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The scouts, siblings and leaders of Cub Scout Pack 95 recently participated in the annual Pinewood Derby race at Wesley Church in Georgetown. The track was set up, the racing decorations were in place and the driver licenses were attached to the lanyards, ready for each driver.  In all, 32 scouts brought in the cars they had designed and built, weighed them in, registered them and placed them on the […]

After learning the Delaware State Fair ice rink would close in eight months, groups that use the facility met this week with a fair official and were set to meet with the governor’s staff Jan. 30, as they lobbied to keep the facility open until another is built in the region. Chris Parks of Lewes has played hockey since 2017 in a coed league on the Big Oyster team. He […]

Weeks after causing a stir by launching a website that shamed alleged speeders on Atlantic Street in Milton, a couple has shut down the site, saying they accomplished their goal of bringing attention to the problem, and they want to work on solutions.  Joel and Kelly DeMott made the announcement just after 2 p.m., Jan. 29, about four hours after another statement that they had stopped accepting comments on the […]

Milton Town Council is set to hear a report on how to move forward with planning for and creating regulations to add more workforce/affordable housing within town limits. The town’s affordable/workforce housing ad hoc committee is set to give its report at council’s regular meeting set for 6:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 3, at Milton library. Within the report are eight recommendations for improving workforce housing in Milton, including: working with […]

Dewey Beach Town Council held a budget workshop with Mayor Bill Stevens, accounting and HR manager Sheena Hall and town staff to review and discuss the draft budget for Fiscal Year 2026. The conversations were centered around how to make up a $319,000 deficit to balance the current draft of the budget. “I see us heading toward a wall as a town,” said Commissioner David Jasinski. “We need to be […]

The owners of two properties along Savannah Road in Lewes have filed applications to change the parcels to C-2 commercial zoning for medical offices. J&T Properties LLC and Jane Brady own about an acre across from Wescoats Road. The properties – 1543 and 1545 Savannah Road – are adjacent to land designated for the upcoming Old Orchard Road-Savannah Road roadway and intersection improvement project. The Delaware Department of Transportation project […]