Cape Life

Big Chill community beach cleanups a success

9 months ago
With the help of numerous volunteers, the Big Chill Beach Club team organized and completed nine...

Local author Jackson Coppley releases new novel

9 months ago
Local author Jackson Coppley recently announced the launch of his latest novel, “Nicholas Foxe and...

Lunch with a Purpose supports Fostering Wishes...

9 months ago
Lunch With a Purpose/Coastal Delaware gathered Oct. 2 at Signatures at Bayside in Selbyville...

Tractors roll into Lewes church for annual blessing

Bill Shull
9 months ago
They came in red, blue, green, gray and even a pink one. Farm tractors made their way down...

Roosevelt’s Science Trust is Oct. 27 program topic

9 months ago
Historian Paul Sparrow and physicist Fred Dylla will kick off the Lewes Public Library’s fall FDR...

Chorale hits high note with senior singers

Bill Shull
9 months ago
Members of the Encore Chorale Sussex County Chapter began its weekly Wednesday rehearsal at the...

Cape High student earns prestigious 4-H Diamond...

9 months ago
Sussex County 4-H announced Declan West of Milton was among those students honored with the coveted...

Celebrating retirement in Tuscany with the Cape...

9 months ago
Newly retired Pam Pierce of Lewes and friends Dave McFadden of Dallas, Texas, and Rose Zahniser of...

Cape High Leo Club receives $900 donation from Lewes...

9 months ago
Lewes Lions Club President Tom Engel recently presented a $900 check to the Cape Henlopen Leo Club...

Boardwalk Buddy Walk does it bigger and better every...

Ted Pfirrmann
9 months ago
The Boardwalk Buddy Walk took place Oct. 12, at the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand on Rehoboth Avenue for...

Milford Knights of Columbus continue support for KSI

9 months ago
KSI received a generous donation from the Knights of Columbus, St. Joseph Council #3792 in Milford...

Shoes That Fit charity receives donation from area...

9 months ago
Members of 100 Women Who Care Southern Delaware presented a donation of $5,950 to the Shoes That...

True Blue Jazz events open with youth celebration in...

Dan Cook
9 months ago
The True Blue Jazz Youth Celebration kicked off jazz week festivities Oct. 16, at Bethany Blues...

DelDOT Name That Plow contest entries due Nov. 8

9 months ago
As winter approaches, the Delaware Department of Transportation is launching its fourth annual Name...

Greyhounds Reach the Beach celebrates 30 years

Ted Pfirrmann
9 months ago
Rehoboth Beach visitors may have noticed a few Greyhounds on the Boardwalk Oct. 13, as the...

‘First Settler of Lewes’ sales to benefit Fourth...

9 months ago
A new book from The History Press, covering 360 years of Lewes history, has just been published...

Republican women’s clubs to hold speed campaigning...

9 months ago
The Sussex County Republican Women’s Club and the Kent County Republican Women’s Club will co-host...

Brenda Kasprzewski named LRAC executive director

Ellen Driscoll
9 months ago
After a months-long search, the Lewes Rehoboth Association of Congregations board of directors...

Building Bridges guests support Community Resource...

Ted Pfirrmann
9 months ago
The weather couldn’t have been more perfect for the Community Resource Center’s eighth annual...

Prescription drug take-back event set Oct. 26 in Lewes

9 months ago
The Delaware River & Bay Authority Police Department will help area citizens remove potentially...

Library to host ‘Queering Rehoboth Beach’ author Oct...

9 months ago
The Rehoboth Beach Public Library will host author James T. Sears for a discussion of “Queering...

Muhammad Ali Center humanitarian award to honor...

9 months ago
The Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Awards will include Cape Region native Bryan Stevenson among the...

Dewey in Bloom beautifies town for fall, winter

Ellen Driscoll
9 months ago
Dewey in Bloom volunteers gathered Oct. 13, to dig up summer flowers and plant winter pansies to...

Delaware FOP Lodge endorses Schaeffer for county...

10 months ago
The Delaware Fraternal Order of Police announced its endorsement of Mark Schaeffer for re-election...

The Crossing gives away free gas

Ryan Mavity
10 months ago
During the afternoon of Oct. 5, cars were lined up on both sides of Magnolia Street in Milton to...

Mid-autumn flowers in bloom at Mill Pond Garden Oct. 20

10 months ago
Mill Pond Garden near Lewes will be open from 9:30 a.m. to noon, Sunday, Oct. 20, featuring a...

Comedy magic show set Oct. 21 at Rehoboth library

10 months ago
Rehoboth Beach Public Library will host professional magician comedian Mike Rose for a History of...

Delaware judge’s role in ending school segregation...

10 months ago
In recognition of the 70th anniversary of the civil rights ruling in Brown v. Board of Education,...

Women’s Club of Milton receives community support

10 months ago
The Women’s Club of Milton members extend thanks to all who donated to their food drive at Milton...

2024 Overfalls gala raises funds for maritime landmark

Dan Cook
10 months ago
The Overfalls Foundation held Anchors Aweigh, an annual fundraising gala, at the Lewes Yacht Club...

