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Longtime Delaware nonprofit leader to step down in mid-April
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Sheila Bravo, who has led the Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement for more than a decade, will leave the organization later this spring. ...
Historic Lewes launches tours and spring programs April 1
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Historic Lewes will kick off its spring season Wednesday, April 1, with the return of walking tours...
Rehoboth fire company receives donation of pet oxygen masks
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The Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company recently received three sets of pet oxygen mask kits...
Annual flea market set March 21; proceeds support park friends group
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The Friends of Cape Henlopen State Park will welcome the community to the 22nd Annual Indoor Flea...
New Covenant Church welcomes 16 new members
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New Covenant Church joyfully welcomed 16 new members into its church family during a special...
Attorney Jane Brady to address Eastern Sussex Republicans March 16
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The Eastern Sussex Republican Club will meet at 6 p.m., Monday, March 16, in the Delaware State...
Cape students recognized in statewide Shakespeare Honors program
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Cape Henlopen High School junior Mairin Curran received the inaugural Prestwick House Shakespeare...
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Eugene S. Dvornick Jr. has spent almost his whole life, literally and figuratively, creating...
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An old saying warns that March usually comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. I also...
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Denis Chandler, a devoted Cape Gazette reader and seasoned traveler, made his way to the Cape Cod...
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Eugene S. Dvornick Jr. has spent almost his whole life, literally and figuratively, creating...
Pack 1 Cub Scouts holds annual Pinewood Derby
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All eyes were on the six wooden cars racing down the track in the final heat of the Lewes Pack 1...
Huxtable to address Rehoboth-Dewey chamber March 20
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The Rehoboth Beach-Dewey Beach Chamber of Commerce will host Sen. Russ Huxtable, D-Lewes, during...
DAR to host Pocketbook and Prize Bingo fundraiser April 25
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The Col. David Hall Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will host a Pocketbook and...
March is the month of the lion and the lamb
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An old saying warns that March usually comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. I also...
Great Discussions program to kick off new talks March 24
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The popular world affairs discussion group Great Decisions will begin a new series at 5 p.m.,...
The Cape Gazette captures Nantucket’s hydrangea charm
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Denis Chandler, a devoted Cape Gazette reader and seasoned traveler, made his way to the Cape Cod...
Delaware Botanic Gardens kicks off eighth season March 19
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The 37-acre Delaware Botanic Gardens at Pepper Creek will open to the public for its eighth season...
Rehoboth proclomation recognizes Women’s History Month
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In recognition of Women’s History Month, Rehoboth Beach officials presented members of the Village...
Foundation raises funds to benefit local firefighter facing health challenge
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The Skeeter Strong Foundation held a chicken barbecue fundraiser Feb. 28 at Sussex Amvets Post 2 in...
CHEF Winter Jam a success
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The Cape Henlopen Educational Foundation’s signature fundraising event, Winter Jam, was held March...
Author talks to present Revolutionary-era perspectives
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Lewes 250, the Lewes Public Library and Browseabout Books will host book discussions with L.M....
Reader’s Theatre Troupe to perform Romantic-era selections March 20
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The Lewes Public Library Spoken Word Society’s Sublime and Dramatic: The Romantic Movement series...
Celebration of Life set April 4 for Village Volunteers founder Jackie Finer
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Village Volunteers, together with the family of its founder Jackie Finer, will host a Celebration...
Retired Navy captain to speak at AAUW meeting March 19
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Marjorie Rawhouser, a retired U.S. Navy captain, engineer and community college administrator, will...
Cape Region friends visit La Scala with the Gazette
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Six friends from Rehoboth Beach, Milton and Fenwick Island attended a ballet at Milan’s historic La...
Food Bank culinary students get inventive with scrapple
1 week ago
Members of the Food Bank of Delaware’s culinary class took part in a competition asking them to...
Local club to mark International Women’s Day with two fundraisers
1 week ago
The GFWC Zwaanendael Women’s Club will celebrate International Women’s Day Sunday, March 8, and...
Book signing set for March 14 in Rehoboth Beach
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Author Shannon Gill Burnett will be on hand to sign her latest book, “The Odyssey of a Bad Mother...
Winter in Lewes Harbor gets the seal of approval
1 week ago
It was a breathtaking winter afternoon for a seal cruise. A boat ride in February was not on my...
Association’s annual meeting, historic lecture set March 14 at Fort Miles
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The Fort Miles Historical Association will conduct its annual meeting at 10 a.m., Saturday, March...
Overfalls Foundation seeks volunteers; info session slated April 9
1 week ago
The Overfalls Foundation, a small, all-volunteer, locally based nonprofit, invites community...
