Eighth-grade science students at Mariner Middle School recently had the opportunity to witness the fascinating effects of static electricity firsthand through a hands-on experiment with a Van de ...

Delaware’s Public Advocate and a top Senate Democrat are questioning a proposed rate increase by Delmarva Power and Light. “If granted by the [Delaware Public Service] Commission, this request would ...

Dewey Beach officials plan to take a closer look at the town’s annual budget process during a Fiscal Year 2027 town council budget workshop set for 1 p.m., Friday, Jan. 16, amid concerns about the ...

Jennifer Murray, RN, a nurse on Beebe Healthcare’s fifth-floor unit, was recently named as the winner of a DAISY Award. From the perspective of patients and families, the best nurses are sometimes ...

TidalHealth CEO and President Steve Leonard, PhD, MBA, FACHE, recently announced the appointment of Benny J. Stover, MBA, CPA, as the health system’s vice president of finance and chief financial ...

Sussex Academy middle school students welcomed local author Tony Varrato Dec. 15 for a discussion on the process of writing. Every year, the school’s sixth-graders read Varrato's book “Fakie,” a ...

A Georgetown woman on probation faces charges Jan. 7 after police say she had an explosive device and drugs at her home. Probation & Parole requested the Sussex County Governor’s Task Force following ...

Rep. Jamie Raskin has focused a good part of his life on a failed corset-maker from England. But what Thomas Paine lacked in garment skills, he made up for by writing pamphlets that sparked the ...

An appeal was filed Jan. 12 challenging Sussex County Council’s Dec. 16 approval of the Belle Mead zoning change request for a proposed development with 344 multifamily residential units along with ...

An agreement for Sussex County to process all wastewater from Lewes was approved Jan. 6 by county council. The plan was prompted by predictions that sea rise will inundate the Lewes plant by 2050.

On the advice of a city committee, Rehoboth Beach commissioners are considering the possible synchronization of several seasonal prohibitions to mirror the parking season and also making some seasonal ...

Thank you, Cape Gazette, for submitting a Freedom of Information Act request for detailed information about the surge in speed camera citations on Route 1 north of Lewes. Speeding is a serious threat ...