Working group members have urged the council to adopt the complete set of recommendations.

If put in place, funding would be determined by teaching units, which are already considered, and weighted student counts.

Council members had questions and suggestions, including the option to participate virtually and differentiating between excused and unexcused absences.

Wilmington’s newest park has officially opened.

If passed, the ordinance will establish a year-long moratorium on residential and commercial foreclosures that saw their property taxes increase by 25% or more between Fiscal Years 25 and 26 following property reassessment.

The First State is dealing with the effects of a Nor’easter rolling up the Atlantic coast.

County Councilmember David Carter said he plans to present the ordinance for a vote by late November.

This year, the state adds 36 new pieces of land to the almost 160,000 acres of land already set aside as preservation easement properties.

Rehoboth Beach's Clear Space Theatre is looking to expand, moving from its current 170-seat theatre in a former church to a much larger new space with two theaters, a fully developed backstage area, and dedicated workspaces for props, costumes, and scenery.Clear Space has two options to choose from, including one in downtown Rehoboth. To find out more about their plans and the process, Delaware Public Media's Martin Matheny talked to Clear Space Theatre's managing director Joe Gfaller

Several Councilmembers voiced support for water, sewage and electric rate increases.

The proposed 433 acre mixed-use development promises to add 758 single family home lots and 94 multi-family units to the housing market in Lewes; it also has a proposed 96,000 square feet of commercial space.

Officials say that maintenance costs for the facility - parts of which date back a century or more - were rising and keeping the site open no longer made financial sense.