Oct 30, 2009 | Delaware Beachcomber
MILLSBORO: Pear Tree Road to close
A section of Pear Tree Road near Millsboro will close for about 10 days beginning Tuesday for emergency crossroad pipe replacement, the Delaware Department of Transportation said.
Oct 30, 2009 | Delaware Coast Press
Grant helps fund cemetery expansion
Retired Brig. Gen. Kenneth Madden recently paid a visit to his friend's burial plot at the Delaware Veteran's Memorial Cemetery, a place he holds dear to his heart.
5 DUI Checkpoints and Patrols Planned for Del. This Halloween Weekend
DOVER , Del.- Nationwide in 2008, 58 percent of all fatalities nationwide on Halloween night were alcohol-related, according to the Delaware Office of Highway Safety.
Delmarva Sign Co. moves to Millsboro, hosts Toys for Tots fundraiser
MILLSBORO - Delmarva Sign Company is back in the public eye after closing its Dagsboro store of five years last year and working out of its home office due to the drastic economic decline.
Ex-Santa arrested on Internet child porn charges
A children's photographer, who also was a longtime foster parent and dressed up as Santa Claus, was arrested following an ongoing Internet child pornography investigation, police said.
Pot Nets resident robbed at gunpoint
MILLSBORO - Two unknown suspects invaded a home at Pot-Nets Bayside and robbed the resident at gunpoint Sunday night, police said.
Millsboro woman charged after trying to run boyfriend over with car
MILLSBORO -- A 42-year-old Millsboro woman is facing a bevy of criminal charges after she allegedly attempted to run her boyfriend over with a car.
Two mechanically extracted in Millsboro crash
Two people had to be mechanically extracted from their vehicle following a crash on Gravel Hill Road Friday afternoon.
Sussex County Association of Realtors' annual auction and gala upcoming
Members of Sussex County's real estate community are coming together this holiday season to aid those less fortunate.
Route 24 collision sends three to hospital
A traffic accident which closed Route 24 in Millsboro for about an hour today was the result of a rear-end collision that sent three people to the hospital.
Route 24 reopens following traffic collision
MILLSBORO - State Police officials have reopened the section of Route 24 between Gull Point Road and Layton Davis Drive previously closed after two vehicles collided on the roadway.
Plan approved to reduce emissions at Indian River power plant
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Collin O'Mara has issued a Secretary's Order approving construction permits for air pollution control equipment at NRG's Indian River power plant near Millsboro that will transform the facility from among the 50 dirtiest coal plants in the nation to the one of the cleanest while ...
MILLSBORO: Delaware Police seek robber of elderly man
MILLSBORO -- Delaware State Police are looking for a suspect in the Tuesday night robbery of a 71-year-old man in the Pot-Nets neighborhood.
Russian filmmakers find character inspiration in Millsboro man
GEORGETOWN -- Two Russian filmmakers visited Georgetown in search of American heroes of the second World War.
Health care bus tour makes Millsboro stop
MILLSBORO -- After being laid off in February and losing his health insurance, Keith Short has closely followed the health reform debate.
Russian filmmakers speak to war heroes in Sussex
Two Russian filmmakers visited Georgetown recently in search of American heroes of the second World War.
DELAWARE: After fatal Frankford crash, DelDOT adds sign
A day after being criticized and five days after three members of one family were killed, state transportation workers on Thursday installed a stop sign at a Frankford-area intersection called a "death trap." The decision was made to erect a new sign on Daisey Street at the U.S. 113 site the same day The News Journal published a story about the ...
Group lobbies against public option
MILLSBORO -- After being laid off in February and losing his health insurance, Keith Short has closely followed the health reform debate.
Possum Point Players has partnered with the Brick Hotel on The Circle in Georgetown to offer a dinner option with the fall production of "An Inspector Calls" by J.B. Priestley.
Yard sale clampdown considered
MILLSBORO -- 'Goin' yard salin' ' in the incorporated limits of Millsboro could eventually become a thing of the past as elected officials consider new regulations to control such unlicensed operations.
School districts mark consolidation
In most cases, they were rivals, with team names like the Mustangs, Rebels, Indians, Blue Devils, Foresters and Golden Knights.