Sussex County News

SLAUGHTER BEACH - Fireworks are to start at dusk. Events are free unless noted. Slaughter Beach: Food at Memorial Volunteer Fire Company starts at 4 p.m., fire company-sponsored fireworks on the beach.

In the 19th century, the celebration of July 4 was a superb occasion marked by parades, speeches, and band concerts of patriotic songs.

Delaware State Police say a 17-year-old boy from Seaford died after his car left the roadway and collided into a car in Sussex County Wednesday afternoon.

A daughter of Thurman Adams wants to run for her late father's state Senate seat, but she faces at least one challenger.

GEORGETOWN --Residents of a southern Sussex County neighborhood took their fight over a plan that would require them to hook up to a new sewer system to the Sussex County Council on Tuesday.

Administration of dog control is due to switch from the state to Sussex County at the start of 2010, and county officials are already predicting a $500,000 shortfall.

What do Sussex County residents want their county to look like in the future? Although development issues are always front and center, the county is still rural with the vast majority of land still undeveloped.

Members and guests of the Positive Growth Alliance joined together June 5, at Independence clubhouse in Millsboro, for a special night of remembrance and recognition.

REHOBOTH BEACH -- Liza Orlando was closing her Rehoboth Avenue boutique to take a walk with her husband and their two small dogs when tragedy struck.

Almost to his final hours, those close to him said Senate President Pro Tem Thurman Adams Jr.

DOVER -- A proposed Sussex County racino project appears to be stalled in the state Legislature, with a slim-to-none chance of coming out of committee before the end of the term next week.

From his seat on the 50-yard line of the Senate Chamber, Bridgeville Democrat Thurman G. Adams Jr.

GEORGETOWN --Amidst the lush, green fields and tall, shady trees of central Sussex County, a group of dedicated business people, politicians and volunteers gathered to discuss things about the county they know, cherish and want to share with the rest of the world.

GEORGETOWN - Sussex County's Planning & Zoning Commission will have a new face later this summer with the appointment of a Delmar-area farmer.

Delaware State Police are investigating a fatal crash that killed a 72-year-old Millsboro man on Long Neck Road on Friday.

OCEAN VIEW --Plans for a proposed shopping center on the outskirts of Ocean View have been quashed following a ruling by the Sussex County Council.

MILFORD -- WKNZ may seem like a jumble of letters, but to a group of Sussex County residents, those letters are sign of hope, meaning and love.

With Delaware's finances in the"red", some see gambling as a way to get back in the "black". House Majority Leader, Peter Schwartzkopf points to Sussex County as an un-tapped market.

A 2-month-old boy in the care of foster parents was found dead early Thursday in a bed he had been sharing with his nanny, police said.

A 72-year-old man is dead after being hit by a car while riding his mo-ped in Sussex County.