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Late summer haze
1 year ago
The Rehoboth Bay is a great place for sailing. This couple enjoys a hazy August afternoon on the...
Community Photo Showcase
Fast Food
1 year ago
A ruby throated hummingbird enjoys nectar from a Major Wheeler Honeysuckle vine in Walter Mazur’s...
Working It Out
Adirondacks weekend renews friendships, rivalries
Kevin T. Conlon
1 year ago
In our defense, we were left unsupervised. I got together last month for a long weekend with some...
Weather Picture
Panting pooch
1 year ago
No matter the weather, most dogs love to breathe in the fresh air during a car ride.
Golf
Golf simulator now available at Dave Marshall Tennis
Fritz Schranck
1 year ago
A new golf simulator business is up and running in the Cape Region. Dave Marshall, southern...
Traveler Series
Iceland’s Skógafoss leaves a lasting impression on Cape Gazette traveler
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Marianne Zweig of Lewes is an avid reader of her Cape Gazette , and she recently took her sense of...
Delaware Cape Region History in Photographs
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Nick Roth
1 year ago
A headline from June 27, 1925, reads, “No money for Rehoboth Bay.” The story that followed outlined...
The Art of Aging
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Jim Paterson
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Cape Flavors
Cooking class is standout event during cruise abroad
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Thoughts from the Sidelines
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Athletes of the Week
Athletes of the Week Aug. 15
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Cooper Forcucci An Academic Challenge and AP student at Cape, this rising junior recently won the...
People in Sports
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Running
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Tim Bamforth
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Editorial Cartoon
Gas morass
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Editorials
John Brady: A big heart who wanted to help everyone
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Pontoon boats are great for leisurely cruising Delaware’s bays, rivers and canals, but also for the...
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Shimmering showgirl sky
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Sunset creates a warm glow on the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal.
Traveler Series
The Gazette breaks the ice in Antarctica
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Molly Pauker and Willie Schatz of Lewes brought the news to Bald Head Island during their 18-day...
Delaware Cape Region History in Photographs
Lightship Overfalls played important role in American history
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When the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal opened in 1829, the port in Philadelphia — and Wilmington —...
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Salad days
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A monarch caterpillar lounges on a milkweed flower in a Lewes garden.
Saltwater Portraits
Bella Myers helps Cape Region kids become stars
Ryan Mavity
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Wrangling 60-plus children and teaching them how to produce a stage show in just four days seems...
People in Sports
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A sea of shirts - I photograph running races. The T-shirts flowing past my camera are a tidal wave...
Commentary
Real heroes don’t wear capes
Michael Short
1 year ago
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Editorial Cartoon
Next move
Jim Paterson
1 year ago
Community Photo Showcase
Storm on the Way
1 year ago
Mary Enzler took this photo of a massive shelf cloud as a storm makes its way to the Cape Region.
Around Town with Pam
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Pam Bounds
1 year ago
The Tideline Gallery has been a fixture on Rehoboth Avenue for more than 40 years. Before that, my...
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August is the Sunday of summer
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Traveler Series
Sleeping Indian meets the Gazette
1 year ago
In January, John Costello and Paula Wiggins from Georgetown hiked up La India Dormida, a majestic...
Golf
Lydic triumphs at GAP Women’s Championship
Fritz Schranck
1 year ago
Sarah Lydic of Ocean View won the fourth GAP Women’s Championship July 30 at Wilmington Country...
Outdoors
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1 year ago
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Thoughts from the Sidelines
Mixed bag for the Phillies
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Athletes of the Week
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Karly Kruger This Sussex Central rising junior was stellar at first base every game for the...
People in Sports
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Running
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Editorial Cartoon
By definition
Jim Paterson
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Editorials
Charlotte King deserves high honor
1 year ago
From founding the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice to leading the Delaware League of...
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Bird-watcher
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A green heron hanging around the Cape Gazette office keeps watch in a nearby tree.
Traveler Series
Snorkeling in Jamaica with the Cape Gazette
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Delaware Cape Region History in Photographs
Lewes tries to steal county seat title from Georgetown
Nick Roth
1 year ago
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People in Sports
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Commentary
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Editorial Cartoon
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Jim Paterson
1 year ago
Saltwater Portraits
Keeping Rehoboth Beach clean one cigarette butt at a time
Chris Flood
1 year ago
Keeping a beach town clean during tourist season may be one of the most important tasks a city...
Community Photo Showcase
Fencepost Napper
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Traveler Series
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Golf
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Thoughts from the Sidelines
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Sumner Spence
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This was a busy year in terms of last-minute trades in Major League Baseball. A bunch of teams made...
Wild Cape
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