Fire Breaks out in Seaford

According to WBOC:

11/17/2008 4:03 PM ET

SEAFORD, Del.- Authorities are probing the cause of a Sunday afternoon fire that heavily damaged a Seaford home.

The Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office says the blaze was reported at 2:29 p.m. at a home located on the 26000 block of Sussex Highway.

The Blades Fire Department responded to the scene and was assisted by the Laurel, Seaford, Bridgeville and Georgetown fire departments. Upon arrival they encountered heavy fire at the northwest portion of the structure.

The home was not occupied at the time of the fire. No injuries were reported. Damages have been estimated at $250,000. The victim is being assisted by the Red Cross.

Investigators have determined that the fire originated in the northwest portion of the home. The cause is still under investigation.

I happened to drive by this fire as it was happening. I saw the smoke as I drove down Route 13 and thought that maybe that monstrosity of a Boat/Restaurant, the Nautico, was on fire. It turns out that it was just out of town past the Nautico. They had Rt. 13 blocked for some time, and eventually opened it up to one lane

I had delivered pizza to the homeowners previously, and they were nice people, I hope everyone is alright. The home, from my limited experience, was a beautiful place with plenty of privacy despite living right on the highway.

What is up with four towns responding to a single house fire? Did the firefighters have nothing else to do on a Sunday afternoon? I can see Blades and Seaford responding, but Bridgeville and Laurel also? Isn't this football season?

Seaford Passes a "Dangerous Dog" Ordinance

As of December 20th, all dog owners who live within the city limits of Seaford will have new rules in which they have to abide by.

In the Seaford City Council's latest meeting, they passed a new ordinance which adds provisions concerning "dangerous dogs." The new ordinance, which in previous versions considered the entire pit bull breed to be dangerous, now requires a hearing by the newly created Board of Animal Control to deem any dog as "dangerous."

The ordinance also deals with other potential animal cruelty issues, banning the tethering of dogs to any object, like a tree or pole. Instead, if any dog is to be left outdoors, it must be confined in a caged in area, like a kennel, fenced in yard, or an area with an electronic dog fence. If a dog cannot be contained in those ways, they must be inside the home.

If a dog is out of its confined area, it must be on a leash. Owners are required to remove dog waste on a daily basis, even from the fenced in areas of the owners' yards.

Dog owners are also limited to owning no more than three dogs. Exceptions may be requested from the Animal Control board for licensed breeders, kennel operators, and new litters of puppies.

If an owner has had one of their dogs declared to be "dangerous," the owner has to keep the animal confined at all times, with exceptions made for veterinary care and exercise. The dog is also required to wear a muzzle at all times when not confined. the owners will have to apply, and reapply annually to the Board in order to keep the "dangerous dog." Owners will also be required to have $100,000 of liability insurance to protect against dog bite litigation.

The ordinance also provides rules allowing the Board to impound dangerous dogs and put them down if deemed necessary.

Seaford's Invista Plant

So it has been reported that the Invista plant located in Seaford, DE will be cutting 400-500 jobs. No matter how you look at this for any town in the state, this is HUGE!

My question is, how does the town of Seaford and the state of Delaware allow this, "just" to happen? Didn't anyone see this coming? Your telling me that Seaford is just gonna let all these jobs go? Seaford is just going to let all the tax dollars they have been receiving from each of the employees, just stop? If you don't think this is going to have a huge impact on the town and the State than all I gotta say is go back to bed.

This will effect so much. Look at it this way. Seaford also has a Walmart. Employee wise if Walmart closed in Seaford, it wouldnt even compare to the amount of employees that Invista is laying off.

This will be less money coming into the town on many levels. Guarantee lots more repo's of cars, defaulting on mortages, non payment of rents. Can Seaford actually afford this?

Where was the Mayor? Where was council man? Senate, Congressional? Oh I know where they were. They were running campigns. Or if not running a campign they were just sitting at home not trying to ruffle up anyones feathers.

Sad.

Robberys

I don't know if anyone else has noticed this but there has been an extreme amount of new robbery's taking place around the areas. In Seaford you have had Royal Farms, Domino's Pizza, Citizen's Bank, Skinny Mans Deli all been robbed. Some of those even during the day.

In Millsboro you have a guy try to rob a pharmacy but was unsuccessful.

Frankford had an armed robbery at a citizens house. Not a business. That one of them all gets to me the most. A citizen not doing anything to anyone at their house, gets there life interrupted by someone desperate enough to barge in, armed, try to get money. Sad, very sad.

In neighboring Kent County, you have in the town of Harrington, you have a guy enter the Bridal Bit store and demand money.

I think we can all come to the conclusion that due to the economy troubles, that more and more robbery's are taking place. This is a sad day in America for citizens and business owners.