LHS to host Fall Harvest events Oct. 18-20

10 months ago
The Lewes Historical Society will kick-start autumn with a variety of events from Friday to Sunday...

Cruising with the Gazette through Iceland, Norway,...

10 months ago
Recently, residents of The Peninsula community in Millsboro took a 10-day cruise to Iceland, Norway...

AAUW Coastal Georgetown to meet Oct. 17

10 months ago
AAUW Coastal Georgetown Branch will meet at 11 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 17, at The Lodge at Historic...

Fall foliage boat tour bookings benefit Mill Pond...

10 months ago
Mill Pond Garden is the only professional botanical garden in the Cape Region, dedicated to...

Sussex County Council District 3 candidate forum set...

10 months ago
The League of Women Voters of Sussex County will host a forum featuring candidates for County...

Hurley Waples builds bird, butterfly, bat houses by...

Chris Flood
10 months ago
Hurley Waples didn’t set out to build birdhouses, bat houses and butterfly houses in retirement; it...

Seed-collecting and no-till planting are program...

10 months ago
Lewes Community Garden will host a free program at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 19, at 366 Park Road...

CAMP Rehoboth Block Party to rock Baltimore Avenue...

10 months ago
CAMP Rehoboth will host its annual Block Party celebration from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 20...

Children’s Beach House gala plans in progress for...

10 months ago
Children’s Beach House will hold its inaugural gala Saturday, Feb. 8, at Lighthouse Cove Event...

Rotary and Sussex Cyclists team for Milton biking...

10 months ago
The Rehoboth Beach Sunrise Rotary Club, in conjunction with Sussex Cyclists, will hold its fifth...

Rehoboth railroad history session set Nov. 7

10 months ago
Rehoboth Beach Museum’s Paul Lovett History Series continues at 7:15 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 7, in the...

Women’s Club and Volunteer DE 50+ hold food drive

10 months ago
The GFWC Women’s Club of Indian River and the Volunteer Delaware 50+ advisory council held a food...

Peninsula Goes Pink features golf, walk, and pickleball

Aaron R. Mushrush
10 months ago
Perhaps it is the “P” in their community’s name, but the residents of The Peninsula sure do know...

Life-changing words: ‘Buck up, girl!’

Pam Bounds
10 months ago
My father died suddenly and unexpectedly during my senior year of college, although I continued on...

Delaware Senior Olympics Bocce Tournament held in...

10 months ago
The third annual Delaware Senior Olympics Bocce Tournament was played Sept. 22 at Mulligan’s Pointe...

Author Elise Seyfried to share humorous spiritual...

10 months ago
Author Elise Seyfried will be reading from and signing copies of “Nanamorphosis: Reflections on an...

Cruising the British Isles with the trusty Cape Gazette

10 months ago
Devoted Cape Gazette readers spent 14 days on an amazing British Isles cruise aboard Holland...

Delaware State Senate District 6 candidate forum set...

10 months ago
The League of Women Voters of Sussex County will host a forum featuring candidates for Delaware...

Green Earth Book Awards livestream set Oct. 17

10 months ago
The Nature Generation and the Lewes Public Library, in partnership with Browseabout Books and...

Author Chris Whitaker to appear at Lewes Elementary...

10 months ago
Author Chris Whitaker will visit Lewes for a discussion and signing of his new novel, “All the...

Boast the Coast celebrates all things nautical

Ted Pfirrmann
10 months ago
The 27th annual Lewes Chamber of Commerce Boast the Coast took place Oct. 5 in various locations...

Certified therapeutic riding instructors join SDTR

10 months ago
Southern Delaware Therapeutic Riding recently welcomed two new certified therapeutic riding...

E-racing the Blues walk highlights mental health

Ted Pfirrmann
10 months ago
The Mental Health Association of Delaware held its 22nd annual E-racing the Blues walk Sept. 28, to...

Lewes in Bloom live greens wreath orders due Nov. 8

10 months ago
Lewes in Bloom is preparing for its holiday wreath sale, one of its biggest fundraisers of the year...

Milton author’s Cold War spy novel launch event set...

10 months ago
Author Karl Wegener, a Milton resident and former intelligence analyst, has published his second...

Browseabout to host author Linda Murphy Marshall Oct...

10 months ago
Author Linda Murphy Marshall will sign copies of her new book "Immersion: A Linguist’s Memoir,"...

Butterfly Bolt flies high on Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk

Chris Flood
10 months ago
More than 100 people participated Oct. 4 in the second annual Butterfly Bolt on the Rehoboth Beach...

Distinguished Service to 4-H honors go to Sen. Dave...

10 months ago
In the pantheon of Delaware 4-H recognitions for both youth members and volunteer adults, the...

Sussex association of towns meets in historic Seaford

10 months ago
About 80 locally elected officials, town administrators and Delaware General Assembly members...

Cigarette litter prevention efforts in progress in...

10 months ago
For its fifth consecutive year of receiving a $20,000 Cigarette Litter Prevention Program grant...