About Kent County, DE

Longacre Village is an attractive 55+ community within easy walking distance to everyday conveniences such as the public library and local restaurants. An easy drive from home takes residents to either scenic beaches or the bustling cities of New York and Philadelphia. Longacre Village in Dover, Delaware is ideally situated with the best of both worlds easily accessible. Whether you enjoy the beauty and recreation of the great outdoors or the excitement of the big city, you’ll have plenty of options at Longacre Village.

With plans for just 250 homes, Longacre Village is a small-scale 55+ community offering attractively priced homes from the high $100’s to the high $200’s. The community opened in 2006 and today interested home buyers can select from new construction or well-cared for resale homes. Four different home-builders offer a wide variety of single-story style homes including traditional single-family homes, duplexes and townhomes. Sizes range from 1,400 to over 3,000 square feet with some of the homes offering optional second-story loft spaces.

Most of the homes at Longacre Village will be built by K. Hovnanian. The floor plans feature between two and four bedrooms and two to three bathrooms with extra features such as covered front porches. Homeowners enjoy low-maintenance living with grass cutting, snow removal and trash removal all included in the monthly homeowner association dues.

Tree-lined streets and charming sidewalks pave the way through this charming Delaware active adult community. Sparkling ponds dot the community landscape and homes are situated on sites overlooking scenic woods and ponds. Residents enjoy a nicely equipped clubhouse with plenty of amenities to encourage a fun, social lifestyle. There are two hobby rooms perfect for club meetings or card games, a fitness center plus a resort-style outdoor swimming pool. There is a spacious patio with an outdoor grilling area and a bar/lounge area perfect for meeting up with friends for an evening under the stars.

Longacre Village offers a wonderful value with beautifully designed homes and a wonderful collection of amenities, all from the high $100’s.

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Beatlemania Now is performing at Harrington Raceway and Casino in Harrington Delaware on Saturday, January 28, 2012.

Show times are 7:00 and 9:30PM. Tickets are $15 and are available at the Gift Shop in the Casino.

The New York Daily Times calls this show, "Extraordinary." The concert captures the mood of the 60s and 70s and features increditble renditions of the Beatles' classics.

Comedian Jeff Foxworthy will be performing at The Harrington Raceway and Casino on May 26, 2012 at 7:30PM. The show was originally scheduled for August 2011 but was cancelled due to inclimate weather.

Tickets went on sale January 18 at www.harringtonraceway.com. Tickets are also available by calling 800-514-3829 or at the gift shop in the casino. Prices are $26, $41, $51 and $76.

The show will coincide with a salute to the USO and Armed Forces with festivities May 25-27. Opening for Jeff Foxworthy is Reno Collier.

In Delaware, there are distinct differences between the 3 counties. Here, we see Central Delaware's Kent County's report for November, 2011, and the year to date changes. Where New Castle County (the northernmost county in Delaware) showed a median sales price drop of 9%, Kent showed a 10.5% drop.

However, in contrast, while NCCo showed an average days on market for the year to be up 23%, Kent only showed less than 4% more days on the market. In November, the single family detached inventory was down 14.5% in Kent, NCCo showed a 17.5% drop. So we know all real estate is local, and in Delaware, the county where you live is a factor to consider.

Saturday brought a mass reinactment of an 18th Century Market Fair that ran from 1764 to 1785 on The Green in Dover, the capital of Delaware. Sarah (left, above), my guide for a walking tour, noted that the green would not have been a place of grass and trees back then (a bit frivolous for commerce). All kinds of crafts were represented, including a Woodworker, who showed how he planed a branch to round it off, then put it in a foot powered lathe to produce a turned element for a piece of furniture.

Dr. Balthasar's Traveling Medicine Show was presented in a tent on the green, with the "Doctor" presenting such amusing (?) and gross items as the jar of eyeballs he holds (above). He claimed his medicine "cures everything from a common cold to death of two weeks' standing." The Silhouette Artist (above) demonstrated his craft in front of the Old State House, letting the public take a look through his camera obscura pointed at a person in front of a screen. This is an optical device that projects an image of its surroundings on piece of paper. He then cuts out the person's silhouette in the middle of a piece of this white paper, which he then puts on top of a piece of black paper, creating the artwork.

This next gentleman, Monsieur LeFarceur de Villeverte, is billed thus--"A lace merchant forced to flee the 1789 French Revolution. This 'Arrogant Frenchman' will treat you like a citizen of the new American nation, trying to recruit you as lacemekers to help support his extravagant lifestyle." I missed the recruiting part, but did hear him insult onlookers by describing how he greets people he sees on the street. People like us (jeans, sneakers, mostly) he would not even give a nod to. Others get a nod, a large nod, a nod and a knee bent, depending on their importance to his scheme of things. His tent was festooned with silk swags and his table was arrayed with china and silver. In his lap he showed the needles and bobbins his Irish wife uses to make lace. Since it was time for his noon repast, he excused himself. When I said "merci boucoup," he nodded and said something about finally hearing something civilized.

A future posting will feature other interesting characters encountered on The Green at the 18th Century Market Fair in Dover, Delaware. You can follow events at the First State Heritage Park in Dover at http://www.destateparks.com/park/first-state-heritage/index.asp