Viewpoints

Sand trap

Jim Paterson

Mar 05

Recent Columns

Cape Flavors
Popular TikTok pasta features great flavor and easy prep

Denise Clemons

4 hours ago

When two different newspapers published a story about an identical recipe on the very same day, I...
The Business of Eating
Not-so-hidden gems in the fourth block

Bob Yesbek

5 hours ago

It all started when Keith Martin’s grandfather opened a taxi service on the first block of Rehoboth...
Barefootin'
Rush Limbaugh’s passing poignant for Lewes resident John Fisher

Dennis Forney

5 hours ago

The recent passing of popular conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh proved especially...
People in Sports
Keep your headgear handy and be ready to get back out there

Dave Frederick

9 hours ago

El smacko - I was an embedded Fred with photo cred working inside the state wrestling tournament...
Editorial Cartoon
Sand trap

Jim Paterson

10 hours ago
Thoughts from the Sidelines
Crazy rumor in baseball

Sumner Spence

19 hours ago

This week, I heard that Major League Baseball is talking about shortening games to seven innings in...
Garden Journal
Start Collective Farm Woman melons indoors in pots

Paul Barbano

1 day ago

Even though the Ukraine sits in the geographical center of Europe, we tend to think of it as...
Delaware Cape Region History in Photographs
Shad nets drying along the Delaware in early 1900s

2 days ago

This photo shows another form of net drying, different from the net reels used at one time by the...
Celebrate Excellent Care
‘To help them see another sunrise’

Tara Cooper

3 days ago

I began my career at Beebe Healthcare many years ago and worked in several different capacities...
People in Sports
Satchels and gym bags hold cameras and crackers

Dave Frederick

3 days ago

Satchel days - Back in my day, which was last Sunday and 900 moons ago, we athletes carried...

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Editorials

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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor
Is path of environmental damage paved by good intentions?

Jonathan Bender

15 hours ago

The recent plastic carryout bag ban Delaware has enacted as of Jan. 1 under House Bill 130 seems to...
Letters to the Editor
Legal cannabis coming to a state near you soon!

Lillyanne Ternahan

15 hours ago

New Jersey’s Gov. Phil Murphy just signed a bill legalizing recreational cannabis in the state...
Letters to the Editor
USPS needs to hire more personnel

Wendy Davis

16 hours ago

It is my humble opinion that there are no acceptable excuses for the United States Postal Service...
Letters to the Editor
Clear Space should look at Grove Park location

Edward Sisson

16 hours ago

This is Edward Sisson, a member of the long-resident Winslow family (vacationing here since 1929,...
Letters to the Editor
Clear Space Theatre says it’s time to move forward

Donna L West

16 hours ago

Clear Space Theatre is delighted that the Rehoboth Planning Commission reaffirmed the approval of...

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Commentary/Politics

Commentary
Milton native urges celebration of Music in Our Schools Month

Jimmie Allen

3 days ago

If you want a good laugh, go hang out with a bunch of third-graders on a classroom video call. I...
Commentary
In observance of Black History Month

Sara Ford

1 week ago

In his 1965 essay, “The White Man’s Guilt,” James Baldwin pleaded, “White man, hear me….History, as...
Commentary
Our long national nightmare is over

Richard Claypoole

2 weeks ago

Following the turbulent end of the Trump presidency and the ugly episodes at the Capitol and...
Commentary
Perspective on menhaden net reel location

Cliff Diver

3 weeks ago

I have been reading about the conflict around the location of the net reel on the grounds of the...
Commentary
SEDAC moving forward in 2021

Joe Conaway

1 month ago

The year 2020 was anything but perfect. As a nation, state and county, I think that I can speak for...
Commentary
Successful vaccination plan requires trust, education, equity

1 month ago

By Cindy Bo Lead, Odett Stanley-Brown, Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long, & Cassandra Codes-Johnson On...
Commentary
Learn more about human trafficking this month

Cara Coyne Sawyer, JD

1 month ago

Jan. 1 marked the start of National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. As the chair of the Delaware...
Commentary
SDARJ reflects on Jan. 6 insurrection

Sara Ford

1 month ago

What a devastating day for America. Instead of watching what would normally be the ceremonial...
Commentary
Beebe Healthcare’s awards: Important to know?

Chuck Mowll, LFACHE

2 months ago

At the very bottom of the Beebe Healthcare web homepage is a colorful display of the logos of...
Commentary
Vaccine development underscores life-saving value of bioscience

Michael Fleming

2 months ago

As the COVID-19 vaccine begins to be rolled out with our frontline healthcare workers and those...

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Recent Blogs

Leftovers

Elise Seyfried

1 hour ago

I’ve never been a big fan of leftovers--probably because of the way Mom would store whatever...

Jamie and Jamie Plummer seining mud shad in February

Dennis Forney

21 hours ago

Jamie Plummer and his dad - also Jamie - stand waist deep in their waders in the upper reaches of a...

Symptomatic

Elise Seyfried

1 week ago

For roughly 63 out of my 64 years shuffling along this mortal coil, I paid scant attention to my...

Tough Luck! A Guide to Theatre Superstitions

Elise Seyfried

2 weeks ago

As someone who believes in superstitions, many of which I learned from my Irish grandma (I’d better...

A Couple of Characters

Elise Seyfried

1 month ago

As the pandemic wears on, we are finally bored enough to tackle a wide variety of overdue tasks...

Johnny Kinnamon builds boats on Tilghman Island

Dennis Forney

1 month ago

TILGHMAN ISLAND, MARYLAND - Johnny Kinnamon builds boats. He eyes boards through pupils of black,...

A is for Abcedarian

Elise Seyfried

1 month ago

I’m taking a class on The Experimental Essay. Each week we work with a different form, such as the...

Marketing Me

Elise Seyfried

1 month ago

Ever since my freelance writing career launched, and with it the opportunity for public speaking...

Heart of a Hummingbird

Elise Seyfried

1 month ago

“Consider the hummingbird for a long moment. A hummingbird’s heart beats ten times a second. A...

Dear Readers...

dorothy_greet

2 months ago

For the last decade, my husband and I have practiced WHOLE FOOD PLANT-BASED EATING WITH NO ADDED...

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