THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2006
VOL. 11 NO. 21
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NEWS HEADLINES
Habitat for Humanity Build
Work will begin on the Habitat for Humanity 2006 Build on Monday, Sept. 18, and run throughout the week. There will be 100-120 construction workers working full days to build the first three of 19 homes planned. The construction site is on German Road in the Concord area. The Seaford Mission has agreed to coordinate breakfast, lunch and snacks for the workers. All Sussex County churches and businesses are encouraged to participate. Servers are needed as well as donations of bottled water, fruit, crackers, paper products, etc. To offer help call 629-2559.
REMEMBERING 9/11 - Five years after two planes crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, Al Weir is just now able to talk about it. Page 3 OPEN HOUSES - Local realtors have a great selection of homes to visit this weekend. Pages 8-9. PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR - State Police Superintendent L. Aaron Chaffinch becomes Bridgeville’s Director of Public Safety. Page 11 MOST WANTED FACES - New faces will be appearing on Most Wanted posters in Delaware. They may not be what you'd expect. Page 21 OFF THE CHARTS - You won't believe how high the Blood-Alcohol Content was for one driver pulled off the highway. Page 39 ON THE ROAD - The Seaford and Woodbridge varsity football teams opened the regular season on the road last Friday night, while the Seaford soccer team was home. Local sports coverage begins on page 41. BOTH SIDES NOW - Monday’s annexation election has is discussed by supporters and opponents in the Letters to the Editor. Pages 52-53
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LOCAL ART EXHIBIT - F. Woodruff of Woody's Paint & Pen Gallery, Seaford, was one of the vendors at the Woodland Ferry Festival Saturday. Here he is seen with some of his paintings of the local waterways. See story about the festival on page 40 and additional photos on pages 40 and 50. Photo by Bryant Richardson
Annexation vote on Monday will decide fate of 600 acres By Lynn R. Parks Monday’s vote on the annexation of more than 600 acres into the city of Seaford will take place from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. That, said Brenda Stover, who is heading up a group of Hearn’s Pondarea residents opposed to the annexation, is not a good time for a referendum. ”On a Monday, from 2 to 6, most people are working,” said Stover at Thursday night’s meeting of HAPPEN (HearnsPond Association for its Pro-
tection, Preservation, Enhancement and Naturalization), a group formed to fight the annexation. “They will not be able to get there.” Even so, the city of Seaford is not making available absentee ballots. “We would have to get a charter change to do that,” said Mayor Ed Butler. “We hand out absentee ballots for all other elections, but we have never done it for an annexation vote.” City manager Dolores Slatcher said that the city’s charter makes no provision for absentee ballots for annexation
votes. “And if there is no provision for it, you can’t do it,” she added. The charter specifies that any annexation vote be held from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., 30 to 60 days following a public hearing on the annexation. The public hearing on this annexation was held Aug. 8. The charter does not mandate that the vote be held on a specific day of the week, Slatcher said. The date for this vote was set by the city council at the Aug. 22 meeting, following the recContinued to page 4
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