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Recent Columns
Delaware Cape Region History in Photographs
Angler’s Motel welcomes guests in 1975
9 months ago
The Angler’s Motel once stood along the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal in Lewes. Built in the 1950s, it had...
Saltwater Portraits
Ron Gray remembers the Rehoboth Beach farmlands
Melissa Steele
9 months ago
Ron Gray grew his house on a plot of land that once was his mother’s garden. That goes back to 1952...
People in Sports
Pups and pop-pops are ready for banner year in 2026
Dave Frederick
9 months ago
Just some kid - One-mile walkers and 5K runners mesh at the end of their endeavors. This little guy...
Commentary
Flu cases are on the rise this holiday season
William Albanese
9 months ago
Lately, you’re probably noticing the signs of flu everywhere: more people wearing masks, families...
Commentary
250th anniversary: Tom Paine’s ‘Common Sense’
Ron KL Collins and Amy Marasco
9 months ago
He took chances while others took time. He voiced the improbable while articulating the only...
Editorial Cartoon
Finding ...
9 months ago
Community Photo Showcase
Santa Sunrise
9 months ago
Mary Ann Varner captured Santa’s House glowing at sunrise Dec. 26 along the Rehoboth Boardwalk as...
Weather Picture
Blue herons on a blustery day
Bill Shull
9 months ago
Three’s company when it comes to great blue herons on Turkle Pond Dec. 30 at Prime Hook National...
Traveler Series
Sharing the Cape Gazette on a journey through Europe's most beautiful ports
9 months ago
Nick and Donna DeCerchio of Lewes shopped in Bergen, Norway, while moving from port to port on a...
Golf
Thank you, Stacy Lewis
Fritz Schranck
9 months ago
The first tee box at Seaview Resort’s Bay Course offers a sweeping downhill view of the golf course...
Outdoors
So, you want to catch a bluefin tuna?
9 months ago
The international council that regulates bluefin tuna has increased the amount American...
Thoughts from the Sidelines
2026! Here's to the new year
Sumner Spence
9 months ago
The Eagles are playing the Washington Commanders this week in their final game of the regular...
Behind the Business
Music, food, wine drive Paul Cullen
Jeffrey Fried
9 months ago
Paul Cullen grew up in Buffalo, N.Y., and moved to Fort Myers, Fla., when his family moved there to...
Cape Flavors
Culinary trends for 2026 extend comfort food revival
Denise Clemons
9 months ago
Welcome to 2026 and some interesting expectations for culinary trends in the months ahead. But,...
Athletes of the Week
Athletes of the Week Jan. 2
9 months ago
Andrew Collins
In the Delmarva Christian boys’ basketball team’s 60-53 win over Washington...
People in Sports
Well-coached players don’t do dumb stuff
Dave Frederick
9 months ago
Don’t do dumb stuff - Forty years ago, I wrote that the Cape boys’ lacrosse team was the best- and...
Running
Get off the couch and run a 5K in just 10 weeks
Tim Bamforth
9 months ago
Most want-to-be runners make the same mistake youth runners make when it comes to getting started...
Editorial Cartoon
Word processing
Jim Paterson
9 months ago
Editorials
Sussex steps up for slain officer
9 months ago
A circle of light on a cold December evening spoke volumes about Sussex County. Hundreds of people...
Traveler Series
The Cape Gazette visits the haunting ruins of Hitler’s bunker
9 months ago
Darryl McCauley of Lewes and West Chester, Pa., visited the Wolf’s Lair in Poland, where Hitler...
Weather Picture
The best gifts don’t come from a store
9 months ago
The sun sets on another beautiful Christmas in the Cape Region. This photograph was made along the...
Delaware Cape Region History in Photographs
Ringing in the 21st Century at The Renegade
9 months ago
Rene Valerie Vegas was the highlight at The Renegade’s New Year’s Eve party when the world moved...
People in Sports
The spiritually secure hit harder than heathens
Dave Frederick
9 months ago
Sunday morning coming down - On a Sunday morning in Lewes 50 years ago, the Fred house front-door...
Commentary
Clean water is under threat
Mark Nardone
9 months ago
Riding along on an annual count of juvenile fish in the Delaware River, a state biologist compared...
