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Medicaid spending among topics during transition...

Melissa Steele
10 months ago
The Gov.-elect Matt Meyer’s Care and Community Action Committee touched on Medicaid spending, and...

Common Cause shuts down Delaware office

Melissa Steele
10 months ago
When Rep. Claire Snyder-Hall decided to run for the 14th District seat in the House of...

Miltonian graduates from FBI National Academy

10 months ago
Milton resident Dean Popovich graduated Dec. 12 from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va. A...

Milton council tables Granary solar lights proposal

Ryan Mavity
10 months ago
Milton Town Council tabled an ongoing discussion of having solar streetlights within the Granary at...

Road work creates traffic problems on Kings Highway

10 months ago
Editor’s note: Road work is not occurring Dec. 28. Road upgrades on Kings Highway created...

Starboard permitted to convert outdoor dining tent...

Ellen McIntyre
10 months ago
It seems that outdoor dining at The Starboard in Dewey beach is here to stay, rain or shine, all...

Bicycle council discusses possible access from Glade...

Kevin T. Conlon
10 months ago
Walt Bryan hopes to get plans for a bicycle and walking trail connecting The Glade community...

News Briefs 12/24/24

10 months ago
DART sets bus service schedule for holidays DART will operate regular weekday bus services...

Plan calls for 183 homes off Cool Spring Road

Kevin T. Conlon
10 months ago
State agencies raised concerns about continuing growth in rural areas while a local fire official...

Rehoboth agrees to wastewater partnership

Chris Flood
10 months ago
After months of discussion, and with many of the finer details still to be hammered out, Rehoboth...

Ground broken on final phase of Lewes-to-Georgetown...

Ellen McIntyre
10 months ago
The Delaware Department of Transportation held a groundbreaking ceremony Dec. 18, to commence its...

Ellendale hires first town manager in 120-year history

Chris Flood
10 months ago
In a little more than four month, Ellendale will celebrate the anniversary of its incorporation 120...

Milton planners table Dunkin site plans

Ryan Mavity
10 months ago
The Milton Planning and Zoning Commission tabled an application for preliminary site-plan approval...

Lewes BPW says farewell to general manager

Bill Shull
10 months ago
The Lewes Board of Public Works said farewell to Austin Calaman, who has been general manager for...

Milton election filing deadline set for Dec. 31

Ryan Mavity
10 months ago
The Town of Milton has put out the call for candidates for this year’s municipal election, with a...

Governance committee puts forth recommendations

Melissa Steele
10 months ago
Moving along with its policy recommendations for the incoming Meyer administration, the governance...

Governors residents will get a gate

Ron MacArthur
10 months ago
Residents of the Governors subdivision near Lewes received an early Christmas present thanks to...

Winery expansion moves to final county vote

Kevin Conlon
10 months ago
Approval of a conditional-use permit required for a Milton-area winery to reopen and expand into...

Dewey committee recommends increase in freeboard...

Ellen McIntyre
10 months ago
The Dewey Beach Charter & Code Review Committee met Dec. 11, when they discussed potential...

Meyer makes picks to head DNREC, agriculture

Melissa Steele
10 months ago
Delaware Gov.-elect Matt Meyer announced his picks to head the Department of Natural Resources and...

Lewes bike panel recommends Savannah Road parking ban

Bill Shull
10 months ago
The Lewes Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee recommended the city ban parking on a part of...

Hastings to head DelDOT for Meyer Administration

10 months ago
Gov.-elect Matt Meyer announced Dec. 17, that he intends to nominate Shanté Hastings as secretary...

Projects for Sussex beaches and bays get federal monies

10 months ago
In what will be one of his last acts before he retires from political office in early January, Sen...

Belmont appointed to Cape school board

Ellen McIntyre
10 months ago
The Cape school board has appointed the Rev. Marjorie Belmont to the open Area C seat, which was...
CHANGING COUNTY COUNCIL

National environmental advocacy career motivates new...

Kevin T. Conlon
10 months ago
Editor’s note: Three candidates, calling for controls on what they see as overwhelming housing...

Cape district will not go to referendum

Ellen McIntyre
10 months ago
Cape Henlopen School District officials will not go to referendum for any of its four locally...

News Briefs 12/20/24

10 months ago
Dewey commissioners meet Dec. 20 Dewey Beach commissioners will meet at 3 p.m., Friday, Dec. 20, at...

Sussex votes against offshore wind substation

Chris Flood
10 months ago
Citing a lack of benefits for Sussex County and its residents, county council denied a conditional-...

Senate confirms hospital cost review board with no...

Melissa Steele
10 months ago
The Delaware Senate confirmed a newly formed hospital review board during an extraordinary session...

Three council members attend last meeting

Ron MacArthur
10 months ago
Three Sussex County Council members, all defeated in this year’s election, were honored during...

