Cape Life

Local podcast receives recognition with national award

3 months ago
Echoes & Footprints, an educational podcast produced by the Millsboro-based nonprofit...

Exploring the wilds of East Africa with the Gazette

3 months ago
Gazette readers George Roig, John Barry and Michael Dorsey, shown here fitting in some pre‑flight...

Notre Dame Club of Delaware honored for partnership...

3 months ago
The Notre Dame Club of Delaware has been named a 2026 award recipient of the University of Notre...

Coastal Delaware Community Clean Up sign-ups due...

3 months ago
The Bethany-Fenwick Area Chamber of Commerce will host the 2026 Coastal Delaware Community Clean Up...

Cub Scout Pack 95 holds annual Blue & Gold program...

3 months ago
For Cub Scout Pack 95’s celebration of the annual Blue & Gold Program, 33 out of 41 scout...

Sign up by April 9 for Rehoboth Art League docent...

3 months ago
The Rehoboth Art League is seeking enthusiastic volunteers to train for the 2026 Homestead Docent...

Streaming services faulty just like their predecessor

Kevin T. Conlon
3 months ago
I remember back in the early 1970s when I was a kid, my cousins who lived around the block became...

Hundreds participate in state’s annual dune grass...

Chris Flood
3 months ago
Hundreds of volunteers planted thousands of beach grass plugs into dunes as part of the Delaware...

Zwaanendael Women’s Club geranium sale orders due...

3 months ago
The GFWC Zwaanendael Women’s Club has kicked off its annual geranium sale to raise funds for its...

Grand opening celebrated at American Legion Post 28

Deny Howeth
3 months ago
American Legion Post 28 spent March 14 celebrating several occasions: the grand opening of its new...

Benefit events to celebrate life of ‘Spoonie’ March...

3 months ago
Family and friends of Stephen “Spoonie” Sponaugle will hold the fifth annual celebration of his...

A Greek adventure with the Cape Gazette

3 months ago
This past October, John and Christine Lodge of Nassau Grove in Lewes traveled to Greece and its...

Families flock to Easter egg hunt

Bill Shull
3 months ago
Families flocked to the historic Wolfe House March 22 for the inaugural Easter egg hunt hosted by...

Lewes Sons of the American Revolution hold grave...

Bill Shull
3 months ago
George Parker was a Lewes native who swore an oath of allegiance to the Patriot cause in 1778...

Bunny bonanza to bring family fun to Lewes April 4

3 months ago
Escorted by a flotilla from Freedom Boat Club, the Easter Bunny will arrive by boat in Lewes...

Freeman Arts adds to lineup of 2026 summer shows

3 months ago
Freeman Arts Pavilion announced a second round of performances for its 2026 milestone season that...

Lewes Lions support local charity to help children...

3 months ago
The Lewes Lions Club became the 2026 lead Beach Bingo sponsor for Miriam’s Table, a local...

Race4Warriors receives donation from local Elks lodge

3 months ago
Cape Henlopen Elks Lodge 2540 near Lewes recently made a $2,000 contribution to Race4Warriors, a...

Milton Garden Club elects 2026 officers

3 months ago
The Milton Garden Club recently elected its new officers for 2026. Leaders shown are (l-r) Ingrid...

Ancient Order of Hibernians local members celebrate...

3 months ago
Members of the Commodore John Barry Division of the Ancient Order of Hibernians recently marched...

Tulip sale to benefit Lewes in Bloom April 3

3 months ago
Lewes in Bloom will host its annual tulip sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., or until they sell out,...

Cape Henlopen Elks support area homeless with sock...

3 months ago
The Community Outreach Committee of Cape Henlopen Elks Lodge 2540 of Lewes was established with the...

Women’s club luncheon April 2 to benefit scholarship...

3 months ago
The GFWC Women’s Club of Indian River will host a luncheon Thursday, April 2, at The Landing Bar...

Riding the Galloping Goose with a good buddy and the...

3 months ago
Last October, Scott Aijo of Lewes and Delray Beach, Fla., met up with high school friend Bryan...

Friends, Cape alums reunite in Italy during Olympics

Gabrielle Ziegler
3 months ago
Two Cape Henlopen High School alumni from Sussex County recently reunited in Venice, Italy, while...

Fidget blanket project brings rewards for makers,...

3 months ago
When Jan Conant, president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs Delaware, attended its 2024...

Sold-out Beach Bingo fundraiser hits $20K milestone

3 months ago
Miriam's Table Beach Bingo hit the $20,000 milestone Feb. 28, during the organization's sixth bingo...

Pre-op exercise may lessen the pain of joint...

Jim Paterson
3 months ago
We are lucky to live at a time when we have pages of information and entertainment at our...

Here We Go Again! Cape students bring ‘Mamma Mia!’...

Nick Roth
3 months ago
“Mamma Mia!” has returned to the Cape Henlopen High School theater. After it was canceled due to...

