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After 25 years of service to the city of Delaware, Tom Homan is set to retire in July 2024, ending the longest tenure of any city manager in the city’s history.

A volunteer at SourcePoint was recently selected as the winner of the Meals on Wheels of America’s “Power of Knock” National Volunteer of the Year award, and $50,000 will be donated to SourcePoint in her honor.

The Bellpoint community is unique to Delaware. For those who know of it, it sits halfway between the city of Delaware and Ostrander. The area is known for its great fishing access along the connection point of the Mill Creek and the Scioto River (Bell ‘point’), and it is the new home of Buckeye Valley West Elementary School.

Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Grisdale, a native of Delaware, is serving aboard USS Philippine Sea, a U.S. Navy warship, currently deployed in the Atlantic Ocean participating in the Carrier Strike Group Four Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). COMPTUEX is an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force and to test its ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea.

Work continues on the restoration of the former C.C.C.& I. Railroad Depot on Lake Street, and RiverWest Partners LLC is ready to move forward with the second phase of the project. During the July 26 meeting of the Delaware Historic Preservation Commission (HPC), the commission granted a certificate of appropriateness for the proposed site improvements included in the second phase.

The final component of the city’s plans to extend Sawmill Parkway to South Section Line Road is now in place after the Delaware City Council approved an ordinance authorizing City Manager Tom Homan to enter into a grant agreement with the Ohio Department of Development during Monday’s meeting.

At the end of a count, the Hayes High School Grand Pacer Marching Band steps onto the field Thursday morning to practice its pregame routine during one of their final rehearsals of this week before band camp begins next week.

This fall, the orchestras at Hayes High School will play to a new tempo under the supervision of incoming Director Allison Selley.

For those who have ever imagined another world hiding just one door-pull away, new Lewis Center ice cream shop CRMD has a surprise in store.

The Ashley Corn Show returns next month and will feature the same food and traditions as years previous with a few new additions this year.