Four members of New Castle County Council are sponsoring an ordinance to create a new zoning district for land in parks â a plan that the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has âsignificant concernsâ about. âThis new P zoning district created by ordinance 24-130 would only apply to preserved parcels owned in fee simple by the county, …
Ashlee Cooper was standing a chair taking photos of balloon decorations when a passerby told her she needed a drone. Now her company, Droneversity, has won $10,000 in the 12th Annual Swim with the Sharks Pitch Competition, held Wednesday at Penn Cinema on the Riverfront. The Emerging Enterprise Center’s competition showcases innovative entrepreneurs and celebrates the spirit of entrepreneurship in …
A pathway under Concord Pike for pedestrians and bicyclists is being considered as a way to break through the barrier between people who live on the eastern side of the busy and wide highway and the parks and trails on the west. The Rocky Run Underpass, if built, would take advantage of an existing culvert, just south of the Widener …
Users of New Castle Countyâs 250 or so parks now have a free app for reporting non-emergency maintenance concerns about them. âJust snap a photo and submit it using the app,â the county writes on the introductory page for the My-NCC app. âRequests are automatically added to our work order system, allowing our teams to respond quickly and efficiently,â the …
Some New Castle County libraries have not been getting their print newspapers for a month, and by September, that absence hit all the public libraries that the county runs. The reason: a distribution company has gone out of business, DelawareLive was told. âNew Castle County Libraries are experiencing significant delays with our newspaper deliveries. We are working with our distributor …
New Castle County is suing Hersha Hospitality Management for damages in the high hundreds of thousands of dollars, claiming they occurred during its control of the Hope Center. A lawsuit filed Monday in Delaware Superior Court seeks compensation for the damages caused by Hersha’s breach of its property management agreement. âNew Castle County is fully committed to ensuring the health, …
If your little one is a unicorn fan, Rockwood Park’s annual Fairy Fest has a don’t-miss event for you: Pictures with unicorn ponies. It’s one of the many activities geared for childhood attention spans, when the festival returns from noon to 4 p.m. at Rockwood on Sunday, Sept. 15. A celebration of childhood imagination, Fairy Fest includes a costume parade, …
Pickleball is in, and handball is out in a concept for Bechtel Park. New Castle County has scheduled a meeting on Monday, Aug. 12, to outline its plans for the 25-acre county park on Naamans Road in Brandywine Hundred, just west of Talley Middle. The meeting will be 6-7:30 p.m. at the Claymont Library, 400 Lenape Way. âThe plan that …
Light pollution was on many Delawareansâ minds in mid-May as they sought dark places to observe the northern lights. And a few days later New Castle County Council unanimously approved an ordinance to reduce light pollution. âOrdinance 23-122 only affects new commercial construction projects (or significant redevelopment projects), and at its most basic simply ensures that light and energy …
Ticks don’t fly, drop or hop onto people. For the most part, they perch in undergrowth, with two of their eight legs extended, hoping to hitch a ride on your clothes as you walk by. It’s called questing, and once they’ve attached themselves to a host, they crawl their way into the perfect spot for a bloody meal. Those details …
