Berry to be sworn in Aug. 12
Alonna Berry, the newly elected representative for Delaware House District 20, will be officially sworn in to office Aug. 12.
The Democrat beat Republican Nikki Miller by 121 votes Aug. 5 to win the seat vacated last session by former Rep. Stell Parker Selby, D-Milton.
Berry will be sworn in at 2 p.m. in the House of Representatives before the legislature convenes for a special session on recent property tax assessments.
Both the House and the Senate will meet to discuss concerns over the recent reassessments.
Melissa Steele is a staff writer covering the state Legislature, government and police. Her newspaper career spans more than 30 years and includes working for the Delaware State News, Burlington County Times, The News Journal, Dover Post and Milford Beacon before coming to the Cape Gazette in 2012. Her work has received numerous awards, most notably a Pulitzer Prize-adjudicated investigative piece, and a runner-up for the MDDC James S. Keat Freedom of Information Award.
