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Sussex County seeks suggestions for state...

Kevin T. Conlon
5 months ago
Anyone who has a suggestion to improve state roads now has a chance to recommend changes. Sussex...

Milton continues debating parking fees

Ryan Mavity
5 months ago
Milton Town Council has tasked its parking and finance committees with taking a deeper dive into a...

News Briefs 3/18/25

5 months ago
Prescribed burning planned at Bombay Hook, Prime Hook The the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...

Belhaven Hotel appeal dropped in Rehoboth Beach

Chris Flood
5 months ago
Rehoboth Beach officials have announced that an appeal hearing related to the Belhaven Hotel, set...

DelDOT preps repair of Cave Neck Road bridge

Ryan Mavity
5 months ago
Delaware Department of Transportation is set to begin a repair project for a bridge on Cave Neck...

Bandstand treestand fixed in Rehoboth Beach

Chris Flood
5 months ago
The treestand at the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand has been fixed. The stand and the surrounding support...

Milton cell tower construction to begin in July

Ryan Mavity
5 months ago
Verizon is anticipated to begin construction on a long-delayed 140-foot cell tower in Milton in...

Rehoboth planning given interpretive authority over...

Chris Flood
5 months ago
In what was more of a formality than anything else, Rehoboth Beach commissioners passed two...

No tax hike in Lewes budget after all

Bill Shull
5 months ago
The City of Lewes budget for fiscal year 2026 is as much about what it does not include as what it...

Rehoboth considering parking changes for Sea Witch week

Chris Flood
5 months ago
Rehoboth Beach officials may not be considering any changes to the pay-to-park program for the 2025...

Cape school board elections: Who’s running, voter...

Ellen McIntyre
5 months ago
Six candidates have filed for the Cape Henlopen School District school board election, which will...

Constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion moves...

Melissa Steele
5 months ago
A constitutional amendment to make abortion a fundamental right passed the Senate 15-6 March 11,...

Proposed ‘monster’ house rankles keepers of Lewes...

Bill Shull
5 months ago
Bill and Maria Huntley are looking forward to aging in place. They bought the property at 323 Park...

County assessment appeal hearings begin

Kevin T. Conlon
5 months ago
The Sussex County Board of Assessment Review began hearing appeals March 10 after the first...

Tharros homeless tent village opening delayed

Bill Shull
5 months ago
The Tharros tent village at the former Delaware State Police Troop 7 property on Coastal Highway...

News Briefs 3/14/25

5 months ago
Avelo expands routes from Wilmington airport Avelo Airlines recently announced it will expand...

New Lewes BPW general manager inherits big projects

Bill Shull
5 months ago
The last thing Robin Davis wants to see is his signature on the whiteboard in his office at the...

Sussex County Council delays decision on Northstar

Kevin T. Conlon
5 months ago
Sussex County Council delayed decisions March 11 on commercial and affordable housing projects that...

Lewes Fire Department seeks more county funds as EMS...

Kevin T. Conlon
5 months ago
Lewes fire and emergency medical services officials are appealing to Sussex County Council for more...

Chancery Court bill moves through Senate

Melissa Steele
5 months ago
A bill intended to ease corporate jitters over the state’s Chancery Court and help prevent an...

Newly elected Rep. Sarah McBride addresses DLLG members

5 months ago
U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride, who recently took office as the congressional representative from the...

Humpback beached near Delaware Seashore State Park

Ellen McIntyre
5 months ago
A nearly 31-foot-long and approximately 20,000-pound juvenile humpback whale washed ashore near...

Wearin’ O’ the green in West Rehoboth

5 months ago
The luck of the Irish has made its way to West Rehoboth. This house on Hebron Road is already...

Sussex P&Z approves Armada site plan

Ron MacArthur
5 months ago
At its March 5 meeting, the Sussex County Planning & Zoning Commission approved the final site...

Sussex to apply for $2M for housing rehab

Kevin T. Conlon
5 months ago
After hearing a presentation March 4 on the accomplishments of the county’s housing rehabilitation...

Dewey tentatively approves budget, passes draft...

Ellen McIntyre
5 months ago
Dewey Beach Town Council met Feb. 21 to discuss the town’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget, the funding of...

News Briefs 3/11/25

5 months ago
Dewey finance committee to meet The Dewey Beach Finance Committee will meet at 5 p.m., Wednesday,...

Fed funding: More questions than answers

Chris Flood
5 months ago
It’s been weeks since President Donald Trump signed executive orders implementing a federal funding...

House and Senate Republicans address high energy costs

Melissa Steele
5 months ago
Following meetings with energy providers and power grid experts, Republican legislators have...

Lewes wastewater plant reopens after unexpected...

5 months ago
About 7 a.m., March 9, the Lewes Wastewater Treatment Facility experienced an unexpected shutdown,...

