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Lewes ends Fourth of July with a bang

Fireworks light up beach, after day of holiday tradition
July 5, 2025

Fireworks lit up Delaware Bay after a day of events celebrating Independence Day in Lewes. The show began just after sunset, dazzling crowds set up along the beach, in Canalfront Park and many other places in town. 

Bill Shull has been covering Lewes for the Cape Gazette since 2023. He comes to the world of print journalism after 40 years in TV news. Bill has worked in his hometown of Philadelphia, as well as Atlanta and Washington, D.C. He came to Lewes in 2014 to help launch WRDE-TV. Bill served as WRDE’s news director for more than eight years, working in Lewes and Milton. He is a 1986 graduate of Penn State University. Bill is an avid aviation and wildlife photographer, and a big Penn State football, Eagles, Phillies and PGA Tour golf fan. Bill, his wife Jill and their rescue cat, Lucky, live in Rehoboth Beach.