, TKo Hospitality Management has promoted Bill Silva and Lorrie Miller to area general manager roles. Miller will oversee properties in Lewes as well as in the Ocean City, Md, and Baltimore markets, working closely with each property leadership team to drive operational consistency and financial performance. She joined TKo Hospitality in 2025, and brings more than 25 years of hospitality leadership experience, having led teams through complex renovations, brand transitions […]

Department of Natural Resources and Environment Control officials recently shared how surcharges on customer energy bills are used to fund several energy programs. During the Feb. 17 Joint Finance Committee hearing, DNREC Secretary Greg Patterson said hundreds of millions of dollars in energy bill surcharges have helped fund several state programs stemming from 2008 legislation that was passed and signed into law. Sen. Stephanie Hansen, D-Middletown, asked about energy programs […]

, Paradise Pub hosted its fifth annual Soup Competition Jan. 24. Restaurants from all over competed to win bragging rights for the best soup of 2026. The winning soup was a brisket French onion created by Chef Ashley Paulson of Holly Lake Grill. Together with Paradise Companies and Skeeter Strong Foundation, Paradise Pub donated $4,000 to support the Long Neck Methodist Church Soup Kitchen and Mobile Food Pantry. The soup […]

, Paradise Pub hosted its fifth annual Soup Competition Jan. 24. Restaurants from all over competed to win bragging rights for the best soup of 2026. The winning soup was a brisket French onion created by Chef Ashley Paulson of Holly Lake Grill. Together with Paradise Companies and Skeeter Strong Foundation, Paradise Pub donated $4,000 to support the Long Neck Methodist Church Soup Kitchen and Mobile Food Pantry. The soup […]

, 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 […]

Delaware’s housing market opened 2026 with a slower pace of buyer activity and longer marketing times, consistent with an early-year reset following the holiday season and continued affordability pressures across the state. Statewide, 803 homes were sold in January, an 11% decrease compared with January 2025. Pending contracts declined 23% year over year, and homes spent more time on the market, with the average days on market increasing to 59 […]

Delaware’s housing market opened 2026 with a slower pace of buyer activity and longer marketing times, consistent with an early-year reset following the holiday season and continued affordability pressures across the state. Statewide, 803 homes were sold in January, an 11% decrease compared with January 2025. Pending contracts declined 23% year over year, and homes spent more time on the market, with the average days on market increasing to 59 […]

, , , 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 […]

, Two Rehoboth Beach restaurants took a step forward with permit-of-compliance approvals by city commissioners during a meeting Feb. 20. The votes began with an amended permit of compliance hearing for Bob Frankis, who has owned businesses at 105 S. Boardwalk since the early 1990s when he and his brother opened Playland Arcade. Most recently, in 2024, Frankis renovated the arcade space, which is located below the restaurant Above the […]

, Two Rehoboth Beach restaurants took a step forward with permit-of-compliance approvals by city commissioners during a meeting Feb. 20. The votes began with an amended permit of compliance hearing for Bob Frankis, who has owned businesses at 105 S. Boardwalk since the early 1990s when he and his brother opened Playland Arcade. Most recently, in 2024, Frankis renovated the arcade space, which is located below the restaurant Above the […]

After 17 years in business, the owners of Ocean Medical Imaging in Milton have decided to close. The business had its last official day Feb. 26, but the office will continue processing medical record requests for the next two months to ensure continuity of care. After that time, all imaging studies and reports will be easily available through a medical records custodian in accordance with state and federal regulations. The […]

After 17 years in business, the owners of Ocean Medical Imaging in Milton have decided to close. The business had its last official day Feb. 26, but the office will continue processing medical record requests for the next two months to ensure continuity of care. After that time, all imaging studies and reports will be easily available through a medical records custodian in accordance with state and federal regulations. The […]

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 […]

, , , , 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 […]

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.