Tuesday Aug 19 | Cape Gazette
NAACP sponsors "Meet the candidates" forum in Milford
About three dozen people attended a candidate debate in Milford, sponsored by Delaware's National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Sussex teacher to run for Delaware 40th district seat
A Laurel resident and career educator will challenge long-time Republican incumbent for the Delaware House of Representatives' 40th District seat this fall.
SUSSEX: County won't pursue regional sewer system
GEORGETOWN - Sussex County won't be pursuing a regional wastewater system along the Route 13 corridor because three towns aren't interested.
Partnership established to promote Nanticoke
From Phillips Landing near Laurel, Broad Creek stretches as far as the eye can see to join the Nanticoke River -- no houses, no shopping centers, just trees, water and a vast expanse of open space.
Public has the final word on Sussex County land use plan
“The base density must be preserved to protect property rights”
County officials have run out of time to approve the more than 200 pages of the updated comprehensive land-use plan. via Cape Gazette
Built in 1900 in Bethel, Delaware, to carry lumber up and down the shallow bays and rivers of the Chesapeake, the 132-foot schooner Victory Chimes is the last three-masted schooner on the East Coast and the ... via MiamiHerald.com
Sussex residents debate development
“We have to build more roads before we just keep building and building”
Hearing addresses update to land-use plan By DAN SHORTRIDGE * The News Journal * April 23, 2008 Sussex County should adopt environmental protections in the west similar to those around the Inland Bays, a Bethel ... via News Journal
George R. Brumfield, 82, of Millsboro, died Friday, March 14, 2008, at Beebe Medical Center in Lewes. via The Delaware Wave
Saving the historic houses of Sussex
“There's no other house like it in this entire state.”
By DAN SHORTRIDGE * The News Journal * March 24, 2008 If houses could talk, the Lawrence House would be screaming from beyond the grave. via News Journal
Two Downstate Fires Cause Heavy Damage
The first fire broke out at a storage and workshop building on Snake Road in Bethel, Delaware around 1:45 Monday afternoon. via 1450 WILM NEWSRADIO
Book salutes vets, and all others
“Soon, the letters started coming in. Some took five days to get here. Others took as much as 2-3 weeks.”
It's hard to imagine life without computers but that's how it was when young, 21-year old Nancy Lynch started her 'Vietnam Mailbag' newspaper column for the Wilmington 'Morning News.' It was in the late 60s, ... via The Daily Times