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Delmarva Power is planning to replace 31 light bulbs on Mulberry Street in Milton with new LED lights to improve pedestrian safety along the street. At Milton Town Council’s Dec. 4 meeting, Town Manager Kristy Rogers said she began receiving complaints a year ago about the darkness of Mulberry Street, especially during the winter months. Rogers said she reached out to Delmarva Power, which controls the streetlights, and asked for […]

Roy Voshell from the father-daughter duo Nature and Nurture will take the stage from 8 to 11 p.m., Friday, Dec. 29, at Rehoboth Ale House on the Mile in Rehoboth Beach. Don’t miss out on a night full of fun while listening to a little soft rock, bluegrass and reggae. Roy loves good music and good times! Plan the rest of your nightlife by viewing the Steppin’ Out schedule.

, , , The Room at Cedar Grove will welcome the new year with a concert lineup that includes jazz, jam bands and rock. The events benefit Paul Kares, a Lewes-based nonprofit that supports young performers and culinary artists. Jazz brunch is set for 11 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 7, featuring the band 5th Avenue. Members include Vincent Varrassi on keyboards, Ken Schleifer on drums and Jeff Cooper on bass. Tickets […]

Mid-December is a quiet time of year for Clear Space Theatre Company in Rehoboth Beach. The final show of 2023 recently finished its run, and the first show of the 2024 season doesn’t begin until mid-January. That’s why Joe Gfaller, Clear Space’s new managing director, said he’s using the downtime as an opportunity to build a good rapport with the team at Clear Space and with local supporters of the […]

, The next Rehoboth Beach History Lecture, covering “History of South Rehoboth and Rehoboth Beach Country Club,” is set for 7:15 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 11, in the Sussex Room at the Boardwalk Plaza Hotel. Paul Lovett, creator of the miniature village diorama of Railroad Era Rehoboth Avenue, will moderate. The Thompson farm first appeared on a regional map in 1869. During the 1920s, the property was transitioned into the Rehoboth […]

Milton Theatre will present a stand-up comedy show, “Love’s A Joke, The Holiday Survival Kit,” at 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 30, at 110 Union St., Milton. The event brings together two of the funniest couples in the country to share their insights on love, marriage and the holidays in a way that will have audience members howling with laughter. “The holidays are supposed to be a time of joy and […]

, The U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team and the U.S. Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights, are scheduled to co-headline the 2024 First State Airshow and Open House Saturday and Sunday, May 18 and 19, at Dover Air Force Base. Additional aerial acts and static displays will be announced at a later date. “I’m incredibly excited to open our doors to the community during the 2024 First […]

, , It appears a diorama of Rehoboth Beach in the 1920s will be moving to city hall. Over the last several years, Rehoboth Beach historian Paul Lovett, whose family has owned the Oak Grove property on the east side of the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal since the 1950s, has been painstakingly re-creating what Rehoboth Avenue looked like in the early 1900s. The diorama, still a work in progress, has been housed at […]

, , The Rehoboth Art League will ring in the new year with three exciting exhibitions throughout January and February: the 9th Regional Juried Photography Exhibition, The Lifted Veil: Photography by Phyllis Berger, and To the Water’s Edge and Back, featuring paintings from the late Edward Loper Jr. The art league will host receptions for all three exhibitions from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 5, inviting anyone interested to […]

Ahoy! All citizens, families and visitors are invited to the 13th annual New Year’s Eve Anchor Drop, courtesy of the Overfalls Foundation. This local Lewes holiday tradition will kick off at 2330 hours (that’s 11:30 p.m. for landlubbers) Sunday, Dec. 31, at Canalfront Park in Lewes, alongside the Lightship Overfalls (LV-118), a National Historic Landmark. Attendees and the ship’s crew will watch as the lighted ceremonial anchor will begin its symbolic […]

During the Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival in November, the Rehoboth Beach Film Society announced its newest education initiative, Your World: Youth Environmental Film Festival, confirmed for Sunday, May 5. The film society thanks its initial funding partners, Delmarva Power and Dogfish Head Brewery. The call for film submissions will be announced in January. To view program guidelines and important deadlines, students may go to rehobothfilm.com/your-world-youth-environmental-film-festival. A cornerstone of the film […]