🌱 How Millsboro’s new 3% hotel tax could affect your next stay

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• How Millsboro’s new 3% hotel tax could affect your next stay

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 79 and low of 50 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 85, low: 58.
• Friday: Hot, with a high of 94 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

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📰 News we're reading

• Town of Millsboro passes ordinance for a new 3 % lodging tax (coasttv.com) — Millsboro officials have approved a new 3% lodging tax on hotel stays in town, raising the total tax on rooms to 11% when combined with the state levy. Supporters say the added revenue will help fund local infrastructure and community improvements, while hotel managers are weighing how higher costs might affect summer travelers and room rates.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Millsboro

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Saturday June 27

• 4th Annual DE Lavender & Lambs Festival →
  Brittingham Farms, 22518 Phillips Hl Rd, Millsboro
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday June 3

• Mah Jongg Open Play
  Frankford Public Library, Community Meeting Room, Frankford
  1:00 pm

Thursday June 4

• Let's Play Games: for Adults
  Frankford Public Library, Community Meeting Room, Frankford
  1:00 pm
• Open Art for Adults
  Georgetown Public Library Meeting Room B,
  1:30 pm
• Georgetown, DE - Let's Do Trivia! @MulligansPointe →
  Mulligan's Pointe, 22426 Sussex Pines Rd, Georgetown
  6:30 pm

Friday June 5

• Information Table - The Department of Labor Employment and Training
  Georgetown Public Library Inside main entrance,
  1:00 pm
• Adult Book Club
  Frankford Public Library, Reading Lounge, Frankford
  1:00 pm

Monday June 8

• Hooks & Needles
  Frankford Public Library, Reading Lounge, Frankford
  1:00 pm
• La Esperanza Navigation Guides
  Georgetown Public Library Delaware Room,
  3:00 pm

Tuesday June 9

• Specialist: Employment, Health, and Social Support
  Selbyville Public Library
  11:00 am

Thursday June 11

• DBG Lecture Series: BIRDS, An Evening with Ian... →
  Delaware Botanic Gardens at Pepper Creek, 30220 Piney Neck Rd, Dagsboro
  6:00 pm

Saturday June 13

• Goodbye Garden Guesswork… Hello Happiness! Gregg... →
  Inland Bays Garden Center, 38320 Muddy Neck Rd, Frankford
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• BJ's Wholesale Club posted a job opening for Meat Cutter in Millsboro. Apply here.
• Harris Teeter posted a job opening for Full Time Journeyman Meat Cutter in Millsboro. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Millsboro here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Dagsboro

• One Firefighter Injured in Destructive Ocean View House Fire (wmdt.com)
• Disability ministry to get long awaited spotlight in Orlando (baptistpress.com)
• DBG announces educational lecture on Delaware birds (coastalpoint.com)

Long Neck

• June 1 update: DIAA spring sports tournament scores and schedules (delawareonline.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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