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 …
Four members of New Castle County Council are sponsoring an ordinance to create a new zoning district for land in parks – a plan that the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has “significant concerns” about. “This new P zoning district created by ordinance 24-130 would only apply to preserved parcels owned in fee simple by the county, …
Users of New Castle County’s 250 or so parks now have a free app for reporting non-emergency maintenance concerns about them. “Just snap a photo and submit it using the app,” the county writes on the introductory page for the My-NCC app. “Requests are automatically added to our work order system, allowing our teams to respond quickly and efficiently,” the …
Pickleball is in, and handball is out in a concept for Bechtel Park. New Castle County has scheduled a meeting on Monday, Aug. 12, to outline its plans for the 25-acre county park on Naamans Road in Brandywine Hundred, just west of Talley Middle. The meeting will be 6-7:30 p.m. at the Claymont Library, 400 Lenape Way. “The plan that …
Light pollution was on many Delawareans’ minds in mid-May as they sought dark places to observe the northern lights. And a few days later New Castle County Council unanimously approved an ordinance to reduce light pollution. “Ordinance 23-122 only affects new commercial construction projects (or significant redevelopment projects), and at its most basic simply ensures that light and energy …
New Castle County is giving residents three more weeks to pay sewer bills that it says were delayed in the mail. “When our office was alerted that residents had not received their annual sewer bills as expected, we immediately investigated the situation and learned that the delay had been caused by operational changes at the United States Postal Service, County …
A post-midnight shooting at an illegal pop-up party at Glasgow Regional Park has led New Castle County Police to take “a proactive approach” on controlling parties at county parks. The party apparently involved people leaving a Newark hotel and deciding via Instagram to move to Glasgow Park, even though it was closed, according to Cpl. Michael McNasby, a spokesman for …
