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South Bethany’s Matt Amerling receives 2023 Clerk of the Year Award

Matt Amerling, town clerk for South Bethany, received the 2023 Clerk of the Year Award presented Oct. 19 by the Delaware League of Local Governments. South Bethany Town Manager Maureen Hartman nominated him. Amerling has been employed by the Town of South Bethany since March 2021. Tracy Torbert, Delaware Municipal Clerks Association Nominating Committee chair, said, “DMCA is proud to announce that Matthew Amerling from the Town of South Bethany […]

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Boo! Cape Region celebrating Halloween

, , , , , , , , , , , The spookiest time of year has arrived!  The staff at Mid-Atlantic Family Practice near Lewes were so taken with The Happy Flagger (aka Akin Corbitt; see full story at capegazette.com/article/happy-flagger-ray-sunshine/266110) they decided to pay tribute to him with their Halloween costumes. “Our patients have been frustrated with the construction for the last several months but Akin has made it […]

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Volunteers carve pumpkins for Zwaanendael display

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , The Lewes Historical Society hosted its annual family-friendly pumpkin carving event Oct. 29 at its Shipcarpenter Street complex. All of the pumpkins will be used to decorate Zwaanendael Park on Halloween night when trick-or-treaters will be given candy thanks to Lewes in Bloom volunteers and assorted witches and goblins. Following the […]

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Milton hosts Wicked Weekend

, , , , , , , , , , , Historic Milton’s spooktacular Wicked Weekend event was held Oct. 28 in Milton Memorial Park. The annual event was hosted by the Nitan Soni Group and the Milton Chamber of Commerce. It featured a number of family-friendly activities such as a fantasy trail and haunted walk, pumpkin painting, train rides, food trucks and sorcery and stories from Children’s Beach House.  […]

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Public concerned about BOEM’s public meeting on wind farms

, , , While concerns were raised about viewshed and possible landfall locations for power lines, the biggest concern voiced at an Oct. 27 public meeting about US Wind’s proposed wind farm off Maryland’s coast was about the meeting itself. US Wind is proposing to install up to 121 turbines in three phases, up to four offshore substation platforms, one meteorological tower and up to four offshore export cable corridors […]

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Fantasy Trail delights young trick-or-treaters

, , , , , , , Perfect weather led to record crowds attending the Oct. 27-29 Children’s Fantasy Trail at the Seaside Nature Center in Cape Henlopen State Park in Lewes. Dozens of volunteers carved pumpkins to mark the trail through the woods, as well portraying roles of non-scary characters from “The Wizard of Oz,” “Frozen,” “Beauty and the Beast” and many more as youngsters went trick-or-treating in costume. […]

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Contractor briefs Lewes council on resurfaced athletic courts

, The company that resurfaced recreational courts at Lewes Canalfront Park told mayor and city council that no surface is perfect and the city was told before installation that it would not please everyone. Quinn Burgess from ATC Corp. addressed city officials at a public workshop Oct. 27. The meeting was the latest development in a controversy over the surface that pickleball players despise, but tennis and basketball players love. […]

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Schellville hosts Spooktacular event

, , , , , , , , Schellville looked like a scene from “A Nightmare Before Christmas” Oct. 27, as the cheery, wintry themed village transformed into a scary, eerie scene for the Spooktacular Kids Zone.  Families, many decked out for Halloween, took the opportunity to trick or treat at several stations throughout the village. Also available was the kids’ play area, sledding hill and roller skating rink. While the […]

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Attorney general sues companies for contaminating Delaware water, soil

Attorney General Kathleen Jennings announced Oct. 26 that her office has filed a lawsuit against companies who she says have polluted Delaware rivers, streams and soil. “I don’t care who you are: If you harm Delaware and its people, we will hold you accountable,” said Jennings in a press release. “3M and the other defendants knew the dangers that [per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances] posed and they still chose profits over our neighborhoods […]

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News Briefs 10/31/23

Lewes sets special meeting Nov. 3 Lewes Mayor and City Council will hold a special meeting at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Nov. 3, at city hall to consider a canal excavation permit for a parcel owned by Showfield LLC. The agenda and meeting link are at lewes.civicweb.net. Rehoboth planners set special meeting  The Rehoboth Beach Planning Commission will hold a special meeting at 2 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 2, in the city […]

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