Greenwood News

Nearly 800 new voters registered to vote in the 19th Senatorial District over the last month, with the sharpest increase coming in the 35th Representative District, which includes Bridgeville and Greenwood.

More than 120 people turned out Thursday to see the four candidates vying for the 19th District state Senate seat go face-to-face in the last joint meeting before election day.

A niece of the late Sen. Thurman Adams donated the maximum amount to the state Senate campaign of Republican Joe Booth after Sussex County Democrats bypassed Adams' daughter as their candidate.

Lewes Mayor Jim Ford, who considers himself an independent, said he is interested in running for the 37th Representative District.

Sussex council emails: worth $227.12? Attorney general rules county charge OK By Ron MacArthur Two county residents say they want to read emails exchanged by current and former Sussex County Council members that could show violations of the Freedom of Information Act.

GEORGETOWN - The Democratic candidate who dropped out of the special election race for the late Thurman Adams' Senate seat said today he quit because of insufficient support from some corners of the party.

The two candidates seeking the Senate seat of the late Thurman Adams will meet tonight in their first public forum.

A daughter of Thurman Adams wants to run for her late father's state Senate seat, but she faces at least one challenger.

Sussex County Republicans have tapped state Rep. Joe Booth, R- Georgetown, to run for the seat vacated by the late Sen.

With little fanfare or public comment, Sussex County Council unanimously passed a lean, baseline $128 million budget.

Sudden downpours broke out across Delaware Saturday, continuing the trend for a rain-soaked June.

Some foreclosed homes in Sussex County soon will be occupied by new residents as $2 million in federal funding to help low- and moderate-income families buy houses is ready to be spent.

After one councilman and two members of the public protested, Sussex County Council delayed action Tuesday, April 28, on a proposed increase in register of wills fees.

LEWES --The Advisory Council on Recreational Fishing Funding will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Division of Soil and Water Conservation building next to the new Lewes boat ramp at the western end of Pilottown Road in Lewes.