VOL. 15 NO. 14
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2010
Evans - Courtney Evans was crowned as the 2010 Laurel High homecoming queen last Friday night during half-time of the varsity football game. (left)
News Delmar Citizen of the Year - The Delmar Citizen of the Year banquet, sponsored by the greater Delmar Chamber of Commerce, will take place on Nov. 29 at 6:15 p.m. at the Delmar VFW. Tickets are $21 and may be purchased from the Bank of Delmarva (Delmar), Wilmington Trust (Delmar), or the Delmar town hall through Nov. 22. The 2010 Delmar Citizen of the Year is Pam Schell of the Delmar Public Library (see story in next week’s paper).
Massey - Delmar’s Lauren Massey was announced as the 2010 Delmar Homecoming queen during last Saturday’s festivities which took place during half-time of the Wildcats’ football game. (right) Photos by Mike McClure
Veterans Day - Veterans Day activities on pages 30 - 33. Delmar - Joint Council updated on town hall renovation project. Page 3 Laurel - Residents express concern about 6th Street property. Page 3 West Laurel - One of Delaware’s earliest free black communities. Page 12 Election - Results on page 57. Fall Back - Turn Clocks back one hour Saturday before retiring.
Sports Homecoming games - The Laurel and Delmar football teams played their Homecoming games last weekend. See page 37 to find out who came out on top. The two teams square off this Friday in Delmar. Stars of the Week - A Delmar football player and a Delmar field hockey player are this week’s Laurel Stars of the Week. Page 39
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Public expresses no concerns on $8 million utility project By Tony E. Windsor The Laurel Town Council has voted to accept an $8 million loan and grant from the federal government to move on extension of municipal water and sewer to U.S. 13. On Monday night, Nov. 1, the Mayor and Council voted unanimously to accept the Laurel Planning and Zoning Commission’s recommendation to take an estimated $6.5 low-interest loan and a $1.5 million grant to get the U.S. 13 water and sewer project started and pay off some existing infrastructure-related debt. On Oct. 18, the mayor and council held a public hearing to inform the Laurel residents about the details of a strategy to take utilities from inside Laurel out Delaware 9 to the intersection of U.S. 13. On hand for the October hearing was Jim Hoageson of the town’s engi-
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neering firm of George, Miles & Buhr. Hoageson explained that in accepting the USDA loan plan for the infrastructure improvements and extension of water and sewer, the town would be taking on the Phase 1 portion of a two-phase water and sewer expansion project. He said Phase One will cost about $5.5 million. It will include extending water and sewer out to U.S. 13 from the area of Daniels Street, up Delaware 9 and out to U.S. 13 at the intersection which currently provides home to three major businesses including Laurel Junction and Station 9 Restaurant, Royal Farms and the Country Corner convenience store and gas station. With the availability of water and sewer there are already expansion plans prepared for that intersection. Royal Farms is planning to expand to the size of many of its other stores along
U.S. 13, including those in Blades, Bridgeville and Greenwood. Rite Aid is also planning to build a new, larger store on the corner that is located next to the Laurel Auction Block. The lines will run out to U.S. 13 and then move south to Kurtz Drive near the Tastee-Freeze restaurant where it will cross under U.S. 13 and connect the eastern side of the dual highway. At the site of Laurel Junction the town is planning to install a new gravity-fed pumping station which will provide sewer services to all four corners of U.S. 13 and Delaware 9. The pumping station will have a generator in the event of a power failure and also have remote communications with the Public Works Department in the event of a breech in service. In all for the sewer work Hoageson said there will Continued on page 12