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Commentary
Medical aid in dying and the story of Job
Jon Reddick
7 months ago
There’s an old joke about an older boy who tricks his younger brother into trading his dime for a...
Community Photo Showcase
Bookends
7 months ago
A heron, framed by World War II observation towers, explores Gordons Pond in an image taken by...
Weather Picture
Freeze frame
7 months ago
The water feature in front of the Baywood Greens clubhouse in Long Neck is frozen solid thanks to...
Wild Cape
Winter wildlife: hibernate, migrate or survive
Alice Mohrman
7 months ago
I ungracefully stomp along the marsh trail in my chunky boots. It is a quiet February morning, just...
Weather Picture
Snow buddy bench
8 months ago
Cathy Tessein documents a lone snowman on a bench at Lewes Elementary School.
Traveler Series
Reading the Gazette at Cambodia’s timeless wonder
8 months ago
On a recent trip to Cambodia and Vietnam, Terry Vick of Rehoboth Beach took time to peruse the...
Golf
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Fritz Schranck
8 months ago
Thousands of attendees swarmed over the Orange County Convention Center’s huge West Concourse at...
Outdoors
Monster bluefin caught for new Virginia state record
Eric Burnley
8 months ago
Virginia has a new state-record bluefin tuna. Capt. David Wright and mate Andrew W. Flory with...
Choppin' Wood
Good luck to Sussex County’s own mysterious lantern firefly
Chris Flood
8 months ago
I don’t know much about the Bethany Beach firefly, but I know it’s a local beetle fighting...
Thoughts from the Sidelines
Super Bowl 60
Sumner Spence
8 months ago
I feel very old! The first Super Bowl I remember watching was Super Bowl XXVI between the...
Cape Flavors
Welcome guests with tasty snacks for Super Bowl 60
Denise Clemons
8 months ago
Sunday will be a busy day as we prepare the food we’ll enjoy while watching the Super Bowl. We...
Athletes of the Week
Athletes of the Week Feb. 6
8 months ago
Ally Diehl A junior on the Cape basketball team, this honors student isn't skipping a beat after...
People in Sports
Brokaw twins ran and swam for Cape; now they’re California kids
Dave Frederick
8 months ago
Hey, Ricky - Ricky Brokaw was a swimmer and cross country runner at Cape, graduating in 2016. His...
Running
Tracy Sipprelle ran 3,256 miles in 2025
Tim Bamforth
8 months ago
Congratulations to the Seashore Striders challengers who participated in the 2025 100-mile-per-...
Commentary
Listening first: Staff voices, student success and our community
Dr. Jenny Nauman
8 months ago
One of the greatest gifts of stepping into the superintendent role this year has been the chance to...
Editorial Cartoon
Home rule
Jim Paterson
8 months ago
Editorials
Rehoboth property tax cap is outdated
8 months ago
Rehoboth Beach officials are considering a proposal to change the city charter, which currently...
Traveler Series
All you need is the Cape Gazette
8 months ago
The Cape Gazette made it all the way to Liverpool, England, Sept. 19, 2025, with travelers Bert and...
Weather Picture
Icing takes the Cape
8 months ago
Leonard Tylecki captured this photograph of ice piling up along the beaches in Lewes near the Cape...
Delaware Cape Region History in Photographs
Johnnie Walker Beach holds historical significance in Lewes
Darryl Daisey
8 months ago
Johnnie Walker Beach holds a deep historical significance in Lewes, particularly as it relates to...
People in Sports
I’m a sportswriter, not a sociologist, but I do have a degree
Dave Frederick
8 months ago
Talk too much - “You talk too much, you worry me to death. You talk too much, you even worry my pet...
Commentary
Term limits are anti-democratic
Claire Snyder-Hall
8 months ago
The Cape Gazette recently ran an editorial in favor of term limits. They quote my soundbite, “We...
Editorial Cartoon
Plunging temperatures
Jim Paterson
8 months ago
Commentary
Protecting the right to privacy in the age of surveillance
Rep. Madinah A. Wilson-Anton
8 months ago
As we enter the 250th year since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, certain...