Plate It Forward fundraiser set April 18 in Milton
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The Milton Community Food Pantry will host a Plate It Forward fundraiser dinner at 6 p.m., Saturday...
Annual food-packing event set for March 14 at Sussex Central High
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Rise Against Hunger, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, will host the Fourth Annual Community Wide Food Packing...
Celebrating 30 years Gazette style
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Campus & Coast: UD research and news in Sussex County
The founding father many probably haven’t heard about
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Dan Pritchett, a University of Delaware Osher Lifelong Learning Institute instructor and historian...
VIA to host wine tasting March 15
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The Village Improvement Association, in cooperation with Bin 66, will host a wine tasting event...
MFD chicken salad order deadline is March 13
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The Milton Fire Department Auxiliary is taking orders until Friday, March 13, for its famous...
Elks bring cheer to Stockley Center with Valentine’s Day party
1 week ago
Cape Henlopen Elks Lodge 2540 held a Valentine's Day celebration Feb. 10, when Community Outreach...
Quilts of Valor presented to veterans
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Members of local quilting group Piecemakers awarded two Quilts of Valor to recipient veterans Feb....
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Faith and Spirituality
Music education scholarship applications due April 26
20 hours ago
The St. Cecilia Music Guild, an outreach ministry of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Lewes, is now...
MCC Rehoboth celebrates installation of solar panels system
2 days ago
Metropolitan Community Church of Rehoboth recently announced more news of its ongoing efforts to...
‘Religion in Art’ series explores biblical prophets each week
2 days ago
“Religion in Art: The Prophets,” a four-week lecture/discussion series, continues from 11:30 a.m....
The Crossing church prepares for expansion project
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The Crossing on Route 1 north of Lewes is preparing to expand its church and construct another...
Accessible ashes for all in Milton
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For the third year in a row, Zion United Methodist Church gave people a reason to pull over on...
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Health
Bayhealth celebrates 33 nurse residency graduates
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Bayhealth recently announced the graduation of 33 nurses from its inpatient nurse residency program...
Cape High student-athletes lead mental health discussion at middle school
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Student-athletes from Cape Henlopen High School visited Morgan’s Message club members March 4 at...
Bayhealth to offer weekend colonoscopy appointments in April
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Bayhealth is expanding access to preventive care by offering weekend colonoscopy screenings in...
Athletic trainers keep spring sports on track
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In like a lion and out like a lamb may apply to the weather in March, but in terms of varsity...
Atlantic General Hospital rebrands as TidalHealth Atlantic
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After joining the TidalHealth system last year, Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin, Md., now has a...
Down Syndrome awareness events kick off March 19
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The Down Syndrome Association of Delaware will commemorate World Down Syndrome Day Saturday, March...
WilmU partners to expand health worker career pathways
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Wilmington University and the Sussex County Health Coalition have entered into a strategic...
Relay First Lap kicks off Southern Delaware campaign
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The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life of Southern Delaware kicked off its 2026 fundraising...
Delaware Public Health to host Pathways to Thriving Summit March 18
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To advance health outcomes and well-being for all Delawareans, the Delaware Division of Public...
Coastal Neurology and Wellness opens in Lewes
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Coastal Neurology and Wellness Center, a nurse practitioner-owned neurology and chronic pain clinic...
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School Life
Local visitors guide Beacon AVID students toward success
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Beacon Middle School’s Advancement Via Individual Determination curriculum extends far beyond the...
Futures in the Arts high school senior sign-ups due March 23
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Highlighting Delaware’s commitment to nurturing the next generation of creative leaders, the second...
Lewes Elementary kindergarteners present alphabet parade
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Kindergarten students at Lewes Elementary School recently brought letters to life during a colorful...
Beacon students engineer iconic structures in scale models
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Beacon Middle School’s seventh-grade Cape Accelerated Program students recently completed an...
New Castle seventh-grader wins Delaware Regional Spelling Bee
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A hopeful group of more than 50 students from public, private and charter schools across Delaware,...
Mariner student artwork on display at Biggs Museum thru May 10
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As part of the Biggs Museum of American Art’s Adopt-an-Artwork Program, select Mariner Middle...
Sussex Academy educators extol national certification process
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During National Board Certified Teacher Week in January, Sussex Academy teachers who have achieved...
Student entries for environmental essay contest due March 16
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Delaware Interfaith Power & Light announced its fifth annual essay contest, which is open to...
Local students excel at universities
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Local students named to La Salle dean’s list La Salle University named Elijah Dungca of Lewes and...
Interactive gallery walk launches civil rights unit at Mariner
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Mariner Middle School seventh-grade English language arts students marked the beginning of Black...
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