Beach Paper

Arena’s Family of restaurants has been serving a distinctly diverse menu since 1990

From the beginning, as a small beach bar in Rehoboth to the seven-location company that we are now, Arena’s has always made it a priority to prepare everything from the best ingredients that we can. We strive to make as many of our products as possible from scratch. This includes soups, chicken...

Revelation Craft Brewing to release Irish Copper Ale

By Chris Flood

Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, Revelation Craft Brewing in Rehoboth is set to release Honor the Fallen Irish Copper Ale. In addition, proceeds from the release event Friday, March 15, will benefit Delaware State Police’s Camp Barnes. Revelation Craft Brewing President and Head Brewmaster...
Hit the Bottle Boys to perform St. Patrick’s Day weekend in Lewes

Hit the Bottle Boys will return for St. Patrick’s Day weekend shenanigans at Irish Eyes at Anglers Saturday and Sunday, March 16-17. The band performs at 8:30 p.m. March 16; 4 to 9 p.m. March 17. Call 645-6888 for more information about St. Patrick’s Day specials at Irish Eyes.Plan the rest of your...
Selbyville author B.B. Shamp to sign books March 15

Author B.B. Shamp of Selbyville will sign copies of her books from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., and 2 to 4:30 p.m., Friday, March 15, at Energy Gym on Route 54 in Selbyville. Her suspense novel “The Grist Mill Bone” pays homage to living on Delmarva. Shamp said her readers relate to her characters and are...
Children’s book about Lewes wins state press association award

The Lewes Historical Society announced that its publication, “The Lost Locket of Lewes,” won the first-place award in children’s fiction from the Delaware Press Association. In this beautifully illustrated book, readers join Virginia and Rodney as they discover a world in Lewes that spans two...
A painting of the Carpenters’ Shell House from the 1920s

A recent Barefootin’ column (www.capegazette.com/node/175534) focused on the Carpenter family’s Shell House, built in the early 1920s between Silver Lake and the Atlantic Ocean. Reader Gerilyn Gaskill read the column and then sent along this painting done by her grandfather back when the house was...
Rehoboth Beach Museum storytelling to begin March 21

Local storyteller and author Ed Okonowicz will launch a new storytelling program at the Rehoboth Beach Museum at 2 p.m., Thursday, March 21. Throughout the spring, the museum will feature prominent storytellers as well as open-mic type events where the public will be invited to share stories on a...
Cuvée Ray reopens with new offerings including casual bar menu

Cuvée Ray Wine Bar and Restaurant rolled out its new Cuvée Casual Bar Menu in conjunction with its 2019 season reopening March 7. This new menu is in addition to the Cuvée Ray dinner menu which patrons have enjoyed since Cuvée Ray opened last July, except they will now also offer a multi-course...
Chaps Pit Beef opens on Route 1 Rehoboth

Delaware’s first Chaps Pit Beef is scheduled to open at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 12, in Coastal Station on Route 1 Rehoboth. The owners/operators of the franchise are brothers Christopher and Gary Desch, Baltimore natives who moved to the Cape Region years ago. This Baltimore-style barbeque...
Lewes Public Library's 31 Chances to Win raffle continues

The Lewes Public Library's 31 Chances to Win raffle continues throughout the month of March. Every day one lucky raffle ticket buyer is drawn at random to win $100 in gift certificates donated by local businesses. Drawings began March 1, but tickets remain on sale until the end of the month. To...
Chamber celebrates reopening of Mason’s Famous Lobster Rolls with ribbon cutting

The Rehoboth Beach-Dewey Beach Chamber of Commerce celebrated the reopening of Mason’s Famous Lobster Rolls – which is beginning its third season – with a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 7. To celebrate its reopening, Mason’s is offering all guests $1 off of any of its famous lobster rolls for the...
Cruising on the Grandeur of the Seas with good friends and the Gazette

In December, Gazette readers Bob & Cathy Cardaneo of Long Neck set sail out of Baltimore, Maryland aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Grandeur of the Seas. Here they are pictured as they were getting ready to board the ship, leaving the teeth-chattering weather behind. They sailed with their good...
Firefly drops lineup for North Hub Beach Club June 21-23

Firefly Music Festival recently revealed the lineup at the North Hub Beach Club. Big Wild and Yung Bae will take the stage Friday, June 21. Klingande and Goldroom will provide entertainment Saturday, June 22. Matoma and Goldfish will round out the weekend with performances Sunday, June 23. The...
Scooter riding in Rome with the Cape Gazette

Bob Rubolin and his wife Dolores fulfilled their dream of a Mediterranean Cruise this past December. They enjoyed a 12-day cruise aboard the MSC Meraviglia with stops in Sicily, home of their grandparents, Malta, Barcelona, Marseille, Genoa and Rome. The 3-day stay in Rome is where Bob was able to...
Grass Roots welcomes 28 dogs from Georgia

By Dan Cook

“The devil went down to Georgia, he was looking for a soul to steal.” - Charlie Daniels Anxious to begin new lives, nearly 30 dogs were transported from Georgia to Milton March 2 in Grass Roots Rescue’s largest intake in the group’s six-year history. A volunteer, nonprofit animal...
Cousin Earth to perform March 9 in Rehoboth Beach

Cousin Earth will perform Saturday, March 9 at Dogfish Head in Rehoboth Beach.Plan the rest of your nightlife by viewing the Steppin’ Out schedule.
Celtic Harvest band to perform at St. Peter’s March 15

Music lovers are invited to celebrate the weekend of St. Patrick’s Day with Celtic Harvest, who will perform in concert at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Second and Market streets in Lewes, Friday, March 15, at 7 p.m. The band, whose songs are the essence of an evening in an Irish/Scottish pub, is...
Starboard’s famous reopening weekend to kick off March 14

When it comes to opening Dewey Beach for business, the Starboard sets the bar with its annual world-famous, action-packed four-day weekend, and several Dewey businesses follow suit to unofficially reopen the town for the 2019 summer season. Culminating with St. Patrick’s Day, the entire affair...
The Counting House cuts ribbon on The Circle in Georgetown

By Steven Billups

The Counting House Restaurant and Pub cut the ribbon Feb. 13 on The Circle in Georgetown. While The Counting House took over the restaurant from the Brick Hotel, the Lester family is still operating the hotel. The restaurant was remodeled and the kitchen has been fitted out with new equipment....
2019 Med Matters Directory

Flip through the pages using the arrows below to view the medical directory inserted in the Friday, March 8, 2019 issue of the Cape Gazette. Don't miss more special publications - subscribe to the full print and eeditions at capegazette.com/subscriptions.Click here for fullscreen view...
Sea Bags opening Rehoboth location March 8

By Chris Flood

Sea Bags, a company specializing in handcrafted tote bags and accessories made from recycled sails, is scheduled to open Friday, March 8, in Rehoboth Beach. Based in the Old Port district of Portland, Maine, Sea Bags was founded in 1999. The company has 18 stores on the East Coast - mostly in New...