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Updated Wed, Sep 1, 2010
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The Sussex County airport, located near Georgetown, also serves as the location for the county’s industrial park.
Milton wastewater
treatment facility dedicated
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Officials toured the Milton Sewage Treatment Plant during its official dedication Monday, Aug. 23. Above. Gov. Jack Markell presents a tribute to Milton Mayor Cliff Newlands recognizing the Town of Milton for its successful partnership with Tidewater Environmental Services in providing sustainable wastewater solutions to the citizens of Milton. Shown with (l-r) Markell and Newlands are Tidewater President Gerry Esposito and President and CEO Dennis Doll, of Middlesex Water Company, Tidewater’s parent company.
Dover Street to become Vikings Way
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The Savannah Road entrance to Cape Henlopen High School will be called Vikings Way, not Dover Street. The Cape Henlopen school board chose the new name Thursday, Aug. 26, at its monthly meeting. School board President Spencer Brittingham said the Delaware Department of Transportation approved the new name Friday, Aug. 27. Acting district Superintendent David Robinson said he is working with state transportation officials and has asked if a second sign, reading “Cape Henlopen High School,” can be hung under the name on the arm of the light pole at the entrance. He said he hasn’t received approval for that yet. The name “Dover Street” caused rancor among community members, who called for a new name and even started facebook groups in protest. Robinson said before the high school property was purchased, a development was planned, and its streets were called Sussex, Dover and New Castle. “Because this was a mistake made by the state, we won’t have to pay. It should have said Sussex Street,” Robinson said. Robinson said state transportation officials will install a new sign as soon as possible.
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Work on the decks of the new Indian River Inlet bridge has resumed after small cracks were found in the concrete.
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Heavy rainfall washed out the end of Read Avenue, pushing sand back into Rehoboth Bay.
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Cape wants to fix stained stone
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Hearing set on Wandendale
Sussex eyes road department
Lyons, Jamison win in Acres
State approves Rehoboth plan
County: prepare for brush with Earl
Storms could cause rough surf
UD seeks to buy back Lewes parcel
Home sales up 20 percent in Sussex
DRBA seeks a buyer for a ferry
East-West roads need help
Marsh family supports Wandendale
Rehoboth lauded for lakes
Dewey candidates forum Friday
Rehoboth forecasts projects
Cape students challenge peers
NRG files for ash permit
Sussex 911 calls on the rise
Wilde Woods rezoning approved
Citizens, officials talk turbine
Ruddertowne negotiations continue
Wait is lengthy for green payoff
DBE resumes talks with Dewey
Citizens oppose Wandendale sewer
Bayard Ave. relief on the way
Milton hammering out budget
Board seeks direction from council
Rehoboth planners OK Park Ave.
7th DUI driver goes on wild ride
Bradley may have used old vaccines
DE letter to 5,000 families
FAQs for Bradley patients
Baltimore Ave. cats under control
Teen TV/video contest launched
Council approves storage yard
Little white goose mourned
Ott fails to appear at hearing
Powell to use insanity defense
Freshman to learn math by iPad
Dewey says no to DBE offer
Milton Theatre in foreclosure
Winter Inn decision set for Friday
Groups challenge Wanendale permit
DBE challenges Dewey's height limit
Art and history unite in Rehoboth
Massage therapy bill draws veto
Milton Theatre faces sheriff's sale
Groups appeal Tidewater permit
Mount Joy project on hold
Police arrest six in assault case
Jury may hear Powell statements
Airport extension cut in half
Lewes seeks help to curb crime
4 arrests linked to Rehoboth assaults
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Femur found at Indian River Inlet
Officials say what appears to be a human femur has been found just south of Indian River Inlet. Michael Globetti, spokesman for the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), said a surf fisherman snagged the bone Wednesday, Aug. 25. Parks and recreation enforcement officers searched the area with assistance from Delaware State Police dive teams; no other remains were found. Parks officials and police swept the area once more Friday, Aug. 27. The bone was sent to the Medical Examiner’s Office, where experts will attempt to positively prove it is from human remains, Globetti said. The treacherous waters of Indian River Inlet have claimed two fishermen within the past year: Myungtiki Kim of Vienna, Va., and Joel Thompson of Long Neck.

