🌱 How could Delaware’s tax overhaul hit Bear homeowners and renters next year?

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• How could Delaware’s tax overhaul hit Bear homeowners and renters next year?

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Cold with clouds and sun, with a high of 33 and low of 22 degrees.
• Wednesday: Breezy and not as cold, temps: high: 45, low: 24.
• Thursday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, with a high of 49 and low of 43 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• What is the future of property reassessment in Delaware? (wdel.com) — Bear-area residents could see significant changes to school property tax bills as lawmakers weigh fixes to Delaware’s first statewide reassessment in decades. A special committee and education leaders described big disparities between districts and pledged new legislation in 2026 to ease costs while keeping school funding fair and transparent for communities like Bear.
   

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📸 Around Bear

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bear

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 18

• CCND Breakfast – Rt40 Diner
  Route 40 Diner, 1705 Pulaski Hwy, Bear
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Wednesday December 17

• Resource Protection Area Technical Advisory Committee Public Hearing - CANCELLED
  New Castle County, DE Calendar , 87 Reads Way , New Castle
  9:30 am
• Brader ES Winter Concert
  Brader , 350 Four Seasons Parkway , Newark
  6:00 pm
• Botanical Wreath Prints
  New Castle County, DE Calendar
  6:00 pm
• Citizen Budget Oversight Committee (CBOC) Monthly Meeting
  Oberle , 1899 South College Avenue , Newark
  6:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• Holiday Exhibition: Winter Wonderland
  New Castle County, DE Calendar
  10:00 am
• Visionary Peace Youth Art Exhibition
  New Castle County, DE Calendar
  10:00 am
• Rockwood’s Self-Guided Tour
  New Castle County, DE Calendar
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Planning Board Business Meeting
  New Castle County, DE Calendar
  9:00 am
• Rockwood Flow Yoga: Tuesday AM
  New Castle County, DE Calendar
  9:00 am
• Furoshiki: Dyed Wrapping Cloth
  New Castle County, DE Calendar
  1:00 pm
• Historic Review Board Public Hearing and Special Business Meeting
  New Castle County, DE Calendar
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Does anyone know about a adult black cat that has been around since summer along with a tortoiseshell female?
  The poor black one was eating French fries and part of a bagel I threw out for the birds to eat. Vicinity of Providence Drive and Christina Court in… (Nextdoor Village of Crofton)

• H&R Block posted a job opening for Guest Services Coordinator in Bear. Apply here.
• Panda Restaurant Group posted a job opening for Assistant Manager (P1-1364724-5) in Bear. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bear here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Newark

• Delaware lights up the season with breathtaking displays (delawareonline.com)
• Burglary Suspect Caught In The Act Police Say (firststateupdate.com)
• Several longtime Delaware restaurants have closed their doors (delawareonline.com)

New Castle

• Justice Center in Wilmington reopens following power disruption (delawareonline.com)
• 2025 WPIAL All-Conference Football Team: Parkway (triblive.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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