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#menhadenreel
Menhaden fleet provides flashback in Lewes history
Ron MacArthur
3 years ago
The sight of a menhaden fishing fleet from Omega Protein in Reedville, Va., on Sept. 19 in the...
African American history tour debuts in Lewes
Nick Roth
3 years ago
As in most of the country, the African American history of Lewes and Sussex County is complicated...
Lewes net reel must move
Nick Roth
3 years ago
The historic menhaden fishing net reel must move, at least a little bit, as Lewes Mayor and City...
Lewes to consider museum ordinance March 14
Nick Roth
3 years ago
The fate of the historic menhaden net reel on Lewes Historical Society’s campus could be determined...
Lewes historic preservation opposes museum ordinance
Nick Roth
3 years ago
Emotions ran high at the March 3 meeting of the historic preservation architectural review...
Lewes Historical Society appeals board of adjustment...
Nick Roth
3 years ago
The Lewes Historical Society has filed a lawsuit against the City of Lewes and its board of...
Proposed ordinance would allow net reel to stay in...
Nick Roth
3 years ago
The historic menhaden fishing net reel would be allowed to stay on the Lewes Historical Society...
Lewes BOA upholds city’s position on net reel
Nick Roth
4 years ago
The Lewes Board of Adjustment has voted 3-1 to uphold a commission’s authority to deny placement of...
Lewes BOA upholds city’s position on menhaden net reel
Nick Roth
4 years ago
The Lewes Board of Adjustment has voted 3-1 to uphold a commission’s authority to deny placement of...
Lewes Board of Adjustment’s Sept. 20 meeting canceled
Nick Roth
4 years ago
The Lewes Board of Adjustment meeting scheduled for Monday, Sept. 20, has been canceled. The board...
Lewes Board of Adjustment chair resigns
Nick Roth
4 years ago
Lewes Board of Adjustment chair Brook Hedge has resigned effective immediately. The resignation...
Once again: Leave net reel where it is
4 years ago
Months ago, the Cape Gazette published an editorial suggesting the menhaden fishing net reel should...
Rally organizers say: ‘Keep the net reel here’
Ron MacArthur
4 years ago
More than 150 people gathered Sept. 5 during a Menhaden Fish Net Reel Committee rally to show their...
Lewes BOA chair will recuse from net reel appeal
Nick Roth
4 years ago
Lewes Board of Adjustment Chair Brook Hedge will recuse herself from the Monday, Sept. 20 appeal...
Real net gains
Jim Paterson
4 years ago
Rally to support menhaden fishing net reel planned...
Nick Roth
4 years ago
A rally in support of keeping the menhaden fishing net reel in its existing location is planned for...
Menhaden fishing net reel appeal postponed to September
Nick Roth
4 years ago
The menhaden fishing net reel may remain on the Lewes Historical Society campus until at least this...
Lewes historic preservation group opposes creating...
Nick Roth
4 years ago
Lewes’ historic preservation panel does not believe it is prudent to create a new ordinance...
Lewes Historical Society fighting to keep menhaden...
Nick Roth
4 years ago
Lewes Historical Society’s fight to keep the menhaden fishing net reel at the corner of Third and...
New ordinance may allow menhaden net reel to stay
Nick Roth
4 years ago
The menhaden fishing net reel is permitted to remain on the Lewes Historical Society campus while...
Leave the net reel where it is
4 years ago
“Break on through to the other side.”
– The Doors , with inspiration from metaphysical...
Perspective on menhaden net reel location
Cliff Diver
4 years ago
I have been reading about the conflict around the location of the net reel on the grounds of the...
Menhaden fishing net reel allowed to stay ... for now
Nick Roth
4 years ago
The menhaden fishing net reel at the Lewes Historical Society campus is allowed to remain in place...
Lewes Historical Society wants menhaden reel to stay...
Nick Roth
5 years ago
The Lewes Historical Society believes the best place to tell the history of its menhaden fishing...
Menhaden artifact reels in Lewes controversy
Nick Roth
5 years ago
A menhaden fishing net reel that dates back to the heyday of Lewes’ fishing industry must be moved...
Lewes Historical Society restoring menhaden net reel
5 years ago
For almost 60 years, the Lewes Historical Society’s role in the community has been to step in and...
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Lewes mural celebrates menhaden industry
Nick Roth
6 years ago
There are few things Lewes residents cherish more than the city’s history. That couldn’t be more...
Menhaden mural and plaque to be unveiled in Lewes...
6 years ago
The public is invited to attend the unveiling of the menhaden mural by Damon Pla and the plaque...
As menhaden population dwindles, concern grows
Henry J. Evans Jr.
14 years ago
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission officials and fishermen agree: Menhaden have been...
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First snow of the season blankets Cape Region
Bill Shull
1 day ago
Cape Region residents woke up to a light snow Dec. 5, as the first winter storm of the season made...