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Masks not required in Dewey if social distancing

Ellen Driscoll
2 days ago
Dewey Beach commissioners voted July 10 to approve an emergency ordinance requiring face coverings...

Clear Space’s Rehoboth Avenue theater takes step...

Chris Flood
2 days ago
Clear Space Theatre Company’s proposal for a Rehoboth Avenue theater took a step forward July 10...

State announces 121 new COVID cases

2 days ago
Delaware’s Division of Public Health announced 121 new positive COVID-19 cases as of 6 p.m. July 9...

No love over Harts Road rental

Melissa Steele
2 days ago
Five years ago, Charlotte Hart allowed a tenant on her property. For two years, she said, he paid...

Tropical Storm Fay comes calling

2 days ago
Heavy rain and wind from Tropical Storm Fay blew into the Cape Region Friday, July 10. The National...

Milton council sets Aug. 3 date for medical complex...

Ryan Mavity
2 days ago
A controversial medical office complex project in Milton will finally get a public hearing. Milton...

Sussex County P&Z back in public session

Ron MacArthur
2 days ago
Following in the footsteps of Sussex County Council, the county planning and zoning commission is...

Lewes flooded with absentee ballots

Nick Roth
2 days ago
In an unusual year where COVID-19 has forced a delay in the City of Lewes’ municipal election, city...

DelDOT plans to replace New Road bridge in 2024

Nick Roth
2 days ago
The New Road bridge over Canary Creek is set to be replaced in 2024. The new span will be built to...

Ørsted no longer interested in Fenwick Island State...

Chris Flood
2 days ago
Citing a large portion of undisturbed wetlands, Ørsted is backing out of a proposal that would...

Lewes to hold public hearing on wetlands buffer

Nick Roth
2 days ago
The Lewes Planning Commission will hold a virtual public hearing at 6 p.m., Wednesday, July 15,...
Rehoboth Beach 2020 municipal election

Full slate of candidates in Rehoboth race

Chris Flood
2 days ago
Rehoboth Beach’s 2020 municipal election features two candidates for mayor and four candidates for...

Lewes committee doesn’t want metal plates on drawbridge

Nick Roth
2 days ago
The Lewes Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee does not support the state’s idea to add metal...

Rehoboth sets July 17 public hearing on gross floor...

Chris Flood
2 days ago
A definition of exterior walls. After hours of discussion over nearly a dozen meetings, Rehoboth...

Ferry foot traffic resumes but Delaware on...

Melissa Steele
2 days ago
The Cape May-Lewes Ferry resumed service for foot traffic crossing the Delaware Bay July 7 – the...

Mark Schaeffer enters Sussex council race

Ron MacArthur
2 days ago
Republican Mark Schaeffer, a current Lewes resident and lifelong Delaware resident, has announced...

News Briefs 07/10/20

2 days ago
Milton pantry to hold July 13 distribution Milton Community Food Pantry will hold an emergency...

Two die as 69 new COVID-19 cases announced

3 days ago
The Delaware Division of Public Health reports 69 additional positive cases of COVID-19 in Delaware...

Zebley named superintendent of Delaware State Police

3 days ago
Lt. Col. Melissa A. Zebley was appointed superintendent of the Delaware State Police July 9. Zebley...

An anonymous thanks to postal workers

3 days ago
A reader sent in these photos at the Post Office Annex at the Walmart Shopping Center in Rehoboth...

Sussex, Lewes, BPW officials to purchase Jones Farm

Ron MacArthur
3 days ago
In a first-of-its-kind deal, three local government agencies and an agribusiness firm are...

COVID-19 cases at SCI exceed 100

Melissa Steele
3 days ago
The number of COVID-19 cases at Sussex Correctional Institution has risen above 100 as officials...

Critically ill COVID-19 cases drop to March levels

4 days ago
The number of people critically ill with COVID-19 dropped to 11 on July 7 – numbers not seen since...

Lewes mayor snaps back at Doo-Dah claim

Nick Roth
4 days ago
Lewes Mayor Ted Becker has responded to a claim that the city has been trying to shut down the...

Rehoboth backtracks face masks on beach

Chris Flood
5 days ago
Citing inability to enforce and backlash from the business community, Rehoboth Beach commissioners...

Some Cape Region voters go to polls

Ron MacArthur
5 days ago
Because of the COVID-19 state of emergency, 2020 will be remembered as the year of the mail-in...

State reports 121 new positive COVID-19 cases, two...

5 days ago
The Delaware Division of Public Health reports 121 additional positive COVID-19 in Delaware as of...

Justice of Peace Court locations resume operations

5 days ago
Justice of the Peace Court locations across the state have opened and are now hearing cases,...

Sussex P&Z wants more parking for Postal Lane project

Ron MacArthur
5 days ago
Questions about parking, traffic and density surfaced during a June 25 Sussex County Planning and...

