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Harvey, Revis-Plank retake seats in Milton
Ryan Mavity
1 month ago
Milton council members Fred Harvey and Lee Revis-Plank took their seats April 1 to begin serving...
Lewes art installation dates set
Bill Shull
1 month ago
This year’s Lewes temporary art installation will take place April 23-25 in George H.P. Smith Park...
Bushey, Cardwell win awards in Milton
Ryan Mavity
1 month ago
Former Milton Mayor Jack Bushey and Planning and Zoning Commissioner George Cardwell were given the...
News Briefs 4/9/24
1 month ago
Cape school board meets April 11 The Cape Henlopen school board will meet at 6 p.m., Thursday,...
Milton’s Federal Street well project to start in May
Ryan Mavity
1 month ago
The first half of a $1.6 million well and water treatment plant project on town-owned land at...
Rehoboth Beach hires Taylour Tedder as new city manager
Chris Flood
1 month ago
For the second time in roughly 18 months, Rehoboth Beach has announced the hiring of a new city...
Milton planners grant extension for YourSpace...
Ryan Mavity
1 month ago
The Milton Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously granted a one-year extension on preliminary...
Dewey Beach parking rules in effect May 15
Ellen Driscoll
1 month ago
Paid parking rules on all public streets in Dewey Beach will go into effect Wednesday, May 15, with...
Bill to broaden who qualifies for medical marijuana...
Melissa Steele
1 month ago
A bill to amend the Medical Marijuana Act passed the Senate March 28 by a 16-5 vote to remove the...
Lewes council holds hearings on environmental...
Bill Shull
1 month ago
Lewes Mayor and City Council held two public hearings April 1 on proposed ordinances that would...
Van Dyke Avenue outfall pipe work to begin
Ellen Driscoll
1 month ago
A permit has been issued to resolve a clogged outfall pipe problem on Van Dyke Avenue, with work...
No Lewes municipal, public works elections in ‘24
Bill Shull
1 month ago
There will be no city council or Board of Public Works elections in Lewes this year. There were no...
$200K gift enables replacement of Rehoboth fishing pier
Chris Flood
1 month ago
Rehoboth Beach commissioners are on board with replacing the Children’s Fishing Pier on Lake Gerar...
Possible Dewey charter amendments sent to state
Ellen Driscoll
1 month ago
Dewey Beach commissioners voted unanimously March 15 to send a package of proposed charter...
Milton planners defer vote on Federal Street mixed...
Ryan Mavity
1 month ago
The Milton Planning and Zoning Commission has deferred a vote on a mixed-use project until its...
Local Delaware officials confer with congressional...
1 month ago
Almost 20 locally elected officials and administrators, including town, city and county...
Roundabouts are polarizing in Delaware
Nick Roth
1 month ago
Roundabouts are proving to be a polarizing issue in Delaware. Anytime the Delaware Department of...
Sussex Preservation Coalition to meet April 9 in Lewes
1 month ago
Mark Chura, executive director of the Sussex County Land Trust , will be the featured speaker at...
Cape district eyes May referendum
Ellen Driscoll
1 month ago
After voters defeated a March 26 Cape district referendum, school officials rebounded quickly by...
More than 20 years of debate over Route 1
Ron MacArthur
1 month ago
Many of the traffic issues residents face today along the Route 1 corridor were the same ones...
News Briefs 4/5/24
1 month ago
Indian River Inlet repairs update set April 12 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host a public...
Bill aims to tax Airbnbs, VRBOs
Melissa Steele
1 month ago
Supporters of a bill that would tax short-term rentals similar to hotels say it would bring more...
PART 2
Coalition gets education on DelDOT processes
Ron MacArthur
1 month ago
The Sussex Preservation Coalition hosted seven Delaware Department of Transportation officials at...
Rehoboth Police Dept. honors officers, dispatchers...
1 month ago
The Rehoboth Beach Police Department held its annual recognition banquet March 22, recognizing...
Lewes municipal, BPW election filing deadlines April 4
Bill Shull
1 month ago
The filing deadline for the Lewes municipal election is Thursday, April 4, and the city manager...
Sussex prepares for last round of housing grants
1 month ago
The last round of Sussex County’s low-income housing development grants will open Monday, April 1,...
Effort underway to restore Rehoboth Beach Post Office
Chris Flood
1 month ago
Rehoboth Beach has two places on the National Register of Historic Places – the Woman's Christian...
News Briefs 4/2/24
1 month ago
No Lewes Beach cleanup event April 6 A beach cleanup organized by the Lewes Beach Civic Association...
One year in, open space campaigns have momentum
Bill Shull
1 month ago
Two fundraising campaigns aimed at preserving open space in and just outside Lewes are marking...
DelDOT planning for Route 9 growth
Nick Roth
1 month ago
With two large mixed-use developments in the pipeline along Route 9, there is much concern about...
