Home Address:	324 Vandyke Maryland Line Road Townsend, DE  19734
Home Phone:	(302) 378-0826
Office Address:	800 N. French Street 8th Floor Wilmington, DE 19801
Office Phone:	(302) 395-8346
Office Fax:	(302) 395-8385
Email Address:	wepowersjr@nccde.org
Party Affiliation:	Democrat
Council Service:	2006 - present
Legislative Aide:	Ruby Dillmore (302) 395-8366 rdillmore@nccde.org

 

 

COUNCILMAN POWERS'S BIOGRAPHY...

Councilman William E. Powers, Jr., has been both a Delawarean and a resident of New Castle County since childhood.  He is a family man being married to his wife Joan for over twenty years with whom he is proudly raising his two children, Katie and Will.

 

As a youth, Bill was interested in farming and plowed local fields and worked with horses.  Upon graduation from Newark High School in 1977, Bill’s parents bought a farm in Townsend which today he owns and his whole family operates.

 

For years, Bill’s farm supplied turkeys to many residents in New Castle County.  Currently, his family raises sheep, beef cattle and hogs on the farm.

 

Bill is also retired from the Chrysler Corporation.

 

Bill currently serves on the Delaware Beef Advisory Council and the Delaware Sheep & Wool Producers, Inc.  He is a member of the New Castle County Farm Bureau (Past President). He is also actively involved with the activities of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) and 4-H.

 

He has served as a member of the New Castle County Farm Preservation Advisory Board, Delaware Open Space Council, the Delaware Citizen’s Task Force for Water Quality, and the Committee for National Parks in Delaware.

 

Elected to his first term of office as a New Castle County Councilman in November of 2006, Bill presently is the Co-Chair of Council’s Special Services Committee.  He is also a member of the Community Services Committee, Finance/Administration Committee, Public Safety Committee, Land Use Committee, Economic Development Committee and Executive Committee.

 

Bill’s top priority is to improve the land use process to assure that both the citizens of today and of the future will be able to live and work in a high quality and livable environment.

 

 

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Councilman Bill Powers joined other officials in performing the ribbon cutting for the opening of the new Westside Heath Center in Bear. 

Councilman Bill Powers (far left) helped launch the Delaware Farm Bureau "DE Farmers Go GREEN" initiative.
 

  

Councilman Bill Powers presenting a grant check for text books to Smyrna School District Superintendent Deborah D. Wicks.

 
Councilman Bill Powers (at the podium) and Councilman Bill Bell (right) presenting a grant to the Middletown High School Band.