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, 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. […]

, , , , , , , , 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

, , The Woman's Christian Temperance Union water fountain on the Boardwalk in Rehoboth Beach could be fixed by the end of the year. Standing 6-feet-6-inches tall and 3-feet wide, with a spigot mounted on a white-marble slab spanned by a granite arch, the water fountain was installed by the woman’s group in 1929. The Cape Gazette first reported a few weeks ago the city had no plans to fix […]

With a 4-0 vote, the Sussex County Planning & Zoning Commission approved the Twin Masts cluster subdivision with 249 single-family home lots on a 133-acre parcel on the north side of Round Pole Bridge Road and west side of Route 1 near Milton. The application ignited a wave of opposition from pilots and residents who live adjacent to and use Eagle Crest Aerodrome. Among the commission's conditions presented during the […]

, , To alleviate crowding at Love Creek Elementary, Cape district officials plan to investigate student residencies and school choice approvals before making boundary changes, Superintendent Bob Fulton said at the Oct. 26 board meeting. Continuing discussions that began at the September meeting, Fulton said he hopes to provide a final recommendation on attendance zones at the Nov. 16 meeting, or at the latest the Dec. 14 meeting, so families […]