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.
A standing-room-only crowd of Pike Creek residents packed an Aug. 18 meeting to hear some answers regarding the uncertain future of the Pike Creek Golf Course, which closed suddenly on July 26.
Bill Kanas is on the receiving end of a special opportunity to research his heritage and run in the ultimate marathon at the same time.
Hockessin’s Patti Tillotson took the reins of the Delaware End of Life Coalition on July 1 when she was named the organization’s executive director. She sat down with the Community News to talk about the mission of the organization and how she hopes to expand its reach in the years to come.
The Pike Creek Golf Club abruptly closed on July 26, leaving the future of the 174-acre property uncertain.
Forty-two students recently spent a week in intensive art courses at the Delaware College of Art and Design during the Pre-College Art Studio Program
In three days earlier this month, Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research admitted 57 young purple martins at its Wild Bird Clinic.
The Delaware Department of Transportation’s Signal Construction staff and Byer’s Electrical and Sam’s Construction will begin construction at the intersection of Route 2 and Hazel Avenue in the town of Elsmere beginning on Monday, July 12.
The Red Clay Consolidated School District Board of Education voted to increase 2011 fiscal year taxes by 1.3 cents at a July 7 meeting.
Dozens of residents living near Delaware National Golf Course expressed concern Tuesday over plans to build a 264-home community there.
There is the farm sickle, the dumb bell, the Loch Ness monster and a town divided four ways. No, this is not a pre-school lesson in shapes and tools. It's the way some of Delaware's legislative districts are drawn up thanks to that age old politcal phenomenon known as gerrymandering.
The DART mid-county and Polly Drummond yard waste sites will close temporarily for maintenance later this month while the Brandywine Hundred site will close permanently at the end of the month.
The Pettinaro Company recently filed a development plan to build 264 homes on the remaining 18 holes of the Delaware National Country Club.
It was only 18 months ago that Council Chambers were filled with concerned Pike Creek residents who vehemently opposed the rezoning of the Naudain farm at Limestone and Paper Mill roads, where a town home community was being proposed.
Delaware school districts could spend an additional $28 million per year on direct educational services to students, with no additional expense to taxpayers, if they diverted the money from administrative expenses.
The Delaware Park Race Track has a vast and long history putting Delaware on the map in the world of horse racing being best known for hosting Kentucky Derby winners and having one of the most attractive facilities in the area.
Ashley McNeill, of Pike Creek was named one of the top two youth volunteers for 2010 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism. McNeill has been volunteering for eight years at Success Won't Wait, a literacy program that seeks book donations.
Tri-State Bird Research & Rescue in Newark is treating Brown Pelicans that did not migrate south for the winter for frostbite for the third time since 2007.
Despite the frozen ground, winter weather advisory, temperatures in the teens and single-digit wind chill, 78 people fought Jack Frost and Mother Nature to play in the 27th Groundhog Golf Tournament, Jan. 30 at Delcastle Golf Course.
Utility crews will be working around the clock and into the weekend to restore power to customers impacted by two significant snowstorms that pounded the Mid-Atlantic region this week.
