Viewpoints

Local officials respond to home rule challenges

Delaware League of Local Governments
1 month ago
The following letter was written by the Delaware League of Local Governments and submitted to...

Dementia research needs more funding

Mary Princiotta
1 month ago
Today, more than 7 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s, a number expected to increase to...

Children’s Beach House needs support from legislators

Richard T. Garrett
1 month ago
For nearly 90 years, Children’s Beach House has been a trusted part of the Delaware community, a...

Penalizing people for appealing parking tickets is...

Johnny Vaughan
1 month ago
I am writing to formally express my concern and disappointment regarding a recent parking ticket I...

Milton deserves proper representation

1 month ago
It’s easy to sit on the outside and criticize politicians for their actions, but sometimes that...

Magic hour

1 month ago
Jay Sumner said she never gets tired of sunrises and sunsets. This photograph was made just behind...

East End Light replaced Cape Henlopen Beacon

1 month ago
A wooden tower stood on the east end of the inner breakwater in Lewes prior to the construction of...

State Dems don’t trust local communities

Bryan Shupe
1 month ago
House and Senate Democrats have made one thing clear: they don’t trust local communities to govern...

Delaware needs offshore wind energy

Peggy Schultz
1 month ago
In December, Sussex County Council faced a momentous decision: approve a permit that would allow...

Youth truth

Jim Paterson
1 month ago

Not doing so well with Stell

Raymond E. Tomasetti Jr.
1 month ago
Our Delaware Legislature passed a law making it a crime and imposing a penalty of $250 and eight...

Delaware nonprofits need more state support

Kevin Gilmore
1 month ago
We often think of Delaware as a small state of neighbors; a series of communities where everyone is...

Check with the party before making up mind

Del LeBarron
1 month ago
I see from the Viewpoints pages that Senate Bill 159 has brought out the best in climate craziness...

SB 159 overrides Sussex for the greater good

Jack Bucchioni
1 month ago
I’m writing to respectfully go on public record asking the Delaware House to pass Senate Bill 159...

Where have all the pharmacies gone?

Karen Zemko
1 month ago
Once again, I've had to find a new pharmacy. In the eight years I've lived here, this will be No. 4...

Misty watercolor memories

1 month ago
Fog rolled into Rehoboth Beach in the afternoon of June 13, but it didn’t keep people away from the...

UD researchers conducting fish consumption survey of...

Chris Flood
1 month ago
A few times a summer, we’ll pack the kids in the car and head down to the Broadkill Store for a...

Milton Theatre’s impact continues to grow

Annette Babich
1 month ago
If you’ve had a chance to visit downtown Milton in recent years, you know there’s a lot going on...

State intervention is slippery slope

1 month ago
Recent activity in the General Assembly raises questions about the future balance of power between...

Sunblock: A solar system

Jim Paterson
1 month ago

Rehoboth Elementary staff did phenomenal job

Rob and Dawn Hutchison 
1 month ago
We'd like to take this time to thank teachers in the Cape Henlopen School District at Rehoboth...

State has authority to override Sussex County

Bill Mailander
1 month ago
This letter responds to the pending legislation in the General Assembly to overturn actions taken...

Hoping Rehoboth leaders work with Clear Space

Sherri Wright and Richard Byrne
1 month ago
As citizens of Rehoboth Beach, we have for years purchased season tickets to Clear Space Theatre...

Senate Dems applauded for passing SB 159

Karen Whitmore
1 month ago
I would like to applaud the decision that our Democratic Senators made to pass Senate Bill 159 to...

Lewes Loving Day celebrates interracial marriage

David Shook
1 month ago
For those not familiar with Loving Day, it is the celebration of the historic U.S. Supreme Court...

Graduation season: euphoria or dystopia?

Dr. James H. VanSciver
1 month ago
As another graduation season fades into memory and I am left to reflect on 52 consecutive years in...

Keep Clear Space Theatre in Rehoboth Beach

Ron Bowman
1 month ago
I support enthusiastically the newly proposed Christian Street location for the future home of...

Senate has committed disservice to Sussex residents

Diana M. Robertson
1 month ago
The Delaware Senate recently committed an outrageous disservice to the residents, businesses and...

Strickland Lighthouse stood on inner breakwater

1 month ago
Most people are aware of the red East End Lighthouse on the inner breakwater near the Point in Cape...

It’s time to ban citizen’s arrests in Delaware

Rep. Mara Gorman and Sen. Marie Pinkney
1 month ago
In 2020, the world watched in horror as Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was chased down and...

