Harbeson News

The 10th Anniversary Miss Harbeson Pageant was held recently at the Henlopen Ruritan Club, with the pageant and founders Executive Director Pam Prettyman and Nicole Prettyman, along with the Ruritan Club, honored with proclamations from the Delaware House of Representatives for their vision in helping with educational needs in the community.

Both sides of Coastal Highway along the Delaware Seashore State Park faced traffic delays Wednesday as construction crews moved a two-story home down the roadway.

MILLSBORO - With the assistance of various media outlets, Delaware State Police detectives have identified and arrested Gary Gordon, 31, of Millsboro, in connection to three burglaries in Sussex County.

* Alarm at 216 N. Bedford St. in Georgetown at 9:19 a.m. Georgetown Volunteer Fire Company responded. * Vehicle fire on 6000 block of Seashore Hwy. in Bridgeville at 11:25 a.m. Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Company responded. * Structure fire on 8100 block of Champion Lane in Greenwood at 1:31 p.m. Bridgeville, Farmington, and Greenwood volunteer fire companies responded. * Alarm at 22516 Harbeson Road in Harbeson at 3:37 p.m. Millsboro Volunteer Fire Company responded. * Odor investigation at 8926 Executive Club Drive in Delmar at 3:51 p.m. Delmar Volunteer Fire Company responded. * Traffic accident at 300 E. Market St. in Georgetown at 4:33 p.m. Georgetown Volunteer Fire Company responded. * Alarm at 9170 Old Dagsboro Road in Delmar at 4:37 p.m. Delmar Volunteer Fire Company responded. * Traffic accident at 18501 Highway One in Rehoboth Beach at 4:49 p.m. Lewes Volunteer Fire Company responded. * Traffic accident at 19313 Beaver Dam Road in Lewes at 5:41 p.m. Lewes Volunteer Fire Company responded. * Gas leak at 717 Radial Drive in Bethany West community in Bethany Beach at 7:16 p.m. Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Company responded. * Alarm at 424 Savannah Road in Lewes at 7:54 p.m. Lewes Volunteer Fire Company responded. * Gas leak at 28143 Seaford Road in Blades at 8:55 p.m. Blades Volunteer Fire Company responded.

There may not be an immediate solution to Laura Hudson's water problem, according to Brooks Cahall, program manager of Delaware's Soil and Water Conservation Drainage Program.

State police are seeking the identity of a man wanted in relation to the Jan. 1 robbery of the Harbeson Deli.

Delaware State Police are on the scene at three accidents in Sussex County. On Route 9 west of Dairy Farm Road in Harbeson troopers are investigating a crash but roads are not closed.

Cecilia L. Casper, 90, of Georgetown, formerly of Shamokin, Pa., died Saturday, Dec.

Almost exactly 30 days have passed since the storm and residents are still trying to cope with its after-effects. HARBESON, Del.- Almost a month after the devastating nor'easter that hit Delmarva, one community is still fighting the flooding.

Patty Summers stands in six inches of water in her yard as she talks about what is going to occur over the next few days.

Susan Phillips and five other candidates will be ordained deacons in the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware during a ceremony at 1 p.m., Saturday, Dec.

Next year, Delaware households could be paying $3 more per month to have their trash hauled away and $3.15 more per trip to the dump.

The Delaware Department of Transportation has announced changes effective Dec. 6 to its local bus stops.

Troopers say two youths are missing: Police said two teens have fled from a Golf Course Road home, possibly driving to Mexico or Texas, and they have been reported missing.

St. Georgea s Chapel in Harbeson is holding its sixth annual Christmas Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec.

John Tekman was born in Kayseri, Turkey. He moved to America when his father was commissioned to tile the National Mosque in Washington, D.C. He is many things, including a Sunni Muslim, but when he came before his neighbors at the Delaware American-Turkish Cultural Education Foundation dinner, he was first and foremost a neighbor.

Harbeson resident Lois Szymanski can blame the collision of two storms over Delaware on Tuesday and Wednesday for the record rainfall that caused flooding at her home.

Five weeks after eight people were injured in an accident on Daisey Street at Route113 near Frankford, Brett Pierce and his family approached the intersection on the way to a baseball game.

The tradition of charitable giving to the Sussex County community is stronger than ever as the Rehoboth Christmas Shop, presented by the Episcopal Church Women of All Saints' Church in Rehoboth Beach and St.

County Administrator David Baker painted a bleak picture: There's little funding for Sussex County roads in the state's six-year capital transportation plan.