Neighbors happy to see flood project begin

Peering over the steep bank into Little Mill Creek, it's hard to believe the slow, lazy stream of sandy brown water has turned into a raging torrent time and time again.

"It may look sweet and docile," Elsmere resident Susan Timko said, "but we've had about six major floods and a tornado in the last couple of years."

Timko joined neighbor Maryellen Treglown under a leafy canopy beside the creek Monday morning to watch public officials break ground on a long-awaited project to curb flooding by widening and deepening the waterway.

from the Delaware News Journal