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Legislation seeks to add affordable housing

Melissa Steele
3 hours ago
The Housing for Every Delawarean Act introduced April 21 would require municipalities and counties...

Restaurant, credit card companies clash over bill to...

Melissa Steele
10 hours ago
A bill that would end surcharges on credit card tips may have support from restaurants, but the...

PLUS agenda includes two projects in Sussex

Nick Roth
11 hours ago
Two proposed developments will be on the agenda for the Preliminary Land Use Service meeting set...

Rates to rise for Delmarva gas, electric customers 

Melissa Steele
12 hours ago
Delmarva Power and Light customers can expect higher electric and gas bills come June after...

News Briefs 4/24/26

13 hours ago
HB 321 clears House House Bill 321 amends Delaware Code relating to the dissemination of public...

Panel proposes parking pilot in downtown Lewes

Bill Shull
13 hours ago
Lewes Mayor and City Council has gotten its first look at a comprehensive pilot program to manage...

Rehoboth Beach city manager lawsuit costs keep climbing

Chris Flood
14 hours ago
It’s been 20 months since a lawsuit was filed by two Rehoboth Beach property owners against the...

ICE detains two people in Dewey Beach

Ellen McIntyre
1 day ago
Federal ICE agents detained two people in Dewey Beach the morning of April 22, the Delaware State...

More changes made to Route 1 crossovers

Nick Roth
1 day ago
Among all the construction activities recently occurring on Route 1 between Milford and Lewes, the...

Governor signs executive order on voter security

Melissa Steele
1 day ago
Gov. Matt Meyer signed an executive order April 22, regarding voter security in Delaware over...

Milton commission approves moving of historic mural

Ryan Mavity
3 days ago
The Milton Historical Preservation Commission unanimously approved moving a historic mural from a...

Dewey horse-punching lawsuit set for trial

Ryan Mavity
3 days ago
A federal lawsuit over an incident in Dewey Beach involving the alleged punching of a police horse...

Details emerge in Cape Title IX rollback

Ellen McIntyre
3 days ago
The Cape Henlopen School District recently became one of six educational institutions nationwide...

News Briefs 4/21/26

3 days ago
Dewey P&Z hearing, meeting April 21 The Dewey Beach Planning & Zoning Commission will hold...

Rehoboth considers high-rise inspections

Chris Flood
3 days ago
Rehoboth Beach officials are considering an ordinance that would require the city’s taller...

Delaware’s first inspector general nominated

Melissa Steele
4 days ago
Gov. Matt Meyer announced the nomination of Robert P. Storch to serve as Delaware’s first inspector...

DelDOT: Safe actions save lives in work zones

Bill Shull
4 days ago
Dozens of Delaware Department of Transportation employees and contractors gathered at the Minos...

Famous Idaho Potato Tour rolls into town

Bill Shull
4 days ago
All eyes were on a big potato that pulled into the Lighthouse Plaza parking lot off Coastal Highway...

Local police departments earn state accreditation

6 days ago
The Delaware Police Officer Standards and Training Commission recently announced that the Dewey...

Lewes council approves home-based biz ordinance

Bill Shull
1 week ago
Sarah Prieto and Stephen Matthews were obviously frustrated and dejected after Lewes Mayor and City...

Sussex P&Z backs four ordinances to improve housing...

Kevin T. Conlon
1 week ago
Four proposed ordinances to improve housing development were backed April 15 by the Sussex County...

Neighbors raise concerns about Stockley Road...

Kevin T. Conlon
1 week ago
A proposal to build 83 single-family houses on a 41.7-acre site off Stockley Road near Milton drew...

Lewes awards 2026 nonprofit grants

Bill Shull
1 week ago
Historic Lewes, formerly the Lewes Historical Society, was the big winner from the new City of...

First leg of constitutional absentee voting...

Melissa Steele
1 week ago
A bill seeking to codify no-excuse absentee voting passed its first hurdle April 14, receiving two-...

Lewes drawbridge works as advertised

Bill Shull
1 week ago
The Delaware Department of Transportation performed its annual testing of the Savannah Road...

Milton historic commission tables Union Street...

Ryan Mavity
1 week ago
The Milton Historic Preservation Commission tabled discussion of a proposed commercial boutique...

Rehoboth sends package of charter changes to...

Chris Flood
1 week ago
After months of discussion, Rehoboth Beach commissioners have sent a package of 15 proposed charter...

Eagles force quiet work at Fourth Street Preserve

Bill Shull
1 week ago
While volunteers from Dogfish Head picked up shovels and planted trees in the Fourth Street...

DelDOT roadwork ramps up

Nick Roth
1 week ago
After years of construction, both Route 1 bridges over Route 16 near Milton are open to traffic...

Lewes sand-moving operation completed ahead of schedule

Bill Shull
1 week ago
The large dump trucks are gone, and so is a lot of sand from the Savannah Beach and Johnnie Walker...

