May 9, 2021
Haley Mears
Haley Mears of East Millsboro Elementary School has been selected as the Indian River School District’s Teacher of the Year for 2021-22.
The announcement was made at the IRSD Teacher of the Year ceremony April 29. Mears was chosen as the overall winner from a pool of 15 candidates, one from each school.
Mears has been a teacher at East Millsboro Elementary for the past seven years. She was a fifth-grade teacher from 2014-17 and has been an intensive learning center teacher since 2017. She began her career as a paraprofessional at East Millsboro from 2005-09. She also served as a social studies teacher at Georgetown Middle in 2009-10 and an English language arts teacher at Millsboro Middle from 2010-14. She is a member of East Millsboro’s instructional leadership team and a coach for the school robotics team. She has also served as a district Odyssey of the Mind coach for the past seven years.
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The Evans Farm project, proposed for the intersection of Railway Road and Old Mill Road, near Ocean View and Millville, includes 200 apartment units and was recommended for approval by the Sussex County Planning & Zoning Commission, 4-1. The Sussex County Council will make the final decision on approval of the project.Coastal Point ⢠Submitted
Some nearby residents are expressing disappointment in the Sussex County Planning & Zoning Commissionâs recommendation last week to approve construction of 200 new apartments on a parcel near Millville and Ocean View, despite nearly five hours of opposition at the March 25 public hearing on the application.
âSussex County has completely lost its mind with regards to development,â resident Don Shope told the Coastal Point. He lives in Bethany Bay, which was also developed by Linder & Co., the developer of the proposed apartment complex.
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By Susan Canfora
Despite nearly five hours of testimony on Tuesday, March 25, opposing building 200 apartments  at the intersection of Railway and Old Mill roads in Ocean View, the Sussex County Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended approval.
At the Thursday, April 8 meeting, the project was recommended for approval by a 3-1 vote, with Commission President Robert Wheatley and Commissioners J. Bruce Mears and Holly Wingate in favor, Commissioner Kim Hoey Stevenson opposed and Commissioner R. Keller Hopkins absent.
Although requirements were made before approval, one of the residents opposed, Dave Bartlett, called them âboilerplate conditionsâ such as asking that trees are planted and existing soil not be disturbed and verifying where the bus stop will be for students attending Lord Baltimore Elementary School.