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Milford Housing Corp. given $940,000 in federal fund

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The Milford Housing Development Corp. has been awarded a fedral $940,000 federal grant that will allow it to build 24 homes benefitting people in Kent and Sussex Counties and Worcester County, Maryland. The Rural Development Mutual Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance grant from the U.S. Department of will enable the nonprofit to renew its Self-Help Housing Program and build those homes, expected …

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Milspillion Art League ends season with ‘Summer Winds’

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Five minutes ago, everybody was all excited about the start of summer. All of a sudden, people are talking about events for fall including the annual Big Draw Festival. The Mispillion Art League will ends its summer season with “Summer Winds,” a collection of work by its members. C. Mercedes Walls, an Art League founding member, is the featured artist. …

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Zava Café brings the za-za-zoo to Milton

Pam GeorgeCulture, Headlines

Some maintain that Milton is like Lewes before the tourists arrived. Both are small towns with centuries-old buildings and rich histories. Heavy tourism only came to Lewes in mid-1960s, when the fish factories—and the aroma of menhaden—departed. A Friday stroll through Milton’s historic section gave credibility to the claim. Located on the Broadkill River, the former shipbuilding town was favored …

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Bodhi Kitchen opens in Rehoboth; My Sister’s Fault reopens

Pam GeorgeCulture, Headlines

Right on schedule, Bodhi Kitchen opened this week in downtown Rehoboth. This is the second new project for the culinary minds behind Drift, and it seems as though Bodhi will make a similar splash in the coastal resort town.  There’s no missing the theme. Cocktails sport names like Happy Buddha, East Meets West and Quiet Meditation, and the menu features …

A new committee is continuing to hear more options on changing healthcare for state retirees. (File)

More options, no decisions on state retiree healthcare plans

Sam HautDelaware Live, Government, Headlines, Health

The State Employee Benefits Committee retiree subcommittee is considering more options to save the state money on healthcare over the next 20 years. It met Monday and may meet on July 10 and July 20 to discus options. The options presented relate to the “Other Post-Employment Benefits” that the state is trying to cut back on and close the unfunded …

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Marijuana legal in Delaware Sunday; Carney won’t sign, veto

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Gov. John Carney said Friday that even though he disagrees with legalizing marijuana and creating a regulated and taxed industry, he will allow the two bills that do that to become law without his signature. “I want to be clear that my views on this issue have not changed,” he said in a Friday afternoon press release. “I understand there …

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Sussex Central claims Henlopen North mat title

Benny MitchellHeadlines, Sports

  Camden- Coaches normally going into a match with a script of how they expect a dual meet to go. Before the midway point of Wednesday night’s match both coaches probably abandoned that script as the match saw two big upsets. Sussex Central won eight of the 14 bouts as they claimed the Henlopen Conference Northern Division dual meet championship …

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Child care: 1st State lacks affordable options, report finds

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

A new report from Rodel shows that First State families do not have adequate access to affordable child care. A coalition of advocacy groups – including Rodel, the Delaware Association for the Education of Young Children, Delaware Readiness Teams and the First State Pre-K – conducted a survey with hundreds of Delaware families to gauge their feelings about child care …

Delaware students performed worse on math tests in the past three years than any other state.

Report: Delaware math, reading scores drop tops state lists

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

Delaware test scores have fallen to the bottom of the heap since 2019, with some worse than any other state, according to the Nation’s Report Card, which was released Monday.  From 2019 to 2022, the average scores for Delaware fourth-graders on the math assessment dropped by 14 points, the steepest of any state.  “In Delaware specifically, our scores were decimated,” …

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Family fun day to focus on emergency planning

Charles MegginsonCulture, Headlines

By the time disaster strikes, it’s too late to prepare. That’s why the Delaware Emergency Management Agency plans to bring the community together to learn how to be ready for the unknown.  However grim the premise, DEMA promises a fun-filled and adventure-packed day for the entire family.  On Saturday, Sept. 17, from 10 a.m. til 2 p.m., the agency will …