Carney rededicates Biden Environmental Center

10 months ago
Gov. John Carney, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary...

Santa lands at DNREC boat ramp

10 months ago
Santa Claus arrived early Dec. 13, landing at the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and...

Sussex council denies US Wind conditional use

10 months ago
Sussex County Council voted 4-1 to deny a conditional-use request for a substation near the Indian...

Milford housing returns to Dutchman’s Harvest

Bill Shull
10 months ago
Lewes Mayor and City Council allocated the last of its funds from the American Rescue Plan Act at a...

News Briefs 12/17/24

10 months ago
Pettyjohn to hold coffee chat Dec. 18 Sen. Brian Pettyjohn, R-Georgetown, will hold his final...

Sussex County amends subdivision, open space rules

Kevin. T. Conlon
10 months ago
Sussex County Council clarified subdivision and open space rules for developments Dec. 10, despite...

Georgetown man receives 45-year sentence for Royal...

Ryan Mavity
10 months ago
A Georgetown man will serve 45 years in jail for a September 2022 attack at a Royal Farms that left...

Cape Gazette posts early deadlines for holidays

10 months ago
Due to the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, the editorial submission deadline for the Friday, Dec...

OMB director charged with shoplifting

Melissa Steele
10 months ago
The head of the state office that oversees Delaware’s more than $6 billion budget faces shoplifting...

Judge says DOJ erred, in part, in Pine Haven opinion

Chris Flood
10 months ago
A Superior Court judge has ruled the hearing officer for the state’s Department of Justice erred,...

Lewes council drops railroad display fence requirement

Bill Shull
10 months ago
The Lewes Junction Railroad & Bridge Association will not have to erect a fence around its...

Office of Management and Budget Director Cerron Cade...

10 months ago
Gov. John Carney announced Dec. 14 that Office of Management and Budget Director Cerron Cade has...

Marasco gets leadership award

Bill Shull
10 months ago
Lewes City Councilperson Amy Marasco has been given a top honor by the Delaware Chapter of the...

Education task force addresses teacher retention,...

Melissa Steele
10 months ago
The education task force creating policy recommendations for the incoming Meyer administration...

A few of the faces who won state’s recent marijuana...

Chris Flood
10 months ago
Marijuana has been legal in Delaware since April 2023. About six weeks ago, following a lengthy...

Change of leadership coming to DelDOT

10 months ago
Secretary Nicole Majeski will step down later this month from her current role as the head of the...

Data sharing discussed during transition policy meeting

Melissa Steele
10 months ago
The Care and Community Actions Committee, part of the incoming Meyer administration’s transition...

Fourth Street open space campaign ends year on high...

Bill Shull
10 months ago
The Greater Lewes Foundation’s campaign to save the Fourth Street Preserve as open space is ending...

County vote on Governors gate removal could come Dec...

Kevin T. Conlon
10 months ago
Katie and Paul Capriolo moved their young family from Maryland to a townhouse in the Governors...

Dunkin Donuts seeks preliminary site-plan approval

Ryan Mavity
10 months ago
The Milton Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on a preliminary site-plan...

Rehoboth set to vote on regional wastewater partnership

Chris Flood
10 months ago
Following a favorable recommendation from city staff, Rehoboth Beach commissioners reached a...
CHANGING COUNTY COUNCIL

Family farm leads Lloyd to Sussex County Council seat

Kevin. T. Conlon
10 months ago
EDITOR’S NOTE: Three candidates, calling for controls on what they see as overwhelming housing...

Bike lane brew-ha-ha in Lewes

Bill Shull
10 months ago
The City of Lewes is taking measures it hopes will improve safety for bicyclists and pedestrians at...

Meyer transition committee examines state finances

Melissa Steele
10 months ago
Members of the Governance Innovation & Operational Excellence Committee – a transition...

News Briefs 12/13/24

10 months ago
Cordrey Charities party to benefit families in need Dec. 13 Cordrey Charities Inc. announced its...

Sussex County Council defeats proposed short-term...

Kevin T. Conlon
10 months ago
Myrna and Tim Abbott, two retired teachers, have been renting out a three-bedroom house they own on...

Kris Kringle defends himself in court

Ron MacArthur
10 months ago
A court in Sussex County has found that Santa Claus is real. Superior Court Judge Peter Jones made...

DIAA executive director hosts talk at Cape High

Ellen McIntyre
10 months ago
Cape High hosted Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association Executive Director David Baylor for...

Meyer announces nominees for cabinet positions

Melissa Steele
10 months ago
Incoming Gov. Matt Meyer has announced his picks for secretary of state, secretary of finance, and...

New Castle, Wilmington Democrats select nominees for...

Melissa Steele
10 months ago
Upstate Democrats selected nominees to replace Senate seats vacated by two senators who were...