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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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
5 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
5 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
5 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
5 years ago
“Break on through to the other side.”
– The Doors , with inspiration from metaphysical...
Perspective on menhaden net reel location
Cliff Diver
5 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
5 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...
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Milton commission approves moving of historic mural
Ryan Mavity
1 day ago
The Milton Historical Preservation Commission unanimously approved moving a historic mural from a...