Frankford officials are taking a hard look at their remaining American Rescue Plan Act funds and how best to spend them.
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The Frankford Town Council on Monday, March 6, voted to add $80,000 to the Town’s budget for the 2024 fiscal year, with the intention of adding a second full-time officer to the police department.
Following two brief public hearings, the Frankford Town Council voted on Monday, Feb. 6, to approve two annexation requests that will substantially increase both the physical size and the population of the town.
The Frankford Volunteer Fire Company has big news: Their Bull & Oyster Roast is back, for the first time since 2020.
After three months on the job, Frankford’s new police chief is settling in and getting to know the townspeople.
Frankford’s two recent annexation requests are moving forward, with “plan of services” documents now in the hands of state officials, who will review the proposal for providing feedback to town officials.
The Town of Frankford has set voting in its annual town council election for Saturday, Feb. 4, from 1 to 4 p.m. The two council seats expiring in 2023 and up for election are those currently occupied by Greg Welch and John Wright.
Frankford officials are waiting on state agencies to give their thumbs-up to preliminary plans for the Town to annex two large parcels of land into its incorporated area, potentially bringing 600 or more homes inside town limits.
Frankford Police Chief Kevin Smith been given the green light to purchase new communications equipment he says will help the town’s police officers do their jobs.
A move by the Frankford Town Council at its Monday, Nov. 8, meeting puts in motion two potential annexations that could triple the town’s population.
Four months after Frankford Police Department chief Laurence Corrigan announced his intentions to leave the department, the town has a new police chief.
The departure of Frankford Police Chief Laurence Corrigan is apparently closer to reality, given the Frankford Town Council’s acceptance of his resignation during an executive session last week.
Three months after Frankford Police Chief Laurence Corrigan announced plans to leave his post, the Frankford Town Council faced questions from residents at its regular monthly meeting on Sept. 6 as to what their plans are for either replacing him, or supporting him and possibly enticing him …
The Town of Frankford will hold public hearings next month on two issues that have been discussed recently by its Planning & Zoning Commission.
The Frankford Town Council passed its 2023-fiscal-year budget this week, achieving a balanced budget with no additional town taxes or fees.
Frankford Police Chief Laurence Corrigan will be leaving his position in the near future, two and a half years after he was hired to restart the Town’s defunct police department.
Editor's note: This report has been edited from its original version to remove information provided initially by the Frankford Police Department. The removal of the material is a result of information provided to the Coastal Point in December 2022 by the Delaware Department of Justice.
The Frankford Public Library has served a crucial role in its community throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, opening its doors as soon as was possible and practical.
Frankford Police Chief Laurence Corrigan has told the Town Council that he plans to leave his position in mid-July, two and a half years after taking the position and restarting the town’s police department, which had been shuttered for about three years.
Frankford Public Library Director Bonnie Elliott has requested $9,310 from the Town of Frankford to help defray cost of replacing worn equipment in the library. Elliott asked for the funds from the Town’s $444,000 allotment through the American Rescue Plan Act, a federal program designed to …
The Frankford Town Council, at its Monday, April 4, meeting, heard plans for a Dollar General store, proposed to be built on Route 113 at Walnut Street.
Frankford moved a step closer to getting a Dollar General store on Tuesday, March 29, when its Planning & Zoning Commission voted to recommend approval of preliminary site plans.
During a public hearing to solicit input from townspeople on how to spend federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, the Frankford Volunteer Fire Company requested that the Town allot $50,000 of its $444,000 in ARPA funding to the fire company.
In recent months, Frankford Town Council has discussed how to spend the federal funds it has been granted through the American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA), with everything from bonuses for town employees to improvements for bathrooms in the town park under consideration.
Frankford officials this week continued their discussion regarding use of $444,000 in federal funds set aside to help municipalities recover from the effects of the nearly two-year-long COVID-19 pandemic.
Just a little over two years ago, Frankford’s police department didn’t exist. The Town had shuttered its law enforcement agency after the resignation of Police Chief Mark Hudson in 2017.
Frankford Town Hall closed to the public on Jan. 9, due to concerns about COVID-19, and will re-open on Jan. 18.
A Frankford Town Council election has been scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022.
The Town of Frankford, which recently marked the two-year anniversary of the reactivation of its police department, is continuing to move toward hiring a town manager.
“We’ve all had those emails from Nigerian princes.”
As Frankford’s three new part-time officers take to the streets this month, the Frankford Police Department is also partnering with the Frankford Public Library to help keep the community safe from fraud.
DelDOT announced to motorists this week that two railroad maintenance projects would close roads near Frankford and Selbyville in the coming weeks.
Frankford is going back to the drawing board, literally, on its quest to create storage space to make up for its former warehouse, which has been sold.
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!
Town finances were on the minds of Frankford Town Council members this week, and the council took several strides toward securing the Town’s future investments and planning for its future needs.
Beebe Healthcare will sponsor a community health fair at the Frankford Fire Hall, located at 7 Main Street in Frankford, on Saturday, Oct. 23.
Town finances were on the minds of Frankford Town Council members this week, and the council took several strides toward securing the Town’s future investments and planning for its future needs.
The Frankford Town Council is moving ahead with its discussions about the need for a town manager to help the Town better serve its residents and make better use of funds available to it.
Frankford’s first female officer is in the house.
Frankford’s police force will soon have three new part-time officers, according to Police Chief Laurence Corrigan.
With visible relief, Frankford Town Council Treasurer John Wright said “I am very pleased” to present a balanced budget during the town council meeting on Tuesday, July 6, with no increase in town taxes.
As it nears final approval of its 2022-fiscal-year budget, the Town of Frankford heard from a meeting room full of residents at a Thursday, June 24, meeting.
The Town of Frankford’s usual budget process was upended two weeks ago when Police Chief Laurence Corrigan told the town council he needed to have more help in his fledgling department.
A letter of complaint from a longtime Frankford resident has the Frankford Town Council rethinking its grass-cutting practices.
Frankford Police Chief Laurence Corrigan told the Frankford Town Council last week at a meeting regarding the Town’s budget that he needs more police officers in order to properly patrol the town.
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The Delaware State Police this week were investigating a shooting that took place May 18 in Frankford that left a 33-year-old Lincoln man dead.
A recent uptick in crime in Frankford — particularly against the town’s Hispanic residents — has resulted in a cooperative effort between the town’s police department and its library to help keep residents informed.
Jvonne Oliver was named Police Chief for the Day on Thursday, April 8, by Frankford Police Department Chief Laurence Corrigan. During a brief presentation at Frankford Town Hall, Corrigan lauded Oliver for her support of the town and its police department. ‘I’m a pretty lucky guy,’ Corrigan …
It might have looked different with masks and social distancing, but there was no denying the joy in at least being back at the park for the Frankford Egg Scramble the day before Easter 2021.
After being closed for more than a year due to restrictions put in place in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Frankford Community Park will reopen soon.
As Frankford’s Town Council prepares to consider the Town’s first annexation request in decades, members wrestled this week with questions about how the process should proceed.
