By Lynn Schofer
The Seaford City Council and Mayor Matt MacCoy honored Grace Peterson, a resident of Seaford and former City Council Woman, during the recent council meeting last week. Peterson’s life experience prompted Senate Bill 292, The Grace Peterson Act, which will be active beginning March 9, […]
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By Dr. Anthony Policastro
There are many different aspects of physician and patient interactions. The ones we know […]
By Dr. Anthony Policastro
Sometimes there are little changes to laws that have unknown medical impact. Some of […]
Church
hurch will celebrate its 247th Homecoming Service on Sunday, Nov. 8 at 2 in Greenwood. Presiding Pastor Eric Fontenez-Baez […]
The Delmar Church of God of Prophecy, located at Rt. 13 and Dorothy Rd., will hold a Community Tables […]
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The town of Bridgeville is holding its Downtown Trunk or Treat during Trick-or-Treat hours on Saturday, Oct. 31, from […]
The Blades Police and Blades Fire Company Trunk or Treat will take place on Saturday, Oct. 31, from 6-8 […]
The Laurel Community Trunk or Treat event will be held on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 6-8 p.m. in the […]
The Western Sussex Boys and Girls Club, located at 310 Virginia Ave. in Seaford, will hold a Halloween Trunk […]
Halloween in Bridgeville, which will include traditional trick or treat and downtown trunk or treat, will take place Oct. […]
The Eighth Annual Seaford Historical Society Community Fall Festival will be held Sunday, Oct. 18, from 4 to 6 […]
The Laurel Community Trunk or Treat event will be held on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 6-8 p.m. in the […]
The Bi-State Ruritans’ Chicken BBQ fundraiser will be held Saturday, Oct. 3, starting at 11 a.m. on the corner […]
Obits
Thomas Wayne Parsons, aka Tom or Tommy, passed away on June 12, 2026, in Salisbury, following complications from ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). Tom was born on Oct. 21, 1965, in Peoria, Illinois, but grew up on Delmarva. He was loving, [...]
Shirley Pike Diefenderfer of Laurel passed away at the Delmar Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Saturday, Oct. 17. Born in Rhodesdale, Md., on June 13, 1934, she was the daughter of the late James Henry and Jennie Lellage Pike, and [...]
Kendal Taylor Jones passed away on Oct. 6, 2026. He was born on Sept. 1, 1926, a son of the late Edgar Franklin Jones and Estella Taylor Jones on their farm near Lowes Cross Roads. He attended first grade in [...]
Robert Ray McGinnis was born in Lewes on Nov. 30, 1946, to Dorothy Marie McGinnis. He passed away on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, at TidalHealth Nanticoke in Seaford. Robert owned and operated McGinnis Tree Service for many years until his [...]
Albert Benjamin “Ben” Culver, Jr. passed away peacefully on Oct. 6, 2026, following a lengthy and courageous battle with Parkinson’s disease. Born on Dec. 2, 1942, Ben was the son of the late Albert Benjamin “Dick” Culver and Arline Burtelle [...]
DSP Major Martin Wilson Johnson, III (Ret.) passed away at his home on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026, with his beloved wife and children by his side. He leaves his wife of 72 years, Suzanne Gahan Johnson; his son, Chris Johnson; [...]





