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Rehoboth considers high-rise inspections

Chris Flood
2 months ago
Rehoboth Beach officials are considering an ordinance that would require the city’s taller...

Delaware’s first inspector general nominated

Melissa Steele
2 months ago
Gov. Matt Meyer announced the nomination of Robert P. Storch to serve as Delaware’s first inspector...

DelDOT: Safe actions save lives in work zones

Bill Shull
2 months ago
Dozens of Delaware Department of Transportation employees and contractors gathered at the Minos...

Famous Idaho Potato Tour rolls into town

Bill Shull
2 months ago
All eyes were on a big potato that pulled into the Lighthouse Plaza parking lot off Coastal Highway...

Local police departments earn state accreditation

2 months ago
The Delaware Police Officer Standards and Training Commission recently announced that the Dewey...

Lewes council approves home-based biz ordinance

Bill Shull
2 months ago
Sarah Prieto and Stephen Matthews were obviously frustrated and dejected after Lewes Mayor and City...

Sussex P&Z backs four ordinances to improve housing...

Kevin T. Conlon
2 months ago
Four proposed ordinances to improve housing development were backed April 15 by the Sussex County...

Neighbors raise concerns about Stockley Road...

Kevin T. Conlon
2 months ago
A proposal to build 83 single-family houses on a 41.7-acre site off Stockley Road near Milton drew...

Rehoboth sends package of charter changes to...

Chris Flood
2 months ago
After months of discussion, Rehoboth Beach commissioners have sent a package of 15 proposed charter...

Lewes awards 2026 nonprofit grants

Bill Shull
2 months ago
Historic Lewes, formerly the Lewes Historical Society, was the big winner from the new City of...

First leg of constitutional absentee voting...

Melissa Steele
2 months ago
A bill seeking to codify no-excuse absentee voting passed its first hurdle April 14, receiving two-...

Lewes drawbridge works as advertised

Bill Shull
2 months ago
The Delaware Department of Transportation performed its annual testing of the Savannah Road...

Milton historic commission tables Union Street...

Ryan Mavity
2 months ago
The Milton Historic Preservation Commission tabled discussion of a proposed commercial boutique...

DelDOT roadwork ramps up

Nick Roth
2 months ago
After years of construction, both Route 1 bridges over Route 16 near Milton are open to traffic...

Lewes sand-moving operation completed ahead of schedule

Bill Shull
2 months ago
The large dump trucks are gone, and so is a lot of sand from the Savannah Beach and Johnnie Walker...

Eagles force quiet work at Fourth Street Preserve

Bill Shull
2 months ago
While volunteers from Dogfish Head picked up shovels and planted trees in the Fourth Street...

News Briefs 4/17/26

2 months ago
Carey files to run for 38th District Fenwick Island businesswoman Carlie Carey filed April 10 to...

Sussex eyes forest protection law

Kevin T. Conlon
2 months ago
After Sussex County lost 43,000 acres of forest in less than 25 years, Sussex County Council has...
UPDATE

Worker injured in electrical hazard in Rehoboth Beach

2 months ago
A worker trimming trees April 15 at the intersection of Second Street and Henlopen Avenue was...

County plans upgrades to Milton library walkways

Ryan Mavity
2 months ago
Sussex County is planning a project to upgrade the walkways around Milton library, with the project...

In Sussex County, power struggle continues over wind...

Kevin T. Conlon
2 months ago
Sussex County Council decided April 14 to continue challenging a court decision overriding its 2024...

Northbound Route 1 bridge over Route 16 to open...

2 months ago
After years of construction, a pair of Route 1 bridges over Route 16 near Milton are expected to be...

Milton Fire Department sets up parking lot donation box

Ryan Mavity
2 months ago
Milton Fire Department has set up donation boxes at its public parking lots as a way for the...

Volunteers plant first habitat island

Bill Shull
2 months ago
Scott Wilkingon, a master naturalist, reviews the Fourth Street Preserve master plan with...

Familiar names file to run for office

Melissa Steele
2 months ago
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that Fenwick Island businesswoman Carlie...

Ag secretary proud of roots, agency work

Kevin T. Conlon
2 months ago
A lot has changed in Sussex County since Wm. Donald Clifton II grew up on a farm along Route 1...

Local auxiliary sending supplies to troops

Bill Shull
2 months ago
The back pavilion at American Legion Post 17 resembled a small military operation April 13...

News Briefs 4/14/26

2 months ago
No Lewes BPW election in 2026 The Lewes Board of Public Works will not hold an election in 2026...

Blue Moon property in Rehoboth to be auctioned off...

Chris Flood
2 months ago
The Sussex County Sheriff's Office is scheduled to auction off the Blue Moon restaurant property in...

Beebe parking garage closed for repair thru April 16

2 months ago
The parking garage near the main entrance to Beebe Healthcare’s Lewes campus at 424 Savannah Road...

