Cape Life

Celebrating birthdays & reading the Cape Gazette in...

7 hours ago
In April during Spring Break, this group from Sussex County traveled to Punta Cana to celebrate...

Women's Club of Indian River hears from guest speakers

13 hours ago
The General Federation of Women's Clubs - Delaware State Federation of Women's Clubs affiliate...

Gwendolyn Miller of Millsboro to lead League of...

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At the June 12 League of Women Voters of Sussex County meeting, Past President Martha Redmond...
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Delaware National Guard Youth Foundation to dedicate...

1 day ago
The Delaware National Guard Youth Foundation will gather with Delaware National Guard leaders,...

Presidential candidate finds relief in Rehoboth

Scott Cameron
1 day ago
Democratic presidential candidate and former Maryland Congressman John Delaney had been campaigning...

Greene Turtle to sponsor Harry K Foundation 5K in...

1 day ago
Greene Turtle Restaurant and Sports Bar in Lewes will sponsor the 11th Annual Harry K Foundation 5K...

History book fest to feature Pulitzer Prize-winning...

2 days ago
The Third Annual History Book Festival will feature Rick Atkinson, a Pulitzer Prize author, as the...

Greater Lewes Community Village seeks donations for...

2 days ago
The Greater Lewes Community Village is preparing for its major fundraising event, the Attic...

Michael Morgan to sign book about coastal storms...

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Browseabout Books will host Michael Morgan from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m., Sunday, July 21, as he signs his...

First State Corvette Club awards scholarship to...

2 days ago
The First State Corvette Club presented its Rick Berry Memorial Scholarship to Joseph Hartman. The...

Lewes library unveils Legacy Society

Nick Roth
2 days ago
The Lewes Public Library is honoring those who have made or will make significant contributions. A...

Lewes Historical Society holds grand reopening

2 days ago
Lewes Historical Society held a casual reception June 27 to celebrate the grand reopening of its...

Julian Jerome Del Re birth announced

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Proud parents U.S. Army Major Amanda Del Re (née Bellistri) and Mike Del Re welcomed their second...

Village Improvement Association honors George Cole

3 days ago
The Village Improvement Association of Rehoboth Beach presented an engraved brick to George Cole,...

Cape Life Briefs July 2019

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Beebe Auxiliary seeks volunteers Beebe Auxiliary, a local volunteer group, is nearing its 83rd...

West Rehoboth children & youth program receives...

Scott Cameron
3 days ago
The West Rehoboth Children and Youth Program received a check for $1,000 June 27 at the We Care...
DELAWARE CAPE REGION HISTORY IN PHOTOGRAPHS

A scene of Lewes Creek and downtown Lewes in 1906

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This postcard, mailed in 1906, features a photograph taken from the Lewes Beach side of Lewes Creek...

Association of United States Army donates to...

4 days ago
The Association of the United States Army recently donated $1,750 to the Delaware Veterans Trust...

Tasha Haight named Miss Mermaid Delaware, supports...

5 days ago
Tasha Haight was recently selected as Miss Mermaid Delaware through the Miss Mermaid USA program...

Sign up by Aug. 15 to volunteer for wounded veterans...

5 days ago
The 7th Annual Operation Seas the Day will will bring 32 wounded veterans and their families to...

Tales from Lewes’ past set July 18 at Dogfish Inn

5 days ago
Murders on the high seas and other off-centered, lesser-known stories will be the subject of...

Southern fiction author Kristy Woodson Harvey to...

5 days ago
Internationally bestselling author Kristy Woodson Harvey will sign her new book, “The Southern Side...

Lecture on Finding the Missing set July 18

5 days ago
For the next Ocean Currents lecture at the University of Delaware campus in Lewes, School of Marine...

Prize-winning poets to read at Lewes library July 24 

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José Padua, winner of the Miller Williams Poetry Award, and his wife Heather Lynne Davis, winner of...

Trivia: Resulting in a “pruney” look, fingertips get...

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RULES Submit the correct answer through the form by 9 a.m. next Monday and be entered in a drawing...

