Sussex County News

In an ongoing battle of words concerning a proposed poultry processing plant near Millsboro, it's a safe bet more than one salvo will be fired next week.

As a witness, I wanted to comment on your front page article "Sussex man charged after police chase," in the Dec. 6 edition about the two-hour police chase after Jorge Vasquez Dec. 4 through Sussex County.

Last year, when some Delaware farmers suffered crop losses from droughts, the U.S. Department of Agriculture declared the state's farmers eligible to apply for low-interest loans as part of a disaster relief program.

"I've had constituents that were unaware their homes were vulnerable to flooding until their yards started filling up with water.

Beebe Healthcare is holding a training exercise for an active shooter situation at the medical center in Lewes Thursday, Dec. 12. The exercise, which begin at noon, is a collaboration among state, county and local agencies, including Delaware State Police, Lewes police and fire departments, and Sussex County Emergency Medical Services personnel.

Moore & Rutt PA announces the addition of Sussex County native Dorey Cole, who comes to the Georgetown-based practice with more than a decade of experience in government law.

When eighth-grader Lauren Miller arrives at the Laurel Intermediate School each morning, her school bus pulls up to the door and everyone goes into the building together.

A study costing $40,000 has been initiated by Sussex County, in order to examine the best way to transition toward a sewer system in Bethel.

Breast cancer survivors and coalition supporters, including Marilyn Kelius, Connie Holdridge, Barbara Dean, Kathy Wiz and Cheryl Doucette help decorate a tree for the Breast Cancer Coalition and Delaware Hospice's Sussex County Festival of Trees .

The Lewes Public Library will hold a special bilingual story time at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Dec. 20. Steve Marz, director of the Delaware Public Archives, and Charito Calvachi-Mateyko will read from her book "Navidad Latinoamericana /Latin American Christmas."

Beebe Healthcare will hold an exercise Thursday simulating the presence of a shooter at its medical center in Lewes.

Five Sussex County firefighters caught throwing watermelons from a truck at mailboxes in Bishopville were given probation.

Pictured are Karen Gritton, Southern Delaware director of special events, American Heart Association; Patricia Sandy, event chair, Sussex County Go Red For Women; Jeffrey Fried, president and CEO, Beebe Healthcare; and Daniel Green, senior director, American Heart Association Southern Delaware.

Delaware Hospice held its Annual Sussex County Festival of Trees Nov. 22-24. The Holiday Gala kicked off the event on Friday with food and entertainment.

Artists Carlo Rodriguez, left, and Cathy Walls work on one of the six pieces which comprise Phase 1 of Downtown Milford's Art on the Riverwalk Tour.

Four couples and some of their relatives gather for a group hug following a Nov. 30 joint wedding ceremony in the Sussex County administration building's county council chambers.

Residents living along the Nanticoke River in western Sussex County would be affected with the passage of proposed regulations to clean up the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

Beebe Healthcare will hold an active shooter exercise at its medical center in Lewes Thursday, Dec. 12. The exercise, to begin at noon, is a collaboration among state, county and local agencies, including Delaware State Police, Lewes police and fire departments, and Sussex County Emergency Medical Services personnel.

Operation of a prison boot camp in Sussex County has been suspended after a guard in the porgram was charged with having sex with three women inmates.

Beebe Healthcare's groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of the Margaret H. Rollins School of Nursing will take place at 1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 14. The Margaret H. Rollins School of Nursing at Beebe Healthcare in Lewes will break ground on its $10 million building expansion at 1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 14. School officials invite residents, ... (more)