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Millville will join the list of area towns that will have a farmers’ market this summer, with the Millville market set to take place on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The town council has discussed the idea for the past few months and this week approved going ahead with it.

The Sussex County Council this week approved the rezoning of 2.1185 acres of land at the southwest corner of Route 54 and Road 396 (Westline Road) from a combination of AR-1 (Agricultural-Residential) and C-1 (General Commercial) to being zoned entirely as CR-1 (Commercial-Residential).

This week, the Ocean View Town Council held a second public hearing on the proposed repeal of the town’s existing zoning map, making way for the Town to enact a new map, in accordance with the town’s 2010 Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP).

The South Bethany Town Council this week approved a new ordinance that permits the installation of permeable pavers in the Town’s right-of-way, between the street and front property lines.

Good morning class, and welcome to Valleyspeak 101, a language course designed to help you, our most senior students, as you attempt to crack the communication barrier that has come to separate the generations in your families.

To address procedural questions raised during the 2012 town council elections in Frankford, the town council is now considering possible changes to the town charter. The proposed changes would amend Chapter 401, Volume 62, Section 5, regarding the manner of holding elections and making nominations, to rely more heavily on state election code.

Sussex County Planning & Zoning commissioners this week voted to recommend approval of an ordinance creating a process by which off-premise electronic signs could be approved as special uses and voted to recommend against adoption of a second ordinance that would have prohibited the signs.

Responding to years of traffic congestion and collisions, the Delaware Department of Transportation has developed a tentative plan to improve two Route 113 intersections in Georgetown.

Next month, Indian River High School junior Lucas Truitt will be traveling to see a flag he designed as it joins 49 other flags from across the nation to fly in the nation’s capital, at the Rayburn House Office Building.

South Coastal Library’s ever-popular Armchair Travelers Series has returned to the library, to offer patrons the chance to experience exotic places without having to travel far from home.

The word “free” catches people’s attention. I spend lots of time in the South Coastal Library in Bethany Beach. I no longer purchase cooking magazine subscriptions, because so many of the recipes are for chicken; since I’m allergic to chicken, I realized that I was wasting money. I now sign out back-issues of cooking magazines from the library and copy recipes that work for me.

In August 1949, Ruth and Herman Koenig moved to Millville from West Winfield, N.Y., to be teachers at the Lord Baltimore School. The two had met in school and attended West Winfield High School together.

While it has been easy to get caught up in the woes and struggles of the real estate market nationwide over the past half-decade, the numbers from 2011 are showing promise in Lower Delaware – particularly in southeastern Sussex County.

For more than 20 years, Bethany Beach Books has been one of the most recognizable and frequented shops in downtown Bethany Beach, and it shows. The store was recently recognized with the 2011 Best of Business Award in Bookstores in Bethany Beach by the Small Business Community Association (SBCA).

Good morning. Welcome to the wonderful world of sports. If you have not yet adjusted your clocks and watches from “Tebow Time” to “Lin-sanity,” please do so now.

Last year, Caravel narrowly edged Indian River in the final match of the Division II Team Dual State Wrestling Championship, but this past Tuesday, Feb. 14, at Smyrna High School, both teams were stopped short in the semifinals. The Indians powered past Seaford in the quarterfinal match after a slow start but were bested by a determined Polytech team, fueled with emotion that eventually carried them to the Division II title.

Since Indian River High School introduced its swimming program three seasons ago, head coaches Colin Crandell and Donna Smith have merely had ambitions of getting the program up and running. They never expected to see the success and progress it has brought along during its few young years, but they couldn’t be happier with the results.

Earlier this season, the Lady Senators of Dover got the best of Indian River in the final game of December’s Pat Borowski Classic. But as the Lady Indians have been piecing together win upon win through the second half of the schedule, they made sure that this past Tuesday, Feb. 14, they would exact their revenge. With consistent shooting, well-executed passes and assertive rebounding, the Lady Indians came together as a team this week, defeating Dover the second time around, 55-50.

Indian River junior Keeonya Shelton has been an instrumental part of the girls’ varsity basketball team. She scored 10 of her 14 points in the second half during Tuesday’s 55-50 win over Dover and has proven to be a threat on the entire court.

U.S. Rep. John Carney is reaching across the aisle to help medicine reach the patients who need it. On Jan. 31, the Delaware Democrat introduced House Bill 3839, the Drug Shortage Prevention Act. Responding to the 230 drug shortages that occurred in 2011, the bill would aim to improve U.S. Food and Drug Administration communications and address drug shortages proactively.

Each and every day, members of local law enforcement agencies, fire departments and EMS services put their own lives on the line to ensure welfare of members of the community. Oftentimes their deeds go unnoticed except by those who experience their courageous and selfless acts firsthand. But once a year, the Bethany-Fenwick Area Chamber of Commerce takes time to recognize the outstanding individuals from local departments and companies who make local residents’ and visitors’ lives safer.