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Choppin' Wood
There was a lot of wiener in my life last weekend
Chris Flood
2 days ago
I know this sounds weird to say, but there was a lot of wiener in my life last weekend. The Oscar...
DNREC on water advisories: Better safe than sorry
Chris Flood
2 weeks ago
My family and I were among the thousands of people who spent some portion of their day July 3 in...
Dogfish archivist excited to see big bottle of hand...
Chris Flood
1 month ago
In recognition of its 30th birthday, Dogfish Head recently threw itself a weekend-long party. The...
UD researchers conducting fish consumption survey of...
Chris Flood
1 month ago
A few times a summer, we’ll pack the kids in the car and head down to the Broadkill Store for a...
Dewey’s old welcome sign, bike sharrows, Camel’s...
Chris Flood
1 month ago
I saw that Dewey Beach recently moved its welcome sign a little farther north on Route 1 to be...
Now taking reservations: Canada to Cape Region, nonstop
Chris Flood
2 months ago
After years of construction, the Route 1 southbound bridge at Route 16 is open to vehicular traffic...
It’s a good thing I don’t own a bigger vehicle
Chris Flood
2 months ago
It’s bulk trash collection season in Rehoboth Beach. For the past week, the city went around and...
Prime Hook’s new center puts visitors first
Chris Flood
3 months ago
It took a little longer than expected, but the new visitor center at Prime Hook National Wildlife...
State police are making roadside memorial signs more...
Chris Flood
3 months ago
It’s been a little more than 35 years since Delaware State Police Trooper Kevin Mallon died in the...
Old Delaware Bay oyster dredge working hard out of...
Chris Flood
4 months ago
This past summer, I was visiting the Tilghman Watermen’s Museum on Tilghman Island, Md., when I ran...
DQ opening means spring is around the corner
Chris Flood
4 months ago
It’s the first week of March, and after what feels like an extended winter season, it’s nice to see...
Make sure to report sturgeon sightings to DNREC
Chris Flood
5 months ago
I haven’t been able to get out to The Point in Cape Henlopen State Park too much this winter, but I...
Sussex saw moderate spike in air pollutants during...
Chris Flood
5 months ago
A couple weekends ago, I woke up to an air-quality alert on my phone. Curious, I went to the airnow...
I would have liked to have seen Biden do a local...
Chris Flood
6 months ago
Joe Biden’s time as president of the United States ended this past week, and with that ends four...
Driving in snowstorms is easier than sunny-day...
Chris Flood
6 months ago
As my short bio at the end of this column says, I grew up in Maine, which means I’ve got plenty of...
Henlopen Acres’ traffic lights reminds me of...
Chris Flood
7 months ago
For the past few years, my wife, kids, myself and family friend Melanie have gone up to Longwood...
McDonald’s in Milton opens with a mocha frappe
Chris Flood
7 months ago
After watching the new McDonald’s in Milton get built from the ground up, I was interested to see...
Butchering hundreds of deer a year is bullwork
Chris Flood
7 months ago
If recent trends hold, there will be more than 14,000 deer harvested in Delaware during the 2024-25...
Don’t rely on machine votes to win in Delaware
Chris Flood
8 months ago
On Election Day last week, I was assigned to cover the watch party for Stell Parker Selby, the...
County’s elections director just followed his dad to...
Chris Flood
8 months ago
In some way or another, Kenneth “Bo” McDowell has been involved with elections in Sussex County for...
New pod brings Blood Bank of Delmarva to the people
Chris Flood
9 months ago
Readers of this column know this space primarily serves as a way for me to write about the random...
Time to mentally prepare for quarter-mile-tall wind...
Chris Flood
9 months ago
I attended a meeting about offshore wind outside Rehoboth Beach last week that was hosted by the...
Georgetown bike enthusiast sees you H8N his Land Doo
Chris Flood
10 months ago
In case anyone doesn’t know why there were so many motorcyclists around here last weekend, it was...
Alley Oop’s green Cadillac limo lives on in Google...
Chris Flood
10 months ago
I don’t have a great way to explain why I came across Alley Oop Skim Camp’s old green Cadillac limo...
The Vineyards using PooPrints to prevent unsightly...
Chris Flood
11 months ago
While I am pretty much always on the lookout for column ideas, sometimes they fall into my lap...
House for sale on Lewes Beach has interesting history
Chris Flood
11 months ago
A few months ago, a local Realtor had an ad in the Gazette about an open house for a small cottage...
Library banishes news crews to Rehoboth’s Forbidden...
Chris Flood
1 year ago
This past weekend, President Joe Biden made worldwide news when he announced he will not seek re-...
Nicola Pizza’s herb garden is all about quality control
Chris Flood
1 year ago
My family and I ate dinner at Nicola Pizza recently. We were seated at one of the big tables by the...
Museum’s large farm equipment is gone, but being...
Chris Flood
1 year ago
With July 4 just around the corner, Route 1 is about to go from annoyingly busy to pull-your-hair-...
Remember all that winter rain? It’s mostly dried up
Chris Flood
1 year ago
Back in March, I wrote a column about how this past winter was a wet one. While it wasn’t going to...
