Slaughter Beach News

With perfect weather conditions, thousands upon thousands jammed into every nook and cranny of the Cape Region Saturday, July 4. The day started with a full slate of activities in Lewes and ended with fireworks and music along the coast.

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.

The Cape Region will light up with fireworks between Thursday, July 2, and Saturday, July 4. The following is a list of events: a Rehoboth Beach a ' Rehoboth fireworks are expected to draw thousands of people to the Boardwalk and beach, at the foot of Rehoboth Avenue.

For three days the week of June 15-19, first responders in Delaware responded to thee different rescue drills in two locations to test their ability to work together.

As Slaughter Beach officials opened their new pavilion and bath house this week, three oil tankers floated just off shore and a class of fourth-graders from Holy Cross School in Dover looked at horseshoe crabs on the beach.

On Friday April 24 at 03:49 hours Station 85 , Station 77 , Station 75 , and Medic 108 were dispatched to a structure fire on Harbeson Road in the area of the Mariner Middle School.

This Day in Delaware History: 1832 Governor David Hazzard pardoned Joseph Shelton of Kent County from having to be whipped and wearing a Roman "T" armband.

Homebuilder Schell Brothers held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at noon Wednesday for the new Heritage Creek development, just outside Milton.

Seven downstate fire companies battled three house fires in a new development in the Milton area early today, said an official with the Sussex County fire board.

Two Monday evening fires in new construction homes in the Milton area were most likely set by arsonists, Milton Fire Department Inc.

The Hampton Inn under construction at the north edge of Milford caught fire at about 5:30 this morning, fire police said, and burned into the afternoon, causing serious damage to the structure.

Most coastal residents were asleep on the foggy November night the rumrunner Correllis steamed into Delaware Bay.

Christmas came a little early during the last meeting of the current Sussex County Council.

Gov. Ruth Ann Minner says state employees raised $670,000 this year for the United Way, beating the goal of $650,000. Minner said in a news release she was very proud the state workers exceeded the goal for ...

The Memorial Volunteer Fire Company in Slaughter Beach is looking to build a substation that would be more accessible for firefighters.

Crews from multiple departments responded to a Wednesday afternoon fire at the Irish Eyes Pub and Restaurant in the 200 block of Anglers Road on Lewes Harbor.

Slaughter Beach firefighters are hoping for a new fire station to handle emergencies and improve response times away from the coastal area.