By Mike McClure
Last Friday, Nanticoke River Watershed Conservancy (NRWC), Chesapeake Conservancy and their partners celebrated the culmination of a 15-year conservation effort that crossed state lines and generations of family ownership, permanently conserving 181 acres of forest and wetlands along the Nanticoke River and Wright Creek. The […]
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By Dr. Anthony Policastro
I was recently listening to a few individuals discussing holistic medicine. I reviewed my […]
By Dr. Anthony Policastro
There are many different aspects of physician and patient interactions. The ones we know […]
Church
Mt. Calvary United Methodist Church, located at 28 Church Street in Bridgeville, will be celebrating its annual Family and […]
Surviving the Holidays is a special one-time seminar for those who have lost a loved one. It will help […]
Bulletin Board
The Bridgeville Library is participating on Saturday, Oct. 31, starting at 7 a.m., with our parking lot full of […]
Come hungry, leave happy! The Seaford Historical Society’s Fourth Annual Pig Roast kicks off Saturday, Nov. 21 at 4 […]
The Laurel American Legion Ladies Auxiliary will hold a drive thru beef and dumplings dinner served with mashed potatoes, gravy, […]
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. […]
Obits
Michael Wade Messick, 66, of Taylorsville, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on Oct. 18, 2026, at the VA Hospice Center in Salisbury, North Carolina, following an aggressive battle with cancer. Mike was born on Dec. 1, 1959, in Seaford to [...]
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 [...]
