Viewpoints

• 

  (Column by: Chris Wildt)

Recent Columns

• Politics

  Wary of government? Yes, but we need some level of trust

  By Don Flood - Jun 18
  In the early 1800s, after the dissolution of the Federalist Party, the United States entered what is called the Era of Good Feelings. We don’t ...
  
• Tuesday Editorial

  Police shooting demands full disclosure

  Jun 18
  People the world over are demanding government in all its forms be held ac­countable. They are also demanding transparency: that government ...
  
• Front Page

  Friday Cover

  Jun 14
  To read the entire June 14, 2013 print edition of the Cape Gazette, log in to the eEditionby becoming an iMember.
  
• Politics

  Saddled up and ready to tilt at windmills

  By Don Flood - Jun 11
  Sometimes I feel out of step. (My wife might say I’m always out of step.) But I don’t get the big reaction to the NSA looking into phone records. I...
  
• Front Page

  Tuesday Cover

  Jun 11
  To read the entire June 11, 2013 print edition of the Cape Gazette, log in to the eEditionby becoming an iMember.
  

• Front Page

  Tuesday Cover

  Jun 18
  To read the entire June 18, 2013 print edition of the Cape Gazette, log in to the eEditionby becoming an iMember.
  
• Barefootin'

  After 1,000 miles, America’s looking friendly and beautiful

  By Dennis Forney - Jun 14
  Becky and I left Delaware on May 10. Now, as of this writing on June 10, we’ve been on the road since May 14 when we left Astoria on Oregon’s ...
  
• Friday Editorial

  Park regulations: less is more

  Jun 14
  Nothing ruins the positive feeling of a park more than signs enumerating all the things you can’t do. NO – you can’t do this. NO – you can’t do ...
  
• Tuesday Editorial

  Route 1 fatality demands response

  Jun 11
  We’ve said it before, but it ap­pears we need to keep saying it. Route 1 is not safe for pedes­trians. As yet another weekend accident shows, ...
  
• Barefootin'

  Raley’s obituary deal finally comes to completion

  By Dennis Forney - Jun 07
  I wrote this obituary for Bob Raley on New Year’s Eve of 2001 as my end of a business agreement. Raley agreed to lower the interest rate, by a ...
  

Letters to the Editor

• We must make Route One safer

  By Chuck Quinlan - Jun 17
  Could not agree more with your editorial. Does anyone see the speed at which cars come over the Nassau Bridge, endangering not only the business ...
  

• Lewes American Legion Auxiliary says thanks

  By Dee Whelan - Jun 16
  American Legion Auxiliary Unit 17 in Lewes would like to thank the local community and businesses for their participation in our May Poppy Month ...
  

• Why give DMHOA Grant in Aid money?

  By Pat Weyl - Jun 15
  The Delaware Manufactured Home Owners Association is a nonprofit organization supposedly to help the residents of manufactured housing. They ...
  

• Safe Haven thanks Cause for Paws supporters

  By Board of Directors, ... - Jun 15
  The Safe Haven Board of Directors wants to thank everyone who attended our annual Cause 4 Paws Spring Fling fundraiser May 31. The event raised ...
  

• Don't sell public trust to special interests

  By Janet Dorman - Jun 13
  I would like to respond to Mr. Robert Robinson's view of oyster leasing in Indian River Bay and Rehoboth Bay. If history serves me, the oyster ...
  

• Cape disc golf event a great success

  By Jim Gaskill - Jun 16
  Andrea’s rain did not deter disc golfers in participating in this years’ Disc Golf – Learn & Play. They came from as far as Bear and some were ...
  

• Henlopen Storm Girls Lacrosse deserve praise

  By Rachel Long - Jun 15
  This is an open letter to the 2013 undefeated U-11 Henlopen Storm Girls Lacrosse Team: Dear Riley Keen, Talbot Buck, Lindsey Rambo, Jackie Cannon, ...
  

• Zwaanendael Women's Club holds another great tea

  By Muriel Pfeiffer - Jun 15
  I attended recently, as did 31 other local ladies, a Strawberry Tea at the Zwaanendael Women's Club's historical meeting house at Third and ...
  

• Rebuttal to Claybrook letter from Leonhart

  By Georgia Leonhart - Jun 13
  Four years after Joan Claybrook and her Citizens to Preserve Dewey associates made their first attempts to discredit me for my 2005 decision to ...
  

• Councilwoman Deaver: Open, ready for business

  By Councilwoman Joan Deaver - Jun 13
  On May 31 I went to the University of Delaware’s IPA class called “Complete Communities” about “Perceived barriers to local land development and ...
  

