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LEWES — Rehoboth Beach Film Society’s Cinema Art Theater presents the Oscar-nominated drama “Nickel Boys,” based on the Pulitzer Prize winning …
fishing season
DOVER — Delaware’s 2025 downstate pond trout season will open for youth anglers under age 16-only at 7 a.m. on March 1, followed by the opening of the regular downstate trout season …
medical care
LEWES — The new Milton Health Center at the Jerry Ann McLamb Medical Pavilion on Ellendale Highway welcomed two new primary care clinicians, Dr. Scott Milstein and Michael Lockerman, nurse …
Maryland Local
GEORGETOWN, Delaware – Race Street, usually the busy commercial core of a Central American neighborhood, was deserted on a clear weekday evening. A man named Delmar sat in an otherwise empty …
Member Exclusive
MAYO — Efforts in recent years to accelerate the Chesapeake Bay restoration have run into a wall of Trump administration executive orders that halted payments for huge swaths of Bay-related …
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Environment
Environment
GEORGETOWN — The Sussex Conservation District (SCD) invites farmers, landowners, and agricultural professionals to a hybrid local work group (LWG) meeting on March 5 at 9 a.m. at the …
PRINCESS ANNE – Agribusinesses across the Mid-Atlantic are diversifying their revenue streams by adding fields or patches of beautiful blooms. Whether it’s wildflowers, bulbs or cut …
Cops and Courts
Milford Police Chief Cecilia Ashe and State Rep. Bryan Shupe will give presentations at a community meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 6 p.m. at the Milford Police Department, 401 N.E. Front St. Chief …
FELTON — A residence was damaged by gunfire and investigation continues, Delaware State Police said. At approximately 1:53 p.m. Saturday, police said, troopers responded to the 100 block …
Kent County
CRIME
Some were deadly, others injurious or left nobody wounded. A spate of recent shootings and a stabbing in Kent and Sussex counties brought arrests in some cases, but not all.
POLICE
WILMINGTON — A 36-year-old Smyrna man was wounded in an officer-involved shooting Friday night and later charged with offenses, Delaware State Police said.
US wind, act
DOVER — While imposing no penalties other than to generally begin acting like a public body, the Attorney General of Delaware decided the Association of Coastal Towns violated Freedom of …
Sussex County
Entertainment
The Mispillion Performance Series provides a lot of bang — and for no bucks. Its slate of concerts will bring talented musicians to Milford and Rehoboth Beach, starting this weekend.
Community
DOVER — The Delaware Chapter of the National Association for Black Veterans and the Delaware State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People are stepping up …
DELAWARE SCHOOLS
DOVER — Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer has made higher education funding a key goal of his administration, but a Newark-based think tank is not convinced more money will solve the state’s …
New Castle County
The Freeman Arts Pavilion in Selbyville has started a significant improvement project to bring a permanent stage and an enhanced experience to the open-air concert venue.
A high wind warning was in effect throughout Delaware on Monday morning, the National Weather Service reported. And, while there are no significant changes in the forecast through Tuesday, snow is likely to arrive Wednesday.
OCEAN CITY, Md. – Green Day, Noah Kahan, and Fall Out Boy are set to headline the Oceans Calling Festival from Sept. 26-28 at the Ocean City Boardwalk. The festival returns to the Ocean …
Wicomico County
Jeffrey Mueller of Salisbury, Maryland, a Mechanical Engineering major and member of the...
Points of discussion surrounding Anne Street Village that came out of the June 3, 2024 City ...
SALISBURY — A Maryland State Trooper has been suspended without pay after a recent indictment by a grand jury in Wicomico County. Senior Trooper Jordan Monk is facing charges of …
Dorchester County
CAMBRIDGE - The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said it has filed an online complaint with the U.S. Board of Education's Office of Civil Rights on behalf of a 12-year-old Cambridge girl.
Dorchester County
CAMBRIDGE – Maryland State Police are investigating a five-vehicle crash that occurred early this morning in Dorchester County. Shortly after 7 a.m., troopers from the Maryland State …
REHOBOTH BEACH — A fin whale, or a finback whale, that beached on Sunday morning south of the Indian River Life-Saving Station in Delaware Seashore State Park did not survive, Nikki LaVoie, …
Somerset County
CRISFIELD — Flooding has been a problem in Crisfield and the surrounding area for decades, and it keeps getting worse, affecting businesses, residences, tourism, and transportation. While …
ANNAPOLIS — There were 202 wild turkeys harvested in Somerset County during the spring season which made it the best year for hunters out of the last seasons. The 1.5% increase over 2023 …
PRINCESS ANNE — Municipal voters on Tuesday rejected giving their first-term incumbent representatives another four-year term as challengers will be taking their seats as Town Commissioners on …
News
GEORGETOWN — Sussex Academy inducted 28 new members of the Science National Honor Society in a student-led school ceremony Feb. 6.  The chapter, now with 45 members, is open to …
Dozens visited the state capitol in Dover on Monday to participate in a demonstration dubbed the "Not My President" protest. Following a march around The Green, participants finished on the stairs of Legislative Hall.
A development agreement is in place for Georgetown's new police station and Public Works facility. On Feb. 10, the mayor and Town Council approved a partnership between the town and the ONIX Group, which will serve as the developer and oversee the planning of the turn-key construction.
DOVER – The Friends of Old Dover will be sponsoring a presentation of "Christ Church – over 300 Years of History" in Dover on March 22 at 10 a.m. Nancy Quinn will be the chronicler of its …
KENT COUNTY – The Seed Library will be launched at the Kent County Public Library on March 14, 2025, in part thanks to the Kent County Levy Court’s Department of Community Services. …
Jitka Ellis of Dover took this photo on Jan. 25 on Bradford Street in downtown Dover. Photos must include your name, where and when your photo was taken and where you live. Share your photos with …
Lake Forest School District officials budgeted 7.5 days into this year’s school calendar to offset possible inclement weather, but a series of snowstorms in early February already has lopped …
NEW CASTLE — Workers are sought to fill summer camp positions for the New Castle County Department of Community Services. Applicants must be at least 18 and a high school graduate, the …
State Senate Democrats maintained their 15-6 supermajority Saturday, as Dan Cruce and Raymond Seigfried handily won special elections for two vacated seats in northern New Castle County.
LEWES — The Fort Miles Historical Association’s annual meeting and lecture originally scheduled for Jan. 11, but were cancelled due to inclement weather, have been rescheduled to March 1 …
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