Community Photo Showcase
Saulsbury Street Sunrise
8 months ago
Mary Ann Perrone submitted her image of a sunrise from Saulsbury Street in Dewey Beach on New Year’...
Weather Picture
Mother Nature’s glitter
8 months ago
Ice clings to dried seed pods as early sunlight filters through the trees, creating a soft winter...
Weather Picture
Paradise freezeth over
8 months ago
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Traveler Series
Couple tours Scotland and Ireland for 10th anniversary with the Cape...
8 months ago
To celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary in September 2025, Cape Gazette readers Gary and Linnea...
Outdoors
States that had enough with overregulation
Eric Burnley
8 months ago
In the latest issue of Salt Water Sportsman, there is an article by Nick Carter on the trouble...
Golf
Small spaces, big challenges
Fritz Schranck
8 months ago
The greens are a small part of a golf course’s acreage. Compared to fairways and rough, however,...
Working It Out
Barber’s vacation starts search for short-term solution
Kevin T. Conlon
8 months ago
When I stopped by my barbershop near the end of December, there was a sign on the door informing...
Thoughts from the Sidelines
A variety of sports stories
Sumner Spence
8 months ago
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Cape Flavors
Mississippi cruise offers culinary treats with Southern spice
Denise Clemons
8 months ago
For those of you who may have noticed my column didn’t appear in last week’s paper, I was away on a...
People in Sports
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Dave Frederick
8 months ago
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Running
Sussex Academy wins girls’ track conference title
Tim Bamforth
8 months ago
The Sussex Academy girls’ track & field team won the Henlopen Conference Championship Jan. 22,...
Editorial Cartoon
Poor planning blame
Jim Paterson
8 months ago
Editorials
Term limits just make sense
8 months ago
Senate Bill 222, introduced Jan. 14, reflects a belief that state government works best when...
Commentary
Red tape is strangling rural healthcare
Sally C. Pipes
8 months ago
Rural America is running out of doctors. According to a recent report from the Commonwealth Fund,...
Athletes of the Week
Athletes of the Week Jan. 30
8 months ago
Will DiPaolo Will is steady in the most unpredictable and high-risk of track events. At the...
Traveler Series
The Gazette on safari in South Africa
8 months ago
Neighbors from the Belle Terre community in Lewes recently traveled to South Africa with the...
Delaware Cape Region History in Photographs
Chilly temperatures dominate 2004 Lewes Polar Bear Plunge
8 months ago
More than 2,000 people jumped into the Atlantic Ocean Feb. 1, 2004, in what was the second-coldest...
People in Sports
Track generates numbers, but not much funny happens
Dave Frederick
8 months ago
Henlopen track championships - Dover won the boys’ title and Sussex Academy claimed the girls’...
Commentary
Planning for growth without fear
Sen. Russ Huxtable
8 months ago
In “It’s a Wonderful Life,” George Bailey believed deeply in his neighbors. He believed they should...
Editorial Cartoon
Weather conditions
Jim Paterson
8 months ago
Saltwater Portraits
Jack Hudson retires from the bench
Ryan Mavity
8 months ago
After 31 years on the Justice of the Peace Court bench, Jack Hudson is retiring. His tenure at the...
Community Photo Showcase
Sunrise Flight
8 months ago
Meredith Lockwood caught this stunning image of a Rehoboth Beach sunrise flight.
Traveler Series
Narrow streets, tiny cars, and the Cape Gazette in Amalfi
8 months ago
Christopher and Nancy Bright of Rehoboth Beach traveled to Amalfi, Italy, in mid-September for a...
Outdoors
Winter weather is perfect time to inspect fishing gear
Eric Burnley
8 months ago
We seem to be in a bit of a cold spell. Temperatures have been below freezing for several days and...
Golf
A whole lotta gypsum for greens, and other fun water issues
Fritz Schranck
8 months ago
The Atlantic Ocean and Delaware’s brackish Inland Bays are among the best things to experience...
Choppin' Wood
UD studying cover crop effects on nitrous oxide emissions
Chris Flood
8 months ago
Reader John reached out recently about some odd-looking white machines that had been installed in a...
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