Sussex County News

At Thursday night's Sussex County Planning and Zoning Commission's public hearing regarding the proposed Showfield development, the presenter for the applicant carefully listed the developments that have grown up around Lewes: Wolfe Point, Wolfe Runne, Senators, Hawkseye, Breakwater, the Cadbury at Lewes Continuing Care Community and asked the ... (more)

Milton cyclist Chris Moody has dreamed about a bicycle tour throughout Sussex County.

Psychologists from left Ted Wilson, PhD; Mary Vaughn, Psy.D; and Edwin Oliver, Psy.

Ladies Night at Abbott's Grill takes on special meaning for women as the American Cancer Society invites the community to join the fight against breast cancer, learn more about Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Sussex County, and enjoy free food and refreshments.

Claire Snyder-Hall, a candidate for the Delaware Senate 6th District, said thank you to Bill and Betty Hurdle for hosting the Eastern Sussex Democrats' annual picnic at their home in Harbeson.

Among the more interesting 2012 races was the Representative District 20 race between Republican Steve Smyk and Democrat Marie Mayor.

Plans for a seventh community along the road were presented July 24 to Sussex County Planning and Zoning Commission.

Alexandra Furtado, a recent graduate of Sussex Technical High School, is the 2014 recipient of the Jim Cresson Scholarship, named for the late Cape Gazette reporter.

Sussex County Council will undergo a training session to learn more about the state's code of ethics and the Delaware Public Integrity Commission.

The office, in the Vineyards at Nassau Valley, off U.S. Route 9, offers services such as applying for retirement, survivors' benefits, disability benefits, Medicare or Supplemental Security Income benefits, requesting an original or replacement Social Security card, requesting a replacement Medicare card, reporting a change of address or starting ... (more)

Multiple fire companies responded to a chicken house fire Saturday afternoon in Sussex County.

Shown are Ken Adams, Melvin Joseph Construction; Bob Stickels, First Shore Federal board member; Millsboro Vice Mayor John Thoroughgood; Dwight Miller, Gillis Gilkerson president; Judy Schwartz, senior vice president, George Miles & Buhr; Vance Phillips, Sussex County Council; and Marty Neat, president and CEO, First Shore Federal.

The Eastern Shore AFRAM Festival 2014 will bring living history, the Community Recognition Award and traditional African arts and culture to Sussex County.

To enhance service to its citiA zens and visitors, the City of Lewes will soon implement an expanded email communications program.

Thirty years, that's how much time a Bridgeville teen will spend in jail after a jury found him guilty of helping keep an elderly Delaware woman captive in the trunk of her car.

Land in and around Lewes zoned for residential development, as with most similar land in coastal Sussex, will be developed.

A DelDOT contractor recently filled in these rumble strips along Route 9 that were inadvertently placed in violation of state transportation safety guidelines.

Alex Pires, center, confers with farm owner Mark Baker during the July 22 Sussex County Council public hearing.

Sussex County is sorting out whether, where, whena basically what to do with proposals to utilize available open space, especially farmland, to provide other types of vacation experiences.

Drivers and business owners may get some relief on Route 26, as lane closures will now begin later each evening, although work on Sunday nights has been added.