Sussex County News

Recently, Christian Hudson wrote a column for the Cape Gazette that offered a reason for the disappearing middle class: regulations.

All over Delaware this holiday season, familiar boughs of holly with their signature clusters of crimson berries deck the halls.

Delaware Tech students Michelle Lane of Bridgeville, left, and Ayla Orteza of Lewes organized the Zumba for the Philippines Zumbathon event held Dec. 7 at the Owens Campus.

Emergency personnel prepare to transport a "victim" to another hospital during an active shooter drill at Beebe Healthcare in Lewes.

Kevin Gilmore, executive director of Sussex County Habitat for Humanity, has announced that Habitat is getting ready to launch its Major Home Repair Pilot Program in the Georgetown community.

Although groundwater under the site of a proposed chicken processing plant in Millsboro contains unhealthy levels of lead and tetrachloroethene, those chemicals aren't projected to ooze through soil quickly enough to contaminate nearby rivers, a new report done on behalf of Allen Harim Foods LLC says.

Gillis Gilkerson, one of the region's most trusted general contracting and construction management firms, has announced the completion of several projects during the second half of 2013, the year in which the company has also been celebrating its 30th anniversary.

Yoder's Country Store in Greenwood boxes above its weight class, an unassuming store on the outside that delivers gourmet coffee beans, high-quality chicken and specialty groceries inside.

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With Christmas and New Year's Day falling right in the middle of the week, the Cape Gazette has scheduled early advertising deadlines.

Beth Doty from the West Rehoboth Community Land Trust shakes hands with Kevin Gilmore, executive director for Sussex County Habitat for Humanity.

Simpson was hired Sept. 2, 1980, into the 42nd state police recruiting class. He began his career in Sussex County and then moved to New Castle County, where he worked at Troop 1 and Troop 6 and also became a canine handler.

The Sussex County Association of Realtors Community Service Foundation went Christmas shopping at Kmart Dec. 2 for more than 300 needy children in Sussex County.

CHEER and the University of Delaware will present the second in a series of lectures on health-related issues affecting the over-50 population from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 18, at the CHEER Community Center, Route 9 and Sand Hill Road in Georgetown.

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.