Cape taking financial committee applications
The Cape Henlopen School District is accepting applications for a district financial oversight committee. Those interested may apply until Friday, Sept. 10. Applications are available in the district office and on the district website at capehenlopenschools.com.

Cape board approves preliminary budget
The Cape Henlopen school board approved the preliminary fiscal year 2011 budget Thursday, Aug. 26. District business director Oliver Gumbs said the district plans to take in $22 million in local, discretionary funds and spend $21.6 million, putting $400,000 in reserves, for a total $1.7 million in reserves. Cape expects to receive $49 million from the state and $7.4 million from the federal government, Gumbs said. Individual schools’ budgets and the athletics budget would be adjusted when the unit count is completed at the end of September, he said.

Cape to highlight high school name on back of building
The name “Cape Henlopen High School” is carved into the dryvit on the back of the high school, but some people have said the name can’t be seen from the football stadium. The Cape Henlopen Board of Education now plans to order dark, aluminum letters to make the name more readable. School board member Camilla Conlon said the district’s building and grounds committee investigated ways to make the name stand out. She said buildings and grounds supervisor Tyrone Woodyard said painting the letters would cost about $850 but would start to bleed within a few years. Woodyard recommended aluminum letters with color baked in, Conlon reported to the school board Thursday, Aug. 26. The letters, which will cost $2,375, would be raised above the building surface and require no maintenance. Board members unanimously approved ordering and installing the letters.

Sussex council approves grants
Sussex County Council approved the following councilmanic grants during its Tuesday, Aug. 24 meeting: $250 to Coasters Inc. for outfits for the Mid-Atlantic gymnastics team; $3,000 to the Town of Dagsboro for drainage projects; $200 to H.O. Brittingham School in Milton to support the Partners Program; and $1,500 for Bridgeville’s Apple-Scrapple Festival for operating expenses. Grants are awarded to nonprofit agencies within the county.

Sussex County Council takes two-week break
Sussex County Council will not meet Tuesday, Aug. 31, or Tuesday, Sept. 7. Council meetings will resume at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 14, in the county administration building on The Circle in Georgetown.

Rehoboth passes permit ordinance
The Rehoboth Beach commissioners unanimously passed an ordinance clarifying the requirements for a restaurant to be granted a permit of compliance. Under the ordinance, restaurants serving alcohol established on or after June 14, 1991 – when the permit of compliance ordinance was first established – would not be required to get a permit of compliance unless as a condition of extending or modifying the restaurant. All existing restaurants must have a floor plan filed with the city manager. Restaurants serving alcohol that have a change of ownership must file documentation with the city manager proving that the floor plan is not substantially changing. Any restaurant moving to a new location within the city must get a permit of compliance from the city. A permit of compliance is important because any restaurant or dinner theater looking to serve alcohol must get a permit from the municipality before it can get a liquor license from the state Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner.

Cooper named to Rehoboth board
The Rehoboth Beach commissioners unanimously confirmed the appointment of Frank Cooper to serve as the fifth member of the city’s board of adjustment. Cooper will be replacing Paul Flexer, who resigned earlier this summer. The unexpired term lasts until October.

Delaware adopts curriculum standards
The Delaware State Board of Education has approved adoption of national standards for teaching English and math. The Delaware Department of Education says those standards will make education in the First State more rigorous. Some schools will see curriculum changes by the second half of this year, according to the Department of Education, but most changes will take effect in the 2011-12 school year. Delaware Secretary of Education Lillian Lowery said the new standards will help achieve intensive reform needed in schools. Delaware Gov. Jack Markell is chairman of the Common Core Standards Initiative for the National Governors Association. The standards are designed to align with college and work expectations, emphasize high-order skills, are research based and are informed by top-performing countries.

