With the New Year in 2017 comes some new additions to the DPR airwaves.

To say the least Senator Chris Coons has a lot of differences with president-elect Donald Trump.

But when the Republican shows up for National Prayer Breakfast in February the Delaware Democrat told reporters the only thing he will be offering up is prayer.

Coons and Arkansas Republican Senator John Boozman co-chair the event for next year and thus extended the invitation to the president-elect.

Attendance reaches back to President Dwight Eisenhower in 1953.

The Sussex County Council gave the green light to the Arbor-Lyn development near Rehoboth Beach

But it going to be smaller.

WBOC reports the council cut the density to four units per acre.

That means there will only 142 units – down from the initial proposal of 202.

They will include single family homes, townhouses and apartment buildings.  

There had been opposition from local residents who feared the impact of the density and the traffic congestion.

The development is located between, Route 24 and Old Landing Road.

Some 40 water systems across Delmarva have high levels of lead.

While the systems that serve 50-thousand people or more treat their water the risk is for the smaller systems.

The Salisbury Daily Times reports that the largest system affected is Tidewater Utilities which provides water to some 26-thousand people in Bethany Bay and Ocean View.

After Tidewater began treating its water the lead concentration quickly dropped to below the federal standard.

Wicomico County and the city of Salisbury have cut a deal to extend the municipal water lines to the Salisbury-Ocean City: Wicomico Regional Airport.

It was just one of a number of agreements signed this week by County Executive Bob Culver and Mayor Jake Day.

Other agreements ranged from deeding six acres near Naylor Mill Park to the County to easements including one for the county-owned Scenic Drive to allow Salisbury access to its Naylor Mill Park.

The Salisbury Daily Times reports that Culver declared that this was a whole new era for the city and county.