Bipartisan immigration forum set April 17

2 months ago
Sen. Russ Huxtable, D-Lewes, and Sen. Brian Pettyjohn, R-Georgetown, will participate in an online...

State examines wastewater infrastructure in...

2 months ago
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has begun a statewide assessment of...

Sussex County P&Z to vote on rules to limit housing...

Kevin T. Conlon
2 months ago
Sussex County Planning & Zoning Commission is set to consider the first four proposed...

Task force reviews nuclear power economics

Melissa Steele
2 months ago
The Delaware Nuclear Energy Feasibility Task Force discussed economic issues surrounding new power...

Cain takes helm as Cape Henlopen State Park...

2 months ago
Delaware State Parks has appointed Sean Cain as superintendent at Cape Henlopen State Park. In this...

Jennings joins voting lawsuit

2 months ago
Delaware Attorney General Kathleen Jennings has joined a federal lawsuit with attorneys general...

Lewes unveils streetscape designs

Bill Shull
2 months ago
The City of Lewes unveiled options for the Burton Subdivision streetscape during a public workshop...

Lewes begins tackling comp plan rewrite

Bill Shull
2 months ago
“We are kicking off a process that is going to have real-world implications for our community and...

Milton council awards bid for parking lot project

Ryan Mavity
2 months ago
Work on a new parking lot to be built on town-leased land at the corner of Magnolia and Union...

Dewey infrastructure funds approved for town...

Ellen McIntyre
2 months ago
The Dewey Beach Infrastructure Committee during an April 2 meeting unanimously approved the use of...

Netherlands ambassador explores Lewes

Bill Shull
2 months ago
A tulip tour was the just the beginning for Birgitta Tazelaar. The Netherlands’ ambassador to the...

Feds roll back expanded Title IX rules for Cape

Ellen McIntyre
2 months ago
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced April 6 that it is rescinding...

Home dog grooming banned in latest Lewes biz ordinance

Bill Shull
2 months ago
The couple who has been battling the City of Lewes over the right to open a dog grooming business...

News Briefs 4/10/26

2 months ago
Delaware clears unemployment claim backlog Delaware’s unemployment claim backlog is nearly gone...

Legislative leadership supports codifying budget...

Melissa Steele
2 months ago
A bill to codify Delaware’s financial advisory council, which provides budget advice to those...

Canoe club paddles into spring

Bill Shull
2 months ago
Members of the New Hope Canoe Club Ministry Atlantic make their way up the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal on...

Dogfish Head receives approval for tank repair project

Ryan Mavity
2 months ago
Dogfish Head’s Weekend of Compelling Ales and Spirits in Milton is set to coincide with the Weekend...

Rehoboth officials announce road closures for April...

2 months ago
Thousands of runners are expected to compete Sunday, April 12, in the Coastal Delaware Running...

Zwaanendael Club places pinwheels for child abuse...

Bill Shull
2 months ago
Blue pinwheels have been placed in the Zwaanendael Park garden in Lewes to mark national Child...

Dewey police officers promoted

Ellen McIntyre
2 months ago
Eight Dewey Beach Police Department officers were promoted during a dinner April 1 at the Hyatt...

Milton Royal Farms expected to be ready by September

Ryan Mavity
2 months ago
After a long, four-year road, Royal Farms is set to pull into Milton this fall. Aliyah Atayee,...

New ladder truck arrives in Lewes

Bill Shull
2 months ago
The Lewes Fire Department’s brand-new, $1.2 million ladder truck sits outside Station 1 on Savannah...

News Briefs 4/7/26

2 months ago
Israel UMC Miracle Angels to raise funds April 7 at Bethany Blues Israel United Methodist Church...

Hudson hopes experience, balanced approach win...

Kevin T. Conlon
2 months ago
Doug Hudson hopes his 50 years of public service and balanced approach toward housing development...

Rieley seeks third Sussex County Council term

Kevin T. Conlon
2 months ago
As John Rieley seeks his third term serving on Sussex County Council, he walks a fine line between...

Misdemeanor for Lewes Beach gun case

Ryan Mavity
2 months ago
A Maryland man who was arrested in September 2025 for having a large amount of weapons in a truck...

Development regs reveal divide in Sussex

Kevin T. Conlon
2 months ago
As review began April 1 of the first four proposed Sussex County ordinances to result from an...

Banking bills introduced in Delaware General Assembly

Melissa Steele
3 months ago
The Delaware Banking Modernization Act under Senate Bill 16 was introduced March 23, making changes...

McBride gets $600,000 to keep sand pumping at inlet

Bill Shull
3 months ago
A bulldozer pushed sand through a man-made river on the north side of the Indian River Inlet. It’s...

Rehoboth soliciting comment on new light fixtures

Chris Flood
3 months ago
In advance of installing new light fixtures on Rehoboth Avenue and the Boardwalk, Rehoboth Beach...