A New Castle County parks worker was killed Monday at Carousel Park when the mower he was operating slid down an embankment and pinned him underneath.

DNREC’s Polly Drummond Hill and DART Mid-County Community yard waste site are scheduled to close for maintenance the week of Sept. 7-10 and Sept. 13-17, respectively, for routine maintenance.

The four candidates for New Castle County Sheriff have differing views on the role the office should play in keeping people in their homes.

Hockessin’s Republican primary candidates for New Castle County Council agree that the body they are hoping to join is too big and expensive.

Budgets are complicated. And for a public who doesn’t live with the numbers every day, things can get downright confusing. So when news broke last month that New Castle County had finished up the fiscal year with $7 million more in revenues than initially projected, people had questions. Taxpayers saw their property taxes go up 25 percent at the outset of FY 2010, while county employees saw their pay cut by 5 percent, with both moves aimed at shepherding the government through a downturn in the economy.

The Community News caught up with Acting Chief Financial Officer Ed Milowicki to discuss just how the new revenue came about, why it couldn’t be counted on at the time other cost saving measures were taken and why the government is still not out of the woods financially.

United States Cyber Challenge Delaware Camp recently held its first commencement exercises.

As the one-year anniversary of its opening fast approaches, the Kirkwood Library is proving that one of the English language’s oldest idioms remains as true as ever.

You can’t judge a book by its cover.

For the second time this summer, women in Greater Wilmington can breathe a collective sigh of relief after three local police departments worked together to arrest the man who recently raped three females.

As the rest of the economy continues to sag – and in part because of it – New Castle County took in $7.1 million more than was budgeted in FY 2010.

Approximately $2.2 billion dollars of anticipated transportation projects are proposed in draft Transportation Improvement Program amendments, released for review by the Wilmington Area Planning Council (WILMAPCO) Monday.

New Castle County has scrapped a plan to charge council members for documents they ask for from various departments, but council itself is mulling ways it can hold its own accountable for “excessive” requests.

On Tuesday, New Castle County Council consented to the construction of an 18,500-square-foot skate park at Glasgow Park in Bear. The vote was contingent upon a final presentation on liability issues from the county’s risk management division before ground is broken. According to Parks Planner Jon Husband, that could be as soon as this fall.

Through July 30, the Emergency Medical Services Division is actively soliciting applications from entry-level candidates for full-time paramedic positions. Selected candidates would be employed during a 14-18 month training program at Delaware Technical and Community College, and would be required to sign a five-year commitment to the county.

Debra Martin, Wilmington's historic preservation planner, was honored Wednesday night by the New Castle County Historic Review Board for her work in the field. The Community News caught up with Martin to discuss what she's been working on.

Erwin Brock has no interest in being a planner or sewer worker or even county executive when he grows up.

Erwin wants to be a movie producer.

So why is he working with New Castle County this summer?

For the last several years now, New Castle County officials have lobbied their counterparts in Dover to authorize new revenue sources they say are critical to the government's long-term fiscal health.

New Castle County government’s Angie Basiouny has shifted from journalism into politics. The Community News chatted with the communications director to gain insight concerning her new career.

During the New Castle County Police K-9 graduation ceremony June 24, the newly minted police dogs could not help but bark and fidget as a highlight tape from their training was shown.

It's hard to imagine cows grazing in Claymont, but in the eyes of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, it might as well be farmland.

And that's good news for the developers of Darley Green, the largest redevelopment project in the history of unincorporated New Castle County.

Two New Castle County Council members want to establish a commission to oversee the operations of the government's public works department.