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Dewey to move forward with climate change resiliency...

Ellen McIntyre
3 months ago
Dewey Beach Town Council voted to move forward with a $75,000 climate change resiliency plan at its...

Carey Farm annexation to come before Milton council...

Ryan Mavity
3 months ago
The road to annexation of a 192-acre parcel of land near the intersection of Shingle Point and...

Rehoboth begins spring grease trap inspections for...

Chris Flood
3 months ago
Rehoboth Beach staff conducted a city-wide inspection of restaurant grease traps last fall. That...

UD team builds living shoreline in Lewes

Bill Shull
3 months ago
A tiny spit of land off Pilottown Road in Lewes is now home to a big environmental project...

Milton Theatre purchases Quayside Stage lot

Ryan Mavity
3 months ago
Milton Theatre has announced that it has met its $150,000 fundraising goal to purchase an adjacent...

Gary Persinger named 2026 Dewey Beach Volunteer of...

Ellen McIntyre
3 months ago
There isn’t much that Gary Persinger hasn’t done when it comes to serving and bettering the Town of...

Dewey enters independent contractor agreement with...

Ellen McIntyre
3 months ago
The Town of Dewey Beach entered an independent contractor agreement with Dave Naples of Code...

Pongratz nominated for Milton council

Ryan Mavity
3 months ago
Milton Town Council is set to add two new members at its Monday, April 6 organizational meeting...

Marina with 18 slips proposed for Henlopen Bluff in...

Chris Flood
3 months ago
The developer of the Henlopen Bluff community in Lewes has submitted an application to the state...

Tulips signal spring

3 months ago
A bed of vibrant red tulips lines Kings Highway in Lewes outside the Lewes Chamber of Commerce...

Landmark asset transfer expands affordable housing...

3 months ago
After 20 years of dedicated service to the community, the West Rehoboth Community Land Trust is...

Lewes could flip-flop parking in busy Savannah Road...

Bill Shull
3 months ago
Significant changes could be coming to the Savannah Road corridor in Lewes that was once in the...

Lewes begins comprehensive plan rewrite process

Bill Shull
3 months ago
The City of Lewes has formally begun the process to rewrite its comprehensive plan, a road map that...
Inside immigration in Sussex

ICE active in state, Sussex County

Kevin T. Conlon
3 months ago
Editor’s note: This is the first in an ongoing series about the controversial topic of...

News Briefs 4/3/26

3 months ago
New pharmacy services available in Sussex County Joli Martini, PharmD, RPh, a prior co-owner of...

Emails fuel Rehoboth City Hall turmoil

Chris Flood
3 months ago
Rehoboth Beach City Solicitor Lisa Borin Ogden said she understands there are going to be strong...

Cape to implement new student advisory, board liaisons

Ellen McIntyre
3 months ago
Students in Cape Henlopen School District will have a chance to make their voices heard at the...

Local Nam Knights Motorcycle Club chapter gives back

Ellen McIntyre
3 months ago
The First State Chapter of the Nam Knights of America Motorcycle Club donated a $1,500 check to the...

Milton council to hold off discussion on districts...

Ryan Mavity
3 months ago
Milton Town Council is putting off discussion on whether to pursue a plan to create town council...

Lewes plants semiquincentennial tree

Bill Shull
3 months ago
Landscapers placed the official Lewes semiquincentennial tree in Stango Park March 25. The swamp...

Bollards rise along Boardwalk

3 months ago
The City of Rehoboth Beach is installing bollards along the Boardwalk near the Bandstand as a...

Dewey grants variance, denies appeal after builder...

Ellen McIntyre
3 months ago
The Dewey Beach Board of Adjustment warily granted a variance and denied an appeal after a lengthy...

Cape invests in early literacy programs

Ellen McIntyre
3 months ago
Cape Henlopen School District is turning the page toward a new early literacy goal: for every...

Rehoboth eyes Boardwalk historic status

Chris Flood
3 months ago
A new Rehoboth Beach task force created to get the city’s Boardwalk recognized historically by the...

Growth on routes 9, 113 focus for state, Sussex

Kevin T. Conlon
3 months ago
State and county officials outlined plans March 17 for a study to coordinate development along...

News Briefs 3/31/26

3 months ago
Dewey Infrastructure Committee to meet The Dewey Beach Infrastructure Committee will meet at 4 p.m...

Old Orchard Road to close April 6

Nick Roth
3 months ago
A section of Old Orchard Road near Lewes will close for a week beginning Monday, April 6, as work...

Nitrates still too high in Indian River Bay watershed

Chris Flood
3 months ago
A recently completed reassessment of the water quality in the Indian River Bay watershed shows...

Milton planners debate comprehensive plan

Ryan Mavity
3 months ago
The Milton Planning and Zoning Commission held its first workshop on updating the town’s...

Dewey further considers accessory structure ban in...

Ellen McIntyre
3 months ago
In a unanimous vote March 20, Dewey Beach Town Council re-referred to the planning & zoning...

Hundreds attend ‘No Kings’ protest at Rehoboth...

