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Local police departments earn state accreditation

3 minutes ago
The Delaware Police Officer Standards and Training Commission recently announced that the Dewey...

Lewes council approves home-based biz ordinance

Bill Shull
20 hours ago
Sarah Prieto and Stephen Matthews were obviously frustrated and dejected after Lewes Mayor and City...

Sussex P&Z backs four ordinances to improve housing...

Kevin T. Conlon
1 day ago
Four proposed ordinances to improve housing development were backed April 15 by the Sussex County...

Neighbors raise concerns about Stockley Road...

Kevin T. Conlon
1 day ago
A proposal to build 83 single-family houses on a 41.7-acre site off Stockley Road near Milton drew...

Lewes awards 2026 nonprofit grants

Bill Shull
1 day ago
Historic Lewes, formerly the Lewes Historical Society, was the big winner from the new City of...

First leg of constitutional absentee voting...

Melissa Steele
1 day ago
A bill seeking to codify no-excuse absentee voting passed its first hurdle April 14, receiving two-...

Lewes drawbridge works as advertised

Bill Shull
1 day ago
The Delaware Department of Transportation performed its annual testing of the Savannah Road...

Milton historic commission tables Union Street...

Ryan Mavity
1 day ago
The Milton Historic Preservation Commission tabled discussion of a proposed commercial boutique...

Rehoboth sends package of charter changes to...

Chris Flood
1 day ago
After months of discussion, Rehoboth Beach commissioners have sent a package of 15 proposed charter...

DelDOT roadwork ramps up

Nick Roth
1 day ago
After years of construction, both Route 1 bridges over Route 16 near Milton are open to traffic...

Lewes sand-moving operation completed ahead of schedule

Bill Shull
1 day ago
The large dump trucks are gone, and so is a lot of sand from the Savannah Beach and Johnnie Walker...

Eagles force quiet work at Fourth Street Preserve

Bill Shull
1 day ago
While volunteers from Dogfish Head picked up shovels and planted trees in the Fourth Street...

News Briefs 4/17/26

1 day ago
Carey files to run for 38th District Fenwick Island businesswoman Carlie Carey filed April 10 to...

Sussex eyes forest protection law

Kevin T. Conlon
1 day ago
After Sussex County lost 43,000 acres of forest in less than 25 years, Sussex County Council has...
UPDATE

Worker injured in electrical hazard in Rehoboth Beach

2 days ago
A worker trimming trees April 15 at the intersection of Second Street and Henlopen Avenue was...

County plans upgrades to Milton library walkways

Ryan Mavity
3 days ago
Sussex County is planning a project to upgrade the walkways around Milton library, with the project...

In Sussex County, power struggle continues over wind...

Kevin T. Conlon
3 days ago
Sussex County Council decided April 14 to continue challenging a court decision overriding its 2024...

Northbound Route 1 bridge over Route 16 to open...

3 days ago
After years of construction, a pair of Route 1 bridges over Route 16 near Milton are expected to be...

Milton Fire Department sets up parking lot donation box

Ryan Mavity
3 days ago
Milton Fire Department has set up donation boxes at its public parking lots as a way for the...

Volunteers plant first habitat island

Bill Shull
4 days ago
Scott Wilkingon, a master naturalist, reviews the Fourth Street Preserve master plan with...

Familiar names file to run for office

Melissa Steele
4 days ago
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that Fenwick Island businesswoman Carlie...

Ag secretary proud of roots, agency work

Kevin T. Conlon
4 days ago
A lot has changed in Sussex County since Wm. Donald Clifton II grew up on a farm along Route 1...

Local auxiliary sending supplies to troops

Bill Shull
4 days ago
The back pavilion at American Legion Post 17 resembled a small military operation April 13...

News Briefs 4/14/26

4 days ago
No Lewes BPW election in 2026 The Lewes Board of Public Works will not hold an election in 2026...

Blue Moon property in Rehoboth to be auctioned off...

Chris Flood
4 days ago
The Sussex County Sheriff's Office is scheduled to auction off the Blue Moon restaurant property in...

Beebe parking garage closed for repair thru April 16

4 days ago
The parking garage near the main entrance to Beebe Healthcare’s Lewes campus at 424 Savannah Road...

Bipartisan immigration forum set April 17

5 days ago
Sen. Russ Huxtable, D-Lewes, and Sen. Brian Pettyjohn, R-Georgetown, will participate in an online...

State examines wastewater infrastructure in...

6 days ago
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has begun a statewide assessment of...

Sussex County P&Z to vote on rules to limit housing...

Kevin T. Conlon
1 week ago
Sussex County Planning & Zoning Commission is set to consider the first four proposed...

Task force reviews nuclear power economics

Melissa Steele
1 week ago
The Delaware Nuclear Energy Feasibility Task Force discussed economic issues surrounding new power...

Cain takes helm as Cape Henlopen State Park...

