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Eagles force quiet work at Fourth Street Preserve

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

DelDOT roadwork ramps up

Nick Roth
2 weeks 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
2 weeks ago
The large dump trucks are gone, and so is a lot of sand from the Savannah Beach and Johnnie Walker...

News Briefs 4/17/26

2 weeks 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
2 weeks 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 weeks 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
2 weeks 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
2 weeks 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...

2 weeks 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
2 weeks 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
2 weeks ago
Scott Wilkingon, a master naturalist, reviews the Fourth Street Preserve master plan with...

Familiar names file to run for office

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

Local auxiliary sending supplies to troops

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

Ag secretary proud of roots, agency work

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

News Briefs 4/14/26

2 weeks 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
2 weeks 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

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

Bipartisan immigration forum set April 17

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

State examines wastewater infrastructure in...

3 weeks ago
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has begun a statewide assessment of...

Task force reviews nuclear power economics

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

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

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

Cain takes helm as Cape Henlopen State Park...

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

Jennings joins voting lawsuit

3 weeks ago
Delaware Attorney General Kathleen Jennings has joined a federal lawsuit with attorneys general...

Lewes begins tackling comp plan rewrite

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

Milton council awards bid for parking lot project

Ryan Mavity
3 weeks 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
3 weeks ago
The Dewey Beach Infrastructure Committee during an April 2 meeting unanimously approved the use of...

Lewes unveils streetscape designs

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

Home dog grooming banned in latest Lewes biz ordinance

Bill Shull
3 weeks 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
3 weeks 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
3 weeks ago
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced April 6 that it is rescinding...

News Briefs 4/10/26

3 weeks ago
Delaware clears unemployment claim backlog Delaware’s unemployment claim backlog is nearly gone...

Legislative leadership supports codifying budget...

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

Canoe club paddles into spring

Bill Shull
3 weeks 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
3 weeks 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...

3 weeks 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
3 weeks ago
Blue pinwheels have been placed in the Zwaanendael Park garden in Lewes to mark national Child...

Dewey police officers promoted

Ellen McIntyre
3 weeks 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
3 weeks 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
3 weeks ago
The Lewes Fire Department’s brand-new, $1.2 million ladder truck sits outside Station 1 on Savannah...

News Briefs 4/7/26

3 weeks 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
3 weeks 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
3 weeks 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
3 weeks 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
3 weeks 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
3 weeks 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
3 weeks 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
3 weeks 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
3 weeks 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
4 weeks 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
4 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
4 weeks ago
A tiny spit of land off Pilottown Road in Lewes is now home to a big environmental project...

Milton Theatre purchases Quayside Stage lot

Ryan Mavity
4 weeks ago
Milton Theatre has announced that it has met its $150,000 fundraising goal to purchase an adjacent...

Gary Persinger named 2026 Dewey Beach Volunteer of...

Ellen McIntyre
4 weeks ago
There isn’t much that Gary Persinger hasn’t done when it comes to serving and bettering the Town of...

Dewey enters independent contractor agreement with...

Ellen McIntyre
4 weeks ago
The Town of Dewey Beach entered an independent contractor agreement with Dave Naples of Code...

Pongratz nominated for Milton council

Ryan Mavity
4 weeks ago
Milton Town Council is set to add two new members at its Monday, April 6 organizational meeting...

Marina with 18 slips proposed for Henlopen Bluff in...

Chris Flood
4 weeks ago
The developer of the Henlopen Bluff community in Lewes has submitted an application to the state...

Tulips signal spring

4 weeks ago
A bed of vibrant red tulips lines Kings Highway in Lewes outside the Lewes Chamber of Commerce...

Landmark asset transfer expands affordable housing...

4 weeks ago
After 20 years of dedicated service to the community, the West Rehoboth Community Land Trust is...

Lewes begins comprehensive plan rewrite process

Bill Shull
4 weeks ago
The City of Lewes has formally begun the process to rewrite its comprehensive plan, a road map that...

Lewes could flip-flop parking in busy Savannah Road...

Bill Shull
4 weeks ago
Significant changes could be coming to the Savannah Road corridor in Lewes that was once in the...