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Power struggle
Jim Paterson
Apr 26
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Recent Columns
Thoughts from the Sidelines
Offense is king
Sumner Spence
9 hours ago
The first round of the NFL Draft was yesterday, and the first 14 picks were all offensive players...
The Business of Eating
Avoiding the ‘same-old-same-old’ day after day
Bob Yesbek
15 hours ago
The restaurant business is all about branding. We hear “1776” and we think of steaks and brûlée’d...
Cape Flavors
Get the down-low on risotto
Denise Clemons
15 hours ago
I was invited to present a cooking demonstration for my neighbors a few weeks ago and choose to...
Around Sussex
Du Pont Experiment includes African American schools
Ron MacArthur
15 hours ago
It’s a chapter of county history that needs to be told and retold so we never forget how terrible...
People in Sports
Sports landscape will change with a third middle school
Dave Frederick
16 hours ago
Flux capacitor - Let’s go back to the future. The Frederick Thomas Middle School in Lewes will open...
Running
Cape girls win inaugural Robert Neylan Relays
Tim Bamforth
17 hours ago
The inaugural Robert Neylan Relays, formerly the Dover Relays, was held April 19 in Dover with a...
Behind the Business
Joy Ferguson overcomes challenges to build business
Jeffrey Fried
17 hours ago
When asked what she does for a living, fitness trainer and owner of BUILT Joy Ferguson says she’s...
Editorial Cartoon
Power struggle
Jim Paterson
17 hours ago
Weather Picture
Nature’s cold plunge therapy
1 day ago
The water is still cool, but the conditions were right and these surfers couldn’t pass up the...
Traveler Series
Local readers traveled all the way to Sweden to take ownership of a new...
2 days ago
Devoted Cape Gazette readers Sara Lynn and Thomas Brahms of Rehoboth Beach traveled to Gothenburg,...
Delaware Cape Region History in Photographs
Ames thrived outside Rehoboth for decades
3 days ago
The lone remnant of the Ames department store outside Rehoboth Beach is Ames Drive in the Rehoboth...
Weather Picture
Vines are waking up
3 days ago
The grapevines at Nassau Valley Vineyards are starting to sprout, a sure sign warmer spring weather...
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Editorials
Editorials
More emergency vet services needed
17 hours ago
We recently reported that Rehoboth Beach Animal Hospital is offering urgent care for pets during...
Editorials
Rehoboth needs to explain hire
1 week ago
The City of Rehoboth Beach will be welcoming its third city manager in two years this spring, and...
Editorials
Short-term rental tax needed
2 weeks ago
For years, the State of Delaware has struggled to come to an agreement on the taxation of short-...
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Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Race for Open Space a success
Jim Ford
17 hours ago
Our thanks go out to so many participants who helped make the inaugural Race for Open Space an...
Letters to the Editor
Rehoboth commissioners need to be better stewards
Wesley Paulson
18 hours ago
Thank you for your editorial “Rehoboth needs to explain hire.” At $4 per hour, season parking for...
Letters to the Editor
How Rehoboth city manager’s salary compares to others
Robert DeMajistre
18 hours ago
With regard to the recent hiring of the city manager in Rehoboth, h ere are some government...
Letters to the Editor
Democracy on the ballot in Delaware
Claire Snyder-Hall
18 hours ago
As you might have heard on the news, people all over the country are reeling because an 1864 law...
Letters to the Editor
Rehoboth city manager better perform miracles
Nick De Cerchio
18 hours ago
As a former town commissioner in Pennsylvania, I am assuming that the new Rehoboth city manager,...
Letters to the Editor
Cape Gazette is a great local news source
Keith Feelemyer
19 hours ago
I continue to enjoy the Cape Gazette. I am impressed with the amount of community news and the...
Letters to the Editor
Get informed ahead of school board elections
Martha Rothenberg
19 hours ago
School board elections are grassroots democracy at its best. In Delaware, you don’t even need to be...
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Commentary/Politics
Commentary
Increased access to lifesaving meds needed
Peggy Geisler
3 days ago
Obesity is one of America’s most pressing health epidemics, yet it has been consistently overlooked...
Commentary
Kings Highway plan: Not perfect but best plan yet devised
Gail Van Gilder, Joseph A. Pika and Jay Tomlinson
1 week ago
DelDOT’s plan for Kings Highway has unleashed a vibrant exchange of views on the pages of the Cape...
Commentary
Volunteering is good for the soul
Connie Benko
1 week ago
Thousands of Delawareans engage in formal or informal volunteer activities every day, providing...
Commentary
Current healthcare costs unsustainable
Rep. Valerie M. Longhurst
2 weeks ago
Healthcare in Delaware is expensive; there’s no getting around it. In a 2024 study, Delaware ranked...
Commentary
New strategies needed to improve schools
Sen. Brian Pettyjohn and Rep. Lyndon Yearick
2 weeks ago
Delaware’s public education system is in dire need of reform and new approaches. According to the...
Commentary
New intrusive state bureaucracy is not answer to rising healthcare costs
Rep. Danny Short
2 weeks ago
A contentious bill that would require Delaware hospitals to get state approval for their spending...
Commentary
A plan to protect the inlet and our coastal communities
Collin O’Mara
3 weeks ago
The last time the dune system along the northside of the Indian River Inlet collapsed and covered...
Commentary
The future of real estate starts now
Dustin Parker
4 weeks ago
In a groundbreaking turn of events, the National Association of Realtors has reached a proposed...
Commentary
We the Veterans Day set at Leg Hall
Rep. Jeff Hilovsky
1 month ago
Duty, honor, country. These are not just words, but a credo from the lifestyle military service...
Commentary
Thinking back on racial justice in Delaware
Ronald K.L. Collins
1 month ago
Where race is in the mix, real justice is more often assumed rather than attained. This explains...
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Recent Blogs
Elise Seyfried
Beetle (Bailey) Mania
Elise Seyfried
3 days ago
When I had my kids, I looked forward so much to sharing my favorite books, shows, songs and movies...
GO VEG
Earth Friendly Meals
dorothy_greet
4 days ago
We celebrated Earth Day in our E-meal class this week. You can too, with a cup of chopped onions, a...
Elise Seyfried
Black Swans
Elise Seyfried
1 week ago
"
Rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno.
” –Juvenal, 2 nd century AD (Translation: “A...
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Tempeh Time
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2 weeks ago
Here is an E-meal to power you through these gorgeous spring days. In our second class of this five...
Elise Seyfried
(Am I a) Coastal Grandma?
Elise Seyfried
2 weeks ago
I’m not generally a trend-setter; instead, I’m usually a trend-ender (the second I hop on board,...
GO VEG
Tiny Bites, Big Hit
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2 weeks ago
These tiny OAT BITES were a big hit in our first E-MEALS FOR EVERYONE class at the Osher Institute...
Elise Seyfried
Bells Are Winging
Elise Seyfried
3 weeks ago
The boys had a terrific Easter, complete with two egg hunts (at church and in our backyard) and a...
GO VEG
Eating our Way to Extinction–-Essential Facts
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3 weeks ago
So you think there’s nothing YOU can do to address climate change! So you think there is no...
Elise Seyfried
The Pregnant Pause That Refreshes
Elise Seyfried
1 month ago
Reading Scripture, I am struck by the word “Selah,” that appears sometimes during a psalm. Is “...
GO VEG
Sussex Success Story
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1 month ago
There he is right beside the Citrus Blackberry Salad—our friend, Richard Ferrandino, a Sussex...
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