While Assurance Media will celebrate its 15th anniversary with a ribbon cutting and open house Friday in Milford, many of its employees have been working together for 20 to 35 years. The company installs low-voltage cabling as well as offering security, audiovisual systems and managed service solutions. Assurance sprang out of a Delaware information technology company, Info Systems, which included …
The close number of votes in the House District 36 GOP primary will be audited by the state Department of Elections. Rep. Bryan Shupe, R-Milford, has asked the state to conduct an audit, because the 12-vote difference between him and opponent Patrick Smith has been challenged by Smith. Smith on Wednesday filed for a Sussex County recount, because the state …
Coastal dunes just north of the Indian River inlet will be getting additional metal sheets embedded in the sand as well as emergency sand replacement after two breaches this year and recent near-breaches, Gov. John Carney announced Thursday. The work is designed to protect the beach and Delaware Route 1 during the winter storm season. The metal sheets will be …
Ahoy, matey. Ye old history dude Bill Hutchison has a yarn or two he’d like to spin you about the Kalmar Nyckel, Delaware’s Tall Ship. A replica of the Swedish ship that brought the state’s first European settlers to Delaware’s shores, the replica was built during the 90s and slide into the waters of the Christina River in 1998. True …
The Sussex County Veterans Treatment Court will celebrate a milestone Thursday as its 100th participant graduates. Veterans Treatment Court is generally available to veterans who are charged with nonviolent felonies and misdemeanors. Participants must attend regular court status conferences, participate in the development of their treatment plans, engage in community groups as required and cooperate with veteran mentors. Many in …
A Bridgeville couple have been been charged with animal cruelty and more after 20 dogs were rescued from a home there. Ray Anderson, age 42, and Melissa Layton, age 40, were arraigned on Aug. 15 on five misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty neglect, six dog housing violations and 13 dog license violations. Both were released on their own recognizance. When officers …
The funeral Thursday, Aug. 22, for a Sussex County volunteer firefighter who died in the line of duty is expected to include hundreds of first responders and a long line of emergency vehicles. The procession to honor fallen volunteer firefighter and EMS logistics technician Thomas W. Berry III will assemble to take Berry to answer the traditional final call at …
As Milford School District students gear up for the school year, that last week of August is barreling toward them. However, students come back at various times. Students who are in kindergarten, first grade, sixth grade and ninth grade have a full transition day on Tuesday, Aug. 27. The remaining students all come back the next day, Wednesday Aug. 28. …
A Georgetown man who was a firefighter and Sussex County employee was killed Tuesday afternoon after he stopped on his way back to county offices to help at an accident. Thomas Wilson Berry III, 23, died just before 4:30 p.m. at a vehicle crash on U.S. 9/Lewes-Georgetown Highway. Some reports say he was struck and killed, but others said he …
This story was originally published on Spotlight Delaware. Georgetown’s transitional housing pallet village is facing a funding shortfall, jeopardizing the project that houses 40 people experiencing homelessness in Sussex County. The village’s nonprofit operator, The Springboard Collaborative, was hoping to receive a $1.5 million grant this year from the Longwood Foundation, the Wilmington-based charitable grantmaking foundation linked to the du Pont family. …
