Marshallton Village divided over hometown proposal
Lifelong Marshallton resident Larry Mergenthaler does not like to see his town divided on an issue.
But the question of whether or not a hometown overlay district and its extra layer of regulation would be good for the historic village has done just that.
Some, like Civic Association Vice President Bob Grabowski, think it would help. He says an overlay would allow Marshallton to build on the civic association's progress in raising the village's standing in New Castle County.
Mergenthaler disagrees, and has spearheaded a petition opposing further governmental meddling in people’s property rights. At last count, he had more than 100 signatures in a town of 600 homes.
Heritage School vandalized in broad daylight
In late July vandals broke into Heritage Elementary School just before sundown, leaving mayhem and $100,000 in damage behind.
They shattered windows, overturned bookshelves, ruined floors with bleach and cleaning products, bashed teacher mailboxes, upended projectors and destroyed 33 state-of-the-art Dell computers by smashing the flat screens and prying keys off keyboards – but they left an older computer lab alone.
There were a total of 14 classrooms, four offices and one computer lab vandalized.
Opening Day: Kirkwood Library welcomes back community
In late August, after 18 months of construction, the renovated Kirkwood Library re-opened.
At 20,000 square-feet, the new state-of-the-art building is 7,000 square feet larger than the original library, built in 1967.
It features community meeting rooms, an enclosed children's section and centralized offices for library employees. The building's modern exterior facade is matched by advanced features inside, including wireless Internet access and 50 computer workstations.
The new facility also features a 2,500-square-foot paramedic station.
Cyclist hit with blow dart in Pike Creek
In August, a rash of bicyclists and pedestrians were being shot with blow darts over a two-day period.
A 36-year-old man was riding his bicycle at 11 a.m. on Limestone Road just south of Ocheltree Lane when he was hit in the leg with a blow dart on a Monday. After his report, three more people came forward, reporting incidents that evening and on the following Tuesday.
A 27-year-old woman was struck in the lower part of her back on Rt. 72 near Red Lion Christian Academy. A 17-year-old boy was hit in his left hand while riding his bicycle on Rt. 40 at Wrangle Hill Road. He required surgery at Christiana Hospital to repair the damage to his hand. A 29-year-old woman was jogging on Limestone Road in Pike Creek when she was hit the leg by a dart.