Wind farm Venn diagram

Jim Paterson
1 month ago

Healing the wounds left by veteran suicide

Rhona Prescott 
1 month ago
War is a terrible thing. It is generally accepted that there are two rules regarding war: First:...

Cape Region vehicular carnage underway

Tim Bane
1 month ago
As someone who drives commercially on a regular basis along the Route 1 corridor and Coastal...

Route 16 light removal has created treacherous...

Michael Antoniak
1 month ago
The following letter was sent to Gov. Matt Meyer, Delaware Department of Transportation...

Concerns about Rehoboth’s license plate reader

Phil Hagen
1 month ago
The following letter was sent to Sen. Russ Huxtable, Rep. Claire Snyder-Hall, Rehoboth Beach...

Concerns about Sussex land-use panel

Nick De Cerchio
1 month ago
I write to express my concerns about the newly appointed Sussex County land-use panel. This group...

Citizens should speak up about SB 159

Carl Newman
1 month ago
This past week, I had the privilege of attending the Senate deliberation on Senate Bill 159 that...

Let’s keep Clear Space in Rehoboth

Cindy Lovett
1 month ago
There is a move afoot to raise money to get the Cape Henlopen Senior Center moved from downtown out...

Sussex council has infringed upon state energy policy

James Dick
1 month ago
David Stevenson's June 9 commentary opposing Senate Bill 159 – a bill that would preempt Sussex...

Penthouse view

1 month ago
With nesting season here, osprey are once again occupying the nest near Roosevelt Inlet in Lewes.

Feathers foist fins

1 month ago
A great blue heron sails over Wagamons Pond in Milton with its prize catch, a seafood dinner.

Steve Prestipino embodied community

Kent Schoch
1 month ago
I met Steve Prestipino about 1990. We were both working for B&D Electric. He was clear then...

Fourth Street Preserve should remain untouched

Don Coburn
1 month ago
I am a neighbor, supporter and contributor to the project to purchase the Fourth Street Preserve...

DelDOT should’ve left light at Route 16

Christine LaForgia
1 month ago
Removing the traffic light on Route 1 at Route 16 was the dumbest thing to do. Route 1 needs at...

Cost of medical services is outrageous

William Thigpen
1 month ago
Earlier this year, back on March 13, I found myself lying on the floor at a fast-food restaurant in...

SB 159 is about fairness, representation

Greg Layton
1 month ago
I am writing in response to Peter Kleppinger McLean's excellent letter of June 3, "SB 159 embraces...

Cape sports excel this spring

1 month ago
Athletes in the Cape Henlopen School District put together a historic spring season, claiming two...

Delaware needs grid reliability

Mary Douglas and Tom Brett
1 month ago
Last December, Sussex County Council denied a conditional-use permit for construction of a...

Oppose state legislation to take away local control...

David T. Stevenson
1 month ago
Senate Bill 159 overturns Sussex County Council’s well-considered rejection of a permit for a power...

Sight plight

Jim Paterson
1 month ago

Green Hill Light towered over Lewes bay and marsh

1 month ago
In the overgrown area between Pilottown Road and the Great Marsh are remnants of a lighthouse and...

Sword fight

Jim Paterson
1 month ago

It’s time for elected officials, healthcare groups...

Chase N. Sargent
1 month ago
I think almost everyone agrees that a process to control growth and support infrastructure and...

Rehoboth commended for smooth repaving project

Michael Reamy
1 month ago
I am writing to commend the City of Rehoboth Beach for the outstanding job completed on its recent...

Pleased end-of-life option bill is now law

Karen and Dan Laughman
1 month ago
We are pleased that our Delaware legislators passed House Bill 140 and Gov. Meyer signed the bill...

The myth of by-right zoning

Jack Young
1 month ago
During the Sussex County zoning process, developers often claim they can develop a tract of land by...

SB 159 embraces what’s already been approved

Peter Kleppinger McLean
1 month ago
It’s been argued, by thoughtful people, that there’s a great calamity going on and nobody is paying...

Just the facts about two projects

David Strolle
1 month ago
Two articles caught my attention in the Friday edition of the Cape Gazette. The first was the...

Blue Curaçao mocktail

1 month ago
A ruby-throated hummingbird is a welcome visitor to Donna Fredericksen’s home in Georgetown.

Canine concerns

Jim Paterson
1 month ago