The Delaware Gazette

Commissioners: Delaware now recognized as Purple Heart County

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Delaware County is now one of just four coun­ties across the nation rec­og­nized as a Pur­ple Heart County.

Transmission line public hearing draws few comments

The Ohio Power Sit­ing Board (OPSB) held a pub­lic hear­ing ear­lier this week at the Big Wal­nut High School Audi­to­rium to hear pub­lic con­cerns about the Trent-Vassell 138 kV Trans­mis­sion Line Project. The Trent-Vassell Trans­mis­sion Line would con­nect the Vas­sell Sub­sta­tion east of Sun­bury, now under con­struc­tion, to Amer­i­can Elec­tric Power’s exist­ing Trent-Delaware 138kV Line.

Commissioners recognize Older Americans Month

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With an explod­ing pop­u­la­tion of older adults, Delaware County will rec­og­nize their con­tri­bu­tions to soci­ety through­out the month of May.

Commissioners discuss fiber optic connection again

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For the sec­ond time in less than a week, Delaware County com­mis­sion­ers dis­cussed con­nect­ing the Delaware County Board of Devel­op­men­tal Dis­abil­i­ties (DCBDD) to an under­ground high-speed fiber optic cable net­work that is par­tially county owned and operated.

Shale boom could be heading Delaware County’s way

While the Cen­tral Ohio gas and oil boom has yet to get under way, it could prove to be a major eco­nomic boost for Delaware County and its res­i­dents when it does com­mence if other Ohio coun­ties are any indication.

Commissioners recognize child abuse prevention month

In an effort to stamp out child abuse and neglect, Delaware County will rec­og­nize April as child abuse pre­ven­tion month.

South Old State Road section to temporarily close

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Delaware County Com­mis­sion­ers on Mon­day approved the bid spec­i­fi­ca­tions for a road cul­vert replace­ment project that will require the clo­sure of one of Delaware County’s main arter­ies for up to three weeks.

Program helps economically disadvantaged

Even though Delaware County is the most afflu­ent of Ohio’s 88 coun­ties, there are still plenty of low to mod­er­ate income res­i­dents with needs that can­not be met due to a lack of finan­cial resources. To help peo­ple meet basic hous­ing needs, there is the Com­mu­nity Devel­op­ment Block Grant Pro­gram (CDBG), which the county will soon be accept­ing appli­ca­tions for.

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