Choppin' Wood

Gift-giving season may be over, but it’s still cold...

Chris Flood
1 week ago
I’ve had elementary-aged children in the Cape Henlopen School District for years now. Inevitably,...

Milton misses out on overpass name stamp

Chris Flood
3 weeks ago
If everything goes as planned, after years of construction, the new Route 1 overpass at the...

Encouraging trend for traffic fatalities in Delaware

Chris Flood
1 month ago
Given the holiday, I had planned on trying to find a local farmer who was in the middle of...

Beach replenishment is an impressive process to watch

Chris Flood
1 month ago
Taking into account the ongoing beach replenishment immediately north of the Indian River Inlet, I’...

It was a rodeo to park on Rehoboth Ave. for Sea Witch

Chris Flood
2 months ago
As it always does, the Sea Witch Festival took over Rehoboth Beach for three days last weekend. It’...

With no replenishment coming, it’s the next storm I...

Chris Flood
2 months ago
Since 2009, there have been half a dozen large-scale beach nourishment projects along Delaware’s...

Costumed dashers aren’t trying to break any course...

Chris Flood
3 months ago
I’ve previously written about how I live on the route of Dogfish Head’s annual Dogfish Dash through...

History book sale is appetizer for the History Book...

Chris Flood
3 months ago
The ninth annual History Book Festival is next weekend in Lewes, running Friday, Sept. 26 through...

Lake Gerar Island is my new Rehoboth Beach retreat

Chris Flood
4 months ago
Rehoboth Beach commissioners recently voted against the sale of park land along Lake Gerar, near...

There were a lot of random toys on the beach this...

Chris Flood
4 months ago
Due to storms brewing out in the Atlantic Ocean, it’s been a bad time for weeklong renters in the...

Before President Biden, Rehoboth had Commissioner Trump

Chris Flood
5 months ago
A few months ago, I wrote a story about the closure of Quillen’s Hardware. The store had been...

There was a lot of wiener in my life last weekend

Chris Flood
5 months 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
5 months 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
6 months 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
6 months 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
7 months 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
7 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
8 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
8 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
9 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
9 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
10 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
10 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
11 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
11 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
11 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
1 year 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
1 year 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
1 year 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
1 year 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
1 year 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
1 year 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
1 year 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
1 year 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
1 year 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
1 year 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
1 year 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
2 years 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
2 years 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
2 years 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
2 years 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
2 years 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
2 years 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
2 years 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
2 years 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
2 years 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
2 years ago
From going out to leased aquaculture sites in Rehoboth Bay to sitting through hours-long meetings,...