Cape Life

HLFM Wednesday markets to kick off June 5

1 year ago
The HLFM Wednesday Market at Crooked Hammock will open for the season from 8 to 11:30 a.m.,...

Millsboro community walk to support Read Aloud June 8

1 year ago
As part of the Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community and to support children’s literacy, Read Aloud...

Ocean View Brewing June 6 dinner to benefit James...

1 year ago
Ocean View Brewing is collaborating with the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays to host a beer...

Author Susan Coll to sign books in Rehoboth June 15

1 year ago
Browseabout Books will host author Susan Coll for a signing of “Real Life and Other Fictions” from...

Elks hold officer installation ceremony and dinner

1 year ago
During a ceremony March 24, Cape Henlopen Elks Lodge 2540 of Lewes installed Buddy Hall-McBride as...

A puggin’ tooth is no laughing matter

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
There is an old Shakespeare sonnet that if I can remember goes something like this, "When daffodils...

KSI volunteers recognized by Delaware Veterans Home

1 year ago
KSI volunteers were among those recognized by the Delaware Veterans Home at a recent ceremony...

American Girl Club tea events set June 20, 24

1 year ago
The American Girl Club will host doll’s tea events with Felicity and Caroline at 4:30 p.m.,...

Corvette club to host car cruise-in June 11

1 year ago
The Beachcombers Corvette Club of Southern Delaware will host a car cruise-in from 4 to 7 p.m.,...

CHEER Center celebrates Older Americans Day

Megan Smith
1 year ago
May is Older Americans Month, and to celebrate, the CHEER Community Center in Georgetown held Older...

Speak Out against Hate to meet June 6

1 year ago
Speak Out against Hate will sponsor its fourth community meeting from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, June 6...

The Gazette Cruises the Caribbean

1 year ago
Twenty-seven residents of Nassau Grove in Lewes explored the Caribbean, departing from Ft...

Wags, Whiskers and Wine to benefit HAP June 14

1 year ago
Humane Animal Partners will host Wags, Whiskers and Wine, a summer soiree fundraiser, from 5:30 to...

Bagpiper plays for 99th birthday celebration

1 year ago
Celtic bagpipe music filled the air May 25 as Tidewater Landing resident Frank Mullin celebrated...

Service Dogs Saving Lives to host community event...

1 year ago
Service Dogs Saving Lives uses multiple platforms to raise awareness about mental health struggles...

University of Delaware Lewes campus guided tours to...

1 year ago
This summer, the University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean and Environment and Delaware Sea...

Coastal Delaware Restaurant Week benefits first...

1 year ago
The Rehoboth Beach-Dewey Beach Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Cape Gazette and...

Progressive Democrats host U.S. congressional...

1 year ago
It was standing room only at the Lewes library as the Progressive Democrats of Sussex County hosted...

League of Women Voters to hold annual meeting June 8

1 year ago
Sussex County League of Women Voters will hold its annual meeting from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at...

LYC debuts renovated, expanded clubhouse

Ron MacArthur
1 year ago
The Lewes Yacht Club opened the doors of its newly expanded, modernized and renovated clubhouse and...

NAACP youth celebrate Earth Day at state park

1 year ago
Members of the Lower Sussex NAACP Youth Council #2719 commemorated Earth Day April 20 with a bus...

AMVETS Post 22 auxiliary delivers meals for EMS and...

1 year ago
The AMVETS Post 22 Ladies Auxiliary recently delivered luncheon meals to 911-EMS and Delaware State...

Pride Unbound art exhibition to begin June 1

1 year ago
CAMP Rehoboth will present Pride Unbound, a revealing exhibition celebrating LGBTQ+ voices in art,...

The Cape Gazette takes to the high seas

1 year ago
Dominic and Marsha Stimola, Warren and Cheryl Smith, and Warren and Sharon Campbell, from the...

Community Briefs 5/29/24

1 year ago
Delaware health and wellness company donates $70K to nonprofits GOLO, a Delaware-based health and...

MERR to host World Ocean Day celebration June 8

1 year ago
The Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute will host its annual World Ocean Day...

Rally for Our First Responders set June 1 at Hudson...

1 year ago
The Shaffer Family Foundation will present the third annual Rally for Our First Responders from 12...

Delaware Farm Bureau photo contest submissions due...

1 year ago
Amateur photographers who have a passion for showcasing Delaware agriculture through their lens are...

38th District Republicans attend Delaware GOP...

1 year ago
The mighty 38th District Republicans came out in force May 18 for the Delaware GOP Convention,...

Fallen heroes honored at AmVets Post 2 ceremony

Ted Pfirrmann
1 year ago
American Veterans Post 2 in Millsboro hosted a crowd of veterans, families and local dignitaries...

Post 17 honors those who paid ultimate sacrifice

Ron MacArthur
1 year ago
American Legion Post 17 and its ladies auxiliary in Lewes hosted its seventh annual Veterans...

