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New Five Points roundabout partially open, says DelDOT
Viewpoints
Ospreys to Rehoboth fire station: Thank you for the...
Chris Flood
5 hours ago
A few columns ago, I wrote about how an osprey nest had been removed from atop the fire alarm...
Rehoboth needs to explain hire
7 hours ago
The City of Rehoboth Beach will be welcoming its third city manager in two years this spring, and...
Lightening the load
Jim Paterson
7 hours ago
Kings Highway plan: Not perfect but best plan yet...
Gail Van Gilder, Joseph A. Pika and Jay Tomlinson
7 hours ago
DelDOT’s plan for Kings Highway has unleashed a vibrant exchange of views on the pages of the Cape...
Builders must contribute to schools
Mary Beth Palkon-Krytzer
8 hours ago
No doubt that Sussex County is one of the fastest-growing counties in Delaware. All one has to do...
Lewes must repeal outdoor music ordinance
Michael Tyler
8 hours ago
When I moved to Lewes more than 30 years ago, it was a city of around 2,000, and a town where "...
New Rehoboth manager took city to the cleaners
Bob Cope
8 hours ago
The following letter was sent to Rehoboth Beach Mayor Stan Mills with a copy provided to the...
Grateful for long-term care bill
Candace Esham
9 hours ago
We are grateful for legislation with bipartisan support, primarily sponsored by Sen. Mantzavinos...
Water safety at risk thanks to Royal Farms
David Marks
9 hours ago
The headline may seem alarmist but, unfortunately, it’s true. The proposed development of the Royal...
Thank God for solar eclipse
Don Miller
10 hours ago
The solar eclipse brought to mind many different thoughts and comments. One of my co-workers...
Silver spring
19 hours ago
Springtime is on full display in Enid Lagree’s photograph of Silver Lake in Rehoboth Beach.
Rehoboth lighthouse razed, rebuilt in 1996
2 days ago
The Cape Henlopen Lighthouse replica in the center of the Rehoboth Avenue roundabout has...
Volunteering is good for the soul
Connie Benko
3 days ago
Thousands of Delawareans engage in formal or informal volunteer activities every day, providing...
Buffer stuffer
Jim Paterson
3 days ago
Short-term rental tax bill needs to be rewritten
Carol J. Warren
3 days ago
The pending House Bill 168 for collecting tax on short-term rentals is so badly written it needs to...
Roundabout safety needs to be questioned
Joel Campbell
3 days ago
I am strongly opposed to a roundabout at the main entrance to Cape Henlopen High School. DelDOT...
Speeding in Milton will cost you
Amalia Kastberg
3 days ago
Whether you’re living in Milton, visiting or just passing through, please obey the town’s speed...
Huxtable snubs beaches
Kevin E. Burdette
3 days ago
One of the worst ocean dunes breaks in recent memory occurred March 26 at Delaware Seashore State...
Police accountability committee formed
Chief Constance Speake, Chief Michael Morrissey, Chief Kenneth McLaughlin, Chief Jason Lovins
3 days ago
We are pleased to announce the establishment of the Southeastern Sussex Regional Police...
Rehoboth lacks fiscal responsibility
Diane Blakeslee Brocato
3 days ago
If the three Rehoboth Beach commissioners named in your article make their decisions based on “an...
Royal Farms project is totally unnecessary
Frank and Regina Hollister
3 days ago
Our family and the local Lewes/Millsboro community vehemently oppose the proposed Royal Farms gas...
Rehoboth should add solar canopies
Charlie Garlow
3 days ago
We watched the solar eclipse at the beach with lots of others. All this interest in the solar...
Out came the sun
3 days ago
A small jumping spider relaxes on the window of a car near Lewes on a warm Sunday afternoon.
Fascinating tidbits of history in Sussex
Ron MacArthur
1 week ago
I’ve always been fascinated by the little-known snippets of Sussex County’s history. One of the...
Current healthcare costs unsustainable
Rep. Valerie M. Longhurst
1 week ago
Healthcare in Delaware is expensive; there’s no getting around it. In a 2024 study, Delaware ranked...
Special interest group
Jim Paterson
1 week ago
Short-term rental tax needed
1 week ago
For years, the State of Delaware has struggled to come to an agreement on the taxation of short-...
Volunteering fulfills desire to serve community
Brendan Buschi
1 week ago
I’ve been volunteering as an instructor at the UD Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s Lewes...
Future of real estate starts now?
Chuck Crossed
1 week ago
Just a few comments about the commentary in the March 29 edition with the headline, “Future of real...
Best part of the eclipse
Hannah Hannon
1 week ago
We had a gathering of neighbors on our street in Lewes, all laughing and excited with our eclipse...
