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Cape Gazette
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After tough financial times, Smyrna's bond rating bounces back
Officials in Smyrna are celebrating some good financial news for the town. A state audit last year found several problems in how the town managed its finances, including how it tracked spending. Also in recent years, a series of postponed audits led to a massive budget shortfall, which prompted council members to double property taxes.
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Delaware State enrollment reaches record 7,407 as graduate programs, returning students drive growth
Fall enrollment rises nearly 12%; university reports its largest class of Delaware freshmen and a 56% increase in high school students earning college credit DOVER — Delaware State University’s fall enrollment has reached a record 7,407 students, with returning students, graduate programs and international partnerships helping push the total up nearly 12% from last year. The university announced Nov. 10 ... Read More
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Spotlight Delaware
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Why Migrating Birds Stop at Bombay Hook
At Delaware’s Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, falling tides expose mudflats where migrating shorebirds can feed along the Atlantic Flyway. At low tide along the Delaware Bay, water drains from the marsh channels, leaving stretches of mud exposed. That’s when shorebirds can get to the small animals buried just beneath the surface. A few hours later, water covers the same feeding ground, and the birds have to look elsewhere.
Cape Gazette
An idea to improve school bus safety
We all see it every morning and afternoon: big yellow buses picking up and dropping off our precious cargo, our children. So many times we see drivers speeding past bus stops in darkness, fog, drinking coffee, texting, etc., with no thought for children standing or walking across the road to get to their school bus pickup. These children are possibly running late, thinking about their friends or even looking at their phones with not a care in the world, let alone a car riding by their bus stop.