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Rehoboth Beach’s Funland opens for 2023 season

By Chris Flood

Continuing its six-decade tradition of a Mother’s Day weekend opening, Rehoboth Beach’s Funland opened for the 2023 season May 13. Just like last year, there was rain. Also like last year, customers didn’t care, because within minutes of opening there were hundreds of people milling about playing...

Cape Gazette hosts inaugural Run and Fun Fest

By Nick Roth

The Cape Gazette hosted its inaugural Run and Fun Fest May 13 in Nassau Commons west of Lewes. The event featured a 5K run/walk followed by an all-day, family-friendly fete with numerous kids' activities, vendors, live music, a pickleball tournament and a beer garden featuring brews from several...
Historic Clayton Theater is one of a kind

By Ron MacArthur

Throughout most of the 20th century, every city and town in Sussex County had at least one movie theater. While there are multiplexes now, Delaware has only one first-run, single-screen theater still in operation – the Clayton Theater in Dagsboro, which dates back to 1949. Most of the early...
Golden retrievers take center stage in semi-annual gathering

By Ellen Driscoll

Hundreds of golden retrievers and their families returned to the beach May 12-13 for a weekend of fun and fundraising at Dewey’s Golden Jubilee. The gathering kicked off with the Gold Rush Parade in Rehoboth Friday night, when costumed pets and families met at Lake Gerar Park and proceeded through...
Rt. 113 Boat Sales celebrates 20 years with million dollar sale

By Chris Flood

Selbyville-based Rt. 113 Boat Sales opened 20 years ago April 1, and owners Capt. Glen and Karen Smith celebrated in style with the sale of the company’s first million-dollar boat. It was a 43-foot Pursuit, with four 425-horsepower Yamaha motors on the back, that had a price tag of well over $1...
Scooter dealership and beach boutique open in Ocean View

By Megan Smith

Rick and Cheryl Arnold launched Trendy Shore Boutique in April and Scooters by the Beach May 8 in Ocean View, where the two businesses are only separated by a door. Scooters by the Beach offers both Vespa and Piaggio models. The Italian Vespa scooters are hard to come by in the United States,...
Cafe Pink Blossom now open on Route 1 near Lewes

By Chris Flood

After working for someone else in restaurants for more than a decade, newly married Yulia Tarasova and Can Yalcin have opened their own restaurant outside Lewes called Cafe Pink Blossom. “Working for someone else was OK, but we wanted to have something of our own,” said Tarasova. The couple...
Spring Fling fun in Ocean View

By Beth Feigley

The Town of Ocean View held its inaugural Spring Fling May 6 in John West Park. Nothing says springtime like the sound of outdoor music, playgrounds full of kids and hot dogs on the grill. The Spring Fling checked all those boxes and more. Charlie and The Cool Tones played upbeat music throughout...
Dewey Arts and Fun Festival draws shoppers

By Ellen Driscoll

Shoppers and artists gathered by the bay May 13 for the annual Dewey Arts and Fun Festival. Sponsored by the Dewey Business Partnership, the event offered 50 vendors, live music, children’s activities and food in a new location in the Rusty Rudder parking lot. The Dewey Business Partnership hosts...
Fusco’s Italian Water Ice squeezes into Lewes Beach

By Aaron R. Mushrush

Freshly squeezed lemons, real cane sugar, and water. If you’ve ever been to 610 N. Union St. in Wilmington over the past eight decades and bought a product from the vendor, that is exactly what you purchased. Fusco's Italian Water Ice has been a beloved summer tradition in Wilmington since...

Fishing Report

Rich King has been fishing since he could walk, thanks to his grandfather who was an avid surf and deep sea fisherman. Get more fishing information and photos at Delaware-Surf-Fishing.com.

Play

Cassie Gotto-White is a gamer, a planner babe, and a boba tea fanatic. She discovered her passion for video games at age six when she was given an NES Top Loader by her aunt. Her current main consoles are the PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch. Some of her favorite games include The Last of Us, the Uncharted series, the Yakuza series, Persona 5, and Night in the Woods. Follow her on Instagram at @planningwithcass and YouTube at YouTube.com/PlanningwithCass.

Steppin' Up To The Plate

The Rehoboth Foodie also writes The Business of Eating column every Friday in the Cape Gazette under the pseudonym “Bob Yesbek.” The two of them have never been seen in the same place at the same time. Just sayin’.

The 19th Hole

Gene Bleile is a retired physical education teacher, high school coach and elementary guidance counselor. Check out his fine art photography website.

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