Chris Flood
3 months ago
More than 500 people gathered around the Bandstand in Rehoboth Beach as part of the nationwide “No...

Charged up: Officials weigh in on high energy bills

Melissa Steele
3 months ago
January’s deep freeze has faded, but astronomical energy bills for Delmarva Power customers last...

Chancery Court upholds state’s offshore wind bill

3 months ago
In a ruling released March 25, the Delaware Court of Chancery upheld the General Assembly’s...

Trees in Rehoboth’s Grove Park to undergo aeration...

Chris Flood
3 months ago
Grove Park in Rehoboth Beach is scheduled to be closed for about 10 days beginning Monday, April 6...

Tulips springing up in Lewes

Bill Shull
3 months ago
It has become a rite of spring on Second Street in Lewes. Artist Alex Badialov paints tulips on the...

Lewes taps $1.6M from reserves to balance budget

Bill Shull
3 months ago
Lewes Mayor and City Council unanimously approved a $13 million budget for Fiscal Year 2027 at a...

Meals on Wheels delivers more than food to Sussex...

Bill Shull
3 months ago
Richard Chambers loaded up his car with bags of food and hit the road. Chambers has been a...

News Briefs 3/27/26

3 months ago
Sussex Tech ‘Freaky Friday’ shows continue March 27 The Sussex Technical High School Drama Program’...

Rehoboth budget exceeds $50 million

Chris Flood
3 months ago
After months of discussion, Rehoboth Beach officials approved a record-breaking, but balanced,...

Sussex plan intends to stabilize fire department...

Kevin T. Conlon
3 months ago
Sussex County fire departments face demands for fire and ambulance services fueled by an ongoing...

Dewey P&Z tables stormwater runoff ordinance

Ellen McIntyre
3 months ago
After a public hearing March 3, the Dewey Beach Planning and Zoning Commission voted to table a...

Ritzert runs for re-election in Lewes

Bill Shull
3 months ago
Tim Ritzert sat in the tiny office in Lewes City Hall reserved for members of council. When he’s...

Dewey approves bayfront dining for The Lighthouse

Ellen McIntyre
3 months ago
The Lighthouse Restaurant in Dewey Beach will be permitted to implement temporary outdoor dining on...

Sussex P&Z questions solar projects in farmland

Kevin T. Conlon
3 months ago
After reluctantly approving two solar power projects March 18, the Sussex County Planning &...

New red light camera coming to Route 1 in Rehoboth

Chris Flood
3 months ago
Beginning Wednesday, March 25, the stop lights at the Route 1 intersection of Shuttle Road and Sea...

News Briefs 3/24/26

3 months ago
Airport advisory committee meets March 25 The Delaware Coastal Airport Advisory Committee will meet...

Cloud of discontent hangs over Rehoboth meeting

Chris Flood
3 months ago
Rehoboth Beach commissioners met March 20 for the first time since Commissioner Susan Stewart...

Rehoboth installs fence around Stockley Street...

Chris Flood
3 months ago
Following a request by Commissioner Chris Galanty, Rehoboth Beach has installed a fence around the...

Senate approves removing solar credit cap

Melissa Steele
3 months ago
Legislation reversing a 2022 cap on utility bill credits for homeowners with residential solar...

Bill to lower age for bartenders passes House

Melissa Steele
3 months ago
A bill lowering the age for bartenders to 18 passed the House 31-5 with five absent March 12. House...

Milton planners table annexation request

Ryan Mavity
3 months ago
The Milton Planning and Zoning Commission tabled debate over the proposed zoning for an annexation...

Library leaders, patrons ask county council to raise...

Kevin T. Conlon
3 months ago
Representatives of independent public libraries in Sussex County and their patrons pleaded March 17...

News Briefs 3/20/26

3 months ago
Cape board OKs district calendar The Cape Henlopen School District Board of Education held a...

Henlopen Acres looking to dredge marina

Chris Flood
3 months ago
If everything goes as planned, about 4,500 cubic yards of material will be dredged from the...

Sussex council will not enact a moratorium

Kevin T. Conlon
3 months ago
As it works to create new subdivision rules, Sussex County Council decided March 17 not to enact a...

Sussex P&Z approves final site plan for Chappell Farm

Kevin T. Conlon
3 months ago
The Sussex County Planning & Zoning Commission discussed several Cape Region projects at its...
working to preserve history

Harbor of Refuge: Move or lose?

Chris Flood
3 months ago
One hundred years ago next month, after having stood watch over the mouth of Delaware Bay for 162...

DelDOT struggles with human behavior

Nick Roth
3 months ago
Before changing the traffic pattern at the Route 1 intersections with Hudson and Steamboat Landing...

State revokes Bryan Allen Stevenson School of...

Kevin T. Conlon
3 months ago
Bryan Allen Stevenson School of Excellence, a Georgetown charter school, will close at the end of...

Lewes beach replenishment underway

Bill Shull
3 months ago
Big bulldozers and skid steers have taken over Savannah Beach in Lewes as a replenishment project...