NEW CASTLE COUNTY — A proposed development that would bring hundreds of new apartment units and more than 370,000 square feet of retail, restaurant, and office space to a site near DuPont Parkway and Boyd’s Corner Road was reviewed by County Council this week. The major land development plan, located in St. Georges Hundred, calls for a 372,506-square-foot mixed-use complex …
At the June 10 Public Safety Committee meeting, New Castle County Councilmembers discussed a proposed ordinance to increase the mandatory retirement age for county police officers from 55 to 57. Introduced as Ordinance 25-084, the measure seeks to amend Chapter 26 of the New Castle County Code to support officer retention and align with trends in other jurisdictions. “This ordinance …
More than 1,000 people have signed a petition to halt the development of a 1.8-million-square-foot warehouse complex next to The Village of Bayberry North, a residential community in Middletown. They’re angry because the warehouses will go up in a spot that had been approved as a business park with offices, restaurants and a daycare center. Instead, they’ll end up with …
