The popular Bug and Bud Festival will return to downtown Milford on Saturday, April 27 from 9 AM until 4 PM. The festival this year, along with its organizer, Downtown Milford, Inc. (DMI), will have a new look. āThis yearās Bug and Bud Festival will recognize the 50th anniversary of the designation of the ladybug as the state bug, something …
For the third time since 2018, Key Properties LLC is requesting land east of Route 1 near the Bayhealth Sussex Campus to be rezoned from agricultural to commercial. In 2018, Sussex County Council overruled their own Planning and Zoning Commission to deny a request to change the zone and, in 2022, the City of Milford denied a request to change …
Milford School District recently announced that demolition on the Milford Middle School project on Lakeview Avenue ended and that the construction phase would begin. Demolition of the wings of the school began on September 8, 2023, on target with a projected timeline provided by the district last year. āThe project remains on schedule and is expected to open in fall …
Milford Police Department Chief Cecilia Ashe shed some light on an ongoing investigation that was linked to Milford School District closing schools last week. Last Thursday, several schools in the Milford School District were placed on ālow-levelā lockdown after a ācredible threat was made toward Milford School District schools and offices.ā The entire district was closed Friday, and opened back …
One might find it hard to believe that laundry, driverās ed and athletic travel and equipment are considered āinstructional costsā in Delaware public schools, but they are.Ā Instruction is one of nine categories of funding for the First Stateās public schools.Ā It makes up 55.28% of the spending for the 23-24 school year, totaling $1,584,970,346, according to the Delaware State …
The month of March at the Milford Public Library is filled with fun events, some designed to get your body moving and others to move your mind. The month begins with free line dancing with Lisa. āThis is a great way to have fun and exercise at the same time,ā Carolyn Tabor, Program Coordinator at the library, said. The free …
A decision has not been made on whether to allow a homeless village and will not be madeĀ until there is a solid operational plan that does not include taxpayer dollars, Milfordās mayor said this week. Operating money, and creating a task force to look at the issue, was one of several comments about a proposed village of tiny houses …
Delawareās legislators will get their first official look next week at a recently released funding report that suggests changes to how the state funds its schools and says it should pump $500 million to $1 billion more into education. Many of the legislators attended the December announcement of the report by the American Institutes for Research. On Thursday, March 7, …
Every incumbent in Milford’s April 27 city elections will face opposition. Mayor Arthur J. Campbellās city seat is being contested by Todd Culotta, now a council member representing Ward 2. Campbell beat Culotta six years ago, the only time Campbell has faced competition for the position.Ā Mike J. Boyle of ward 1 will run against by Diamanto Kalesis, owner of …
By DAVE McCALLUM Stewart Fisher developed his love of golf as a college student at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C., and heās looking forward to bringing that love to the Milford golfing community as the first director of golf at the new Southern Delaware Golf Club (SDGC), The SDGC, formerly known as Shawnee Acres and Rookery North, is tentatively …
