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Dewey to move forward with climate change resiliency...

Ellen McIntyre
6 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
6 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
6 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
6 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
6 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
6 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
6 months ago
The Town of Dewey Beach entered an independent contractor agreement with Dave Naples of Code...

Pongratz nominated for Milton council

Ryan Mavity
6 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
6 months ago
The developer of the Henlopen Bluff community in Lewes has submitted an application to the state...

Tulips signal spring

6 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...

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

Lewes begins comprehensive plan rewrite process

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

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

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

ICE active in state, Sussex County

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

News Briefs 4/3/26

6 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
6 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
6 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
6 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
6 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
6 months ago
Landscapers placed the official Lewes semiquincentennial tree in Stango Park March 25. The swamp...

Bollards rise along Boardwalk

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

Cape invests in early literacy programs

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

Dewey grants variance, denies appeal after builder...

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

Rehoboth eyes Boardwalk historic status

Chris Flood
6 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
6 months ago
State and county officials outlined plans March 17 for a study to coordinate development along...

News Briefs 3/31/26

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

Milton planners debate comprehensive plan

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

Nitrates still too high in Indian River Bay watershed

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

Dewey further considers accessory structure ban in...

Ellen McIntyre
6 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
6 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
6 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

6 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
6 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
6 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
6 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
6 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

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

Rehoboth budget exceeds $50 million

Chris Flood
6 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
6 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
6 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
6 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
6 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
6 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
6 months ago
Beginning Wednesday, March 25, the stop lights at the Route 1 intersection of Shuttle Road and Sea...

News Briefs 3/24/26

6 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
6 months ago
Rehoboth Beach commissioners met March 20 for the first time since Commissioner Susan Stewart...

Rehoboth installs fence around Stockley Street...

Chris Flood
6 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
6 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
6 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
6 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
6 months ago
Representatives of independent public libraries in Sussex County and their patrons pleaded March 17...

News Briefs 3/20/26

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

Sussex P&Z approves final site plan for Chappell Farm

Kevin T. Conlon
6 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
6 months ago
One hundred years ago next month, after having stood watch over the mouth of Delaware Bay for 162...

Henlopen Acres looking to dredge marina

Chris Flood
6 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
6 months ago
As it works to create new subdivision rules, Sussex County Council decided March 17 not to enact a...

DelDOT struggles with human behavior

Nick Roth
6 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
6 months ago
Bryan Allen Stevenson School of Excellence, a Georgetown charter school, will close at the end of...

Lewes beach replenishment underway

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