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Milton Town Council is moving toward a referendum on three separate water infrastructure projects. The first step will come at council’s regular meeting, 6:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 6, at Milton library. Council is expected to pass a resolution setting a public hearing on the three projects for the council's December meeting. Following that public hearing, council will set a date for a referendum to borrow more than $6 million for […]

Rehoboth Beach is a little more than halfway through its current fiscal year, but city staff have begun thinking about next year’s budget, and it appears it’s not going to be easy to present commissioners with a balanced budget. Bert Dukes, city finance director, told the audit committee, meeting Oct. 31, that there will be some budgeting challenges in the coming year. He said it’s been a good year, but […]

For the second time in three weekends, it appears that President Joe Biden is going to be spending a few days at his North Shores home, just north of Rehoboth Beach. According to a Daily Guidance and Press Schedule issued Nov. 2 by the White House, the president and first lady are expected to be in Rehoboth around 9:40 p.m., Friday, Nov. 3. The daily guidance also says the Bidens […]

, , , The Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute is proposing a redevelopment of the old Green Hill Light site that would include an expanded MERR facility.  The 14.6-acre parcel is located at the end of Pilottown Road on the edge of the Great Marsh. There is an unimproved road leading to the site from Pilottown Road. MERR Executive Director Suzanne Thurman and professional engineer Ring Lardner of Davis, […]

Following an inspection in March that found 11 code violations related to the handling of hazardous waste, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has fined Beebe Healthcare $10,000. DNREC Secretary Shawn Garvin issued an order Oct. 17. The order says DNREC conducted a compliance inspection March 16 at the hospital’s location on Savannah Road in Lewes and found Beebe to be in violation of 11 state statutes […]

Six Sussex County road projects are being considered in the latest round of the state’s Capital Transportation Program. The projects are among 14 being looked at statewide for Fiscal Year 2025 to Fiscal Year 2030. In-person public meetings to gather comments on the projects were held in late August and early September in all three counties. The highest-profile projects are the widening of Route 9 to four lanes between Old […]

The 91st annual Lewes Christmas parade, presented by the City of Lewes and the Lewes Chamber of Commerce, will step off at 5 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 2, from Lewes Elementary School parking on Savannah Road. It will progress down Savannah to Second Street, ending in front of King’s Ice Cream shop. In case of inclement weather,  the parade will be held at the same time Saturday, Dec. 9. Celebrating an […]

Milton Town Council meets Nov. 6  Milton Town Council will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 6, at the Milton library. The group is expected to set a public hearing before scheduling a referendum to borrow money for three water projects, including a new water tower.  Council will introduce an ordinance that would ban parking vehicles weighing more than 10,000 pounds within town limits. The ordinance would not […]

, When Mike Agnew and his fellow St. Jude the Apostle Church parishioners see a need, they work to get it fulfilled. After a successful first year as a Code Purple shelter at the Lewes church last winter, Agnew is on a mission to establish a single women's homeless shelter in eastern Sussex County. The St. Jude shelter was for men only, and currently there are no single women's shelters […]