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Conditional use request approved for Big Oyster Brewery

Terry RogersBusiness, Headlines, Milford Headline Story

At a recent meeting, Milford City Council approved a conditional use request from Big Oyster Brewery and the Southern Delaware Golf Club to erect a free standing sign in front of their Rehoboth Boulevard property. The conditional use was required as the sign was larger than current code permits although a similar sign in front of a business across the …

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Milford LIVE Weekly Review – November 5, 2024

Sonja FreyMilford-live, Weekly Review

This Week’s Top Stories Include: Headline Final voting Tuesday in General Election ‘Topgolf’-like experience to open soon at Southern Delaware Golf Club Cat Perfetti: Stone and Sage Puzzles, Pokemon and Pajamas on schedule at the Milford Library City approves five-year lease for BMX track Click on the image below to view the PDF

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‘Topgolf’-like experience to open soon at Southern Delaware Golf Club

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Business

A premier golf club in Milford is adding a technological experience that has swept the golfing community in recent years and will increase access to the sport. The Southern Delaware Golf Club, located off Rehoboth Boulevard, is adding its version of Topgolf.  It’s not affiliated with the Dallas-based golf entertainment company and is not using its technology, but it will …

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McNEAL/FARRALL OUTLAST CLINGAN/FRENCH TO WIN INAUGURAL SOUTHERN DELAWARE GOLF CLUB MEMBER-MEMBER GOLF TOURNAMENT

Terry RogersHeadlines, Milford Headline Story, Sports

BY DAVE McCALLUM On a day of clutch playoff hole golf that could rival a Sunday PGA tournament duel, the pair of Joe McNeal and Ken Farrall outlasted Todd French and Jimmy Clingan in a five-hole playoff thriller to capture the inaugural Southern Delaware Golf Club Member-Member/Guest tournament Sunday afternoon. McNeal and Farrall who got a shot on the long …

MilfordLive May 7

MilfordLIVE Weekly Review – May 7, 2024

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This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Milford electric rates to rise 2.4% in June DMI announces rebranding Council hears five year CIP plan School behavior group wants more funding for specialists Southern Delaware Golf Club opens in Milford Click on the image below to view the PDF

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Southern Delaware Golf Club opens in Milford

Terry RogersHeadlines, Milford Headline Story, Sports

By Dave McCallum It had been nearly 3-1/2 years since the last drive was hit on the first tee and the final putt was sunk at the old Rookery North golf course in Milford. Milford-area golfers’ agonizing wait to strike another tee shot and sink another putt ended at 7:36 a.m. May 1 (Wednesday) when co-owner Matt Johnson of the …

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Meet the new assistant golf pro at SDGC

Terry RogersHeadlines, Milford Headline Story, Sports

by David McCallum   Caden Stanley’s journey to being the new assistant golf professional at Southern Delaware Golf Club has been a circuitous one – much like a baseball player rounding the bases before sliding back into home safely. Fortunately, it’s a journey Stanley likely navigated numerous times as a second baseman and four-year letterman at Milford High School, where …

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Stewart Fisher named Director of Golf at SDGC

Terry RogersAbove the fold, Headlines, Milford Headline Story, Sports

By DAVE McCALLUM Stewart Fisher developed his love of golf as a college student at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C., and he’s 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 …

MilfordLive June 27

MilfordLIVE Weekly Review – June 27, 2023

Sonja FreyMilford-live, Weekly Review

Click on the image below to view as a PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Headline Updates continue on former Rookery property Culture Music in the Park returns for summer Business Dolce opens 10th Street location Government & Politics Council approves Downtown Streetscape plan Solid Waste Costs to rise by $1.00 per month Education Milford Schools propose tax decrease for …

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Updates continue on former Rookery property

Terry RogersBusiness, Headlines, Milford Headline Story

Newly named the Southern Delaware Golf Club, the former Rookery property is undergoing extensive renovations in order to open in the spring of 2024. “There was information that was put out there from the very beginning that we may possibly open nine holes sometime in September. That was probably unrealistic, especially once we got in here and started digging around …