The impact fees New Castle County charges developers to partly pay for the resulting increased costs of public services are going up significantly for the first time since 1999. A bill just passed by New Castle County Council will index the fees, by 2028, to the annual Engineering News Record Construction Cost Index. “As numerous developments have come online over …
New Castle County Council has voted 7-3 with one abstention to expand payments to the board members who serve on the county’s boards, committees, and commissions. “At a time when it is difficult to find residents to serve on these important boards, compensating members will increase participation,” said council member Dee Durham, who sponsored the bill to pay them $100 …
Delaware Shakespeare (DelShakes) will present a summer production for the first time that is a musical, partly in Spanish, and includes words written by people not named William Shakespeare. “Twelfth Night O Lo Que Quieras” was initially presented in DelShakes’ 2022 community tour. Artistic director Mariah Ghant said she was “really blown away” by the 2022 production and wanted …
Delmarva Power has reformatted its bills to make them easier to understand. The new design started in November for all of the utility’s hundreds of thousands of residential and commercial customers in Delaware. Zach Chizar, a senior communications specialist, said the redesign is based on feedback from customer focus groups. “It’s all about how to understand the bill better, in …
This article contains spoilers (down at the end). BRANDYWINE HUNDRED — Delawarean Joe Daigle, who in 2022 with a friend won $10,000 from the Food Network for his gingerbread skills, was invited back by the cable channel for another challenge. Alone. “No pastry chef this time,” Daigle said, referring to friend Sean McGovern, who has that job at the Urban …
CLAYMONT — Residents and other stakeholders in the future of the community prefer a wide-ranging Claymont master plan that allows buildings up to four stories in two areas, multiple ways to slow traffic, and a roundabout at Philadelphia Pike and Gov. Printz Boulevard that could be a welcoming gateway. The Wilmington Area Planning Council in …
Homeowners throughout New Castle County have just received property reassessment letters giving them the “new tentative assessed value” of their property. And they’re mostly upset, judging from comments on Facebook, because the change is huge and they fear their taxes will go up as much. That’s wrong. “The tax rate will decrease; therefore, DO NOT multiply your new tentative assessed …
