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Kings Highway plan: Not perfect but best plan yet devised
Gail Van Gilder, Joseph A. Pika and Jay Tomlinson
7 months ago
DelDOT’s plan for Kings Highway has unleashed a vibrant exchange of views on the pages of the Cape...
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Silver spring
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Springtime is on full display in Enid Lagree’s photograph of Silver Lake in Rehoboth Beach.
Traveler Series
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On Nov. 2, 2023, Red and Barb Moulinier took a four-hour Jeep trip into Canyon de Chelly (...
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The Cape Henlopen Lighthouse replica in the center of the Rehoboth Avenue roundabout has...
People in Sports
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7 months ago
The irony and the agony - On Sunday morning, I worked the happy trails of the Coastal Delaware...
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Volunteering is good for the soul
Connie Benko
7 months ago
Thousands of Delawareans engage in formal or informal volunteer activities every day, providing...
Editorial Cartoon
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Jim Paterson
7 months ago
Community Photo Showcase
Seascape at Sunset
7 months ago
Cape Henlopen State Park offers some of the region’s most spectacular sunsets. Photographer Shane...
Weather Picture
Out came the sun
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A small jumping spider relaxes on the window of a car near Lewes on a warm Sunday afternoon.
Traveler Series
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7 months ago
David and Janice Kirby, and their son, Alex, spent 10 incredible days in Italy. They toured the...
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Fritz Schranck
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The Cape Henlopen High School golf team learned that no matter how well you play, on any given day...
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From what I have written in the past two weeks, you might think the New York Metropolitan Outdoor...
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Sumner Spence
7 months ago
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The Business of Eating
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Bob Yesbek
7 months ago
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Around Sussex
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Ron MacArthur
7 months ago
I’ve always been fascinated by the little-known snippets of Sussex County’s history. One of the...
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7 months ago
Last weekend was the Cherry Blossom 10-Miler in Washington, D.C., with a large group of locals...
Commentary
Current healthcare costs unsustainable
Rep. Valerie M. Longhurst
7 months ago
Healthcare in Delaware is expensive; there’s no getting around it. In a 2024 study, Delaware ranked...
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Jim Paterson
7 months ago
Editorials
Short-term rental tax needed
7 months ago
For years, the State of Delaware has struggled to come to an agreement on the taxation of short-...
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Who are you? Who, who? Who, who?
7 months ago
This great horned owlet was spotted on the Lewes-Georgetown Trail by Chris Kelly of Lewes.
Traveler Series
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In early November, 48 friends and neighbors from the Independence community in Millsboro took a bus...
Delaware Cape Region History in Photographs
Cape Henlopen Lighthouse stands in 1926
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Weather Picture
Dune-not trespass
7 months ago
Native vegetation traps wind-blown sand to assist the dune rebuilding on Lewes Beach.
People in Sports
Soap opera sports just a proliferation of pundits
Dave Frederick
7 months ago
Cognition crazies - Perhaps women's college basketball was better off before the crazies without...
Commentary
New strategies needed to improve schools
Sen. Brian Pettyjohn and Rep. Lyndon Yearick
7 months ago
Delaware’s public education system is in dire need of reform and new approaches. According to the...
Commentary
New intrusive state bureaucracy is not answer to rising healthcare costs
Rep. Danny Short
7 months ago
A contentious bill that would require Delaware hospitals to get state approval for their spending...
Editorial Cartoon
Roundabout reaction
Jim Paterson
7 months ago
Community Photo Showcase
Swan-derful
7 months ago
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Pam Bounds
7 months ago
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Traveler Series
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Children’s Beach House golf fundraiser set for May 20
Fritz Schranck
7 months ago
Children’s Beach House will hold its 20th annual charity golf fundraiser Monday, May 20, at the...
Outdoors
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Eric Burnley
7 months ago
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Thoughts from the Sidelines
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Sumner Spence
7 months ago
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Choppin' Wood
Acres should consider changing name of town’s cemetery
Chris Flood
7 months ago
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Denise Clemons
7 months ago
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The Business of Eating
What goes around comes around
Bob Yesbek
7 months ago
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People in Sports
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Running
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Tim Bamforth
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A group of 72 runners from Delaware will compete this weekend in the annual Cherry Blossom 10-miler...
Editorials
Sussex retirees will have lasting legacy
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A pair of bald eagles, spotted and photographed by Lou Nicoletti at Pot-Nets Bayside.
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Editorial Cartoon
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