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A woman was injured in a midnight shooting in the Belltown area near Lewes Aug. 8. Delaware State Police troopers responded at 12:03 a.m. to the 17000 block of Evette Lane for a report of a shooting.
Milton Town Council has set Monday, Aug. 18, as the date for a public hearing on the town’s proposed $5 million Fiscal Year 2026 budget. The budget calls for a 3.35% increase to property taxes and ...
Martin Rodriguez jokingly calls me “Mi Amigo Blanco.” I call Martin “Mi Amigo Rapido.” Martin injured his foot Aug. 2 in the Race for the Paws 5K (ironic) and had to be carted off the course. Martin ...
Atlantic Championship of the East Regional in Cranston, R.I., following a nail-bitting 3-2 win over New York Aug. 7. Milton avenged a tournament-opening loss to the squad from Twin Town Little League ...
Flag football is the newest girls’ sport at Cape Henlopen High School, and the team is set to begin play this fall. The sport is already a hit, as 25 girls have been learning how to block, run, pass ...
A hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 10, in the grievance filed by the Lewes police union against the city. Fraternal Order of Police Labor Lodge 22 claims City Manager Ellen Lorraine ...
Absentee ballots were the game changer in the Aug. 5 special election for District 20 helping Democrat Alonna Berry secure a win. Those ballots came in about 2.5 to 1 in favor of Berry, giving her a ...
A few months ago, I wrote a story about the closure of Quillen’s Hardware. The store had been around for decades and was originally located on Rehoboth Avenue. I wasn’t sure exactly when it opened or ...
The smell of chicken drifted across the drawbridge as far away as Second Street Aug. 2, drawing people to the Lewes-Rehoboth Rotary’s pavilion on Savannah Road in Lewes for the third annual Pong Bros.
The Milton 8-10 all-stars will look to avenge their tournament-opening loss to New York when they face the squad from Twin Town Little League Thursday, Aug. 7, in the first elimination game of the ...
Several singers from the Southern Delaware Chorale recently traveled to France to perform under the direction of world-renowned conductors in the two-part Concordia Chorale: Grand Concert ...
A developer presented a plan July 30 to create retail and medical space on a nearly 5-acre lot on Plantation Road west of Lewes. Property owner Charles D. Pollard is seeking approval of his plan to ...