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, , , With the countdown to Memorial Day officially on, Delaware State Parks officials outlined a proposed fee structure for Deauville Beach in Rehoboth Beach during an information session March 27. If approved, the fee structure would be unique among state parks. For the first time in 50 years, Deauville Beach will be operated by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environment Control, not the City of Rehoboth […]

Acres hires consultant to help with CDP During a March 8 meeting, Henlopen Acres commissioners voted to hire Wallace Montgomery to assist the planning commission in developing an update to the state-mandated comprehensive development plan. The initial amount approved was $5,500, which is subject to review at subsequent meetings, said Mayor Joni Reich. The goal is to prepare a draft by year end that can be submitted to the state […]

Lewes Mayor and City Council unanimously approved a $12.3 million balanced budget for fiscal year 2025 at its March 25 special meeting. The amount is a 2% increase over the current FY 2024 spending plan. A new budget was required to be in place by Monday, April 1. The budget includes a 1% increase in the gross rental receipts tax on short-term rentals, from 5% to 6%. The increase will […]

A little more than a month ago, Sussex County issued a notice of violation to a property owner on Silver Lake for dumping an unknown amount of fill along the southwestern edge of the lake between Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach. Now, pending a formal permitting approval process, Sussex County Planning & Zoning Director Jamie Whitehouse has told property owner Anthony Crivella that all of the fill must be removed, […]

The Lewes Planning Commission is recommending mayor and city council give a green light to a controversial connection that some people are calling the “road to nowhere.” The stub road would be built as a possible future vehicular connection between the proposed Henlopen Bluff major subdivision and neighboring Showfield.  Henlopen Bluff is planned for a 61-acre parcel owned by Showfield LLC along Gills Neck Road across from the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal. […]

Signed into law • HB 15 with HA1 was signed into law by Gov. John Carney March 21 after unanimously passing the Senate the same day. The bill previously unanimously passed the House March 19 to require all individual, blanket, and group health insurance policies to cover annual ovarian cancer screening tests for women at risk for ovarian cancer, and it further expands the scope of monitoring tests available to […]

, , , Cape Code Purple honored its volunteers with an appreciation breakfast March 16 at Lutheran Church of Our Savior, one of the nightly shelter sites. Between the women’s shelter site at the Lutheran Church in Rehoboth Beach and the men’s site at St. Jude the Apostle Church in Lewes, 130 volunteers filled 1,000 available positions during the 105 nights the homeless shelters were open. There were 10 volunteers […]

, The Cape Artists Gallery will be offering a trial of extended open hours from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Fridays, at 110 W. Third St., Lewes. The gallery is also open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. An open house with refreshments is set for Saturday, April 6. To learn more, call 302-644-7733 or find Cape Artists Gallery on Facebook.