#schoolimpactfee

Forthcoming finding?

Jim Paterson
4 months ago

Cape, Milford school leaders urge county to enact VSA

Ellen Driscoll
5 months ago
Leaders from two school districts addressed Sussex County Council Oct. 29, urging them to support a...

Fee Finder

Jim Paterson
5 months ago

Cape district leaders urge support for VSA

Ellen Driscoll
6 months ago
Cape Henlopen School District Director of Finance Oliver Gumbs didn’t mince words at the Sept. 26...

Lewes-area neighborhood in a pickle over courts

Melissa Steele
6 months ago
A proposal to add 91 more lots to a Beaver Dam Road development hit a snag Sept. 11, after several...

Janet Maull-Martin seeks re-election to Cape school...

Ellen Driscoll
1 year ago
Cape Henlopen school board member Janet Maull-Martin has filed to run in the Tuesday, May 14...

Sussex council against school assessment fee

Ellen Driscoll and Nick Roth
1 year ago
Sussex County Council will not move forward with an ordinance to create a school impact fee for new...

Council inaction drives up taxes for all 

1 year ago
Despite support from Sussex County’s seven public school districts and all but three members of the...

Potential persistence

Jim Paterson
1 year ago

Time for Sussex to get to work

1 year ago
Despite the recent economic slowdown nationwide, the building business is booming in Sussex County...

Time for change at Sussex council

Jeremiah Davis
1 year ago
Kudos for your editorial urging the public to educate themselves on the workings of Sussex County...

So far, Sussex council mum on school assessment

Ron MacArthur
1 year ago
The calls for Sussex County Council to adopt a voluntary school assessment to allocate money for...

State wrong to deny district request

1 year ago
A front-page story in the Dec. 15 edition of the Cape Gazette highlighted plans for two large mixed...

Sussex should adopt school assessment

J. Dean Abbott
1 year ago
I am writing this letter to thank Cape Gazette staff writer Ellen Driscoll for the excellent...

News conference

Jim Paterson
1 year ago

Sussex dominates state's housing market

Ron MacArthur
1 year ago
The Office of State Planning Coordination report for 2022 has some eye-opening statistics regarding...

School officials: Assessment a no-brainer

Ellen Driscoll
1 year ago
If a voluntary school assessment existed in Sussex County as in Kent and New Castle counties, Cape...

Sussex should support school impact fee

1 year ago
Sussex County Council has an opportunity to save taxpayers millions of dollars. Gov. John Carney...

Late fees

Jim Paterson
1 year ago

Cape leaders call on county to enact assessment fee

Ellen Driscoll
1 year ago
On the day the governor signed the bill into law, the Cape school board unanimously approved a...

Cape board eyes land for district office

Ellen Driscoll
1 year ago
With student enrollment steadily increasing in Cape schools, officials plan to recommend sending...

Impact fee plea

Jim Paterson
1 year ago

Amid calls for impact fee, Cape board sets tax rate

Ellen Driscoll
1 year ago
Amid calls for the enactment of an impact fee, the Cape Henlopen school board at its July 13...

Apply school impact fee on developers

Jeff Seemans
2 years ago
I read with dismay a front-page article in the Tuesday, Nov. 29 edition titled, “ Referendum likely...

Lack of school impact fees costs Cape Region taxpayers

Ellen Driscoll
2 years ago
As enrollment has increased in Cape Henlopen School District, so has a call for equity in the...

Cape teachers respond to board member comments

Ellen Driscoll
2 years ago
At the Cape Henlopen school board’s March 24 meeting, two teachers responded to statements made by...

Milton resident says Sussex needs a school impact fee

Ron MacArthur
4 years ago
Jeff Seemans, a retired landscape architect from Milton, says Sussex County is leaving a lot of...

Cape approves preliminary $199 million draft budget

Ellen Driscoll
4 years ago
Cape Henlopen school board unanimously approved a $199.4 million preliminary budget for the 2021...

Sussex needs impact fees to fund schools

Kenneth Ciarlone
5 years ago
I attended the meeting March 9 where the Cape Henlopen School District outlined the need for a...

Developers shouldn’t reap profits at our expense

Richard Raynic
5 years ago
In reference to Mr. Seeman’s Feb. 21 letter on Sussex County school tax burden, I am in total...

Alleviate school tax burden

Jeffrey W. Seemans
5 years ago
After three separate attempts, the Indian River School District recently passed a successful school...

Cape board candidates debate operating costs, safety...

Ellen Driscoll
5 years ago
Six candidates for three seats on the Cape school board fielded questions on operating costs,...