MilfordLive Aug 31 2021

Milford LIVE Weekly Review – August 31, 2021

Sonja FreyHeadlines

Hover over the image below and a gray bar pops up at the bottom—scroll through the pdf, use direction arrows, zoom in or out, download the PDF, or view in full-screen mode. [pdf-embedder url=”https://milfordlive.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/MilfordLive-Aug-31-2021.pdf” title=”MilfordLive Aug 31-2021″] This Week’s Top Stories Include: Headlines Back to school details provided by MSD Culture Second Street Players Stages Farce This Fall Show Your …

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Football Looking to Roll

Terry RogersHeadlines, Sports

On a pleasant summer day at Briggs Stadium in Milford, the Buccaneers hosted Brandywine in their final preseason scrimmage before games start to count this Friday night. As far as scrimmages go, it was even between the two squads with one significant difference. At the quarterback position – senior Shawn Saxon stood out at quarterback. The Milford running game was …

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Disabled veteran tax credit approved by school board

Terry RogersEducation, Headlines

At their regular board meeting on August 23, Milford School District Board of Education approved a tax credit for disabled veterans. The tax credit is similar to one offered to senior citizens in Kent and Sussex County that allows them to receive a tax credit of 50 percent of their property tax up to $500. “The school board must approve …

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Back to school details provided by MSD

Terry RogersEducation, Headlines

In an effort to help parents prepare for children to return to school, Milford School District provided information on how the district plans to navigate into the 2021-22 academic year. According to Dr. Bridget Amory, Director of Student Learning, the district has developed several critical components for the upcoming school year. “We have been working with a variety of stakeholders …

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Show Your Butterfly Love at The 2021 Big Draw Festival DE!

Terry RogersHeadlines, Culture

Lilly Neary creates butterfly art in anticipation of the Big Draw. Photo courtesy of Robert Neary The 2021 Big Draw Festival DE, presented by the Mispillion Art League (MAL), is part of an annual international event celebrated in over 25 countries during October. This year, MAL is bringing the theme of environmental awareness to each ward in Milford and the …

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City of Milford Council Approves Two Land Purchases

Terry RogersGovernment, Headlines

City Council approved the purchase of the Fry Farm which will be used as an industrial park City Council approved purchase of the Herman Sharp property on Rehoboth Boulevard for possible use as a park The City of Milford Council recently approved two agreements of sales – one for the 182-acre R&C Fry Farms LP on the corner of Rt. …

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Pavement & Rehabilitation Project Will Require Lane Closure on Southeast 2nd Street

Terry RogersHeadlines

Last week, DelDOT announced to motorists that Southeast Second Street form South Walnut Street to South Rehoboth Boulevard will have daytime lane and/or shoulder closures for milling, patching, paving, ADA curb ramp improvements, and striping.  Flaggers will be on-site to direct traffic. The street repairs will be conducted on weekdays starting on Tuesday, September 7 through mid-November, pending weather. Times …

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Bayhealth Welcomes OB-GYN Dr. Roni Dermo

Terry RogersHealth, Headlines

Dr. Roni Dermo joins Bayhealth Bayhealth is pleased to announce the addition of Obstetrician-​Gynecologist (OB-GYN) Roni Dermo, MD, to Bayhealth Women’s Care, Sussex Campus. She specializes in all aspects of women’s reproductive health, including pregnancy and childbirth. Dr. Dermo joins Miaohou Xu, MD, and Melisa Edler, MD, in the practice Dr. Dermo is now accepting new patients. The practice is …

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Among education options is ‘unschooling,’ anti-mask parents told

Charles MegginsonEducation, Headlines

  About 30 people attended the Milford meeting, including two families with children.   Parents who don’t want their kids going back to school wearing masks heard about a variety of options Thursday night during a town hall meeting at Milford Senior Center. The choices included traditional education alternatives, including private and parochial schools, homeschooling, learning pods and even “unschooling.”  …

Delaware’s Elena Delle Donne returns to Mystics for first time since 2019

Nick AlessandriniHeadlines, Sports

  Most of us remember Elena Delle Donne from her time at Ursuline Academy or her tenure at the University of Delaware, where she led the Hens to their first Sweet 16 back in 2013. However, the last few years have been a health struggle for Delle Donne. She has had to deal with not one but two back surgeries …