Choppin' Wood

Recent weather patterns have been a tale of extremes

Chris Flood
2 years ago
I don’t know about anyone else, but it’s crazy that as I sit down to type this column Jan. 4, we...

Yes, Virginia, Santa Claus’ beard is real

Chris Flood
2 years ago
For the past two months, my every-other-week turn for a column has fallen on the Friday of two...

For now, female ‘living fossils’ avoid threat of...

Chris Flood
2 years ago
A few years ago, as part of a series on the state’s new aquaculture program, I went out with Dewey’...

Delaware seeing sobering trend in traffic-related...

Chris Flood
2 years ago
When I saw I had a column due the day after Thanksgiving, I was thinking about writing something...

Briggs team hands off Rehoboth Christmas tree-moving...

Chris Flood
2 years ago
Weather permitting, about this time next week, a crew from Rehoboth Beach’s Streets Department will...

It’s time for Rehoboth to remove memorial tree markers

Chris Flood
2 years ago
I’ve done a lot of walking around Rehoboth Beach in the past few weeks. In addition to my normal...

After dry summmer, rain brings out huge swarm of midges

Chris Flood
2 years ago
Last week’s five-day-long storm did more than bring rain and localized flooding to the area, it...

Kindness vigilantes make their way to Rehoboth Beach

Chris Flood
2 years ago
Sometime in August, while driving through downtown Rehoboth Beach, a 3-foot-tall sign on a utility...

Long Neck Road is the busiest dead end in Delaware

Chris Flood
2 years ago
A couple of months ago, the Delaware Department of Transportation issued an email saying its 2021...

Mom and daughter Holsteins are last of Hopkins cows

Chris Flood
2 years ago
The Hopkins family ended its eight-decade-old dairy farm operation after selling its 1,000 cows...

New wheelchair gets Kenny Simpler Sr. back on the beach

Chris Flood
2 years ago
This past weekend might have been the nicest multi-day stretch of the entire summer. A weeks-long...

Leave it to beavers to control the flow of water

Chris Flood
2 years ago
A couple of months ago, the Delaware Department of Transportation replaced the crossroad pipes at...

Headline mistakes in a story can be a distracting ...

Chris Flood
2 years ago
Today’s column is not what I had intended on writing about, but I’m quickly learning that I have...

Hard work of fireworks crews should not go unnoticed

Chris Flood
2 years ago
From the gathering-information perspective I take into a reporting assignment, one of the...

Celebrating Father’s Day the best way I know how

Chris Flood
2 years ago
Looking ahead on the every-other-week schedule I’m sharing with colleague Ron MacArthur, I knew...

When Biden is in town, even the haters get excited

Chris Flood
2 years ago
When President Joe Biden is in town, there’s an undeniable energy, and pretty much everyone – yes,...

Obituary photo serves as reminder that everyone has...

Chris Flood
2 years ago
I grew up in this business. One of the important things I took in as a child and then as a...

Living by the ocean sometimes means getting wet

Chris Flood
3 years ago
What do bird lovers, amusement park operators and avid runners all have in common? When they live...

Celestial viewing and spring renewal in the early...

Chris Flood
3 years ago
The day this column runs in print is Arbor Day 2022, which is why I had intended it to be primarily...

Mike Mixon: Baseball and music are my life

Chris Flood
3 years ago
As long as I lived in this area as an adult, one of the most interesting sign boards along Route 1...

Nelson Warren uses his beef cows’ manure to his...

Chris Flood
3 years ago
A few weeks ago, in the comments section of this paper’s Facebook page, Rehoboth farmer Nelson...

Nanticoke Indian Association celebrating 100 years...

Chris Flood
3 years ago
The Nanticoke Indian Tribe has been in and around this area of the Delmarva Peninsula for thousands...

Always something new to see where pond and river meet

Chris Flood
3 years ago
For the majority of days this past school year, except in the rain and when work doesn’t allow it,...

Murat Tan: Success not guaranteed; giving up not an...

Chris Flood
3 years ago
With everything that’s changed in the past two years – I’m writing this the morning my kids...

Get your steps in on The Point before its annual...

Chris Flood
3 years ago
For almost two decades, the state has closed The Point in Cape Henlopen State Park annually so...

Changes are inevitable – and a brief introduction to...

Chris Flood
3 years ago
Ron MacArthur was correct a couple of weeks ago in his first Around Sussex column when he said...