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Dogfish Head unveils Blue Hen Pilsner

By Ryan Mavity

Dogfish Head Brewery is jumping into the emerging pilsner market with a concoction that pays homage to Delaware’s present and past: Blue Hen Pilsner. The light beverage – only 4.8 percent alcohol by volume – is crisp and goes down smooth on a warm spring day. For a company famous for its India...

Dreamer Coffee opening second location in former Dolle’s

By Chris Flood

Dreamer Coffee and Juice Bar will be opening a second location in Rehoboth Beach in one of the most iconic properties in town – the former home to Dolle’s Candyland on the corner of Rehoboth Avenue and the Boardwalk. Owner Adile Akgoren opened the original Dreamer in 2015 at 32 Rehoboth Ave., on...
Rehoboth’s Funland opening Mother’s Day weekend

By Chris Flood

After not opening until well into the summer last year, Rehoboth Beach’s Funland will be returning to its traditional Mother’s Day weekend opening. The Boardwalk-facing amusement park issued a press release April 2 announcing the opening. “The safety of our employees, guests and community is our...
Crab steaming truck sets up shop at Atlantic Liquors

By Ellen Driscoll

Blue crab enthusiasts will have convenient access to this local delicacy when the #1 Fresh Steamed Crabs truck rolls onto the grounds of Atlantic Liquors beginning Thursday, April 15. Delaware native and former commercial crabber Carlos Batres said he had been selling crabs from his pickup at the...
Lewes Tulip Celebration gets a colorful start

By Ron MacArthur

The 12th annual Lewes Tulip Festival continues through this week with special events scheduled for the weekend of April 10-11. Go to leweschamber.com/news/community/12th-annual-lewes-tulip-celebration-blooms-april-2-11-2021 for more information. Sponsored by the Lewes Chamber of Commerce in...
Lori’s Oy Vey! Cafe opens for 25th season

By Chris Flood

For almost all of her adult life, Lori’s Oy Vey! Cafe owner Lori Kline has spent her summers working behind a counter in Rehoboth Beach. It hasn’t always been easy, but 25 years into being the proprietor of this popular Baltimore Avenue eatery, she wouldn’t change a thing, she said. “I still enjoy...
Winners named for Southern Delaware Photography Contest

Southern Delaware Tourism recently announced the winners of its 2021 photography contest. Wendy Weiss of Frankford took the grand prize with her shot of seagulls on a bay beach as the sunset casts orange hues in the background. Lifestyles category winner was Jill Oliver of Frankford with her...
16 tips for the care and feeding of your summer visitors

By Bob Yesbek

We can see the light at the end of the tunnel, and it’s the bright sun of summer. Along with the beaches and the surf, for many of us who live here it also brings a flood of wistful housing requests from friends we didn’t know we had. Though I keep a nicely mimeographed list of local hotels, motels...
Lewes library Roots & Shoots Club joins community garden

Lewes Public Library’s young environmentalist club, Roots & Shoots, now has a plot at the Lewes Community Garden. Participating teenagers will get firsthand training and experience working with some of the community’s best master gardeners, learning how to develop and maintain a successful...
Firefly Music Festival announces return

By Ryan Mavity

Firefly Music Festival will make its return to the Woodlands in Dover from Thursday to Sunday, Sept. 23 to 26. Details on tickets and artists have not been announced. The festival was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Not much was known about the festival’s future until late March...
Take a photo and help the coastline

By Ron MacArthur

Delaware environmental officials are getting the public involved in a long-range project to use their smartphones to photograph the state's changing coastlines. CoastSnap DE is a local program that is part of a larger global community science project. Three smartphone cradles with instructional...
The Pond set to open new location April 5

By Chris Flood

The Pond, one of the Cape Region’s most popular live music venues and bars, is set to open in its new digs Monday, April 5. Founded in 1982 by Lee and Eileen Smutz as the Frogg Pond Tavern, the restaurant spent the first 40 years of its existence on South First Street in downtown Rehoboth Beach....

• Live entertainment continues April 9-11
• Walking tours to step off April 10
• Buy getaway raffle tickets April 10-11
• Free spay/neuter clinics April 10, 20
• Chef dinner series starts April 11
• Tulip tours through April 11
• Herbal cookbook talk April 12
• SDARJ to present poetry night April 13
• Frolic in the Folly April 13
• Unique oil painting class April 13-14
• ‘Rescuing the Planet’ talk April 14
• Historical courses through April 14
• Horseshoe Crab Survey training April 14
• Geranium sale taking orders until April 15
• Beauty Spot nominations by April 15
• ‘Broadway Springs Back’ opens April 16
• Chamber to host job fair April 16
• Virtual gallery talk set April 17
• Pancake brunch April 18
• Events to take flight April 21-26
• Premiere of 'Restored Images' April 22
• Comedy to debut live April 23
• Wildfowl carving event April 23-25
• May Day entries due April 24
• Vintage books, jewelry sale April 24-30
• True Blue Jazz events slated April 29-30
• Engraved brick orders due April 30
• Be Well Challenge through May 6
• Tour 684 to kick off May 7
• Debut of Star Wars painting May 7
• Funland opening Mother’s Day weekend
• Passport program through May 15
• Chamber to host outdoor market May 22
• Milford Flags for Heroes to start May 25
• Home expo seeks June 19-20 exhibitors
• Biggs exhibits through June 19
• Short story entries due July 1
• ‘Blippi the Musical’ on stage July 23
• Firefly returns Sept. 23-26
• Walk for Autism fundraiser Oct. 23
• Southern Delaware Heart Walk Nov. 21
• Black soldiers exhibit until 2022

Columnists

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, communications professional and coffee lover. She discovered her passion for video games at age six when she was given an NES Top Loader. Her current main console is a PlayStation 4, but she also owns a Nintendo Switch and Xbox One. She considers herself to be a single-player games advocate, and some of her favorite games are The Last of Us, the Uncharted series, the Yakuza series and Night in the Woods. Follow her at cgottowhite on Instagram and Twitter, and add her on PSN: unleash-the-bats.

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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