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The Public Education Compensation Committee presented a plan Jan. 11 that would increase starting salaries for teachers over a four-year period to nearly $60,000. “This puts us in a very competitive position,” said Mark Holodick, secretary for the Delaware Department of Education. Under the plan, salaries would increase 2% per year, with an extra $1,875 added over the course of four years. Increases for administrators, paraprofessionals, secretaries, bus drivers, custodians […]

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Coastal Concerts’ 25th anniversary season hit full stride Jan. 13 with a sold-out concert featuring the renowned American String Quartet. More than 300 patrons filled the Bethel United Methodist Church Hall in Lewes, and the American String Quartet did not let them down. The quartet spent time on Friday prior to the concert performing for 200 enthusiastic sixth-graders at Beacon Middle School. Students were mesmerized by the sounds of the […]

At the Jan. 11 school board meeting, Cape Superintendent Bob Fulton outlined the district’s next steps to address capacity following the state’s decision to deny any projects in which it would share costs, with a possible referendum to be held this spring. The state approved the district’s request to purchase up to 59 acres of land on which to build a district office, natatorium and bus maintenance facility with local […]

An unusual marine artifact was discovered Jan. 11 at Sussex Shores in Bethany Beach. According to officials at the Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute in Lewes, it is a 12-foot-long lower jawbone from a species of baleen whale. Its dark color indicates it had been buried somewhere for a while, whether that was on the ocean floor or the beach. MERR staff are pursuing further investigation to try to determine […]

The mid-century modern Sea Esta Motel in Dewey Beach may be demolished to make way for three residential homes, if the potential new owners receive a sought-after parcel rezoning. Commissioners are set to discuss the application at their Friday, Jan. 19 meeting, and may possibly refer the application to the planning commission regarding rezoning the property at 24 Houston St. from Resort Business-2 to Resort Residential and amending the comprehensive […]