Gov. Ruth Ann Minner announced Nov. 17 the state would go even further in its efforts to control state spending as a result of Monday’s meeting of the Delaware Economic Forecast Advisory Council.

There’s an empty seat in Kent County Levy Court chambers. One once occupied by Kent County resident Philip Tuthill, 89, who died Nov. 10.
 

• Workshop planned for Barratts Chapel Road work
• Police seek donations for needy families
• DelDOT plans Dec. 9 Pearsons Corner intersection workshop
• School board loses Scott to House of Representatives
• House majority chooses leaders
• Philanthropy board to award $10,000 in grants
• More than 2,700 cited for aggressive driving
• Rebate scam can implant viruses, cause identity theft

    After hearing numerous residents in the Farmington area speak out Nov. 6 against a proposed hot mix facility, Kent County’s Regional Planning Commission could not give the plan its blessing.

    A Delaware State Police major who had been placed on administrative leave in August with pay pending an investigation into a complaint has been reinstated.

    The Dover City Planning Commission approved a 2,300-square-foot addition to W. Reilly Brown Elementary School at its monthly meeting Nov. 17, only after assuring a half-dozen residents of neighboring Rodney Village that the improvements would not exacerbate an already serious runoff and drainage problem.

The man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend at her General’s Greene townhome Nov. 9 is now facing charges in connection with the crime.

As the caucus wrapped up on Thursday, a Democratic Party source confirmed that House Democrats selected Rep. Robert Gilligan (D-Sherwood Park) as the General Assembly's new Speaker of the House. Sussex legislator Pete Schwartzkopf (D-14th District) will serve as the new House Majority Leader.

A memorial fund has been established to help the family of Kelly Rinaldi and four of her children who were killed in an automobile accident on Carpenter Bridge Road near Frederica Nov. 10.

After 30 years of running part of its operation out of a former airplane hangar and rollerskating rink on East Division Street, the Dover Post is making changes, consolidating space and moving to more technologically efficient offices.

Deeds and building permits for Dover and Kent County for the week of Nov. 12.

Delaware Technical & Community College’s Terry Campus is home to 1,377 students who are 26 or older. That’s 41% of the campus population. From 2000 to 2006, college enrollment has increased by 17%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Schools are figuring out how to reach all of those 20.5 million students, even the ones who thought they might never get to college, while those older and wiser students file in.

A new report from the Delaware Population Consortium shows growth is expected to slow in Kent County following several years of rapid expansion and building. The consortium’s annual population projections, released last month, also predict the state’s total population could top 1 million by 2025.

Come election time, many citizens feel compelled to exercise their civic duty, casting their votes for who they want to represent them, who they believe will lead them, both on the local and national level, in the right direction. Douglas Shiflet of Magnolia is no different than any other voter — except that his chance to choose almost didn’t come.

A list of marriage licenses and wills for the week of Nov. 12.