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Pickleball, typically played in a 2v2 format, has taken an unexpected turn in Lewes, as players find themselves in a battle against the court itself.

A new surface has done nothing to aid pickleball players in a popular Lewes park.

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Is the historic Lightship Overfalls in Lewes haunted? According to paranormal investigator Rick Warner, there is no doubt about it, and he claims to have collected proof during a recent Phantom Detectives investigation of the ship. “Big Red,” docked...

The third and final installation of the Lewes Public Art Committee has nestled into Canalfront Park, finding a home among nature and the steel of the ships. Letha Wilson’s “Double Arc Leaves and Lava” is one of a series of pieces featuring her...

April 27, 2021 Fair housing webinar set April 29 Pathways to Success will sponsor a free virtual town hall to discuss fair housing issues from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, April 29. To register, go to pathways-2-success.org/events. The purpose is to raise awareness about the continued presence of housing discrimination and how people can work to fix it. Topics include the importance of the Fair Housing Act, Delaware’s Landlord & Tenant Code, housing legislation and policy, and housing ad...

April 23, 2021 Dewey budget committee to meet The Dewey Beach Budget and Finance Committee will meet virtually at 4 p.m., Friday, April 23, to discuss the budget performance for the 2021 fiscal year, the newly approved 2022 fiscal year budget and the hotel lodging tax, as well as new revenue stream opportunities for the town. A link to the meeting is available at townofdeweybeach.com. Rehoboth BofA meeting canceled The Rehoboth Beach Board of Adjustment meeting scheduled for Monday, A...

Lewes’ next public art project will be installed in Canalfront Park in April.  Lewes Mayor and City Council unanimously approved the public art committee’s request to place a piece called Unbounded by Pittsburgh-based artist Rachel Mica Weiss in the park near the Lightship Overfalls.  Unbounded is a large-scale, site-specific and site-responsive architectural intervention, utilizing hand-chiseled obsidian rock and hand-dyed rope to create bound yet flowing textile surfaces. Committee Ch...

February 5, 2021 Packed agenda for Lewes council Feb. 8 Lewes Mayor and City Council will meet virtually at 6:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 8. The group will consider approval of the revised site plan for the Dutchman’s Harvest workforce housing project on Savannah Road. Officials will also consider annexation of 1145 Savannah Road, where a microbrewery is proposed. Recommendations from the beach parking committee and downtown business district parking committee will be considered. Council ...