Remembering Those Who Gave All

By Mike Finney Milford Beacon Received on Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Memorial Day is equated with the start of summer, trips to the beach and a time for relaxation with family and friends. However, the annual Milford Memorial Day ceremony is a reminder of what the holiday is all about. It will take place on Monday, May 30, at 10 …

Your Town – Milford Mayor Shupe

Thank you Lisa Bryant and Jim Hoppa for the invitation to be on WBOC TV 16 Delmarva’s News Leader’s DelmarvaLife. I had a lot of fun talking with you about our great city of Milford.

DE Turf Breaks Ground on Sports Complex

Sports teams all over the East Coast will soon have a brand new place to play in tournaments and have incredible experiences in Delaware. Project leaders and local officials kicked off the construction process of the DE Turf Sports Complex (Kent County Regional Sports Complex) in Frederica at the site’s groundbreaking Thursday morning. The 84-acre, state-of-the-art facility, conceived as an …

Shupe Sworn in for Second Term

Thank you Mike Finney, of the Milford Beacon, for covering the swearing in of Mayor and Council last week. The Honorable William J. Walls Jr. swore in Shupe to a second two-year term as mayor at the city’s annual organization meeting Monday night. Judge Walls also swore in City Council members Arthur J. Campbell (1st Ward), Lisa Ingram Peel (2nd Ward), …

Shupe Tips Hat to Younger Generation

By Mike Finney, The Milford Beacon Received at http://www.milfordbeacon.com/news/20160509/shupe-tips-hat-to-younger-generation-at-prayer-breakfast The Milford Community Prayer Breakfast has been a tradition for the past 33 years. There were plenty of prayers offered, Bible verses read and hymns sung by leaders and members of area churches at the Milford Senior Center on Friday, May 6. This time around, an appreciative Mayor Bryan Shupe opted …

New Health Campus Receives Certificate of Public Review

Released By Bayhealth Medical Center WBOC-TV 16, Delmarvas News Leader, FOX 21 – After filing a Certificate of Public Review (COPR) in October 2015 with the Delaware Health Resources Board, Bayhealth was officially approved to move forward with its plan to build a new health campus in southern Delaware. “We are pleased with the board’s decision to approve our application,” …

Milford Tax Penalty Forgiveness Program

On April 25, 2016 the City Council authorized a Tax Penalty Forgiveness Program to be offered to those property tax payers with delinquent taxes, liens and fees that forgives past penalties and interest currently owed in exchange for making full payment by June 30, 2016. As of mid-April, the City of Milford was owed more than $467,000 in unpaid property …

Mayor Shupe Receives Economic Development Award

April 14, 2016 · by Arshon Howard, Delaware State News Received at http://delawarestatenews.net/business/leaders-kent-county-economic-development-honored/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=destatenews The Kent Economic Partnership, a non-profit economic development organization serving Kent County, recognized outstanding individuals at its annual Economic Development Partner Awards at Dover Downs on Thursday night. Three awards were presented. The newly opened Inn at Duck Creek in Smyrna got the nod for the Economic …

Taking it Downtown: Milford leaders Seek State Revitalization Grant

By Mike Finney mike.finney@doverpost.com @MikeOnMilford Posted Apr. 14, 2016 at 3:34 pmUpdated Apr 14, 2016 at 3:43 PM Receiver at http://www.milfordbeacon.com/news/20160414/taking-it-downtown-milford-leaders-seeking-state-revitalization-grant The cities of Dover, Seaford and Wilmington were designated as the inaugural Downtown Development Districts last year, each receiving state grant money to revitalize their downtowns. Milford hopes to get in on the action this year after Gov. Jack …

Diversity Mural Unveiled in Downtown Milford

Reporter by Jennifer Antonik, Milford Chronicle Received at http://milfordchronicle.net/news/diversity-mural-unveiled-downtown-milford/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=milfordchronicleheadlines At first glance, the freshly painted clock on the side of Arena’s in Milford reads 4:10. But to six Milford Senior High School students and three local artists, it will forever read April 10: the day they unveiled the Diversity Mural they worked so hard to create. “I went to school …