Saturday, April 18, 2026
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Rich County Communities Transformation Coalition
The Rich County Communities Transformation Coalition (CTC) will host a community event at the fire station to unveil a newly installed mural highlighting the importance of family connection in preventing youth substance use.
Community members are invited to attend on May 1 from 12 to 2 p.m. to learn more about substance use prevention while enjoying a family-friendly afternoon. Activities will include face painting, fire truck tours, prizes, and free food while supplies last.
Rich High School Golf Team
Left to right
Back row
Kam Jarman, Damen Wasden, Ammon Earl, Cooper Ottlet, Paxton nicolodemos, Nash Parry, Preston Ward, Dylan Wasden, Ridge Lundgren, Jeff Jarman
Front row
Left to right
Braylynn Pugmire, Ashlyn Stevens, Jaylin lutz, Morgan Ward, Leah Peterson
They played in Farr west on April 10 at Remuda golf course
Both girls and boys teams came away with a win.
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Trees down on Bear Lake Summit
Found some interesting pictures of trees uprooted by wind on Facebook at the Logan summit.
America 250-Delaware (Wikipedia) Delaware earned itself the nickname “The First State” when, on Dec. 7, 1787, it became the first of the American colonies to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
The history of Delaware as a political entity dates back to the early colonization of North America by European settlers. Delaware is made up of three counties established in 1638, before the time of William Penn. Each county had its own settlement history. The state's early colonists tended to identify more closely with their county than Delaware as a whole. Large parts of southern and western Delaware were thought to have been[clarification needed] in Maryland until 1767. The state has existed in the wide economic and political circle of the nearby Pennsylvanian city of Philadelphia.[clarification needed]
Native Americans
Before Delaware was settled by Europeans, the area was home to the Lenni Lenape (also known as the Delaware), Susquehanna, Nanticoke, and other Native American tribes. After the Swedes, Dutch colonists settled Delaware, with the native people trading with European settlers for around a half-century.[1]
Dutch and Swedish colonies
The Delaware watershed was claimed by the English based on the explorations of John Cabot in 1497, Captain John Smith, and others and was given the name of a title held by Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, the governor of Virginia from 1610 until 1618. At that time, the area was considered to be part of the Virginia colony.
However, the Dutch thought they also had a claim based on the 1609 explorations of Henry Hudson, and under the auspices of the Dutch West India Company, were the first Europeans to actually occupy the land. They established trading-posts: Fort Wilhelmus in 1624 at "Hooghe Eyland" (High Island), now Burlington Island, opposite Burlington, New Jersey; Fort Nassau, near Gloucester City, New Jersey, in 1626; and at Zwaanendael, now Lewes, Delaware, in 1631.[2] Peter Minuit was the Dutch Director-General of New Netherland during this period and probably spent some time at the Burlington Island post, thereby familiarizing himself with the region.
In any case, Minuit had a disagreement with the directors of the Dutch West India Company, was recalled from New Netherland, and quickly made his services available to his many friends in Sweden, then a major power in European politics. They established a Swedish South Company, aimed at settling the territory of New Sweden, and, following much negotiation, he led a group under the flag of Sweden to the Delaware River in 1638. They established a trading post at Fort Christina, now in Wilmington. Minuit claimed possession of the western side of the Delaware River, saying he had found no European settlement there. Unlike the Dutch West India Company, the Swedes intended to actually bring settlers to their outpost and begin a colony.
Minuit drowned in a hurricane on the way home that same year, but the Swedish colony continued to grow gradually. By 1644, Swedish and Finnish settlers were living along both sides of the Delaware River from Fort Christina to the Schuylkill River. New Sweden's best known governor, Johan Björnsson Printz, moved his residence to what is now Tinicum Township, Pennsylvania, where he intended to concentrate the settlements.
While the Dutch settlement at Zwaanendael ("swan valley"), or present-day Lewes, was soon destroyed in a war with Native Americans, the Dutch never gave up their claim to the area, and in 1651 built Fort Casimir, now New Castle, under the leadership of Peter Stuyvesant. Three years later, in 1654, Johan Risingh, the Swedish governor, captured Fort Casimir from the Dutch. For the Swedes, this was a catastrophic miscalculation, as the next summer, 1655, an enraged Stuyvesant led another Dutch expedition to the Delaware River, attacked all the Swedish communities and forcibly ended the New Sweden colony, incorporating the whole area back into the New Netherland colony.[3]
English colony
It was not long, though, before the Dutch too were forcibly removed by the English, who asserted their earlier claim. In 1664, James, the Duke of York and brother of King Charles II, outfitted an expedition that easily ousted the Dutch from both the Delaware and Hudson rivers, leaving the Duke of York the proprietary authority in the entire area.
But Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, Proprietor of Maryland, claimed a competing grant to lands on the western shore of Delaware Bay, including all of the present state of Delaware. In deference to the royal will of Charles II to please his brother, James, Duke of York, Calvert did not press his claim. James, the Duke of York, believed he had won the area in war and was justified in ownership. The area was administered from New York as a part of James' New York colony.