Windfall Elimination Provision has devastating effects
Ken Sosne
1 week ago
I am a retired federal employee writing again to raise awareness of the devastating effects of the...
Listing horseshoe crabs under Endangered Species Act...
Will Harlan
1 week ago
I appreciated Eric Burnley's thoughts on horseshoe crabs and their importance to the people of...
Who are you? Who, who? Who, who?
1 week ago
This great horned owlet was spotted on the Lewes-Georgetown Trail by Chris Kelly of Lewes.
Cape Henlopen Lighthouse stands in 1926
1 week ago
Ninety-eight years ago April 13, the iconic Cape Henlopen Lighthouse fell from its perch on top of...
Dune-not trespass
1 week ago
Native vegetation traps wind-blown sand to assist the dune rebuilding on Lewes Beach.
New strategies needed to improve schools
Sen. Brian Pettyjohn and Rep. Lyndon Yearick
1 week ago
Delaware’s public education system is in dire need of reform and new approaches. According to the...
Roundabout reaction
Jim Paterson
1 week ago
New intrusive state bureaucracy is not answer to...
Rep. Danny Short
1 week ago
A contentious bill that would require Delaware hospitals to get state approval for their spending...
Ask ocean what it wants, but understand correct answer
Dr. Ted Spickler
1 week ago
I was pleasantly amused by the letter from Anita Welsch (April 5) asking the ocean for its opinion...
Saltwater subject Degrassi is above and beyond
Hoyte Decker
1 week ago
Great profile by Chris Flood in the April 2 Gazette. Rehoboth Beach residents, property owners and...
Royal Farms application must be denied
Cheryl Siskin
1 week ago
This letter is being submitted to express the Sierra Club of Delaware’s position regarding the...
Nikki Miller supports our future
Dr. James H. VanSciver
1 week ago
I have more than a passing interest in Dr. Nikki Miller’s decision to run as a Republican in this...
Fundraising campaigns are different
Kevin Murphy
1 week ago
I read with some confusion the article by Bill Shull regarding the two fundraising campaigns to...
Acres should consider changing name of town’s cemetery
Chris Flood
2 weeks ago
I’ve been covering Henlopen Acres for a few years now. One of things that I’ve always wondered...
Sussex retirees will have lasting legacy
2 weeks ago
Two high-profile Sussex County officials, County Engineer Hans Medlarz and Emergency Operations...
Water, water…
Jim Paterson
2 weeks ago
Proposed music ordinance strikes balance
Kevin McGuiness
2 weeks ago
Having listened to the debate over the proposed ordinance to allow the playing of recorded music in...
Marasco is a determined problem solver
Jody Tavss
2 weeks ago
On Saturday, May 11, Lewes residents will have the opportunity to elect a remarkably qualified...
Cape Region needs Nikki Miller
Liz Messick
2 weeks ago
Every two years, Sussex County voters have the opportunity to contemplate the qualities and...
A new deal for Deauville Beach
Stan Heuisler
2 weeks ago
In regular political discourse, the “common good” refers to those facilities – material, cultural...
How would the ocean feel about wind farms?
Anita Welsch
2 weeks ago
What if the Atlantic Ocean could share its thoughts about the proposed offshore wind turbines?...
Call for entries in youth environmental film contest
Judy Rose Seibert
2 weeks ago
Calling all young filmmakers! Are you passionate about the environment? Do you want to make a...
Amen for the Rehoboth Post Office upgrade
Irene Paonessa
2 weeks ago
A special thanks to Suzie Martin and Cindy Lovett for their leadership efforts to upgrade and bring...
Go birds
2 weeks ago
A pair of bald eagles, spotted and photographed by Lou Nicoletti at Pot-Nets Bayside.
Zion Methodist Church burns near Milton in 1943
2 weeks ago
Just an hour before weekly Sunday service Oct. 10, 1943, Zion Methodist Church two miles east of...
Early horseshoe crab catches the sunrise
2 weeks ago
David Galdun captured this photograph of a horseshoe crab on the sand in Bethany Beach on Easter...
A plan to protect the inlet and our coastal communities
Collin O’Mara
2 weeks ago
The last time the dune system along the northside of the Indian River Inlet collapsed and covered...
100 volunteers
Jim Paterson
2 weeks ago
Impact of Alzheimer’s is profound
Erica Holmes
2 weeks ago
The Alzheimer’s Association's 2024 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report reveals alarming...
Hospital budget bill is foolish endeavor
Peter A. Harrigan
2 weeks ago
Proposed legislation to establish the Diamond State Hospital Cost Review Board is the latest...
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