Milton Town Council candidate Lee Revis-Plank.
Milton Town Council candidate Emory West.
Milton Town Council candidate Allen Sangree.
Four council candidates have filed to run for two seats in this year’s Milton election.
Seeking office will be Allen Sangree, former Councilman Emory West, former councilman and project coordinator John Collier, and Lee Revis-Plank.
One of the seats was held by former Councilman Charlie Fleetwood, who resigned in December due to health reasons, and the other by Councilman Kevin Kelly, who did not file for re-election.
Revis-Plank has served on the board of the Milton Historical Society and is a member of the Historic Preservation Committee, where she’s served since 2016.
January 8, 2021
Lewes Mayor and City Council meets Jan. 11
Lewes Mayor and City Council will meet virtually at 6:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 11. The group will discuss the possible restructuring of police department staffing, and also consider reverting the zoning for the property at 203 Savannah Road from R-3, residential beach, to general commercial. The Lewes Junction Railroad and Bridge Association and Lewes in Bloom will make a presentation regarding a proposal for train cars and a replica train station on the right of way between the Lewes Public Library and the Margaret H. Rollins Community Center. Council will also discuss an amendment to city code related to fishing on public beaches. It will also consider a request to annex the property at 1145 Savannah Road, then consider adding a member to the parks and rec commission. Also on the agenda are recommendations from the downtown parking committee, possible action on an amendment to the city’s small cell wireless facil
It was the year history will remember, but we all wish we could forget.
The coronavirus dominated the yearâs headlines and brought life as we knew it to a halt. Thousands of Delawareans were infected with the virus, businesses were decimated, schools scrambled to find ways to teach kids online, face masks became a legal requirement, and everyone learned what it meant to practice âsocial distancing.â
The pandemic wasnât the only national story that also had an impact in Newark â the presidential election and calls for social justice were also big topics of conversation here.
In the midst of it all, the city weathered a tropical storm, the Main Street construction project was completed, Christina School District passed a referendum while going through a major leadership change, the murder of a Newark Charter School student prompted an outpouring of grief in the community, the city got two new council members, and a new high school opened in Newark.