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The Rehoboth Art League and the City of Rehoboth Beach are partnering to produce the city’s annual arts festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, May 18, at Grove Park near the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal. A variety of artists will showcase and sell their work, giving visitors the opportunity to buy original pieces and mingle with their creators. Known for its annual events that draw discerning local collectors, as well […]

The Lewes Historical Society will offer Travel to the Garden, an art education session for students ages 12 and above, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Friday, May 10, at the Lewes History Museum, 101 Adams Ave., Lewes. Cost is $25 and includes an artist’s kit, a sketching pad, sketching supplies and take-home art ideas. Participants will learn how to sketch garden scenes in the style of the 19th-century plein air […]

The Lewes Board of Public Works unanimously approved a 10.14% increase in electric rates at its April 24 meeting. Kim Bellere, BPW finance manager, said the average ratepayer will see an $11 increase in monthly bills starting in June. She said average commercial customers will pay about $28 more per month. Industrial customers will pay $700 more per month on average. “We reevaluate our rates every year. Our rates had […]

The Milford Museum will continue its American History Series with a program about the 1977 New Castle County desegregation era at 1 p.m., Saturday, May 11, at Milford Public Library, 11 SE Front St., Milford. Speaker Emily Green, Polytech High School teacher, will present “To Bus or Not To Bus: The 1977 School Desegregation of New Castle County, Delaware.” In 1971 five Wilmington families made the decision to re-open the […]

Lewes Mayor and City Council is considering raising the gross rental receipts tax from 5% to 6% on short-term rentals. That hike would be on top of an 8% state lodging tax contained in House Bill 168, which the state Legislature is expected to pass before June 30. “Someone is going to look at that and say, ‘Wow, Lewes has gone out of control. Maybe I should look somewhere else,’” said […]