Milford City Council recently passed a measure that would provide tax relief for those who are 65 and older. The updated regulation includes initial changes to increase income thresholds in response to inflation and include additional changes requested by council at a recent public hearing. The new tax relief ordinance retains an inflationary adjustment to $20,000 for a single owner-applicant …
The 2nd Friday presentation for November, held at the First Presbyterian Church in Milford, is entitled “Vets You Are Not Forgotten.” The program is planned for Veteran’s Day, November 11 at 7 P M. “Project Recover is a collaborative effort using 21st century science and technology to find and repatriate Americans missing in action since World War II,” John Huntzinger, …
Milford City Council approved a final subdivision plan for Knight’s Crossing, a development which will be located on Beaver Dam Road. The development had previously been denied as they requested single family units to be only 10 feet apart. The developer redesigned the project to allow for the required 16 feet, requiring them to reduce the number of single family …
At a recent meeting of the Milford School Board, a timeline for the Milford Middle School project was presented. The timeline explains the steps that will be taken by the district as it remodels the former middle school into a school for fifth and sixth graders. “The Public Information Officer graciously put together this tentative schedule,” Mike Sharp, Supervisor of …
Next month’s general firearm deer season, commonly known as the “November shotgun season,” will be open from Nov. 11 through Nov. 20. That’s just one of many hunting seasons set to open next month, along with the special deer hunt open only to youth and non-ambulatory hunters on Saturday, Nov. 4 and Sunday, Nov. 6. Duck, Canada goose, and other …
The Delaware Library Consortium announced Tuesday that it will spend $1 million to add school libraries into the statewide catalog. The goal is to broaden the First State’s library catalog and provide more students an opportunity to conduct research or read for pleasure. “Over the years it seems like everything around literacy has been tweaked except school libraries, until now,” …
Last June, second-grader Jackson Houtman seemed on the brink of being booted from the school he had choiced into. Diagnosed with ADHD and anxiety, his behavior had gotten him into trouble, and the school seemed to be using that as a reason to remove him from their rolls and steer him back to the school that was in his feeder …
Division 2 Field Hockey Ranking School Record Last Week’s Ranking 1) Delmar 13-0 1 2) Archmere 11-2 2 3) Tatnall 13-1 3 4) DMA 8-2-1 4 5) Friend’s 9-3 5 6) Newark Charter 8-2-1 6 7) Sussex Academy 8-3-1 7 8) Woodbridge 8-3 8 9) Saint Mark’s 8-4 9 10) Lake Forest 8-4 NR Division 1 Field Hockey Rankings …
Milford City Council approved a request from Buccaneer Car Wash to redevelop their location at 916 North Dupont Highway. According to Rob Pierce, City Planner, there was a request submitted to the Planning Commission in March, but it was not approved as the plan did not include sidewalks. It has been reconfigured so that sidewalks will be installed on Dupont …
On Monday, October 24, Milford City Council approved a plan that would redistrict the four wards within the city. Redistricting is required under the city charter in order to confirm that wards have balanced populations. Ward 1 will have 2,823 people with 150 transferring to Ward 2 and 234 to Ward 3. Ward 2 will have 2,727 people, moving 150 …
