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Chris Flood
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At the bottom of the hill in Milton’s Mill Park, sitting on a bench under a pergola, is a statue of...
Medical marijuana dispensaries should be allowed to...
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I wasn’t working as a reporter in Delaware when the law creating the state’s medical marijuana...
Mike Clampitt is Milton's king of Fat Tuesday king...
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Fat Tuesday is next week. While a lot of local restaurants will have drink and food specials to...
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Over the course of the past few weeks, I’ve noticed on the pages of the Gazette that two people...
Signs point to Cape Henlopen State Park’s military...
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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
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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...
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A few years ago, as part of a series on the state’s new aquaculture program, I went out with Dewey’...
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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
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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...
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Chris Flood
3 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
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3 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
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3 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
3 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
3 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
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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...
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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
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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...
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A few weeks ago, in the comments section of this paper’s Facebook page, Rehoboth farmer Nelson...
Nanticoke Indian Association celebrating 100 years...
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The Nanticoke Indian Tribe has been in and around this area of the Delmarva Peninsula for thousands...
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For the majority of days this past school year, except in the rain and when work doesn’t allow it,...
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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...
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