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Editor’s note: The following article has been modified from its original version to reflect updated information. The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, in conjunction with the Delaware Department of Agriculture, has reported snow geese found sick or dead Dec. 27 in coastal waters of Sussex County – including birds found at Prime Hook Beach – have tested presumptive positive for H5 avian influenza. Presumptive positive is a […]

Robert Verdugo’s house rattles in the morning as diesel dump trucks rumble to life beyond the woods near his neighborhood. The noise and dust emitted by Toney Floyd Trucking in the last few years have irritated Verdugo and other residents of Peninsula Lakes and Captain’s Grant developments near Long Neck. They expressed their frustration at a Dec. 10 Sussex County Council meeting. They told the council during a public hearing […]

The Milford Museum will continue its American History Series at 1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 11, at Milford Public Library, 11 S.E. Front St., Milford. The guest speaker will be Claudia Furnish Leister, former Milford Museum director, who will preview her book about Delaware Gov. William H.H. Ross.  As an antebellum governor of Delaware, Ross was a slave owner in the Seaford area, as were his father and grandfather. Ross became a […]

Possum Point Players announced show dates for “God of Carnage,” its 2025 season opener, will be Friday, Jan. 31, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 1 and 2, and Friday to Sunday, Feb. 7 to 9. Friday and Saturday shows begin at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday matinees start at 2 p.m. A dark comedy, "God of Carnage" showcases two reasonable, modern-parenting couples who are brought together to diplomatically discuss a schoolyard fracas […]

The coal-fired Indian River power plant is scheduled to retire in February 2025, company and power grid officials announced Dec. 23. The power plant, which has been in operation since 1957, had been scheduled to close in 2022, but it continued to operate under a Reliability-Must-Run agreement made with power grid operator PJM Interconnection. The agreement allowed Delmarva Power to continue operating until transmission upgrades could be completed. PJM said […]

The Dewey Beach Finance Committee discussed the first draft of the town’s fiscal year 2026 budget at a meeting Dec. 16. Though the final budget, which will be approved by the end of March 2025, will likely look very different from the first draft, accounting clerk and HR Supervisor Sheena Hall said the draft serves as a starting point. The current draft anticipates a net loss for fiscal year 2026, […]