Delaware finds funds, smooths residents’ concerns about Grandview Ave

Delaware City could have enough funds to repave Grandview Avenue after all.

Delaware City could have enough funds to repave Grandview Avenue after all.

The lengthy and often passionate urban chicken debate that began last fall ended Monday, when Delaware City Council unanimously approved the new law clarifying how agricultural society students may raise barnyard animals.

Delaware residents have asked the city to remove the speed tables, some criticizing the traffic-calming methods as unnecessary obstacles.

Delaware proclaimed itself a Purple Heart City to recognize those in the community and throughout the nation who have been wounded or killed in combat.

The Delaware community Monday relived the struggle of blacks in the 1950s and 1960s through a documentary shown at the 19th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Breakfast.

Delaware City is facing another year in which the city-owned Hidden Valley golf course is projected to lose money, an issue with which city council is grappling.“Something’s got to change,” said Councilman Chris Jones. “There’s no way I can consciously watch (the golf course) year, after year, after year, after year lose money when we don’t have money to fix the streets.” Between 2004 and 2010, Hidden Valley Golf Course lost an average of about $15,440 each year.
Delaware Township residents are attempting to reverse an annexation agreement that would turn about eight acres of the township over to the City of Delaware.

Following Gary Milner’s appointment to another term as Delaware City mayor, long-time council members Windell Wheeler and Joe DiGenova announced Monday that these would be their last terms.