News Briefs 07/07/20

5 days ago
Lewes council public hearing set July 7 Lewes Mayor and City Council will hold a virtual public...

Carney extends emergency order for another 30 days

6 days ago
Gov. John Carney July 6 formally extended the State of Emergency declaration another 30 days to...

Additional 10 Rehoboth lifeguards test positive for...

Chris Flood
6 days ago
Last week, Rehoboth Beach announced three of the beach patrol’s lifeguards had tested positive for...

State reports 165 new COVID-19 cases over the...

6 days ago
The Delaware Division of Public Health reports 165 additional positive cases of COVID-19 in...

Fifty-eight SCI inmates test positive for COVID-19

6 days ago
A cluster of COVID-19 patients at Sussex Correctional Institution has grown to 58 after three new...

Week 17: July 4 holiday weekend is not a boom

Ron MacArthur
6 days ago
The July 4 holiday in the Cape Region was subdued with smaller than normal crowds at local beaches...

Cindy Green files for Sussex County Council

6 days ago
Lifelong Greenwood resident and Republican Cindy Green is announcing her bid for the District 2...

State reports 132 new COVID-19 cases, no new deaths

1 week ago
The Delaware Division of Public Health reports 132 additional positive cases of COVID-19 in...

Survey results for Ørsted connection facility released

Chris Flood
1 week ago
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has released the survey results...

No fireworks in Rehoboth; lots of face masks

Chris Flood
1 week ago
For the first time in years, there are no July 4 fireworks in Rehoboth Beach this year because of...

Lewes cops say nah to Doo-Dah

Nick Roth
1 week ago
Lewes police officers abruptly ended the impromptu Fourth of July Doo-Dah Parade in downtown Lewes...

Seventy three new COVID-19 cases, no deaths

1 week ago
The Delaware Division of Public Health reports 73 additional positive cases of COVID-19 in Delaware...

Milton office complex meeting postponed

Ryan Mavity
1 week ago
Milton Town Council has postponed a public hearing on a proposed rezoning of a Mulberry Street...

Rehoboth planning chair’s objectivity questioned on...

Chris Flood
1 week ago
Ever since Clear Space Theatre Company introduced a proposal for a new Rehoboth Avenue theater...

State announces 192 new COVID-19 cases, two deaths

1 week ago
The Delaware Division of Public Health has announced 192 additional positive cases of COVID-19 and...

DelDOT prepares for July 4th holiday

1 week ago
The Delaware Department of Transportation will be suspending construction-related lane closures...

In Rehoboth, face masks required everywhere for...

Chris Flood
1 week ago
Rehoboth Beach commissioners know it will be hard to enforce, but their message is clear - face...

Beebe: We’re not out of the woods

Nick Roth
1 week ago
The recent uptick in COVID-19 cases in Dewey Beach and Rehoboth Beach has caught the attention of...

Burton files for second term on Sussex County Council

Ron MacArthur
1 week ago
Republican Irwin “I.G.” Burton of Lewes has filed for re-election to the Sussex County District 3...

Drinking at the beach? Table service only

Nick Roth and Melissa Steele
1 week ago
Walk-up beach bars for customers in eastern Sussex County are indefinitely closed beginning Friday...

Lewes election set for July 18

Nick Roth
1 week ago
Lewes voters will choose two city council members from a pool of five candidates in the Saturday,...

State order cancels Dewey Beach fireworks

Ellen Driscoll
1 week ago
After residents’ requests to cancel the annual Fourth of July fireworks display went unheeded by...

News Briefs 07/03/20

1 week ago
Lewes Canalfront Park concerts, movies canceled The Friends of the Lewes Canalfront Park have...

Lewes, BPW begin negotiations to end feud

Nick Roth
1 week ago
Officials from the Lewes Board of Public Works and City of Lewes have begun negotiations to end...

Lewes requires masks in downtown district

Nick Roth
1 week ago
Lewes Mayor and City Council have followed Rehoboth Beach and Bethany Beach in strengthening...

State reports 221 additional COVID-19 cases

1 week ago
The Delaware Division of Public Health reports 221 additional positive COVID-19 cases in Delaware...

Week 16: COVID-19 positives increase in Cape Region

Ron MacArthur
1 week ago
Heading into Week 16 of the COVID-19 state of emergency, state health officials stepped up testing...

Funland reopens but with limited games and no rides

1 week ago
Not able to do its traditional spring debut because of the COVID-19 state of emergency, Funland on...

Thirty-six new COVID-19 cases reported, no deaths

1 week ago
The Delaware Division of Public Health reported 36 additional positive cases of COVID-19 in...

Carney announces joint effort on foreclosure and...

1 week ago
Gov. John Carney, Attorney General Kathy Jennings, Delaware State Housing Authority Director Anas...

Whipping post removed from Georgetown site

Ron MacArthur
1 week ago
A large crowd cheered as a work crew lifted a whipping post from the ground July 1 near the old...