Lossie Freeman joins Delaware Community Foundation...

5 days ago
The Delaware Community Foundation has welcomed Lossie Freeman as a new member of its board of...

Riding the rails in Japan with the Cape Gazette

6 days ago
Cape Gazette readers Brian and Sarah Gillespie recently travelled to Japan for a 2-week trip...

Lewes library welcomes summer youth ambassadors

6 days ago
The Lewes Public Library has welcomed its first class of summer youth ambassadors. The program...

Delaware House of Representatives recognizes amateur...

6 days ago
The Delaware House of Representatives recently passed House Resolution No. 13, recognizing the...

Overfalls Foundation offers children’s program July 17

6 days ago
The mission of the Overfalls Foundation is to collect, preserve and teach the maritime history of...

Even old-timers can hear the call of the wild

Nancy Katz
6 days ago
As year-round residents in a resort, we understand that many visitors are stressed out by the time...

Lewes Senior Activity Center to host yard and bake...

6 days ago
The Lewes Senior Activity Center annual yard and bake sale will run from 7 a.m. to noon, Saturday,...

Holts Landing State Park cuts ribbon on improvements

Steven Billups
6 days ago
Local officials, Friends of Holts Landing State Park, and park users gathered at the park near...
Holts Landing State Park.

WW II vet donates $15K to Delaware Veterans Trust Fund

6 days ago
World War II veteran and former prisoner of war William “Bill” Willis and his wife Betty have...

Traveling from Rehoboth Beach to Dead Sea Beach with...

1 week ago
In May, Suzi Voorhees of Rehoboth Beach traveled to Jerusalem for the third time. During this visit...

Long Neck Sunrise Rotary inducts new officers and board

1 week ago
During a special evening meeting held at the Clubhouse at The Peninsula, the Long Neck Sunrise...

Local Girl Scouts return from European adventure

1 week ago
Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Older Girl Travel Adventure Group recently returned from 10 days...

Lord Baltimore Lions perform beach cleanup in Bethany

1 week ago
Lord Baltimore Lions Club recently met at Bethany Beach to clean up litter and other debris that...

MERR seeks volunteers for July 20 dolphin count

1 week ago
The Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute Inc. is seeking volunteers for its...

Linda Blaskey publishes new poetry collection

1 week ago
“White Horses,” Linda Blaskey’s new poetry collection, was released this spring by Mojave River...

Author explores the life of sharks

Ryan Mavity
1 week ago
Since 1975, when people think of sharks, they most often think of the movie “Jaws.” The Steven...

Meet and Mingle with Diane Hanson set July 12 in...

1 week ago
Bethany Beach Books, 99 Garfield Parkway, will host a Meet and Mingle event from 7 to 9 p.m.,...

Author Gerald F. Sweeney to sign books at...

1 week ago
Browseabout Books in Rehoboth Beach will host a book signing with author Gerald F. Sweeney from 9...
DELAWARE CAPE REGION HISTORY IN PHOTOGRAPHS

An Amish wheat field west of Dover in 1985

1 week ago
The 2019 barley and wheat harvest in Sussex County and throughout the rest of Delaware is mostly...

Using detector dogs to protect marshes is lecture...

1 week ago
Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge and the Milton CHEER Center will present Margaret “Marnie”...

Great Decisions series to address migration July 8

1 week ago
Rehoboth Public Library’s Great Decisions discussion series will begin with Walled Off: Global...

Enjoying Williamsburg, Virginia with the Cape Gazette

1 week ago
In June, Milton residents Bob and Shirley Timte escaped to Williamsburg, Virginia. They travel...

Where are all the butterflies?

Lisa Graff
1 week ago
For the past four years, my neighbor Marianne has been raising monarch butterflies inside her home...

Pay no attention to those letters from summer camp

Nancy Katz
1 week ago
“Hello Muddah; Hello Faddah I am back at Camp Granada And I’m writing you...

Coastal Delaware Restaurant Week presents check to...

1 week ago
In celebration of its third year helping to promote Cape Region dining, Coastal Delaware Restaurant...