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Pumpkin harvest and seasonal paintings are on display at the Cape Artists Gallery. Visitors are welcome daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 110 W. Third St., Lewes. To learn more, call 302-644-7733 or find Cape Artists Gallery on Facebook.

After seven public workshops and three years of discussions, the Lewes Board of Public Works has completed a draft agreement with Sussex County on a new wastewater treatment plant. The details were spelled out at a public workshop Oct. 28, which county officials also attended. Per the agreement, BPW wastewater flow will be pumped to Sussex County’s Wolfe Neck facility, which will be upgraded. Two BPW pumping stations will be reconfigured […]

, Rehoboth Beach commissioners have awarded a $21.3 million contract to complete Phase IV of improvements to the city’s wastewater treatment plant. The price tag is significantly higher than originally estimated. “This is not luxury work. It is necessary work,” said Steven Clark, project manager for city consultant GHD, during a meeting Oct. 17. “It’s to keep the facility operational and reliable for years to come. Short of regulatory changes, this […]

, Dick Bryan has had a lot of people in his backyard on DeVries Circle over the years, but he’s not throwing garden parties. Mayors, legislators and engineers have all been there to see the property, which Bryan said turns into a lake during heavy rain storms.  Matt Messina, project manager from the Sussex Conservation District; Janet Reeves, Lewes assistant city manager; and Salvador Alarcon, a representative from Rep. Alonna […]

, State agencies raised concerns Oct. 29 about flooding risks, an access road and tree removal for a proposed project to build 307 houses on Mulberry Knoll Road near Rehoboth Beach.  The points concerning the 257-acre Goldsboro Farm project were raised at a meeting of the state Preliminary Land Use Service. The site is adjacent to the proposed Belle Mead project near Route 24 that includes 344 residential units. Sussex […]

, Francine Balinskas has lived in Canary Creek for 13 years, right next to Great Marsh Park. She and some of her neighbors attended a public meeting Oct. 27, to see the final conceptual master plan for the park. After seeing the design, Balinskas said she is mad. “My house backs up to it. I have no curtains on my back windows and I paid for a wooded lot. Now, I’m […]

Rules to limit erosion from stormwater runoff at large construction sites were introduced at an Oct. 21 Sussex County Council meeting, initiating the public-review process that could lead to adoption. Council members have been concerned that common construction practices generate runoff that carries silt into creeks, rivers and the Inland Bays. That can harm neighboring properties, wetlands, waterways and wildlife. While all council members said they wanted to introduce the […]