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Jim Paterson
Mar 05
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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
Editorials
Postal service warrants more attention
10 hours ago
"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift...
Editorials
Cape commenting policy deserves more effort
1 week ago
A recent policy change by the Cape Henlopen school board about the public’s ability to make...
Editorials
Use surplus transfer funds for roads
2 weeks ago
Sussex County Finance Director Gina Jennings made an astounding – though not really surprising –...
Editorials
Leave the net reel where it is
3 weeks ago
“Break on through to the other side.”
– The Doors , with inspiration from metaphysical...
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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
Elise Seyfried
Leftovers
Elise Seyfried
1 hour ago
I’ve never been a big fan of leftovers--probably because of the way Mom would store whatever...
Barefootin'
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...
Elise Seyfried
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...
Elise Seyfried
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...
Elise Seyfried
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...
Barefootin'
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,...
Elise Seyfried
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...
Elise Seyfried
Marketing Me
Elise Seyfried
1 month ago
Ever since my freelance writing career launched, and with it the opportunity for public speaking...
Elise Seyfried
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...
GO VEG
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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Premier Listing
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SOLD! 64+/- Acres on Conleys Chapel Rd & Dorman Rd -...
Lewes
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The Julie Gritton Team
6 BROADKILL RD~BROADKILL BEACH~MILTON
Milton
340,000.00
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Active Adults Realty
Beautiful single-story home that will exceed your...
Lewes
509,990.00
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C-1 COMMERCIAL - LEWES!
Lewes
399,999.00
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219,000.00
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379,900.00
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Lewes
1,129,000.00
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899,000.00
Please take time to look at this great opportunity for Commercial (C-1) or Residential (AR-1)...
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Reduced $15,000! Stunning home in Coastal Club, Lewes
Lewes
784,900.00
Make your move today into this gorgeous home in the sought after community of Coastal Club in Lewes...
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Dewey residents, officials continue fight against 5G...
Ellen Driscoll
4 hours ago
From calls for civil disobedience to comparisons with the Baltimore Colts leaving town in the dead...