Recent Blogs

• My opinion of Nintendo's Wii U

  By Cassie Gotto - Jun 19
  There has been a lot of talk lately about whether or not the Wii U will survive once the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One launch this holiday season. ...
  
• 

  SEA TO SHINING SEA: A sweet ride through Yellowstone

  By Dennis Forney - Jun 18
  DAY 36 – Fly fishing across America. We started the day in West Yellowstone, a gateway resort town on the western edge of Yellowstone National ...
  
• 

  Angry birds: It's not a game

  By Ron MacArthur - Jun 17
  I love birds and wish I knew more about them. I end up taking a lot of photographs of birds without knowing what kind of bird I just captured with ...
  
• 

  SEA TO SHINING SEA: Taking a weather day in Dillon

  By Dennis Forney - Jun 14
  DAY 32 - Watching weather across America. Three sentences tonight, starting now: We watch weather closely, wondering how warmly to dress, wishing ...
  
• 

  SEA TO SHINING SEA: Out of Bitterroot, into Big Hole Valley

  By Dennis Forney - Jun 12
  DAY 30: Stacking hay across America. The sign coming into Wisdom, Montana says it's the land of 10,000 haystacks. It says nothing about the ...
  

• E3 2013 Game of the Show

  By Cassie Gotto - Jun 19
  Choosing one game as my “Game of the Show” was one of the most difficult things I have had to do in a while. E3 2013 brought us so many amazing ...
  
• 

  SEA TO SHINING SEA: The Holy Grail for Fly Fishing

  By Dennis Forney - Jun 17
  DAY 34 – June 16, 2013 - Home on the range across America. “Oh give me a home, where the buffalo roam, where the deer and the antelope play. “Where...
  
• 

  SEA TO SHINING SEA: Testicles, brothels and murderous magpies

  By Dennis Forney - Jun 15
  DAY 33 - Gold digging across America. June 15, 2013. In Twin Bridges we read posters for an upcoming Testicle Festival in one town and Brothel ...
  
• 

  SEA TO SHINING SEA: In a county bigger than Delaware

  By Dennis Forney - Jun 14
  DAY 31 - June 13, 2013 -Sage brushing across America. The road was just about flat between Jackson and Dillon, a distance of about 48 miles. On ...
  
• 

  SEA TO SHINING SEA: Rolling south toward Chief Joseph Pass

  By Dennis Forney - Jun 11
  DAY 29 - Bitterrooting our way across America. We rolled our way down the Bitterroot Valley today after striking out from Missoula at about 6:30 ...
  

Comments

• Re: Cape Gazette journalists bring home 14 MDDC awards

  By Greg and Terri Kordal - Jun 17
  Congratulations to all Gazette journalists! You provide an important service to our community - keeping us informed of critical issues as well as ...
  

• Re: SEA TO SHINING SEA: In a county bigger than Delaware

  By Susan Frederick - Jun 14
  Love that lodge! It looks so clean it sparkles. Montana looks like it should be a continent all by itself. Stay safe, downhill racers.
  

• Re: Taylor Baynum wins Jim Cresson Memorial Scholarship Award

  By Dave Frederick - Jun 13
  How is Taylor related to Brad Baynum and the late Lynn Baynum who pitched for Cape
  

• Re: Taylor Baynum wins Jim Cresson Memorial Scholarship Award

  By Cindy Bowlin - Jun 12
  Jim would have liked this story. He was like your "Archie" in many ways. You have Jim's smirk :)
  

• Re: Substitute teacher

  By Dennis Forney - Jun 11
  Awesome photo Tony! One of your best ever.
  

• Re: Councilwoman Deaver: Open, ready for business

  By Greg and Terri Kordal - Jun 17
  Concise depiction of the issues related to development of Sussex County - thank you Councilwomwen Deaver. What is needed is for the entirety of ...
  

• Re: Use of deadly force raises questions

  By Dave Frederick - Jun 14
  I saw him in the gym for years, ripped fit,, never looked hyped just quietly went about his workouts, his personal profile astonishes me, but that ...
  

• Re: Taylor Baynum wins Jim Cresson Memorial Scholarship Award

  By Cindy Bowlin - Jun 12
  BTW, congratulations.
  

• Re: Time extension allows building on nearly 18,000 lots

  By Greg and Terri Kordal - Jun 12
  Thank you Councilwoman Deaver - a voice of common sense and reason. The rapid development and growth in Sussex County (particulary near the ...
  

• Re: SEA TO SHINING SEA: A great day of pedaling

  By Susan Frederick - Jun 10
  Bears. I never thought of bears.