Editorial Cartoon
Disappearing act
Jim Paterson
9 months ago
Community Photo Showcase
Brilliant Bay
9 months ago
Jennifer Strandskov took this photo of a brilliant blue sky over Rehoboth Bay.
Weather Picture
Enter winter
9 months ago
Susan Howard captured the first sunrise of winter at Delaware Seashore State Park.
Traveler Series
The Gazette tours Rome with Lewes church group
9 months ago
This past summer, four members of the First Baptist Church of Lewes spent a week serving at an...
Golf
Cape Region golf year in review – 2025
Fritz Schranck
9 months ago
Dec. 31 marks the end of this column’s 27th year and a busy 12 months of Cape Region golf.
...
Outdoors
Best way to effect change is to get involved
Eric Burnley
9 months ago
Last week, I shared the good news that the Mid-Atlantic Council had increased the recreational...
The Art of Aging
Decluttering brings great results, but don’t tackle the job alone
Jim Paterson
9 months ago
As holiday music rings out and good tidings fill the air, one thought enters your mind and spills...
Choppin' Wood
Gift-giving season may be over, but it’s still cold outside
Chris Flood
9 months ago
I’ve had elementary-aged children in the Cape Henlopen School District for years now. Inevitably,...
Cape Flavors
New Year’s Day starts best with a hearty breakfast
Denise Clemons
9 months ago
Hope you are enjoying the busy days of the holiday season. Whether you lit candles for Hanukkah,...
Athletes of the Week
Athletes of Week Dec 26
9 months ago
Grayson Davis A Cape freshman descended from 150 to 144 pounds for the Beast of the East and made...
Running
Christmas gifts for the running and racing community
Tim Bamforth
9 months ago
The Cape Region is a unique place for running and racing, with events to choose from within a 10-...
People in Sports
Governor’s Cup gets prime placement in Cape wrestling room
Dave Frederick
9 months ago
In My Room - “Do my dreaming and my scheming. Lie awake and pray. Do my crying and my sighing...
Editorial Cartoon
Machine learning
Jim Paterson
9 months ago
Editorials
Prime Hook Beach dune crossing should be removed
9 months ago
A Prime Hook Beach property owner has submitted an application to the state for retroactive...
Traveler Series
The Cape Gazette takes a bow at the Sydney Opera House
9 months ago
Dean Jonee and Laurie McBrierty of Milton took the Cape Gazette to the other hemisphere in March...
Delaware Cape Region History in Photographs
Milton decorates downtown in 1982
9 months ago
Downtown Milton hasn’t changed too much over the last half-century, as evidenced by this 1982...
Weather Picture
Right down Santa Claus Lane
9 months ago
Joe Orbino caught a photo of Santa Claus recently cruising through Cannery Village on board a...
Saltwater Portraits
Greetings from Lewes: former postcard purveyor puts stamp on retirement
Bill Shull
9 months ago
Kevin Moore is as local as it gets. He was born at Beebe Hospital and grew up in the beach block of...
People in Sports
The whammy is bad, but the double whammy is worse
Dave Frederick
9 months ago
The whammy - Two extended arms with fingers on both hands wiggling coming from a sports person is...
Commentary
Workforce can’t wait for affordable housing
Kelly Basile
9 months ago
One of the most-pressing concerns we hear from the business community, especially in Sussex County...
Editorial Cartoon
Not very nice
Jim Paterson
9 months ago
Community Photo Showcase
Branch Managers
9 months ago
A pair of eagles keeps watch on Red Mill Pond in Ann Dinkel’s photo.
Traveler Series
The Cape Gazette flies high at Electrify Expo in Seattle
9 months ago
The Cape Gazette traveled to Seattle, Wash., for the Electrify Expo, where the BlackFly electric...
Golf
Christmas Carol parodies and more
Fritz Schranck
9 months ago
This part of the year is steeped in tradition, and so it is time for the Christmas carol parodies...
Outdoors
The fishing outlook for 2026
Eric Burnley
9 months ago
I do this every year just so people can say, “Boy, he was wrong again.” Of course, the big unknown...
Cape Flavors
Roast goose offers a savory switch from traditional turkey
Denise Clemons
9 months ago
When did we stop having roast goose for Christmas dinner? Although this may be the main course on...
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