World War II observation towers look solemn among snowy pine trees at Cape Henlopen State Park. BY DENY HOWETH
Whipping winds make this a cold job with the wind chill temps in the teens as a DelDOT bridge crew member Rick Kidd shovels the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal Bridge. BY DENY HOWETH
Snow clouds begin to break up over Lewes. BY RON MACARTHUR
A car was abandoned in the center median of Route 1 near the Nassau Bridge. BY NICK ROTH
Columbia Avenue in Rehoboth Beach was a winter wonderland Jan. 3. BY NICK ROTH
Snow obscured the signs on Virginia Avenue in Lewes. BY NICK ROTH
Grace Church's sign welcomes 2014 in Milton. BY NICK ROTH
A moped was stranded on Rehoboth Avenue in Rehoboth Beach. BY NICK ROTH
Silver Lake in Rehoboth Beach is a winter wonderland covered in snow. BY RON MACARTHUR
Andy Gitaitis clears snow off the sidewalk in front of Sierra Moon on Rehoboth Avenue. BY RON MACARTHUR
Snow blanketed the Cape Region Jan. 3, and so did the Cape Gazette staff. A bone-chilling freeze - a high-pressure system called a polar vortex - is spreading across most of the country. The system is creating temperatures colder than most people have seen in years.
