Milford Antiques and Friends

Downtown antique store under new ownership

Terry RogersBusiness, Headlines

Janice Gibson was looking for a business to open in Milford, originally thinking she would open a sandwich shop. She owned a cleaning business for 25 years in New Jersey that she handed over to her daughter and was looking for something for herself in Milford. What she found was Milford Memories and More which will replace Milford Antiques & …

Holiday Stroll Street

Santa Crawl planned by downtown businesses

Terry RogersBusiness, Headlines

Over the past few years, several downtown businesses have heard from customers that they would like to have a bar crawl during the holiday season, much like the St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl sponsored by Downtown Milford Inc. (DMI) each year. This year, the public will get their wish with the First Annual Santa Crawl, planned for Saturday, December 14 …

Statewide GOP success

Is the path to statewide GOP success better messaging or recruitment/fundraising?

Bradley VasoliGovernment & Politics, Headlines

Delaware’s populous north has long been rough territory for Republicans to run in competitively, in relative contrast to downstate. Of the 12 New Castle County Council seats, for instance, the party holds only one. Candidate recruitment can therefore be difficult, and thus many Democrat-held seats from the General Assembly down to local boards go unchallenged. Consequently, GOP candidates run a …

Melissa Wilson was joined by her therapy dog Rebel as she accepted the award as Delaware's 2025 Educational Support Professional of the Year Monday night.

Smyrna’s Melissa Wilson praises her pup after winning 2025 Educational Support Pro of year

Jarek RutzEducation, Headlines

Melissa Wilson, a registration administrative assistant at Smyrna School District’s Smyrna Elementary School, has been named the Delaware 2025 Educational Support Professional of the Year. “Thank you for the opportunity to represent Delaware, and I hope to make you all so proud,” she told the audience of other nominees and families at an award ceremony Monday night in Dover. This …

MilfordLive Dec 3

Milford LIVE Weekly Review – December 3, 2024

Sonja FreyHeadlines

This Week’s Top Stories Include: Santa arrives in Milford Delaware Humanities kicks off 302 Circle Businesses in Milford see crowds for Small Business Saturday City Hall Plaza project rejected by council School board discusses class sizes Middletown, Caravel, Indian River win football state championship games Click on the image below to view the PDF

All-Class football team -- Malik Bell

All-Class football teams announced

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

The Delaware Interscholastic Football Coaches Association released their selections for the 2024 All-Class football teams as voted on by the coaches. Sussex Central fullback Malik Bell was named to the Class 3A first team and picked as the offensive player of the year. The senior amassed more than 2,000 yards rushing for the Golden Knights. Robbie “R-J” Johnson was selected …

Legree Caught

Fugitive found in Pennsylvania

Terry RogersHeadlines, News Briefs, Police & Fire

On November 25, Derrick Legree, 37 of Milford, DE, was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshal’s Task Force in Philadelphia, PA.  Legree will be extradited back to Delaware where he will be formally charged with Attempted Murder and other felony charges in connection with the domestic related stabbing earlier in the month. Legree was wanted for an incident that …

Lamarr Shorts

Basketball Looks to Improve

Terry RogersHeadlines, Sports

By Kevin Eickman Last season, the Milford boy’s basketball team finished a disappointing 8-12. When you look through the schedule you can see that it wasn’t that they were a bad basketball team, they just weren’t good enough to compete against some of the teams that were on the schedule. When you square off twice against Dover, who were previous …

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Thode Helping Girls Wrestling Grow

Terry RogersHeadlines, Sports

By Kevin Eickman If you have been following Milford wrestling over the last few years, the name Emily Thode should be familiar to you. A 2023 graduate, she wrestled at the varsity level for the Buccaneers and performed well. So well in fact she was selected as a captain her senior season. This was not a small feat due to …

First State Educate's community action event Monday night focused on parental engagement with school boards.

Local schools on underperforming list

Terry RogersAbove the fold, Education, Headlines

Delaware Department of Education recently released a list of schools on improvement plans and several local schools appeared on the list. There are several categories used to identify schools who need improvement, including Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI and CSI-R) and Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI-1 and TSI-2). According to DOE, a school falls into CSI either when students score …