DNREC expedites permitting process
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Wetlands and Subaqueous Lands Section has adopted a new Statewide Activity Approval for repair work on docks, piers, boat ramps, pilings, bulkheads, and other similar structures. The new “Repair SAA” provides an expedited permitting process for repair projects with a simplified application and permit forms. It can be used in all tidal and non-tidal waters throughout the state and is anticipated to reduce the permit processing time for repair work by 50 percent. The Wetlands and Subaqueous Lands Section worked with marine contractors and consultants in designing this new process. The new application forms will be distributed to marine contractors and consultants and also are now posted on www.wr.dnrec.delaware.gov.

Cape amends transport contracts
Members of the Cape Henlopen school board at the Aug. 12 board meeting approved changes to its policy on transportation contracts. The policy now allows the district to put contractors on probation. All board members voted in favor of the change except Sandi Minard, who was not at the meeting.

Kent SPCA patrols Sussex County
The Sussex County dog-control contractor, Kent County SPCA, issued an activity report for July at Sussex County Council’s Aug. 10 meeting. Included in the report were 36 dog-bite complaints, 12 cat-bite complaints, 97 dog-at-large calls, 68 transports of dogs to the shelter, 52 transports of cats to the shelter, 183 license checks, 52 state citations and 26 county citations, and three kennel inspections. Dog-control staff answered 559 service and bite-case calls.

Senior transit agencies receive state funding
Agencies providing senior citizen transportation services in Sussex will receive a little extra money this year. Sussex County Council allocates more than $796,000 in state-transit funding each year. Since there was no request from one of the recipients, Easter Seals, the $47,000 allotted to the organization will be split among six other organizations. Funding is as follows: $580,000 to CHEER Inc.; $99,000 to Laurel Senior Center; $45,000 to Nanticoke Senior Center in Seaford; $43,000 to Cape Henlopen Senior Center in Rehoboth Beach; $27,000 to Lewes Senior Center; and $2,100 to Indian River Senior Center. Lewes Senior Center received the largest percentage increase from leftover funds with an additional $3,100 this year.

Lewes proclaims Family Day to be Sept. 27
The City of Lewes has proclaimed Monday, Sept. 27, as Family Day. Mayor Jim Ford said the day, which is observed nationally, is one during which families are encouraged to sit down and have dinner together. He said family meals are the perfect time to talk to children and hear what’s on their minds. Ford said studies show children who don’t eat dinner with their family are more likely to smoke, 2.5 times more likely to become involved with drugs and 1.5 times more likely to use alcohol. “Kids who eat dinner with their family more frequently, do better than those who don’t,” he said. For more information on Family Day and the benefits have having dinner as a family, go to casafamilyday.org.

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Urquhart to speak in Lewes Sept. 2
Glen Urquhart, Republican candidate running for Congress in the Tuesday, Sept. 14 primary election, will speak at Lewes Presbyterian Church, 133 Kings Hwy., at 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 2. The meeting is hosted by friends of Glen Urquhart. All interested are welcome to attend.

Democrats set annual dinner, auction
The 35th District Democratic Committee will sponsor its annual dinner and auction fundraiser Saturday, Sept. 11. The theme for the evening will be “Remembering the Past - Working for the Future.” The program will focus on this unforgettable day in all everyone’s lives – the destruction of the World Trade Center towers. The dinner will be at the Bridgeville Fire Hall, Market Street, Bridgeville. The doors open at 5:30 p.m., with the buffet dinner starting at 6 p.m. Tickets are $25 each; children 10 and under are free. Many Democratic officials and candidates have committed to attending, but according to Justin Bailey, committee president, “Comments will be limited by them as we will focus on the theme of the evening.” Tickets can be purchased by calling 628-4563 or 245-7882. Seating is limited to 250.

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