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Tourism to be discussed at Milford Conversations meeting

Terry RogersCulture, Headlines

Released by First Presbyterian Church of Milford Tourism potential in Milford will be the topic of the Milford Conversations program for March Milford Conversations will be held on Thursday, March 3, from 8:30-9:30AM at the First Presbyterian Church of Milford.  The guest speaker will be Bonnie Hall, Chair of the Board of Directors for Southern Delaware Tourism.  Ms. Hall will …

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Norman Barbershop moves to North Walnut Street

Terry RogersBusiness, Headlines

by Terry Rogers Interior of Norman’s Deluxe Barbershop and Shave Parlor, including chairs that are original to the location Earlier this year, Tom Smith, owner of Norman’s Deluxe Barbershop and Shave Parlor, announced that he had just signed a lease on a building located at 38 North Walnut Street. Smith was excited to announce the move as this has been …

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Binder for Life program designed to prepare for an emergency

Terry RogersCulture, Headlines

Released by Dianne Deming The First Presbyterian Church of Milford will offer a program designed to help you prepare for an emergency A three-session workshop entitled “Binder for Life” will be offered through the First Presbyterian Church of Milford in March.  Through this series of workshops, participants will create a comprehensive notebook containing pertinent documents and information needed in an …

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Secondary math curriculum to be updated at MSD

Terry RogersEducation

by Terry Rogers     Students work through pilot math programs to assist the MSD task force in selecting new curriculum On Tuesday, February 22, Dr. Bridget Amory, Director of Student Learning, presented information on math curriculum chosen by a task force during a curriculum review. The task force included teachers from various grade levels as well as administrators in …

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Vape dangers may be added to MSD Code of Conduct

Terry RogersEducation, Headlines

by Terry Rogers     Milford School District will review the student code of conduct to update rules related to vaping With vaping a growing concern among teenagers, Milford School District will review their Discipline Code of Conduct to add vaping as a violation. In addition, the district will increase education regarding the dangers of vaping. “We have had one …

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Mask mandate option for MSD students, staff

Terry RogersEducation, Headlines

by Terry Rogers     Milford School District students and staff will have the option of wearing a mask starting April 1 *UPDATE: On Monday, February 28, Governor John Carney announced that mask mandates for schools could be lifted as of 6 PM Tuesday, March 1. Because Milford School District Board of Education voted to rescind the mask mandate “earlier …

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Milford Rotary Club Changes Scholarships

Terry RogersEducation, Headlines

Released by Milford Rotary Club   Milford Rotary has made changes to their annual scholarships This year the trustees of the Milford Rotary Club Educational Foundation made several scholarship changes.  “We are still offering five new scholarships this year”, said Jim O’Neill, the foundations coordinator, “but the trustees changed some names, criteria and increased the amount of the scholarships”    The …

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Wrestling Qualifies Six for States

Terry RogersSports

By Kevin Eickman Don Parsley, Jack Thode and Keegan Worley celebrate Thode’s wrestling wins at the Henlopen Conference Championship Last year it was simple to qualify for the state of Delaware individual wrestling tournament. With COVID peaking and a portion of the wrestling season wiped out, it was simply a matter of common sense to make the tournament open to …

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Fry Farm industrial park MOU signed

Terry RogersGovernment, Headlines

by Terry Rogers     The City of Milford entered into an MOU with Tsionas Management and Emory Hill to begin development of the Fry Farm On Monday, February 14, Milford City Council agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Tsionas Management and Emory Hill to provide professional services for a new industrial park planned for the Fry Farm. …

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Council discusses changes to meeting procedures

Terry RogersGovernment, Headlines

by Terry Rogers     Milford City Council approved a request to move the financial report to the second week of the month, but tabled other procedural changes Milford City Council recently discussed making changes to their meeting procedures. This included changes to what week some staff reports would be provided to council, executive session procedures and public comment. “There …