DOVER, DE – Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the City of Lewes will launch an awareness campaign next week aimed at clearing the Lewes dune of personal effects such as boats and kayaks that are stored illegally on the dune – not only causing harm to the dune but preventing it […]
Continue ReadingLEWES,DE – DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin was joined by legislators, the Fort Miles Historical Association, and other supporters today at a ribbon-cutting celebrating numerous improvements at Fort Miles. The Fort Miles Museum and Historical Area has expanded with a new parking lot and paved road, enabling visitors to access the area more easily. Renovations […]
Continue ReadingThe Mary Martha Circle of Bethel United Methodist Church in Historical Lewes is sponsoring its Annual Cookie Walk on Saturday, December 1, 2018. If you have no time to bake or would love to have a variety of cookies for the holidays, come to the Cookie Walk. We’ve done the work for you; yummy homemade […]
Continue ReadingComing to the Delaware beaches for Thanksgiving and looking for a twist on your family tradition? Join us for the 5th Annual Gabby Gobble 5K and Kiddie fun run on Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, November 22nd at Irish Eyes Pub in Lewes, DE. The Fun run begins at 9am with the 5K race beginning at 9:30. […]
Continue ReadingLEWES (Oct. 3, 2018) – Delaware’s coastal and natural resources will be showcased Sunday, Oct. 7 at DNREC’s Coast Day education tent on the campus of the University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment in Lewes. Coast Day, which runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., is the university’s annual end-of-summer event that […]
Continue ReadingLEWES (Aug. 30, 2018) – DNREC’s Division of Parks and Recreation, in partnership with the Fort Miles Historical Association (FMHA), will begin construction on a new outdoor event and programming venue at the Fort Miles Museum and historical area beginning September 4, 2018. The overlook at the top of the park’s bike trail will be […]
Continue ReadingEASTON, MD – The only professional symphony orchestra on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra (MSO), is celebrating a new season, offering concerts from Ocean City, MD to Wye Mills, MD and returning this year to Lewes, DE. A number of star performers will be featured throughout the year. Violinist Stefan Jackiw will be […]
Continue ReadingAngola by the Bay’s Sea Gals, formally the Women’s Group, is pleased to announce that it will host the 43rd annual Craft Show on Saturday, July 21, 2018, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., in the wooded area adjacent to the Clubhouse. Last year over 100 vendors from all over the north east participated in […]
Continue ReadingVolunteers wanting to help protect Delaware’s endangered piping plovers and other beachnesting birds are invited to join DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife monitoring team and attend a training session held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 5, at Cape Henlopen State Park’s Biden Environmental Training Center, at 15099 Cape Henlopen Drive, Lewes 19958. […]
Continue ReadingDNREC’s Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program and the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays will host a two-day workshop, “Introduction to Living Shorelines Training for Engineers, Contractors, and Landscape Professionals,” from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, March 6 and 7, 2018 at DNREC’s Lewes Field Facility, 901 Pilottown Road, Lewes, DE 19958. Admission to […]
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