Red Clay residents to see 3 percent tax increase

As New Castle County prepares for a Tuesday vote on the reimbursement of nearly $13,000 in legal fees incurred by Council President Paul Clark during an Attorney General's investigation, a year-long Ethics Commission review of the same matter appears to be winding down.

New Castle County announced Tuesday it has slashed all events traditionally hosted at Carousel Park in an effort to reduce costs at the 217-acre park and stables.

Property owners in the Red Clay Consolidated School District will see their school tax bills increase by 3 percent this year.

Delaware College of Art and Design President Stuart Baron is spending the first few months of his new job acclimating himself with people in the community and developing relationships with key stakeholders and elected officials.

Property owners in the Red Clay Consolidated School District will see their school tax bills increase by 3 percent this year.

The Delaware State Police are looking for a man they say stole purses from two women at a Milltown Dunkin' Donuts Tuesday night.

Property owners in the Red Clay Consolidated School District will see their school tax bills increase by 3 percent this year.

Myst and Zoo Lounge-owner Gregg Fornario has retooled his Lancaster Pike taproom, catering to a more casual crowd and turning down the noise that has raised neighbors' hackles and gotten the attention of code enforcement.

Prison. It's a place that most have no interest visiting. Its razor wire, heavy brick walls and keyhole-sized windows confront us menacingly whenever we might pass by, as if to warn us to steer clear of anything that might land us behind its walls.

So what would posses a Brandywine Hundred couple, both in their 60s, to visit prisons at every opportunity - even schedule vacations around opportunities to speak to inmates?

Bellevue State Park now has an adaptive tricycle designed for handicapped Delawareans who do not have the balance to ride a standard bike.

Sen. Ted Kaufman comments on WHYY's decision to cease most of its Delaware operations because of budgetary constraints.

The same group of conservatives who banded together earlier this year to re-enact the Boston Tea Party to protest high taxes is forming a new educational group aimed at promoting a strict interpretation of the Constitution.

Property owners in the Red Clay Consolidated School District will see their school tax bills increase by 3 percent this year.

The Delaware Higher Education Commission has announced the recipients of five state merit scholarship programs for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Stephan Lehm, president of Wilmington-based VanDemark & Lynch, Inc., has been named 2009 Engineer of the Year by the American Society of Civil Engineers Delaware Section.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Delaware Safety Council Inc. renewed their workplace safety and health alliance.

Sussex County Democrats on Wednesday night selected Polly Mervine, daughter of late Sen. Thurman Adams Jr., to replace Eddy Parker, who dropped out of the race on July 7. Mervine was second to Parker among top nominees at the Democrats' first caucus.

Greenwood resident Matthew A. Opaliski, 35, said he will soon finalize arrangements to run in the 19th District special election, set for Aug 3. A short but crowded race to fill the vacancy will now pit Opaliski against seven-year House member Joe Booth (R-Georgetown).
 

My Eagles Scout Project - a food, clothing and toiletry drive for the Salvation Army's Emergency Housing Shelter in Wilmington - collected $5,000 in donations. It could not have been possible without Zingo's Supermarket's constant support.