Frankford News

Three armed men held up a McDonald's in Oxford Circle yesterday and escaped with $500 to $600, police said.

The Business and Professional Womena s Foundation of Delaware Inc. presented four $1,000 scholarships this spring.

Linbo is becoming a big name in the Delaware stallion ranks Friday, June 19, 2009 - by Charlene Polk, USTA Web Newsroom Senior Correspondent Charlene Polk Frankford, DE --- Word of mouth can go a long way, especially when it involves a bargain.

SALISBURY -- Pebbles is a lovable 10-year-old Yorkshire Terrier who now enjoys the feel of grass beneath her paws thanks to foster parents Edna and Jim Walls.

An electric malfunction was blamed today for a house fire Tuesday night that caused an estimated $190,000 in damages.

Sussex County Emergency Medical Services, the Sussex County Paramedic Association and the Sussex County Volunteer Ambulance Association held their annual awards banquet May 8, at the CHEER Center in Georgetown.

MICHELE N. ARVEY, 31, of Georgetown died Saturday, May 16, 2009. A funeral service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Watson Funeral Home in Millsboro, where friends may call one hour prior to the service.

Some residents fear a four-acre parcel of land between Muddy Neck and Parker House roads in Frankford poses a serious threat to their quality of life.

Mayor Don Minyon said the town's neighborhood watch program will hit the ground running early this summer -- a potential preamble to a regional shared police force.

Sussex County's proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2010 will be presented at the May 19 council meeting at 3 p.m. County Administrator David Baker said on Tuesday that they will recommend reductions to Grant-in-Aid funding to help alleviate the projected $3.8 million loss in general fund net income for 2009.

Sussex County EMS , the Sussex County Paramedic Association and the Sussex County Volunteer Ambulance Association held their annual EMS Banquet on May 8, at the CHEER Center in Georgetown.

BETHANY BEACH -- Larry Malanka can't be slowed down. Despite a medical condition that caused him to lose feeling in his feet, he has spent the past eight years coordinating the Meals on Wheels program at the Pyle Center in Roxana.

OCEAN VIEW -- Select town officials, including Police Chief Ken McLaughlin, attended a Millville Town Council workshop to discuss the possibility of pooling resources and creating a coastal police force.

There has been an ongoing class at the Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Company's firehouse since mid-January. Twenty-three of your local members are in the final stages of completing an Emergency Medical Services course that will put more Emergency Medical Technicians on the streets of Sussex County.

Kathleen L. Chandler, 68, of Frankford, died Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at the Renaissance Health Center in Millsboro.

Sussex County council has set several public hearings for its April 28 meeting. Council introduced an ordinance at a recent meeting to revise the fees of the Clerk of the Peace.

SELBYVILLE -- If Indian River School District officials don't determine a future use for Frankford Elementary School after students and staff move to the John M. Clayton building in 2010, the state could buy it back for $1. Board member Donald Hattier said he believes the outdated Richard Allen Intensive Learning Center would be well-served to ...

FRANKFORD, Del. - State police say a motorcyclist was critically injured in a crash with an SUV near Frankford.

Delaware State Police say two women were arrested after going to another woman's home and assaulting her in Seaford Saturday morning.

FRANKFORD -- Through a federal fund that works to reduce the cost of county projects, officials are hoping to get a number of municipal wastewater projects off the ground and make area residents less reliant on septic sewer systems.