Buying waterfront? Check out these two websites
Chris Flood
1 year ago
Delaware is the lowest-lying state in the country. Over the years, the Gazette has documented flood...
I’ll be interested to see how Five Points roundabout...
Chris Flood
1 year ago
By the time this is read, the new roundabout at Malfunction Junction will be fully open . Over the...
I didn’t know skimboarding with a winch was a thing
Chris Flood
1 year ago
I don’t live close enough to the beach to be there every day, but I’m down there pretty often...
Acres should consider changing name of town’s cemetery
Chris Flood
1 year ago
I’ve been covering Henlopen Acres for a few years now. One of things that I’ve always wondered...
Good on Harry Caswell for fixing historic water...
Chris Flood
1 year ago
I was in Rehoboth Beach the other day, and I came across Harry Caswell and one of his employees,...
This won’t be Delaware’s wettest winter, but it will...
Chris Flood
1 year ago
It doesn’t take a genius to know there’s been a lot of rain in the past few months. There are...
You’ve been warned: No trespassing at Biden’s house
Chris Flood
1 year ago
I like to drive by President Joe Biden’s house in North Shores every few months. There’s a...
As we wait for farm fields, solar panels crop up on...
Chris Flood
1 year ago
A couple weeks ago, my colleague Ron MacArthur wrote a story about how, since the summer of 2021,...
Number of traffic fatalities returns to normal level...
Chris Flood
1 year ago
Around Thanksgiving of 2022, I wrote a column about how, with more than a month to go, it was...
Horseshoe crab tagging program is useful and fun
Chris Flood
1 year ago
One of the benefits of covering an area with beaches is that every now and then, when I’ve got a...
It’s good for Tom Griffith’s mental health to work...
Chris Flood
1 year ago
I don’t remember how long ago I first noticed a near-naked man working out along Route 1 near the...
Piece of Sussex County, U.S. history is for sale in...
Chris Flood
1 year ago
I’m going to begin this column with a brief thought exercise. I’d like you to take a second to...
DelDOT’s patriotic paint job is first of its kind in...
Chris Flood
1 year ago
Typically, this space is saved for my observations in Sussex County. However, Delaware is really...
Former Royal Treat building is being picked for...
Chris Flood
1 year ago
Two things immediately came to mind when I heard the Royal Treat building on Wilmington Avenue in...
Magee Farms changing things up this winter at Lewes...
Chris Flood
1 year ago
I stopped by the Magee Farms stand off Wescoats Road outside Lewes the other day to pick up some...
Shifting sands, a host of sparrows and pickin’ chicken
Chris Flood
1 year ago
The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park reopened for the winter season Oct. 1. My family and I were...
Cape grad inducted into Biddeford Hall of Fame
Chris Flood
1 year ago
Long before parents had the ability to use social media to embarrass their kids with unnecessary...
Artist Gary Hughes connects Rehoboth Beach and San...
Chris Flood
1 year ago
About two-and-a-half years ago – March 2021 – Rehoboth Beach and the Rehoboth Art League partnered...
Lewes oyster hatchery has successful growing season
Chris Flood
1 year ago
From going out to leased aquaculture sites in Rehoboth Bay to sitting through hours-long meetings,...
Abandoned ashes deserve a dignified resting place too
Chris Flood
1 year ago
I don’t always thumb through the Gazette looking for column ideas, but sometimes I do, and last...
As it should, Rehoboth’s merman has a Pride flag as...
Chris Flood
1 year ago
I got to Rehoboth Beach a little early for an interview the other day, so I killed time by walking...
H.O.B. needed a crosswalk, not 16 no-parking signs
Chris Flood
2 years ago
I’ve written in the past about how my kids are walkers at H.O. Brittingham Elementary School in...
Summer humidity is here; cue the sweat
Chris Flood
2 years ago
This past week has been hot and humid here in the Cape Region, which is great for visitors going to...
Lifeguards must train in the rain
Chris Flood
2 years ago
The past few days in the Cape Region have been windy and wet, which was good for my dried-out rain...
If you can’t make it, cancel your surf-fishing...
Chris Flood
2 years ago
Over the last handful of years, few decisions made by Department of Natural Resources and...
Memorial Day is here; let’s talk eels, turtles,...
Chris Flood
2 years ago
Every year, in late February and early March, freshwater streams and rivers along the eastern...
Family album survives fire that destroyed everything...
Chris Flood
2 years ago
I’ve known Sussex Consortium Principal Dr. Vivian Bush for more than a decade. My wife used to work...
DelDOT went all winter without replenishing its salt
Chris Flood
2 years ago
Other than a brief spell of freezing temperatures in late December, this past winter was relatively...
Browseabout’s bestseller list is 50-year snapshot of...
Chris Flood
2 years ago
When the ownership of a longtime business changes, even if things stay essentially the same, the...
As Sussex’s population grows, so does need for pet...
Chris Flood
2 years ago
One of the good things about having this column is that it gives me the opportunity to write about...
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A yellow caution signal is now up for the Lewes Junction Railroad and Bridge Association’s plan to...