News Briefs 4/17/26

1 week ago
Carey files to run for 38th District Fenwick Island businesswoman Carlie Carey filed April 10 to...

Sussex eyes forest protection law

Kevin T. Conlon
1 week ago
After Sussex County lost 43,000 acres of forest in less than 25 years, Sussex County Council has...
UPDATE

Worker injured in electrical hazard in Rehoboth Beach

1 week ago
A worker trimming trees April 15 at the intersection of Second Street and Henlopen Avenue was...

County plans upgrades to Milton library walkways

Ryan Mavity
1 week ago
Sussex County is planning a project to upgrade the walkways around Milton library, with the project...

In Sussex County, power struggle continues over wind...

Kevin T. Conlon
1 week ago
Sussex County Council decided April 14 to continue challenging a court decision overriding its 2024...

Northbound Route 1 bridge over Route 16 to open...

1 week ago
After years of construction, a pair of Route 1 bridges over Route 16 near Milton are expected to be...

Milton Fire Department sets up parking lot donation box

Ryan Mavity
1 week ago
Milton Fire Department has set up donation boxes at its public parking lots as a way for the...

Volunteers plant first habitat island

Bill Shull
1 week ago
Scott Wilkingon, a master naturalist, reviews the Fourth Street Preserve master plan with...

Familiar names file to run for office

Melissa Steele
1 week ago
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that Fenwick Island businesswoman Carlie...

Ag secretary proud of roots, agency work

Kevin T. Conlon
1 week ago
A lot has changed in Sussex County since Wm. Donald Clifton II grew up on a farm along Route 1...

Local auxiliary sending supplies to troops

Bill Shull
1 week ago
The back pavilion at American Legion Post 17 resembled a small military operation April 13...

News Briefs 4/14/26

1 week ago
No Lewes BPW election in 2026 The Lewes Board of Public Works will not hold an election in 2026...

Blue Moon property in Rehoboth to be auctioned off...

Chris Flood
1 week ago
The Sussex County Sheriff's Office is scheduled to auction off the Blue Moon restaurant property in...

Beebe parking garage closed for repair thru April 16

1 week ago
The parking garage near the main entrance to Beebe Healthcare’s Lewes campus at 424 Savannah Road...

Bipartisan immigration forum set April 17

1 week ago
Sen. Russ Huxtable, D-Lewes, and Sen. Brian Pettyjohn, R-Georgetown, will participate in an online...

State examines wastewater infrastructure in...

1 week ago
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has begun a statewide assessment of...

Task force reviews nuclear power economics

Melissa Steele
2 weeks ago
The Delaware Nuclear Energy Feasibility Task Force discussed economic issues surrounding new power...

Sussex County P&Z to vote on rules to limit housing...

Kevin T. Conlon
2 weeks ago
Sussex County Planning & Zoning Commission is set to consider the first four proposed...

Jennings joins voting lawsuit

2 weeks ago
Delaware Attorney General Kathleen Jennings has joined a federal lawsuit with attorneys general...

Cain takes helm as Cape Henlopen State Park...

2 weeks ago
Delaware State Parks has appointed Sean Cain as superintendent at Cape Henlopen State Park. In this...

Lewes unveils streetscape designs

Bill Shull
2 weeks ago
The City of Lewes unveiled options for the Burton Subdivision streetscape during a public workshop...

Lewes begins tackling comp plan rewrite

Bill Shull
2 weeks ago
“We are kicking off a process that is going to have real-world implications for our community and...

Milton council awards bid for parking lot project

Ryan Mavity
2 weeks ago
Work on a new parking lot to be built on town-leased land at the corner of Magnolia and Union...

Dewey infrastructure funds approved for town...

Ellen McIntyre
2 weeks ago
The Dewey Beach Infrastructure Committee during an April 2 meeting unanimously approved the use of...

Feds roll back expanded Title IX rules for Cape

Ellen McIntyre
2 weeks ago
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced April 6 that it is rescinding...

Home dog grooming banned in latest Lewes biz ordinance

Bill Shull
2 weeks ago
The couple who has been battling the City of Lewes over the right to open a dog grooming business...

Netherlands ambassador explores Lewes

Bill Shull
2 weeks ago
A tulip tour was the just the beginning for Birgitta Tazelaar. The Netherlands’ ambassador to the...

News Briefs 4/10/26

2 weeks ago
Delaware clears unemployment claim backlog Delaware’s unemployment claim backlog is nearly gone...

Legislative leadership supports codifying budget...

Melissa Steele
2 weeks ago
A bill to codify Delaware’s financial advisory council, which provides budget advice to those...

Canoe club paddles into spring

Bill Shull
2 weeks ago
Members of the New Hope Canoe Club Ministry Atlantic make their way up the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal on...