DU Lucky 7 Sportsman’s Bash benefits fire department

Dan Cook
3 months ago
The 2026 Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company and Eastern Shore Ducks Unlimited Lucky 7 Sportsman’...

Film festival to celebrate National Women's History...

3 months ago
The League of Women Voters of Sussex County, Delaware will host its third annual Defending...

Women's Club of Milton purchases new welcome sign...

3 months ago
Women's Club of Milton members supported the Town of Milton by purchasing a new welcome sign to...

Dining fundraiser to benefit Miriam’s Table March 25

3 months ago
To benefit Miriam’s Table, Grain On The Rocks restaurant will host a dine-and-donate event from 12...

A Cape Gazette moment beneath Benbulbin

3 months ago
The Halpin family of Milton – Jason, Jim, Sue and Kathryn – spent a couple of weeks in October road...

DNREC reminds Delaware residents about yard waste...

3 months ago
With spring arriving and Delawareans across the state sprucing up their lawns and landscapes, the...

Dvornick draws on lifetime of experience

Kevin T. Conlon
3 months ago
Eugene S. Dvornick Jr. has spent almost his whole life, literally and figuratively, creating...

Pack 1 Cub Scouts holds annual Pinewood Derby

Ellen McIntyre
3 months ago
All eyes were on the six wooden cars racing down the track in the final heat of the Lewes Pack 1...

Huxtable to address Rehoboth-Dewey chamber March 20

3 months ago
The Rehoboth Beach-Dewey Beach Chamber of Commerce will host Sen. Russ Huxtable, D-Lewes, during...

DAR to host Pocketbook and Prize Bingo fundraiser...

3 months ago
The Col. David Hall Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will host a Pocketbook and...

March is the month of the lion and the lamb

Pam Bounds
3 months ago
An old saying warns that March usually comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. I also...

Rehoboth fire company receives donation of pet...

3 months ago
The Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company recently received three sets of pet oxygen mask kits...

Great Discussions program to kick off new talks...

3 months ago
The popular world affairs discussion group Great Decisions will begin a new series at 5 p.m.,...

Historic Lewes launches tours and spring programs...

3 months ago
Historic Lewes will kick off its spring season Wednesday, April 1, with the return of walking tours...

The Cape Gazette captures Nantucket’s hydrangea charm

3 months ago
Denis Chandler, a devoted Cape Gazette reader and seasoned traveler, made his way to the Cape Cod...

Longtime Delaware nonprofit leader to step down in...

3 months ago
Sheila Bravo, who has led the Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement for more than a decade,...

Delaware Botanic Gardens kicks off eighth season...

3 months ago
The 37-acre Delaware Botanic Gardens at Pepper Creek will open to the public for its eighth season...

Attorney Jane Brady to address Eastern Sussex...

3 months ago
The Eastern Sussex Republican Club will meet at 6 p.m., Monday, March 16, in the Delaware State...

Rehoboth proclomation recognizes Women’s History Month

3 months ago
In recognition of Women’s History Month, Rehoboth Beach officials presented members of the Village...

Foundation raises funds to benefit local firefighter...

3 months ago
The Skeeter Strong Foundation held a chicken barbecue fundraiser Feb. 28 at Sussex Amvets Post 2 in...

CHEF Winter Jam a success

Deny Howeth
3 months ago
The Cape Henlopen Educational Foundation’s signature fundraising event, Winter Jam, was held March...

Annual flea market set March 21; proceeds support...

3 months ago
The Friends of Cape Henlopen State Park will welcome the community to the 22nd Annual Indoor Flea...

Author talks to present Revolutionary-era perspectives

3 months ago
Lewes 250, the Lewes Public Library and Browseabout Books will host book discussions with L.M...

Reader’s Theatre Troupe to perform Romantic-era...

3 months ago
The Lewes Public Library Spoken Word Society’s Sublime and Dramatic: The Romantic Movement series...

Celebration of Life set April 4 for Village...

3 months ago
Village Volunteers, together with the family of its founder Jackie Finer, will host a Celebration...

Retired Navy captain to speak at AAUW meeting March 19

3 months ago
Marjorie Rawhouser, a retired U.S. Navy captain, engineer and community college administrator, will...

Cape Region friends visit La Scala with the Gazette

3 months ago
Six friends from Rehoboth Beach, Milton and Fenwick Island attended a ballet at Milan’s historic La...

Food Bank culinary students get inventive with...

Ryan Mavity
3 months ago
Members of the Food Bank of Delaware’s culinary class took part in a competition asking them to...

Local club to mark International Women’s Day with...

4 months ago
The GFWC Zwaanendael Women’s Club will celebrate International Women’s Day Sunday, March 8, and...

Book signing set for March 14 in Rehoboth Beach

4 months ago
Author Shannon Gill Burnett will be on hand to sign her latest book, “The Odyssey of a Bad Mother...

Winter in Lewes Harbor gets the seal of approval

Alice Mohrman
4 months ago
It was a breathtaking winter afternoon for a seal cruise. A boat ride in February was not on my...