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JANUARY 20, 2023
THE LOCAL VOICE OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
Carney proposes 9-percent pay raise for educators
Volume 20, Issue 3
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Soup for the Soul... and a bowl
By Susan Canfora Staff Reporter In an effort to provide enough quality teachers and compete with salaries paid in surrounding states, Delaware Gov. John Carney this week announced that his proposed 2024-fiscal-year budget will include a 9-percent pay increase for teachers who work directly with children and their families, plus a 3-percent increase across the board for all educators. Carney made the announcement on Tuesday, Jan. 17, at Nellie Hughes Stokes Elementary School in Dover, where students welcomed him before he spoke and members of the General Assembly and educators stood behind him at the podium. “It’s certainly been a tough time to be a teacher anywhere in our country or anywhere around the world,” the governor said, adding that teacher shortages nationwide have created competition that is intense and has prompted nearby states to offer higher salaries. “We will not be out-competed by states around us,” the governor said to hearty applause. Then, with a smile, he added, “I’m sure there are English See TEACHERS page 2
Talk of parking changes continues in Fenwick Island By Kerin Magill Staff Reporter Fenwick Island business owners kept up their objections to proposed changes in commercial parking regulations during a one-hour public hearing on Wednesday, Jan. 18. The hearing was scheduled after the council voted in December to make changes in the original proposed ordinance, allowing parking in some setbacks on commercial property and eliminating a requirement for delineated space for delivery vehicles. The core of the proposed ordinance, however, has not changed — it would impose an increase in the number of parking spaces required for commercial properties, from one space per 100 feet of patron area to one space per 50 feet of patron area. Much of the discussion on Wednesday centered See PARKING page 3
Special to the Coastal Point • Submitted by Brandywine
Brandywine Living at Fenwick Island resident Bob Port begins shaping his bowl, which will be for sale at the Soup for the Soul event on Saturday, Jan. 21, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the facility. Area chefs are contributing a variety of soups for the event, which marks the first indoor Brandywine event to which the public has been invited since pandemic-related restrictions were put in place in March 2020. This will be a ‘grab and go’ event, according to Brandywine Escapades Producer Heather Cronin. Guests are required to wear masks when entering the residence. The sale will be held on the fourth floor.