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, Coastal Concerts hosted WindSync quintet for a Feb. 14 performance at Bethel United Methodist Church in Lewes. Comprising flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn, the ensemble combines virtuosic musicianship with theatrical presentation, memorized performances, and imaginative programming often incorporating narrative elements.  Opening the program with an enthusiastic rendition of John Philip Sousa’s “Washington Post March” was the Cape Henlopen High School Wind Ensemble, an audition-based group under the direction of […]

Lewes Councilman Joe Elder passed out filled balloons to his colleagues, props he connected to the new parking initiative he is leading. Elder has named the project, “Squeeze the Balloon.” It even has a flashy logo. He had council members squeeze their balloons to illustrate his working group’s goal. “When we solve a problem in one area, it squeezes out in another. This is what’s been happening here in Lewes,” […]

Highlighting Delaware’s commitment to nurturing the next generation of creative leaders, the second annual Futures in the Arts celebration will be held at 6 p.m., Tuesday, May 12, at the Smyrna Opera House, 7 W. South St., Smyrna. Co-partnering host organizations are the Delaware Department of Education, Delaware Division of the Arts and Delaware Arts Alliance. The event will recognize graduating Delaware high school seniors who plan to continue their education in […]

, , , A commercial building on the corner of Second Street and Wilmington Avenue in Rehoboth Beach that’s been the home to a number of restaurants over the years, most notably Chez La Mer, is set to be demolished. It will likely be replaced with a three-story, mixed-used building. The city issued a demolition notice Feb. 9 for a two-story, multi-use structure and an accessory structure at 60 Wilmington […]

, , , , In the wake of a snowstorm that brought everything to a screeching halt of days, Rehohoth Beach officials are warning residents and visitors that cleaning up all the tree debris from city streets and reopening all commercial parking spaces are going to take time. “This was clearly a historical storm in Rehoboth Beach,” said City Manager Taylour Tedder, in an email Feb. 26. “This cleanup will […]

Milton Town Council will debate a request for annexation of 5 acres at the corner of Harbeson and Shingle Point roads that is planned for a commercial component adjacent to the planned Scarlet Oaks development.  At council’s Monday, March 2 meeting, council is expected to forward the request by Scarlet Oaks Holdings LLC to the planning and zoning commission to weigh in on the planned zoning for the parcel, which […]

DNREC to close the Point March 1 The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will close The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, including a stretch of ocean and bay beach, starting Sunday, March 1, to protect the nesting grounds and migratory paths for threatened and endangered species, including piping plovers, American oystercatchers, least terns, red knots and other species. UUSD to meet March 1 The Unitarian Universalists […]

Cindy Truitt shoveled out the driveway and her car twice after a storm dumped nearly 20 inches of snow Sunday and Monday at the home she shares with her mother in Tru Vale Acres east of Route 1 near Rehoboth Beach. Truitt was in the house when a plow truck passed Tuesday, pushing large chunks of snow across the driveway and leaving snow otherwise untouched along their side of Third […]

As a powerful winter storm moved toward Sussex County Feb. 22, key players in the anticipated response were gathered at the Emergency Operations Center in Georgetown. State police and county emergency services employees routinely work out of the same dispatch center, said county Public Safety Director Robert Murray Jr. State police are assigned law enforcement issues, while county dispatchers handle fire and ambulance calls. But in anticipation of this extraordinary […]

The Rehoboth Beach Film Society will present the 2026 Oscar-nominated short films, beginning with Live Action Shorts, Friday, Feb. 27, at the Cinema Art Theater near Lewes. Animated Shorts will open Friday, March 6; and Documentary Shorts will open Friday, March 11. The Academy Awards will air Sunday, March 15.