ron Bacon. Michael Mullen received the tournament’s Sportmanship Award and Kaisan Bacon earned MVP. We are beaming with #bucpride #wearemilford The MCA Girls Basketball team captured 3rd place at …

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Meet Milford Police Chief Cecilia “CC” Ashe

Terry RogersHeadlines, Police & Fire

Chief Cecilia “CC” Ashe was sworn in as Milford’s first female police chief on Monday, February 13 after council voted unanimously to hire her in the position that former Chief Kenneth Brown vacated in August. Chief Ashe was chosen after a nationwide search conducted by GovHR since Chief Brown announced his retirement. “My first reason for applying to Milford was …

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Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a Concert in Milford

Terry RogersBusiness, Culture, Headlines

The annual Milford Irish Music and Dance Concert sponsored by the Irish Rose Gift Shop and Downtown Milford, Inc returns to Milford on Sunday, March 19th starting at 1:00 PM at the Milford Senior Center, 111 Park Avenue, Milford, Delaware. Performances by the Irish band Seven Rings, a Bagpiper, Irish Dancers, and Blarney the Leprechaun will delight the audience.  There will …

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Milford Lions Club Announces Spaghetti Dinner Details

Terry RogersCharity, Delaware Nonprofits, Headlines

Members of the Milford Lions Club are preparing for the 57th Annual Spaghetti Dinner which will take place on Saturday, March 4th at the Milford High School. Take out ONLY meals will be available for pick up from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Proceeds benefit many charitable activities in the area such as youth & education programs, eye exams and prescription glasses, as …

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MSD announces online Kindergarten screening now available

Terry RogersEducation, Headlines

Online kindergarten registration is now open for the 2023-2024 school year and in March MSD will begin screening students for the upcoming school year. Online registration can be found at https://www.milfordschooldistrict.org/…/registering-for… The Milford School District will begin kindergarten screening for the upcoming school year on Thursday, March 2nd. To be eligible to start kindergarten next year, your child must turn …

Jenn Melvin

Melvin’s Compassion and Advocacy Earn Her a DAISY Award 

Terry RogersHeadlines, Health

Compassion, advocacy, listening and critical thinking. These are words the daughter of a patient used when nominating Bayhealth Medical ICU Nurse Jennifer Melvin, MSN, RN, for the DAISY Award she recently received. “I am an RN myself and in 23 years and three states of practice, I can confidently say she is one of the best nurses I have encountered. …

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MSD Multilingual Learner Olympics celebrate multi-lingual learning

Terry RogersEducation, Headlines

The Milford School District hosted its third annual “ML Olympics”.  Multilingual Learner (ML) Olympics is an annual academic competition created by the staff of Milford School District to allow ML students an opportunity to showcase their academic abilities while building pride and confidence in their multilingualism. Elementary teacher Montessa Brooks explained “The first event of its kind in the state, …

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Get On Board to open in Milford

Terry RogersHeadlines

Paige Cook got her love of food from her grandmother, a chef her whole life. Growing up in Bridgeville, Cook developed a love of charcuterie boards when she was young, thinking that designing the boards was more an art form than food. She began creating the boards for family as well as friends of family, eventually growing her offerings and …

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Council tables requests to extend water outside city boundaries

Terry RogersGovernment, Headlines

Two requests to extend water and sewer lines outside city boundaries were tabled by Milford City Council at a recent meeting. The first was a request from Christiana Excavating who requested the extension south of the Milford Ponds development on Walnut Street and the second was from Colony West/Colony South located north of Milford. “The properties are not contiguous with …