April 27, 2021
Fair housing webinar set April 29
Pathways to Success will sponsor a free virtual town hall to discuss fair housing issues from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, April 29. To register, go to pathways-2-success.org/events. The purpose is to raise awareness about the continued presence of housing discrimination and how people can work to fix it. Topics include the importance of the Fair Housing Act, Delaware’s Landlord & Tenant Code, housing legislation and policy, and housing advocacy. For details, email dscott@pathways-2-success.org.
Milton BoA meeting canceled
Milton Board of Adjustment has canceled its Tuesday, April 27 meeting due to a lack of agenda items. The board is next scheduled to meet Tuesday, May 25.
Town council to review special-use permit process
This view shows an existing cellphone tower in the area of Sam Lucas Road and Cannery Village. A Milton resident has appealed the Planning and Zoning Commission’s decision to grant a special permitted use to Verizon to build a similar tower at the town’s public works yard at 210 Front St. NICK ROTH PHOTO
Ryan Mavity April 23, 2021
A former member of the Milton Planning and Zoning Commission has filed a formal challenge to the commission’s decision to grant a special permitted use for Verizon to build a 140-foot cellphone tower at the town’s public works yard on Front Street.
Milton Councilman Michael Coté dies
Milton Town Councilman Michael Cote died April 3 after suffering a stroke. Colleagues remembered Cote as a jovial man who was deeply prepared and passionate about town issues. FILE PHOTO
Ryan Mavity
Milton Councilman Michael Coté passed away April 3, reportedly after suffering a stroke.
Coté, 72, was in his third term as a councilman, having first been elected in 2013. He purchased a home in Milton in 2008, moving to town full time in 2011. He began attending Milton Town Council meetings and grew concerned about accounting-related issues.
Coté was a laid-back man with a scholarly salt-and-pepper beard and glasses, but very easy with a smile. Despite his easygoing personality, Coté took his work seriously. He retired to Milton after a career as a certified public accountant, corporate auditor and budget manager for large companies in New York. After being elected to town council, he assumed the role of town treasurer. He is survived by h
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Recommendations to be submitted in July
Milton’s Traffic Calming Advisory Ad Hoc Committee has released a survey to Milton property owners to get their perspective on traffic and pedestrian concerns, and possible improvements to be made. The committee will meet again Feb. 24 and plans to submit recommendations to town council in July. FILE PHOTO
Ryan Mavity February 19, 2021
Property owners around Milton have begun receiving a survey from an ad hoc committee looking to curtail speeding and improve pedestrian safety.
Councilwoman Randi Meredith, chair of the Traffic Calming Advisory Ad Hoc Committee, said the survey will also be sent out to rental property owners and will be found on the town website and at town council meetings.