1 week ago
Delaware State Parks has appointed Sean Cain as superintendent at Cape Henlopen State Park. In this...

Jennings joins voting lawsuit

1 week ago
Delaware Attorney General Kathleen Jennings has joined a federal lawsuit with attorneys general...

Milton council awards bid for parking lot project

Ryan Mavity
1 week ago
Work on a new parking lot to be built on town-leased land at the corner of Magnolia and Union...

Dewey infrastructure funds approved for town...

Ellen McIntyre
1 week ago
The Dewey Beach Infrastructure Committee during an April 2 meeting unanimously approved the use of...

Lewes unveils streetscape designs

Bill Shull
1 week ago
The City of Lewes unveiled options for the Burton Subdivision streetscape during a public workshop...

Lewes begins tackling comp plan rewrite

Bill Shull
1 week ago
“We are kicking off a process that is going to have real-world implications for our community and...

Home dog grooming banned in latest Lewes biz ordinance

Bill Shull
1 week ago
The couple who has been battling the City of Lewes over the right to open a dog grooming business...

Netherlands ambassador explores Lewes

Bill Shull
1 week ago
A tulip tour was the just the beginning for Birgitta Tazelaar. The Netherlands’ ambassador to the...

Feds roll back expanded Title IX rules for Cape

Ellen McIntyre
1 week ago
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced April 6 that it is rescinding...

News Briefs 4/10/26

1 week ago
Delaware clears unemployment claim backlog Delaware’s unemployment claim backlog is nearly gone...

Legislative leadership supports codifying budget...

Melissa Steele
1 week ago
A bill to codify Delaware’s financial advisory council, which provides budget advice to those...

Canoe club paddles into spring

Bill Shull
1 week ago
Members of the New Hope Canoe Club Ministry Atlantic make their way up the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal on...

Dogfish Head receives approval for tank repair project

Ryan Mavity
1 week ago
Dogfish Head’s Weekend of Compelling Ales and Spirits in Milton is set to coincide with the Weekend...

Rehoboth officials announce road closures for April...

1 week ago
Thousands of runners are expected to compete Sunday, April 12, in the Coastal Delaware Running...

Zwaanendael Club places pinwheels for child abuse...

Bill Shull
1 week ago
Blue pinwheels have been placed in the Zwaanendael Park garden in Lewes to mark national Child...

Dewey police officers promoted

Ellen McIntyre
1 week ago
Eight Dewey Beach Police Department officers were promoted during a dinner April 1 at the Hyatt...

Milton Royal Farms expected to be ready by September

Ryan Mavity
1 week ago
After a long, four-year road, Royal Farms is set to pull into Milton this fall. Aliyah Atayee,...

New ladder truck arrives in Lewes

Bill Shull
1 week ago
The Lewes Fire Department’s brand-new, $1.2 million ladder truck sits outside Station 1 on Savannah...

News Briefs 4/7/26

1 week ago
Israel UMC Miracle Angels to raise funds April 7 at Bethany Blues Israel United Methodist Church...

Hudson hopes experience, balanced approach win...

Kevin T. Conlon
1 week ago
Doug Hudson hopes his 50 years of public service and balanced approach toward housing development...

Rieley seeks third Sussex County Council term

Kevin T. Conlon
1 week ago
As John Rieley seeks his third term serving on Sussex County Council, he walks a fine line between...

Misdemeanor for Lewes Beach gun case

Ryan Mavity
1 week ago
A Maryland man who was arrested in September 2025 for having a large amount of weapons in a truck...

Development regs reveal divide in Sussex

Kevin T. Conlon
1 week ago
As review began April 1 of the first four proposed Sussex County ordinances to result from an...

Banking bills introduced in Delaware General Assembly

Melissa Steele
1 week ago
The Delaware Banking Modernization Act under Senate Bill 16 was introduced March 23, making changes...

McBride gets $600,000 to keep sand pumping at inlet

Bill Shull
1 week ago
A bulldozer pushed sand through a man-made river on the north side of the Indian River Inlet. It’s...

Rehoboth soliciting comment on new light fixtures

Chris Flood
1 week ago
In advance of installing new light fixtures on Rehoboth Avenue and the Boardwalk, Rehoboth Beach...

Dewey to move forward with climate change resiliency...

Ellen McIntyre
1 week ago
Dewey Beach Town Council voted to move forward with a $75,000 climate change resiliency plan at its...

Carey Farm annexation to come before Milton council...

Ryan Mavity
1 week ago
The road to annexation of a 192-acre parcel of land near the intersection of Shingle Point and...

Rehoboth begins spring grease trap inspections for...

Chris Flood
2 weeks ago
Rehoboth Beach staff conducted a city-wide inspection of restaurant grease traps last fall. That...

UD team builds living shoreline in Lewes

Bill Shull
2 weeks ago
A tiny spit of land off Pilottown Road in Lewes is now home to a big environmental project...