News Briefs 8/26/25
Lewes art group to meet Aug. 27
The Lewes Public Art Committee will hold its monthly meeting at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 27, at the Rollins Center.
The agenda includes discussion and possible action on fall educational events, and a bus tour and lecture series.
Lewes BPW to meet Aug. 27
The Lewes Board of Public Works will hold its monthly meeting at 4 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 27, at city hall.
The agenda includes discussion of a memorandum of understanding on the Fourth Street water and sewer improvement project. See the full agenda and meeting link at lewesbpwde.gov.
Overdose awareness event set Aug. 27
As part of International Overdose Awareness Day, Attack Addiction will host a public event from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 27, on The Circle in Georgetown to remember the thousands of lives lost in Delaware to the opioid epidemic, and to provide prevention, treatment and recovery resources and support to the public.
Community members are invited to share messages of remembrance, healing and hope. For details, contact amy.rust@attackaddiction org or dawn.hess-fischer@attackaddiction.org.
International Overdose Awareness Day is the largest annual campaign to reduce overdose, to remember those who have died from overdose, and to acknowledge the grief of family and friends left behind.
Attack Addiction is a grassroots, statewide nonprofit founded by Don and Jeanne Keister, who lost their adult son, Tyler, to an accidental overdose in 2012.
To learn more, go to atTAcKaddiction.org or call 302-365-5221.
African American groups to meet
The Lewes Johnnie Walker Beach Subcommittee will meet at 5 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 28, at city hall.
The agenda includes an update on the design and construction of a replica pavilion at the beach.
The Lewes African American Heritage Commission will meet at 6 p.m. in the same location.
The panel is set to discuss its participation in the Lewes 250 celebration.
Shredding event Sept. 13 to benefit domestic violence survivors
The Knights of Columbus Msgr. Desmond Council No. 13348 will hold a document shredding fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 13, at Saint Jude the Apostle Church, 152 Tulip Drive, Lewes.
The shredding truck is equipped with a video camera to allow viewing as documents are securely shredded. Donation is $10 per letter-size box (8-by-11-inch printer paper) and $20 per legal-size box (8-by-14-inch printer paper).
All proceeds will be donated to What Is Your Voice, a Sussex County nonprofit organization that supports people dealing with domestic violence. It provides low-income transitional shared housing that is fully furnished with private bedrooms including utilities for women and children in Sussex County. Learn more at whatisyourvoice.com.
No election in Dewey Beach
For the fifth year in a row, Dewey Beach will not hold a municipal election, as only three candidates — all incumbents — filed to run for an equal number of commissioners’ seats.
Since commissioners Elisabeth Gibbings, David Jasinski and Paul Bauer all ran unopposed, they have been automatically re-elected to their next terms.
Each term is two years long.
Despite there being no election, the Dewey Beach Civic League still held its candidates’ forum Aug. 23, drawing a large turnout.
