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Property prophecy

Jim Paterson

Jun 11

Recent Columns

Around Town
Don’t forget to live in the moment, enjoy simple pleasures

Nancy Katz

6 hours ago

I’ve related this before, but people ask to recall it again. I was sitting on the back porch of a...
Wine
Weather says it’s time for Pinot Grigio porch sippers

John McDonald

1 day ago

Is it my imagination or is Memorial Day weekend frequently gloomy, rainy and sandwiched between two...
Golf
First Ace Cup a huge success

Fritz Schranck

1 day ago

Twelve talented young women came to the Cape Region June 3-5 to play the first Ace Cup/Battle at...
Outdoors
Man’s feeble attempts to manage nature – including fish

Eric Burnley

1 day ago

Last week’s article by Dennis Forney describing the feeble attempts by man to control nature and...
The Business of Eating
Talent wins games; teamwork wins championships

2 days ago

Restaurants are not without their share of drama, and some of that centers around various and...
Cape Flavors
Once-odd vegetables are now familiar on area menus

Denise Clemons

2 days ago

Last week, my friend Debra announced, “I have a present for you.” She told me she was browsing at...
Barefootin'
Tourist season is also planting, harvesting season

Dennis Forney

2 days ago

While resort business people are settling into the 2021 tourist season, Sussex County farmers are...
Thoughts from the Sidelines
A sigh of relief

Sumner Spence

2 days ago

The Philadelphia Phillies won this week's series with the Atlanta Braves. They did it with two...
People in Sports
Basement Boys to Beach Boys, they get around

Dave Frederick

2 days ago

Ahead of the game - I was a Rehoboth Beach Patrol rookie at age 30 with a wife and four kids, and a...
Running
39th Seashore 5-Miler set for Herring Point June 13

Tim Bamforth

2 days ago

The 39th annual Seashore 5-Miler will try a new location and new course Sunday, June 13, as the...
Editorial Cartoon
Property prophecy

Jim Paterson

2 days ago
Garden Journal
Snail vine is a flower that even children can grow

Paul Barbano

4 days ago

They are the terror of the garden with the most teeth of any animal. Even though a snail’s mouth is...

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Editorials

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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor
Lewes must continue to make decisions for all

Jim Berrigan

2 days ago

In a recent letter to the editor, Nick Carter wrote “there are 659 properties on Lewes beach and...
Letters to the Editor
Safety on Cedar Street important concern

Nick Carter

2 days ago

The Lewes Bike and Pedestrian Committee met last week, and it seems that most of the committee...
Letters to the Editor
Empathy is the fuel of democracy

Kathy Hughes

2 days ago

There were many parts of President Biden’s Memorial Day address at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier...
Letters to the Editor
Sussex should implement hotel tax

Valerie Wood

2 days ago

Has anyone noticed the unincorporated portions of Sussex County are still not collecting the 3...
Letters to the Editor
Walden: A travesty on Burton’s Pond

Judy Kane

2 days ago

I don’t think Henry David Thoreau would appreciate the use of his words, incorrectly quoted by the...
Letters to the Editor
SDARJ strongly supports gun legislation

Charlotte King and Scott Strickler

2 days ago

The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice strongly supports SB 3, which will create a...
Letters to the Editor
Congratulations to Nicola’s 50th anniversary

Mike Kulansky

2 days ago

On June 11, Nicola Pizza will celebrate its 50th year in business. In many ways Joan and Nick...

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Commentary/Politics

Commentary
It’s time to lower the state realty transfer tax

Mia Burch

5 days ago

Delaware has the highest state realty transfer tax in the nation. That means more cash at the...
Commentary
Setting record straight on ‘The Fight for $15’

Eric Morrison

1 week ago

Unfortunately, misconceptions abound regarding a higher minimum wage. One common misconception is...
Commentary
On the anniversary of George’s Floyd’s murder

Charlotte King

2 weeks ago

Tuesday marked a year since George Floyd was kneeled upon by a Minneapolis officer for nine-plus...
Commentary
529 Day a reminder to save now for an uncertain tomorrow

Colleen Davis

2 weeks ago

If the year 2020 taught us anything, it is that the one thing we can be sure of is that there’s...
Commentary
Read planned community covenants carefully

David Chun

2 weeks ago

To the good folks of Sussex County who have, or are considering purchasing, a home in a new planned...
Commentary
A lesson for the rest of the country

Joe Conaway

3 weeks ago

I had the pleasure of attending the groundbreaking ceremony for the development of the Western...
Commentary
Diversity, equity, inclusion embrace all

Sara Ford

1 month ago

Diversity, equity and inclusion. Three words that, for most of us, embody a moral rightness and...
Commentary
Delaware must act to end sale of all flavored tobacco

Kathy Jennings

1 month ago

Flavored tobacco products pose a significant danger to our public health and are fueling a growing...
Commentary
Delaware Senate advancing legislation to lift up working families

Elizabeth Lockman, Dave Sokola and Bryan Townsend

1 month ago

Over the last year, Delawareans have been tested like never before. The pandemic has cost us lives...
Commentary
On funding school mental health services: HB 100

Valerie J. Longhurst

1 month ago

Take a look at any public school across Delaware and you’ll find teachers, administrators and...

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Recent Blogs

Viva il Pomodoro!

Elise Seyfried

4 days ago

When is a tomato not a tomato? When it is a timer! The “Pomodoro” method of time management has...

Garden Spot

Elise Seyfried

1 week ago

For most of the 32 years we have resided at our house in East Oreland, our back yard has served...

Journal of the Plague Year

Elise Seyfried

2 weeks ago

I remember reading this classic by Daniel Defoe when I was in high school. It is set in 1665, when...

Going Solo

Elise Seyfried

3 weeks ago

Next week is my fourth (virtual) solo show class, and I can’t wait. I’ve long pondered the idea of...

thirtysomething

Elise Seyfried

3 weeks ago

When my sister C and I reminisce about the time she spent living in Philly (and, for a while, with...

2021 Chesapeake crab season off to slow start

Dennis Forney

3 weeks ago

Philemon – In Greek mythology, a good old countryman living with his wife Baucis in Phrygia who...

Cruciferous flowers now brightening Delmarva fields

Dennis Forney

1 month ago

A broad, gently rolling field of brilliantly yellow flowers along the road between Easton and St...

An Open (Human Library) Book

Elise Seyfried

1 month ago

As a writer, and a good friend of several librarians, I blush to disclose—I’m not a huge library...

Nana Olympics

Elise Seyfried

1 month ago

After 30 years of raising children, I became a grandmother. I was finally qualified to be on the...

Columnist in Search of a Column

Elise Seyfried

1 month ago

For nine years, I wrote a column for the Chestnut Hill Local , a small Philadelphia...

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