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Lewes-area neighborhood in a pickle over courts
Melissa Steele
2 weeks 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
7 months ago
Cape Henlopen school board member Janet Maull-Martin has filed to run in the Tuesday, May 14...
The VSA issue has turned into a game of political...
Chris Flood
7 months ago
With a couple of kids who aren’t too many years away from attending Cape Henlopen School District’s...
Sussex council against school assessment fee
Ellen Driscoll and Nick Roth
7 months 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
7 months ago
Despite support from Sussex County’s seven public school districts and all but three members of the...
Potential persistence
Jim Paterson
8 months ago
Time for Sussex to get to work
8 months ago
Despite the recent economic slowdown nationwide, the building business is booming in Sussex County...
Time for change at Sussex council
Jeremiah Davis
8 months 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
8 months ago
The calls for Sussex County Council to adopt a voluntary school assessment to allocate money for...
State wrong to deny district request
9 months 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
9 months ago
I am writing this letter to thank Cape Gazette staff writer Ellen Driscoll for the excellent...
News conference
Jim Paterson
9 months ago
School officials: Assessment a no-brainer
Ellen Driscoll
9 months ago
If a voluntary school assessment existed in Sussex County as in Kent and New Castle counties, Cape...
Sussex dominates state's housing market
Ron MacArthur
9 months ago
The Office of State Planning Coordination report for 2022 has some eye-opening statistics regarding...
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
1 year 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
3 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
4 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
4 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
4 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,...
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Milton historic commission approves town hall roof...
Ryan Mavity
3 hours ago
The Milton Historic Preservation Commission, by a unanimous vote, approved the Town of Milton’s...