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Lewes council presented with America in Bloom award

December 26, 2022

Lewes in Bloom presented its 2022 American in Bloom first-place award to Lewes Mayor and City Council Dec. 12.

Lewes was awarded the top prize for towns with a population of 2,000 to 5,000 people at the 2022 America in Bloom annual symposium held Sept. 29-Oct. 1 in St. Louis, Mo. 

Lewes in Bloom and city officials, residents and business owners welcomed America in Bloom judges Ed Hooker III and Evadne Giannini for an official visit in July. The judges were escorted around town to showcase the city’s natural beauty and some of its continued efforts to enhance the community. 

Lewes in Bloom founder Warren Golde and his wife Jane Ellan picked up the award while attending the America in Bloom symposium in Sept.

 

Aaron Mushrush joined the sports team in Summer 2023 to help cover the emerging youth athletics scene in the Cape Region. After lettering in soccer and lacrosse at Sussex Tech, he played lacrosse at Division III Eastern University in St. David's, PA. Aaron coached lacrosse at Sussex Tech in 2009 and 2011. Post-collegiately, Mush played in the Eastern Shore Summer Lacrosse League for Blue Bird Tavern and Saltwater Lacrosse. He competed in several tournaments for the Shamrocks Lacrosse Club, which blossomed into the Maryland Lacrosse League (MDLL). Aaron interned at the Coastal Point before becoming assistant director at WMDT-TV 47 ABC in 2017 and eventually assignment editor in 2018.