Delaware
Today in Delaware County history, April 18
100 Years Ago, 1924: When the next State legislature convenes, Rep. Walter H. Craig of this city will introduce a bill providing for the removal of bodies in the Friends’ Burying Ground on the west side of Edgmont Avenue, just north of Sixth Street. The removals will be confided to a distance of 15 feet back, from the present building line of the avenue, this being the amount of ground desired by the city toward carrying out the future plan of widening Edgmont Avenue from Sixth Street to Gray, or 26th, Street.
75 Years Ago, 1949: Chester Zoning Board of Appeals today deferred decision on the plans of Congregation Mispallelim to erect a $60,000 synagogue. The organization at a hearing in city hall sought a waiver to erect the building on the south side of Seventh Street, between Park and Fulton streets. Although Building Inspector James A. Devlin was unable to appear, he was reported as having withheld a permit because sufficient open areas weren’t provided at the front and sides of the structure.
50 Years Ago, 1974: The Delaware County Prison Board on Wednesday night ordered the immediate installation of barbed wire and additional exterior lighting at the county’s minimum security prison facility in Thornbury. The action came in apparent reaction to the latest escape from the prison by seven inmates last Friday night. Earlier Wednesday at the weekly meeting of the county commissioners, in the Media Courthouse, Mrs. Claire Stewart of Aston wanted to know by the barbed wire hadn’t been installed after being delivered to a prison warehouse two years ago.
25 Years Ago, 1999: If a Ridley Township Battle of the Bulge veteran has his way, another war monument will be erected on the Mall in Washington, D.C. Dan Iannelli has been lobbying local lawmakers about the National World War II Memorial — enough to get notice from state Rep. Nicholas Micozzie, R-163. Micozzie, in turn, won state House approval for a $1.5 million donation to the project. The issue is now before the state Senate.
10 Years Ago, 2014: The parents of one of the biggest baby’s born in Delaware County Memorial Hospital in recent memory now knows the answer to the question, “Where’s Waldo?” Brian and Danielle Dwyer, of the Fishtown section of Philadelphia, were both Where’s Waldo? book fans in their youth and decided that was the perfect name for their first born child. Waldo James Mysterious Dwyer was born 10:50 p.m. Monday (4-14-14) weighing in at 13 pounds, 8 ounces.
— COLIN AINSWORTH
DELAWARE COUNTY, Ohio — People in Delaware County said it feels like new housing developments are popping up on every corner.
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“What haven’t you noticed, right? The whole area just exploded,” said Scott Shonebarger.
Scott Sanders, the executive director of the Regional Planning Commission, said companies like Intel and other industries are a main driver for thousands of people moving to Delaware County.
With the big boom comes an urgent need for more housing.
John Wicks is the developer at Real Property Design and Development.
He has spent over a decade building homes for families in Delaware County.
Wicks said the Olentangy School District is one of the hottest spots for new homes.
“I started with one high school up until the 90s, then now we’re up to four up to five different high schools so it’s just a big draw,” said Wicks. “It’s a beautiful community.”
The district has grown into the fourth largest in Ohio with a new elementary school opening next year, and a fifth high school in 2028.
Wicks said the growth has presented some challenges over the years like labor shortage and some opposition.
“It’s become a big issue for a lot of people that live in and around these areas. They tend to oppose new growth and new development, so restrictions have gotten a little bit harder. Costs have obviously gone up over the last 20 years,” said Wicks.
The planning commission says between 275,000 and 350,000 people could call Delaware County home by 2040.
That’s up from 214,000 in 2020.
Scott Shonebarger said he supports growth but wonders when is enough.
“I mean to a certain extent I think you know at some point right you have to have some sort of boundaries I think, getting into the fact that now you have five high schools,” said Shonebarger. “What’s the limit?”
Police in Wilmington, Delaware, shot and killed a 19-year-old man Wednesday night.
The incident happened in a residential area near 24th and Jessup streets just after 11 p.m., Wilmington police said in a news release. The person who was shot has not been publicly identified.
Officers were monitoring a large crowd gathered outside when they saw a man exit a home with a handgun and point it toward the crowd, police say.
When officers approached the man, he ran away and a foot pursuit began, police say.
At some point in the chase, an officer fired their weapon and hit the 19-year-old. The man was taken to a local hospital, where he later died.
Police say they recovered a loaded gun from the man and that the officer was not injured.
Video filmed at the scene shows a crowd of residents gathered outside after the shooting.
Police are asking anyone with more information to come forward. The shooting is under investigation by the Delaware Department of Justice and Wilmington police.
Delaware Supreme Court Justice Karen L. Valihura announced Wednesday that she will lead a new corporate law institute at the Wilmington University Farnan School of Law.
She will step down from the bench of Delaware’s highest court in late July, after choosing not to seek reappointment at the end of her 12-year term. She revealed her plans for the next phase of her legal career in a special session of the court in Wilmington.
As well as joining the Wilmington University law school faculty, Valihura will be the founding director of the school’s new Corporate Law, Governance and Practice Institute. …
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