William Penn was granted "Pennsylvania", in which the grant specifically excluded New Castle or any of the lands within 12 miles (19 km) of it. Nevertheless, Penn wanted an outlet to the sea from his new province. He persuaded James to lease him the western shore of Delaware Bay. So, in 1682, Penn arrived in New Castle with two documents: a charter for the Province of Pennsylvania and a lease for what became known as "the Lower Counties on the Delaware".
Penn had inherited James' claims and thus began nearly 100 years of litigation between Penn and Baltimore, and their heirs, in the High Court of Chancery in London. The settlement of the legal battles was started by the heirs' agreeing to the survey performed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon between 1763 and 1767. Their work resulted in the famous Mason–Dixon line. The final adjudication of the settlement was not completed until the eve of the American Revolution. The settlement was a major reason for the close political alliance between the property owners of the Lower Counties and the Royalist Proprietary government.
In William Penn's Frame of Government of 1682, he established a combined assembly for his domain by providing for equal membership from each county and requiring legislation to have the assent of both the Lower Counties and the Upper Counties of Chester, Philadelphia and Bucks. The assembly meeting place alternated between Philadelphia and New Castle. Once Philadelphia began to grow, its leaders resented having to go to New Castle and gain agreement of the assemblymen from the sparsely populated Lower Counties. In 1704, members of the two regions mutually agreed to meet and pass laws separately from then on. The Lower Counties did continue to share a governor, but the province of Pennsylvania never merged with the Lower Counties.
The Mason–Dixon line forms the boundary between Delaware and Maryland; this begins at the Transpeninsular Line. The border between Pennsylvania and Delaware is formed by an arc known as the Twelve-Mile Circle laid out in the seventeenth century to clearly delineate the area within the sphere of influence of New Castle. A small dispute lingered until 1921 over an area known as the Wedge, where the Mason–Dixon line and the Twelve-Mile Circle left a fragment of land claimed by both Pennsylvania and Delaware.
American Revolution
Delaware was one of the Thirteen Colonies which revolted against British rule in the American Revolution. After the Revolution began in 1776, the three Lower Counties became "The Delaware State", and in 1776 that entity adopted its first constitution, declaring itself to be the "Delaware State". Its first governors went by the title of "President".
Monday, April 13, 2026
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
RICH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION
RICH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION
DISTRICT OFFICE APRIL 15, 2026 AGENDA Join Zoom Meeting https://richschoolorg.zoom.us/j/83612193279?pwd=ffBjgKWjxwmbqWMdeK1bvSZ0epyVlK.1 Meeting ID: 836 1219 3279 Passcode: 413816
REQUEST TO SPEAK Participants from Skills USA Mr. Jason Petersen students earning certificates through Bridgerland Technical College
Public Input
CONSENT ITEMS Minutes Expenditures
ACTION ITEMS Approve Interlocal Agreement with the County on SRO – Receive Public Input Staffing Approve Trustlands
Approve Summer Camp Schedules
INFORMATION ITEMS Update regarding June professional development
For - profit music summer camps
E-Sports
Transportation presentation Robyn Esterholdt
Spring Wellness Program UHSAA USBA
Bridgerland June Board Meeting and budget meeting date
May Board Meeting
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Logan Canyon construction restarting
Logan Canyon construction restarting
The construction in Logan Canyon will start back up tomorrow (April 7). Their goal is to have this completed before the end of the summer, but will go no later than Labor Day. Please prepare for delays and be patient.
Garden City Planning and Zoning
| Public Notice | 2026/04/08 05:00 PM |
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| Rescheduled Meeting | 2026/04/08 05:00 PM |
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| Public Hearing | 2026/04/08 05:00 PM |
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Rich County School District Calendar
| Tue Apr 07 | 2:30 PM – 6:30 PM | |
| Wed Apr 08 | 2:30 PM – 6:30 PM | |
| 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM | ||
| Thu Apr 09 | 7:00 AM – 7:30 AM | |
| 7:30 AM – 2:30 PM | ||
| Fri Apr 10 | 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM | |
| 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM | ||
| Sat Apr 11 | 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM | |
| Tue Apr 14 | 2:30 PM – 6:30 PM | |
| 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM |
Rich County Commission Meeting WED. April, 8th, 2026 (watch on youtube)
10:00 Wally Schulthess, Woodruff Irrigation Company Woodruff Creek Watershed Management Plan – Design Phase Approval
10:15 Joey Stocking, Emergency Manager, & Lindsay Miner, EMS Rural Healthcare Transformation Program EMS Needs Assessment
10:30 PUBLIC HEARING Resolution to Approve Interlocal Agreement to Place a School Resource Officer in the Rich County School District
10:45 Ben Willoughby, Attorney Decision to Solicit Additional Applications for County Attorney Vacancy Campaign Disclosure Ordinance Discussion
11:00 Rob Johnson, Bear River Mental Health 2025 Audit Report
11:15 Patrick Floyd, Business Owner, Some Beaches Request to Pursue UDOT to Redesign Highway Intersection in Laketown
11:30 Travis Hobbs, Fire Warden Wildland Urban Interface Update
12:00 BREAK
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