Bayhealth Announces Collaboration with Nemours

Bayhealth announces collaboration with Nemours for pediatric & senior services at new health campus On Sept. 22, Bayhealth hosted an event at Abbott’s Grill in Milford, Del. Bayhealth leaders, board members, civic leaders, physicians, and community members were on hand to hear updates about the organization’s new health campus in Sussex County – slated for completion in 2019. At the …

Vision for Downtown: Mispillion for its Future Growth

Thank you Milford Beacon for the great article on the Downtown Master Plan. We are looking forward to the final report and selecting projects that will encourage more public and private investments in our downtown area. By Mike Finney mike.finney@doverpost.com @MikeOnMilfordPosted Sep. 23, 2015 @ 9:57 am Milford looks prepared to stake its future growth on the pull of the Mispillion River, …

City Invites Public To Join Downtown Plan

During the month of September the City of Milford will conduct a series of Downtown Master Plan meetings in order to create a coordinated and compelling vision for the future of the downtown district. The City has selected Arnett Muldrow & Associates to facilitate public input sessions, with local leaders, downtown merchants, property owners and community organizations, to gather information to …

DelDOT Provides Timeline of SR 1 Corridor Projects

The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) is prepared to move forward with six projects to improve the flow of traffic through, and within, the greater Milford area. To help residents understand the work and detours they will encounter in the near future, DelDOT has provided brief project descriptions here. Thompsonville Grade Separated Intersection: Work is underway on a grade separated …

Students Employment Program Develops Young Leaders

At the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year the Milford Workforce Development Commission will once again be asking for high school students to participate in the Milford Student Employment Program. An initiative driven by the Economic Development Advisory Panel, under the Economic Strategic Plan adopted by City Council in 2011, the program promotes workforce development for local teenagers by providing …

Downtown Master Plan

…Residents Are Asked To Join Planning Process Yesterday, Downtown Milford Inc. and the City of Milford Parks & Recreation Department held the 12th Annual Bug & Bud Festival in downtown Milford. It was an honor to represent my hometown for the first time as Mayor during this special occasion that celebrates Arbor Day as well as our State Bug, the …

Milford May Be the Next Great Boomtown

Most people’s experience of Milford is a blip on their drive to the beach. Next time, peel off the highway. You will be surprised. BY MARK NARDONE PHOTOGRAPH BY KEVIN FLEMING Milford is booming, thanks to a renewed interest in the South Walnut Street shopping district. If ever there were a household name in Milford, it’s Gwen Guerke. Except for …

Petermans remember daughter with hope, kindnes

Milford Beacon Received at http://www.milfordbeacon.com/article/20150311/NEWS/150319951/2025/NEWS By Mike Finney mike.finney@doverpost.com @MikeOnMilford Posted Mar. 11, 2015 at 1:17 PM Carrie Peterman was tired of feeling so sad and depressed when her daughter Madison’s birthday rolled around every March 25. But it had been almost impossible for the Peterman family not to feel overwhelmed on that day considering that Madison, her grandmother Sandy Peterman …

Milford Customer Service to make big move downtown

Milford Beacon Received at http://www.milfordbeacon.com/article/20150318/NEWS/150319839 By Mike Finney mike.finney@doverpost.com @MikeOnMilford The City of Milford’s billing department has already undergone a name change this year. Now it’s getting ready to change addresses. The move is intended to make it more convenient for the community to connect with the department. Milford City Council voted on Jan. 11 to change the name of the …

Bayhealth moves forward with new medical campus

Article received from Cape Gazette, http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/bayhealth-moves-forward-with-new-medical-campus/1308441 By Maddy Lauria | Mar 05, 2015 MILFORD — Just three months after Bayhealth announced plans for a new $250 million medical campus in Sussex County by 2018, two firms have been selected to design the new campus and repurpose Milford Memorial Hospital on Clarke Avenue in Milford. CannonDesign, an international architecture and engineering firm that …