Georgetown celebrates Memorial Day on The Circle

Ron MacArthur
1 year ago
Georgetown’s annual Memorial Day service May 26 was sponsored by Georgetown Kiwanis Club and the...

Col. Hall Chapter honors namesake

Ron MacArthur
1 year ago
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Col. David Hall Chapter in Lewes...

Legion commander went from airplane mechanic to...

Melissa Steele
1 year ago
Joe Brown loved working on car engines as a Wilmington teen. Racing to see whose car was the...

Wine, food and music festival names 2024 beneficiaries

1 year ago
The Southern Delaware Wine, Food & Music Festival recently announced this year’s beneficiaries...

Women veterans remembered in Rehoboth Beach

Bill Shull
1 year ago
The Gay Women of Rehoboth held its second annual Memorial Day event May 27, honoring women service...

Lewes Lions give $3,000 to city to purchase beach...

1 year ago
Lewes Lions Club recently donated $3,000 to the City of Lewes for its parks and marina department...

Lunch With a Purpose supports Harry K Foundation

1 year ago
Lunch With a Purpose/Coastal Delaware held its final gathering of the season May 1, hosted by the...

Rehoboth Beach honors veterans on Memorial Day

Bill Shull
1 year ago
The City of Rehoboth Beach held its annual Memorial Day observance May 27 at the Bandstand. The...

Zwaanendael Womens’ Club donates to Children’s Beach...

1 year ago
Children's Beach House team members extend their thanks to the GFWC Zwaanendael Women's Club for...

Broadkiln VFW hosts annual Milton Memorial Day service

Ryan Mavity
1 year ago
Flags waved on a windy day in Milton Memorial Park as part of the annual Memorial Day service,...

Lewes Lions Club donates $3K to KSI

1 year ago
KSI recently received a generous $3,000 grant to go toward nutritional services from the Lewes-...

Every Long Neck Elementary student gets a book from...

1 year ago
As part of its annual Rotary Reads program, Long Neck Sunrise Rotary Club donated copies of “Do You...

Millsboro Lions dedicate bench in memory of Buck Godwin

1 year ago
On Millsboro Little League opening day, the Millsboro Lions Club dedicated a park bench in memory...

Georgetown library hosts Sussex Children's Book...

Ryan Mavity
1 year ago
Cape Region kids were able to let their imaginations run loose, thanks to the authors taking part...

Independence tree farm seeds community reforestation

1 year ago
Members of the Independence community near Long Neck recently expanded their efforts to further...

Western Sussex Dems set crab feast fundraiser June 29

1 year ago
Western Sussex Democratic Club will host its crab ‘n’ go crab feast fundraiser from 1 to 3 p.m.,...

The Cape Gazette goes to Patagonia

1 year ago
Bob Hansen and Kevin Mallinson of Lewes took an 18-day cruise in South America. Boarding their ship...

Medicare assistance representative addresses AARP...

1 year ago
At its May meeting, the AARP Georgetown Chapter hosted Janae Aglio, public information officer for...

Top Chef of the Culinary Coast showcases Cape Region...

Ted Pfirrmann
1 year ago
Meals on Wheels Lewes-Rehoboth celebrated its 10th annual Top Chef of the Culinary Coast event May...

A few raindrops can’t sink Lewes Maritime Day

Ron MacArthur
1 year ago
A little bit of rain didn’t dampen the annual Lewes Maritime Day held May 18 in Canalfront Park...

Sussex Gardeners exchange plants at swap event

1 year ago
After Sussex Gardeners President Dianne Shawley conducted the business meeting at the club’s May 16...

Free soil test available for corn growers

1 year ago
Sussex Conservation District is offering free pre-sidedress soil nitrogen testing to corn growers...

Eastern Sussex Democrats to meet June 5

1 year ago
Eastern Sussex Democrats will meet at 5 p.m., Wednesday, June 5, at Lewes Public Library, 111 Adams...

Environmental essay display in place at Rise Up Coffee

1 year ago
The vastness of space, the closeness of suffering, the loss of biodiversity, the interconnectedness...

UD, Delaware Sea Grant host Scientist Walks Into a...

Megan Smith
1 year ago
The University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean and Environment and Delaware Sea Grant held...

Beebe hosts Lyme Aware Delaware Conference

Megan Smith
1 year ago
Beebe Healthcare and Delaware’s Lyme Disease Education Oversight Board hosted the Lyme Aware...

Lewes library to host beach reads book sale May 31...

1 year ago
Kicking off the summer rush to the seaside, the Friends of the Lewes Public Library will host a...

Milford writer garners accolades

1 year ago
Author Morgan Golladay of Milford was honored at the 2024 Delaware Press Association’s...

American Legion Post 17 Memorial Day Parade to step...

1 year ago
The American Legion Post 17 family will sponsor its traditional Memorial Day Parade starting at 11...