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Dazzling light show to open at Mill Pond Garden Nov. 29

Mill Pond Garden’s popular Garden of Lights show will open with viewing appointments from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 29, and Friday, Dec. 4. In 2019, more than 2,500 visitors enjoyed the show. To purchase tickets or subscribe to receive email notice of other open nights for the light show, go...

Keep it local this gift-giving season! Your favorite foodie will love it

By Bob Yesbek

The ghost of Christmas presents is here yet again, and the fabulous foodie in your life deserves the best. Since foodies often tend to vary in width throughout the year, they certainly don’t need clothes as gifts. And you can easily shop local to make the season something they can sink their teeth...
Rehoboth Beach’s Bandstand Christmas tree installed

By Chris Flood

COVID-19 may have caused the cancellation of Rehoboth Beach’s annual Tree Lighting and Sing-Along at the Bandstand, but there will still be a Christmas tree bringing holiday shoppers cheer. The 40-foot-tall blue spruce, donated by Lewes couple Jerry and Paula Owens, was installed Nov. 18. The move...
Rehoboth’s Extended Play triples size with new location

By Chris Flood

After more than two years in one of the smallest retail locations in Rehoboth Beach, record store Extended Play has tripled its size with a recent move to the Village By The Sea shopping center. Owner Steve Fallon opened Extended Play in July 2018 in the space next to Dos Locos Stonegrill. At the...
Milton Garden Club holiday greenery sales to start Nov. 28

The Milton Garden Club will be selling fresh green wreaths, bundles of greens, grave blankets, mailbox covers, small arrangements, centerpieces with or without candles, and other holiday greenery from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 28 and Dec. 5, in the courtyard at 115 Union St. Sales will move...
Rehoboth’s The Pond moving out onto Route 1

By Chris Flood

After nearly 40 years in downtown Rehoboth Beach, The Pond has announced it is moving its business to the old TGI Fridays location on Route 1. Restaurant owner Pete Borsari announced the move in a Facebook post Nov. 16. “We are excited to confirm with everyone that The Pond will indeed be...
Delaware State Fair announces 2021 major concerts lineup

The Delaware State Fair continues to plan for the 2021 Delaware State Fair with the kick-off of a major concert announcement highlighting 10 nights of entertainment starting in June at the Quillen Arena and continuing thru the 10 days of the M&T Bank Grandstand. “The 102nd Delaware State...
It takes a team to move a 40-foot-tall evergreen tree

By Chris Flood

In many ways, finding the tree for Rehoboth Beach’s annual holiday celebration is the easy part. It’s moving the tree that’s the hard part, which is why it takes a dedicated team of professionals, volunteering their time, to make it happen. The tree-moving team consists of three companies – John L...
Blue spruce set to shine light on Rehoboth’s holiday season

By Chris Flood

Like seemingly everything else in 2020, COVID-19 has forced the cancellation of Rehoboth Beach’s annual tree lighting and sing-along. However, the city will still have a lit tree in the middle of the Bandstand pavilion area. Donating this year’s tree are Jerry and Paula Owens, who live off...
Surfrider beach cleanup a success thanks to local businesses

Three local surf-centric businesses led a successful beach cleanup Nov. 7 to support Surfrider Delaware Chapter. Teams from Surf Bagel, Swell Joe Coffee and Surf Captain, along with other volunteers, were treated to unseasonably warm temperatures as they scoured the beach along Herring Point in...
Woman-owned Delaware business celebrates 14th anniversary

Damien Golden, owner of design company iKANDE Advertising based in Bethany Beach, said she is grateful to be celebrating its 14th anniversary even though business is down this year due to COVID-19. “Even though business is half of what it was a year ago, I consider us fortunate to celebrate being...
Young Rehoboth Beach sailor makes debut in Annapolis

Rehoboth Beach junior sailor Alden Durrell of Proteus Yacht Club and Team Breakwater made his racing debut in his International Optimist Dinghy in the Annapolis Yacht Club’s 2020 Halloween Howl Regatta, a USODA Green Fleet-sanctioned event. Alden has been sailing out of Lewes with his coach...

• Division of the arts seeks public input through Nov. 25
• Kick off holidays at Dewey Sip & Shop Nov. 27-29
• Unique gifts at Rehoboth holiday market Nov. 28
• Holiday greenery sales to start Nov. 28
• Milton Arts Guild holiday market to start Nov. 28
• VIA to sell gift baskets at farmers market Nov. 28
• Gift ticket specials for Holiday Joy Dec. 3
• Holiday bazaar online until Dec. 4
• ‘A Nice Family Christmas’ to open Dec. 4
• Neighbors seek 100th birthday cards by Dec. 5
• Angel tree gifts due Dec. 5
• Millsboro to host Christmas parade Dec. 5
• Virtual Christmas Tour of Lewes Dec. 5
• Overfalls Foundation auction runs until Dec. 6
• Women’s Club of Milton bake sale Dec. 12
• Vintage T-shirt quilt raffle ends Dec. 13
• Holiday art gallery open until Dec. 23

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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