Sussex Land Trust: More access, countywide preservation
Ron MacArthur
1 month ago
The Sussex County Land Trust was busy in 2023, and the coming year will see work progress on...
Dewey commissioners clarify pervious, impervious...
Ellen Driscoll
1 month ago
Citing a goal to eliminate runoff as much as possible, Dewey Beach commissioners voted unanimously...
Lewes Beach April 6 cleanup event canceled
1 month ago
A beach cleanup organized by the Lewes Beach Civic Association for Saturday, April 6, has been...
$1M awarded for runway expansion at Delaware Coastal...
1 month ago
Sen. Tom Carper joined Sussex County officials March 27 to announce $1 million in federal funding...
Volunteers pack 8,000 Easter food boxes
Ron MacArthur
1 month ago
Mountaire Farms, a poultry processing company headquartered in Millsboro, gathered volunteers on a...
Healthcare heads speak out against benchmark...
Melissa Steele
1 month ago
Speaking at Legislative Hall in Dover March 27 about a bill that would create a board to approve...
DNREC proposes $115 annual pass for Deauville Beach
Chris Flood
1 month ago
With the countdown to Memorial Day officially on, Delaware State Parks officials outlined a...
News Briefs 3/29/24
1 month ago
Acres hires consultant to help with CDP During a March 8 meeting, Henlopen Acres commissioners...
Lewes approves FY 2025 budget
Bill Shull
1 month ago
Lewes Mayor and City Council unanimously approved a $12.3 million balanced budget for fiscal year...
Silver Lake property owner told to remove dumped fill
Chris Flood
1 month ago
A little more than a month ago , Sussex County issued a notice of violation to a property owner on...
Lewes planners: Build ‘road to nowhere’ in Henlopen...
Bill Shull
1 month ago
The Lewes Planning Commission is recommending mayor and city council give a green light to a...
Legislative wrap-up
1 month ago
Signed into law
• HB 15 with HA1 was signed into law by Gov. John Carney March 21 after...
Cape Code Purple answers call to house homeless
Ron MacArthur
1 month ago
Cape Code Purple honored its volunteers with an appreciation breakfast March 16 at Lutheran Church...
Great Delaware Kite Festival canceled
1 month ago
Due to the amount of rainfall and the conditions on the competition field, Cape Henlopen State Park...
Royal Farms hearings are postponed
Ron MacArthur
1 month ago
Scheduled public hearings for a conditional-use application for a Royal Farms convenience store at...
Meyer officially files to run for governor
1 month ago
Matt Meyer, a former public school math teacher and small business owner who has served as New...
Voters defeat Cape referendum
Ellen Driscoll
1 month ago
Voters defeated the Cape Henlopen School District’s March 26 referendum by 661 votes, with an...
update
Water breaches dunes north of Indian River Inlet bridge
1 month ago
The left northbound lane of Route 1 near the Indian River Inlet bridge has been reopened, and both...
Millsboro man enters presidential race as write-in...
Chris Flood
1 month ago
Tired with a two-party system that doesn’t give voters any good options, Millsboro resident Edward...
Lewes honors veteran police officer
Bill Shull
1 month ago
Lewes Mayor and City Council recognized Lewes Police Lt. Jim Azato with the Elaine Bisbee Award for...
Milton mayor clarifies town’s position on water meters
Ryan Mavity
1 month ago
Milton Mayor John Collier says the town is working on two parallel tracks when it comes to updating...
Sussex council introduces perimeter buffer ordinance
Ron MacArthur
1 month ago
Sussex County has moved a step closer to adopting a new perimeter buffer ordinance. At its March 19...
LED retrofit of Rehoboth Avenue median lights...
Chris Flood
1 month ago
The LED retrofit of street lights in the median of Rehoboth Avenue in Rehoboth Beach is likely to...
Patrick Smith files for 36th District seat
1 month ago
Patrick Smith has filed to run as a Republican in the Delaware House of Representatives 36th...
News Briefs 3/26/24
1 month ago
Virtual meeting March 27 on Deauville The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and...
School Lane project gets preliminary approval
Ron MacArthur
1 month ago
At its March 20 meeting, the Sussex County Planning & Zoning Commission approved a preliminary...
DelDOT plans to re-envision Route 16
Nick Roth
1 month ago
By 2050, the number of cars traveling along Route 16 between Milton and Ellendale could nearly...
Polls open for Cape district referendum
Ellen Driscoll
1 month ago
Voters head to the polls today to approve or deny a capital projects and operating expense...
Sussex EOC Director Joe Thomas is retiring
1 month ago
Sussex County’s longtime emergency manager has announced his retirement. Joe Thomas, who has served...
Carbon monoxide detectors required in Dewey lodgings
Ellen Driscoll
1 month ago
Dewey Beach commissioners voted unanimously March 15 to add requirements for carbon monoxide...
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The Cape Henlopen School District named Milton Elementary reading intervention teacher Dr. Krissy...