Cape Gazette

Cape Gazette is a community newspaper that operates independently and is published twice a week in Lewes, Delaware. You can find it every Tuesday and Friday. The newspaper focuses on the Cape Region, located in the southeastern part of Sussex County, Delaware.

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Highway tolls to increase in Delaware

1 week ago | capegazette.com | Melissa Steele

Drivers will pay more to travel on state toll roads when the Delaware Department of Transportation raises prices as part of its revenue plan. “The toll increase and larger revenue package is needed by the department to fund our infrastructure needs in the years ahead,” said C.R. McLeod, director of community relations for DelDOT.
Milton council decides on plans for Magnolia Street parking lot

1 week ago | capegazette.com | Ryan Mavity

Milton Town Council has selected two designs for a new parking lot on Magnolia Street, with details to be sorted by town staff prior to going to bid. At its June 12 workshop meeting, council agreed the plans should include a sidewalk and the size of parking spaces should be 9-by-18 feet. The vote on the two plans passed unanimously, while the size of parking spaces passed by a 4-2 vote, with council members Randi Meredith and Robert Gray voting no.
La Plaza Delaware hosts Latina Business Summit

1 week ago | capegazette.com | Ryan Mavity

Latina women from around Sussex County gathered June 14, to network and learn from other entrepreneurs at the Latina Business Summit held at Avenue United Methodist Church in Milford. Organized by La Plaza Delaware and the Delaware Alliance of Latino Entrepreneurs, the summit featured speakers, guest panels and workshops.
Milton council passes rental ordinance

1 week ago | capegazette.com | Ryan Mavity

Milton Town Council has passed an ordinance that amends code on rentals to include a section on short-term rentals such as Airbnbs. Council intends to go further in its attempt to regulate short-term rentals by having the planning and zoning commission look at the zoning implications of short-term rentals; this first ordinance was viewed more as a licensing measure than zoning. Council plans to pass a resolution in July that would ask for planning and zoning to come up with an advisory report.
Parker Selby remains absent from legislature in final days

1 week ago | capegazette.com | Melissa Steele

Questions about Rep. Stell Parker Selby’s absence this entire legislative year are ramping up as the session comes to a close. With only seven days remaining, the Milton representative has not attended a single day of the 2025 legislative session. Parker Selby, a Democrat, was elected in a closely contested race in November to represent the 20th District, which covers Milton and greater Lewes. She was sworn in to her seat in March in a private ceremony attended by a few at her Milton home.
Marriage equality amendment moves through Senate

1 week ago | capegazette.com | Melissa Steele

The first leg of a constitutional amendment to protect marriage equality passed the Senate June 10, with a 16-5 vote, the required two-thirds vote needed to pass. It now heads to the House. Senate Bill 100, sponsored by Sen. Russ Huxtable, D-Lewes, and Rep. Claire Snyder-Hall, D-Rehoboth Beach, would enshrine marriage as a fundamental right that may not be denied or abridged on the basis of gender or any basis protected under the Delaware Constitution.
DelDOT introduces proposal for Heritage Creek trail

1 week ago | capegazette.com | Ryan Mavity

Delaware Department of Transportation officials introduced a concept plan for a proposed shared-use path connecting Heritage Creek and Cannery Village in Milton. DelDOT engineer Tom Felice presented plans at town council’s June 2 meeting. The proposal includes a 300-foot-long, 12-foot-wide trail with bollards placed at entry points, which would run between Governors Boulevard and Summer Walk Boulevard.
Milton officials not settled on new parking lot design

2 weeks ago | capegazette.com | Ryan Mavity

Milton Town Council is planning to hold a public workshop Thursday, June 12, on the design of a new parking lot to be located on town-leased land at the corner of Magnolia and Union streets. Officials decided on a workshop dedicated solely to the parking lot design after council’s June 2 meeting, where members’ opinions ranged from liking the current plan and wanting to proceed to wanting to replace the engineer who came up with them.
Senate backs wind project despite county denial

2 weeks ago | capegazette.com | Melissa Steele

The fight for a Sussex County land-use decision to remain local lost in a state Senate vote June 10, as senators voted 15-5 with one absent in favor of bringing offshore wind power to a southern Delaware site. The upstate senator sponsoring Senate Bill 159 to override a Sussex County denial of a wind power substation next to the NRG plant near Dagsboro dug in, insisting that wind power is a state energy issue and should not be controlled by a county decision.
Peak summer electric usage could require demand decrease

2 weeks ago | capegazette.com | Melissa Steele

The regional power grid operator’s summer 2025 forecast is optimistic about meeting typical energy demand, but warns that extreme conditions may require decreased electricity use. PJM Interconnection, the power grid operator for the eastern part of the country that includes 13 states and the District of Columbia, released its Summer Outlook 2025 report May 9, stating the power grid should have adequate reserves to maintain reliability throughout the summer.