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Sussex County to draft school impact fee
Kevin T. Conlon
3 months ago
Sussex County Council will consider enacting a fee on building permits to help fund school...
Sussex council plans to consider options for school...
Kevin T. Conlon
3 months ago
A Sussex County councilman plans to start discussions Tuesday, May 13, on the possibility of...
School construction fee proposal gets new life
Kevin T. Conlon
4 months ago
The Cape Henlopen School District is renewing its call for Sussex County to create an impact fee...
Forthcoming finding?
Jim Paterson
9 months ago
Cape, Milford school leaders urge county to enact VSA
Ellen Driscoll
9 months ago
Leaders from two school districts addressed Sussex County Council Oct. 29, urging them to support a...
Fee Finder
Jim Paterson
10 months ago
Cape district leaders urge support for VSA
Ellen Driscoll
10 months 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
11 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
1 year 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
1 year 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
1 year ago
Despite support from Sussex County’s seven public school districts and all but three members of the...
Potential persistence
Jim Paterson
1 year ago
Time for Sussex to get to work
1 year ago
Despite the recent economic slowdown nationwide, the building business is booming in Sussex County...
Time for change at Sussex council
Jeremiah Davis
1 year 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
1 year ago
The calls for Sussex County Council to adopt a voluntary school assessment to allocate money for...
State wrong to deny district request
1 year 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
1 year ago
I am writing this letter to thank Cape Gazette staff writer Ellen Driscoll for the excellent...
News conference
Jim Paterson
1 year ago
Sussex dominates state's housing market
Ron MacArthur
1 year ago
The Office of State Planning Coordination report for 2022 has some eye-opening statistics regarding...
School officials: Assessment a no-brainer
Ellen Driscoll
1 year 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
2 years ago
With student enrollment steadily increasing in Cape schools, officials plan to recommend sending...
Impact fee plea
Jim Paterson
2 years ago
Amid calls for impact fee, Cape board sets tax rate
Ellen Driscoll
2 years 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
2 years 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
3 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
3 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
4 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
5 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
5 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
5 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
5 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
6 years ago
Six candidates for three seats on the Cape school board fielded questions on operating costs,...
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Meyer veto supports local control of retail...
Melissa Steele
2 hours ago
Gov. Matt Meyer has vetoed a bill passed last legislative session that stripped Sussex County of...