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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 […]

, State and county officials reviewed three area housing projects during the Jan. 22 Office of State Planning Preliminary Land Use Service meeting. Four corners Four Corners is a proposed cluster subdivision with 902 residential units on 451 acres on Harbeson Road between Rust and Forest roads between Milton and Georgetown. Dorothy Morris, Office of State Planning circuit rider for Sussex County, said the property is located in a Level […]

A 12-member jury began deliberations Jan. 30 in Delaware Superior Court in Georgetown in the case of an Angola massage therapist facing 17 counts of third-degree unlawful sexual contact for allegedly inappropriately touching nine women during massages he gave at his home studio.  If convicted, Robert Leech, 52, could face a maximum penalty of up to 17 years in prison, one year for each charge.  Prosecutors Amanda Nyman and Caroline […]

Building on statements made during his inauguration speech, in which Gov. Matt Meyer said housing is a human right, the new governor has established a working group on workforce and affordable housing. Meyer created the group through his fourth executive order Jan. 23, and has tasked members to recommend ways to streamline the permitting process for workforce and affordable housing. “Housing is a human right, and no Delawarean should be […]

Work is expected to begin in about two months on a new taxiway to improve safety at the Sussex County-owned Delaware Coastal Airport. Additionally, a new security system will be installed this year. Airport Manager Bob Bryant said during the Jan. 22 Airport Advisory Committee meeting that a bid has been awarded for the first phase of the four-phase project to build a taxiway that complies with Federal Aviation Administration […]

Highlighting a spectacular variety of artistic talent in the community, Mispillion Art League’s 22nd Annual Judged Show is open to the public through Saturday, March 29, at 5 N. Walnut St., Milford. Taking home the Best in Show ribbon is Michael Fleishman with his mixed-media piece, “Many Are Cold but Few Are Frozen.” Fleishman does not buy his primary medium at the art supply store. “I work in cardboard. Said loud […]

Decade80 returns to the stage for another epic show beginning at 9:45 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 1, at The Starboard in Dewey Beach.  Plan the rest of your nightlife by viewing the Steppin’ Out schedule.

, , The Saint Cecilia Music Guild of Saint Peter’s Church in Lewes will present “Revelries and Revolutionaries,” at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 14, at the church on Second Street in downtown Lewes. These concerts will be performed by Elevation, the flagship, all-professional performing ensemble of Elevate Vocal Arts, based in Wilmington. Elevation, under Artistic Director Arreon Harley-Emerson, is Delaware’s only professional vocal ensemble. Its performances fuse traditional, […]

, Sussex Academy eighth-grader Zylah Nash’s creative talents led to her selection as the middle school third-place winner of the Teen Dating Violence Poster Contest. Sponsored by the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council, the contest was open to Delaware middle and high school students. This year’s theme was Know the Signs: Recognizing Green and Red Flags. Zylah, who has an interest in graphic design, said she researched ways teenagers can be […]

The Delaware Forest Service is now seeking entries for its annual Arbor Day Poster Contest, open to all children in kindergarten through fifth grade in Delaware public, private and home schools. After-school programs and youth groups are also eligible.  Designed to increase student knowledge about trees and forest resources, the contest is a great way for students to learn about the role trees play in communities and ecosystems, and their direct […]

Rehoboth Beach Film Society will present screenings of “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” and “Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story,” starting Friday, Jan. 31, at the Cinema Art Theater near Lewes. Shot entirely in secret, Mohammad Rasoulof's thriller, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” centers on a family thrust into the public eye when Iman is appointed as an investigating judge in Tehran. As political unrest erupts in […]