#schoolimpactfee

Forthcoming finding?

Jim Paterson
1 week ago

Cape, Milford school leaders urge county to enact VSA

Ellen Driscoll
3 weeks ago
Leaders from two school districts addressed Sussex County Council Oct. 29, urging them to support a...

Fee Finder

Jim Paterson
1 month ago

Cape district leaders urge support for VSA

Ellen Driscoll
1 month ago
Cape Henlopen School District Director of Finance Oliver Gumbs didn’t mince words at the Sept. 26...

Lewes-area neighborhood in a pickle over courts

Melissa Steele
2 months 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
8 months ago
Cape Henlopen school board member Janet Maull-Martin has filed to run in the Tuesday, May 14...

Sussex council against school assessment fee

Ellen Driscoll and Nick Roth
9 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 

9 months ago
Despite support from Sussex County’s seven public school districts and all but three members of the...

Potential persistence

Jim Paterson
9 months ago

Time for Sussex to get to work

10 months ago
Despite the recent economic slowdown nationwide, the building business is booming in Sussex County...

Time for change at Sussex council

Jeremiah Davis
10 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
10 months ago
The calls for Sussex County Council to adopt a voluntary school assessment to allocate money for...

State wrong to deny district request

11 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
11 months ago
I am writing this letter to thank Cape Gazette staff writer Ellen Driscoll for the excellent...

News conference

Jim Paterson
11 months ago

Sussex dominates state's housing market

Ron MacArthur
11 months ago
The Office of State Planning Coordination report for 2022 has some eye-opening statistics regarding...

School officials: Assessment a no-brainer

Ellen Driscoll
11 months ago
If a voluntary school assessment existed in Sussex County as in Kent and New Castle counties, Cape...

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,...