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Sussex County seeks to define its Heart & Soul
Trying to define the heart and soul of Sussex County is like trying to get your arms around a wet, 50-pound watermelon at the Laurel Farmers' Auction Market.
Hardscrabble residents say proposed plan is the pits
The Hardscrabble area is one of those Sussex crossroads that people only refer to when they bring up odd area names.
LAUREL: Foreclosure seminar scheduled
The Sussex County Department of Community Development & Housing will host a free foreclosure prevention seminar from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, July 17, at Laurel Town Hall, 201 Mechanic St.
Sussex approves groundwater protections
Sussex County Council approved a plan Tuesday to protect underground drinking water supplies from contamination that can come from activities like development.
Sussex Council OKs land-use plan
Sussex County's Comprehensive Land Use Plan, in the works for more than a year, was adopted Tuesday despite strong opposition from Republican County Council members.
LAUREL -- Glen Hubbard, 54, of Laurel passed away Thursday, June 19, 2008, at Christiana Hospital in Newark.
Hidden from view, silent tombstones have tales to tell
The names carved into the limestone blocks are faded and moss-covered. It's been more than 150 years since the bodies beneath were placed underground.
SUSSEX: Tipoffs lead to two drug arrests
Tipoffs led to the arrest of two Sussex County residents Wednesday on drug possession charges.
Smoke From Southern Wildfires Over Delaware Skies
Sussex County officials say most of the calls came from an area from Laurel to Bethany Beach, almost 50 over-all. The wildfires are about 200 miles away, having originated in southeastern Virginia and eastern ...
Storm damage scattered, but intense, in Sussex
The storm didn't bother to knock at Clint and Blair Lutz's front door Wednesday.
Two people are in the hospital with serious injuries following a three-car crash Wednesday on alternate Route 13, south of Allen Mills Road, Delaware State Police said.
GEORGETOWN: Sussex says no to ocean sewage
Sussex County officials have OK'd a $103 million expansion of their coastal sewage treatment system, turning down a plan that would have piped treated sewage miles out into the Atlantic.
Another Laurel arson suspected
LAUREL -- Firefighters from Laurel and nearby communities are being kept busy with a weeklong arson spree that has destroyed several abandoned homes and buildings.
Delaware averages an arson a day
Billowing smoke could be seen a mile away as flames shot through the roof of a Milltown restaurant on April 3. Sixty firefighters from six companies put out the fire, but not before the Century Buffet on ...
Partnership established to promote Nanticoke
From Phillips Landing near Laurel, Broad Creek stretches as far as the eye can see to join the Nanticoke River -- no houses, no shopping centers, just trees, water and a vast expanse of open space.
Eminent domain suit in city to advance
A Chancery Court judge Thursday denied the city's motion to dismiss a suit filed by 10 south Wilmington business owners who claim a plan to take their properties by using eminent domain is unconstitutional.
LAUREL: Lanes of U.S. 13 closed in Sussex
Construction will require lane closures today on U.S. 13 in Sussex County, the Delaware Department of Transporation said.
On the first night of the course, participants will receive an information packet containing the workbook required for the class.
SUSSEX: Arson blamed in fire at Laurel home
Investigators have a ruled a fire that caused minor damage at Laurel home shortly after midnight last night as arson, the state fire marshal reported.
Group aims to find 'heart & soul' of Sussex
“Sussex Countians are tough people, independent-minded”
Darlene Cronic didn't have to think long to describe Sussex County, where she has lived all her 50 years. via Delaware Coast Press