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The Rehoboth Art League will offer a class with artist Jacalyn Beam titled Palette Knife with Purpose: Oil or Acrylic Mediums, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 11 and 12, at 12 Dodds Lane, Henlopen Acres. This workshop is for painters of all levels, beginner to intermediate. Participants will experiment with palette knife techniques and learn to use the tool with specific purposes in mind. For example, […]

Milton Theatre will host The Gambler Returns: Ultimate Kenny Rogers Tribute at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 11, at 110 Union St. in historic downtown Milton. Re-creating the magic of a night with Kenny Rogers are award-winning country recording artist Alan Turner and his Steel Horse Band. Rogers’ No. 1 hits include “The Gambler,” “Lady,” “Islands In The Stream,” “Lucille,” “She Believes in Me” and many more. For more information or to […]

Showbiz spitfire Paige Turner will perform “Slay Ride” this holiday season at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 15, at Top of the Pines, 56 Baltimore Ave., Rehoboth Beach. This oversized Barbie wants a lot this Christmas and isn’t taking no for an answer. This holly jolly evening of mayhem and foolishness will feature songs from favorite stars’ Christmas albums including Bing Crosby, Barbara Streisand and Mariah Carey. For more information and […]

Monét X Change, from “RuPaul's Drag Race” and “Build Series” by Yahoo, will be part of this year’s 2nd Annual Towers Comedy Festival. Monét will be performing at 10 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center. Doors open at 9 p.m. Monét X Change was born and bred in New York City, an entertainment spitfire and the first double-crown winner from “RuPaul's Drag Race.” Monét earned the […]

, The members of Cape Artists wish everyone a happy November. Through the end of December, the gallery will be open to visitors from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday to Monday, at 110 W. Third St., Lewes. For more information, call 302-644-7733 or find Cape Artists Gallery on Facebook.      

Second Street Players will present the joyful family production, “A Christmas Carol: The Musical,” starting Thanksgiving weekend at the Riverfront Theater, 2 S, Walnut St., Milford. Performances will be at 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Nov. 24 and 25, and Dec. 1 and 2. Matinee shows are set for 2 p.m., Sundays, Nov. 26 and Dec. 3. Tickets are $25 for adults, and $24 for seniors, students and SSP members. […]

Nassau Valley Vineyards will host musical entertainer Zoë Lewis for a show at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 15, at 32165 Winery Way, Lewes. Doors open at 6 p.m. Well known in Provincetown, Mass., at the tip of Cape Cod, Lewis plays vintage jazz and world-beat grooves on a multitude of instruments, from the piano to the spoons. Lewis sprinkles in folk and funk with wildly clever lyrics, and throws in some cabaret and vaudeville […]

Milton Town Council is moving toward a referendum on three separate water infrastructure projects. The first step will come at council’s regular meeting, 6:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 6, at Milton library. Council is expected to pass a resolution setting a public hearing on the three projects for the council's December meeting. Following that public hearing, council will set a date for a referendum to borrow more than $6 million for […]

Rehoboth Beach is a little more than halfway through its current fiscal year, but city staff have begun thinking about next year’s budget, and it appears it’s not going to be easy to present commissioners with a balanced budget. Bert Dukes, city finance director, told the audit committee, meeting Oct. 31, that there will be some budgeting challenges in the coming year. He said it’s been a good year, but […]

For the second time in three weekends, it appears that President Joe Biden is going to be spending a few days at his North Shores home, just north of Rehoboth Beach. According to a Daily Guidance and Press Schedule issued Nov. 2 by the White House, the president and first lady are expected to be in Rehoboth around 9:40 p.m., Friday, Nov. 3. The daily guidance also says the Bidens […]

, , , The Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute is proposing a redevelopment of the old Green Hill Light site that would include an expanded MERR facility.  The 14.6-acre parcel is located at the end of Pilottown Road on the edge of the Great Marsh. There is an unimproved road leading to the site from Pilottown Road. MERR Executive Director Suzanne Thurman and professional engineer Ring Lardner of Davis, […]

Following an inspection in March that found 11 code violations related to the handling of hazardous waste, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has fined Beebe Healthcare $10,000. DNREC Secretary Shawn Garvin issued an order Oct. 17. The order says DNREC conducted a compliance inspection March 16 at the hospital’s location on Savannah Road in Lewes and found Beebe to be in violation of 11 state statutes […]

Six Sussex County road projects are being considered in the latest round of the state’s Capital Transportation Program. The projects are among 14 being looked at statewide for Fiscal Year 2025 to Fiscal Year 2030. In-person public meetings to gather comments on the projects were held in late August and early September in all three counties. The highest-profile projects are the widening of Route 9 to four lanes between Old […]

The 91st annual Lewes Christmas parade, presented by the City of Lewes and the Lewes Chamber of Commerce, will step off at 5 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 2, from Lewes Elementary School parking on Savannah Road. It will progress down Savannah to Second Street, ending in front of King’s Ice Cream shop. In case of inclement weather,  the parade will be held at the same time Saturday, Dec. 9. Celebrating an […]

Milton Town Council meets Nov. 6  Milton Town Council will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 6, at the Milton library. The group is expected to set a public hearing before scheduling a referendum to borrow money for three water projects, including a new water tower.  Council will introduce an ordinance that would ban parking vehicles weighing more than 10,000 pounds within town limits. The ordinance would not […]