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, Just as work is beginning on Phase 1 of the Granary at Draper Farm development, the project’s developers began setting the wheels in motion for Phase 2 at the Milton Planning and Zoning Commission’s Aug. 20 meeting. The commission unanimously granted preliminary approval to the plans, but not without additional homework to do before final approval. Among that work is updating the engineering plans, getting Delaware Department of Transportation […]

The Milton Finance Committee, by a 4-1 vote, recommended town council move forward with the proposed 34% property tax increase called for in the fiscal year 2025 budget. The committee’s Aug. 28 meeting served as what figures to be one of the last reviews of the budget before council has to vote on it. The budget must be in place by Monday, Sept. 30, before the new fiscal year starts […]

Sussex County is giving Mother Nature a little extra breathing room when it comes to new development. County council at its Aug. 27 meeting approved updates to county code that will strengthen requirements for perimeter buffers and forest retention along residential development boundaries. The new rules will take effect six months from adoption, in February 2025. The initiative dates back to the county’s 2018 comprehensive plan. In the past year, […]

, , For over a year now, the Delaware chapter of the Surfrider Foundation has been raising concerns about large pieces of debris that continue to surface on the Delaware Seashore State Park beach immediately north of the Indian River Inlet. Now, following the recent breach of the Route 1 dune north of the Indian River Inlet and the subsequent placement of riprap by the state to fortify the dune, […]