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, , Members of the Lewes Artists Studio Tour will be showcased from Saturday, Feb. 7 to Sunday, March 1, at the Peninsula Gallery, 520 East Savannah Road, Lewes. The exhibition will feature more than 30 original works from 14 artists. An free opening reception will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m., Feb. 7, open to the public and offering complimentary wine and snacks. Attendees will have the opportunity to […]

Rehoboth Beach officials have begun discussions for Fiscal Year 2027, and if the budget passes as proposed, the city will exceed $50 million in expenses for the first time. However, a significant portion of the expenses are wastewater capital improvements, which is a cost the city shares with Sussex County. Rehoboth’s fiscal year runs April 1 to March 31. Each year, city commissioners begin their budget review in January. City […]

, , , Speak Out Against Hate hosted a community meeting, When Hate Invades the Classroom, Jan. 21 at the Lewes Public Library. “If we don’t address hate incidents, we’re normalizing [them], and isn’t that the trend nowadays, the normalization of hate?” said panelist Channel Chaplin, a mental health counselor at Sussex Academy. “Silence communicates permission.” The meeting happened in conjunction with the Hate Has No Home Here Film Festival, which […]

, The Sussex County Planning & Zoning Commission granted approvals Jan. 21, allowing The Moorings at Lewes retirement community to add 56 residential units, and expand its community and healthcare buildings.  The commission voted 4-0, with Commissioner John Passwaters absent, to change the conditions of approval for two adjacent parcels that comprise 38 acres. The MR-RPC, medium-density residential planned community, zoning for the site was approved in 2004. It was […]

Gov. Matt Meyer signed into law a new hospital review board bill Jan. 30, one day before the deadline the state had agreed to in order to settle a lawsuit filed by ChristianaCare against an earlier law requiring board approval of hospital budgets. Under the new law, the Diamond State Review Board no longer has the power to approve hospital budgets, a concession made after Christiana filed a Chancery Court […]