07/16/11 SEAFORD -- A federal bankruptcy court judge in Wilmington approved up to $200,000 in bonuses for a set of executives and managers at Allen Family Foods, the bankrupt Seaford-based poultry producer. The 10 officials are working to close a sale of the Seaford business.
07/15/11 CORDOVA, Md. (AP) - Layoffs are expected to begin Friday for Allen Family Foods employees at a Cordova processing plant. The Star Democrat of Easton reported Thursday that 30 of the 474 employees are expected to lose their jobs.
07/13/11 DelDOT sets work to start Monday, last several weeks, closing Alternate U.S. 13 route over the Nanticoke River
07/12/11 Delaware connections will be well represented with four contending horses in the $1 million Meadowlands Pace for 3-year-old pacing colts, to be held Saturday night at the Meadowlands Racetrack.
07/12/11 There is no doubt the lines designating Sussex County Council districts will change under the current redistricting process. Population growth on the eastern side of the county has far outpaced population growth on the western side. While county officials work on their own map, as promised, the League of Women Voters of Sussex County has its own ideas what new council districts should look like ...
07/09/11 SEAFORD, Del. - A ceremony was held Saturday in Seaford to launch the Nanticoke River Water Trail. The new water trail provides a regional component to the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National historic Trail.
07/01/11 To comment on the county redistricting process, send an email to ~ or send a letter to Clerk of the Sussex County Council, PO Box 589, Georgetown, DE 19947. Sussex officials are making the county redistricting process more open offering residents a chance to offer suggestions and comments before county council district maps are redrawn. There is no doubt the current lines designating the county ...
07/01/11 State Representatives Daniel B. Short, R-Seaford, and Bryon H. Short, D-Highland Woods, have introduced bi-partisan legislation aimed at protecting consumers from unfair insurance business practices in Delaware. The legislation would require health insurance companies denying coverage for a procedure that is later determined to be medically necessary to reimburse the client for any out-of-pocket ...
06/29/11 GEORGETOWN -- Sussex County property owners will receive a small break on their taxes next year fueled by a current budget surplus -- though officials don't know the size of either the surplus or the tax break.
06/29/11 Hundreds of volunteers packed boxes of food for the needy, provided by Mountaire, last year at Thanksgiving. The poultry company is buying the assets of Allen Family Foods, which declared bankruptcy, and plans to expand its operations in Selbyville.
06/29/11 Wilmington, DE - For the third time in their last five games the Wilmington Blue Rocks failed to score a run. Pete Ruiz tossed seven shutout frames and his bullpen took him home in a 2-0 victory by the Salem Red Sox on Wednesday night at Frawley Stadium.
06/28/11 Beginning Friday, Medicaid providers will no longer offer routine eye exams and glasses or contacts for adults 21 and over in Delaware. The change has frustrated some patients who say they just received notice last week.
06/24/11 The Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office is investigating a string of arsons that occurred overnight in western Sussex County.
06/23/11 SEAFORD -- Delaware State Police over the weekend arrested two Seaford Delaware men in connection to a series of burglary and scrap metal thefts.
06/23/11 SEAFORD -- Growing up in a household where his father and brother were involved with racing, it should come as no surprise that Austin Hubbard has raced his way to the top of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series.
06/22/11 Hundreds of volunteers packed boxes of food for the needy, provided by Mountaire, last year at Thanksgiving. The poultry company is buying the assets of Allen Family Foods, which declared bankruptcy, and plans to expand its operations in Selbyville.
06/21/11 Police are asking the public's help in identifying a suspect wanted for burglarizing the Great Wall Chinese restaurant on Stein Highway in Seaford.
06/21/11 Four Maryland men were arrested by Seaford police over the weekend in connection with separate metal thefts at a local agriculture equipment business.
06/19/11 Mountaire Farms of Delmarva in Selbyville is home to a processing plant, as well as nearby hatcheries and feedmills. Mountaire Farms Inc. is in the process of expanding its reach by attempting to acquire most of the assets of its bankrupt former competitor, Allen Family Foods.
06/17/11 A week after Seaford poultry producer Allen Family Foods filed for bankruptcy protection, more details about the company's failure, and the fate of its 1,600 Delaware employees, have only begun to trickle out. | 