State agencies review two area subdivisions

Ron MacArthur
5 months ago
State agencies reviewed two housing projects in the Milton-Georgetown area during the Feb. 26...

Creekside approved along Banks Road in Long Neck

Ron MacArthur
5 months ago
A rezoning to MR-1, multifamily residential, and a conditional-use application for 116 mixed...

Rehoboth considering full employee healthcare coverage

Chris Flood
5 months ago
In an effort to retain and attract staff last year, Rehoboth Beach commissioners approved an...

Northstar faces hearings March 11

Kevin T. Conlon
5 months ago
The message, “Stop Northstar Development,” is illuminated on a digital sign along Beaver Dam Road...

News Brief 3/7/25

5 months ago
Learn about consumer scams and how to report them In recognition of National Consumer Protection...

Demand drives Dutchman’s Harvest changes

Bill Shull
5 months ago
The developer of the Dutchman’s Harvest affordable workforce housing community in Lewes narrowly...

Milton council to move forward with due diligence on...

Ryan Mavity
5 months ago
Milton Town Council is moving forward with a 60-day due diligence period to see whether it is...

BPW work impacts Pilottown Village residents

Bill Shull
5 months ago
A project to replace underground electrical service in Pilottown Village in Lewes has some...

Bipartisan leadership seeks to stop corporate exodus

Melissa Steele
5 months ago
A Senate bill awaiting committee action when the Legislature resumes in March is meant to curb the...

Dewey parking building razed, site being prepped for...

Ellen McIntyre
5 months ago
The Dewey Beach parking ambassadors’ building on Coastal Highway has been demolished, and the site...

Rehoboth Beach’s mixed-use task force begins work

Chris Flood
5 months ago
With an eye toward spurring revitalization, encouraging pedestrian travel and providing workforce...

Donovan-Smith public hearing put on pause in Lewes

Bill Shull
5 months ago
After two hours of discussion and public comment, the Lewes Planning Commission hit pause on a...

News Briefs 3/4/25

5 months ago
One Rehoboth Hotel lots consolidated During a Feb. 28 meeting, the Rehoboth Beach Planning...

Sussex council, state planners discuss development

Kevin T. Conlon
5 months ago
The state’s top planner said he’s encouraged to see Sussex County Council will take a hard look at...

Milton council set to award bids on water tower, new...

Ryan Mavity
5 months ago
Milton Town Council is set to award contracts for a new water tower on Federal Street and water...

Collier, Arkinson, Gray win in Milton

Ryan Mavity
5 months ago
Mayor John Collier was elected to a new three-year term March 1, after fending off a challenge from...

Changes to basement code formalized in Rehoboth Beach

Chris Flood
5 months ago
It took more than two years, but Rehoboth Beach commissioners have changed city code related to the...

Final plan approved for Leeward Chase apartments

Ron MacArthur
5 months ago
A site plan for Leeward Chase, an apartment complex of 106 affordable units on a 51-acre parcel off...

Robinsonville Road mini-storage facility approved

Kevin T. Conlon
5 months ago
After amending conditions for a planned 891-unit self-storage facility near Angola to help it...

Small-scale nuclear task force proposed

Melissa Steele
5 months ago
On the heels of a meeting with power grid officials who said more power sources are needed to...

Sussex County land-use panel membership set

Kevin T. Conlon
5 months ago
Sussex County Council, at its Feb. 25 meeting, accepted a list of members for a working group that...

Milton council to debate large land purchase

Ryan Mavity
5 months ago
Milton Town Council is set to discuss acquiring six parcels in downtown that could be potentially...

Community Resource Center marks seven years of...

Bill Shull
5 months ago
Annette Johnson could not have been happier. The program director of the Community Resource Center...

Power officials: Mandates driving up costs

Melissa Steele
5 months ago
Legislators heard Feb. 24 that even though recent utility bills have not spiked because of specific...

Bill introduced to prohibit gender transition...

Melissa Steele
5 months ago
Sen. Bryant Richardson, R-Seaford, and Rep. Jeff Hilovsky, R-Long Neck, teamed up Feb. 21 in...

Another hearing set for Osprey Point

Ron MacArthur
5 months ago
Yet another public hearing will be scheduled on a proposed plan for cluster housing complex Osprey...

Cape board talks middle school CAP, mid-year unit count

Ellen McIntyre
5 months ago
The Cape Henlopen school board met Feb. 13 at Rehoboth Elementary for a brief workshop. The board...

News Briefs 2/28/25

5 months ago
The Point to close for nesting bird safety The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and...

Sussex reassessment numbers released

Kevin T. Conlon
5 months ago
The total assessed value of taxable properties in Sussex County has increased to $91 billion, more...

First to integrate Lewes schools share memories

Bill Shull
5 months ago
Five people who were among the first to integrate Lewes public schools in the early 1960s talked...