http://capegazette.villagesoup.com?source=rss Latest saltwater portraits stories from Cape Gazette. Thu, 24 May 2012 00:17:52 EDT Thu, 24 May 2012 00:17:52 EDT en-us Copyright 2011 Cape Gazette http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/michele-green-inspired-by-nature/825426?source=rss ]]> Walking the dogs, helping to set muskrat traps or even driving to an interview, there's no telling when Michele Green will find a new location to paint. “I saw like three on the way to the interview,” Green said as she sat surrounded by 62 pieces of her own work in Federal Street Gallery in Milton. An exhibition was held at the gallery May 19, highlighting Green's paintings of the marshes and estuaries of ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/michele-green-inspired-by-nature/825426 Tue, 22 May 2012 10:01:00 EDT newsroom@capegazette.com (Nick Roth) Saltwater Portraits http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/jay-wingate-retells-world-war-ii-service-at-rehoboth-museum/823573?source=rss ]]> At 91 years old, Jay Wingate has probably seen and done more than most people could do if they had 300 years. He’s been a businessman, engineer, a Rehoboth Beach commissioner, three-term state representative and World War II veteran. It's his military service that will be prominently featured this summer at the Rehoboth Beach Museum’s exhibit, ‘World War II: Rehoboth Beach.” The exhibit, which opens Saturday, May ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/jay-wingate-retells-world-war-ii-service-at-rehoboth-museum/823573 Tue, 15 May 2012 09:00:00 EDT newsroom@capegazette.com (Ryan Mavity) Saltwater Portraits http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/ella-mae-felker-looks-back-at-1960s-lewes/816629?source=rss ]]> Some local amateur historians are generalists, studying and making observations about periods of time covering hundreds of years. Ella Mae Felker’s historical knowledge is tightly focused on Lewes from the mid to late 1950s through the early 1960s and beyond. “In school the kids who were a couple years ahead of me used to call me the file cabinet. People in my nurse’s training class called me the computer. If ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/ella-mae-felker-looks-back-at-1960s-lewes/816629 Tue, 01 May 2012 09:00:00 EDT newsroom@capegazette.com (Henry J. Evans Jr.) Saltwater Portraits http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/special-dog-has-special-owner/802268?source=rss ]]> Many dog owners have special relationships with their pets. Diane Miller and her 12-year-old Pembroke Welsh corgi Mandi are no exception. Their special bond was formed more than seven years ago when Mandy was just a single AKC point away from a championship, and Miller pulled her out of shows. Instead, she enlisted her as a certified therapy dog in the Literacy Education Assistance Pups program. Mandi is among ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/special-dog-has-special-owner/802268 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:32:00 EDT newsroom@capegazette.com (Billie Criswell) Saltwater Portraits http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/jason-duda-giving-up-guns-for-the-spotlight/809748?source=rss ]]> Jason Duda had his dream job. For 13 years, he ran a Department of Corrections SWAT team, helping law enforcement groups serve warrants and arresting criminals on the run. "I was a good guy, and I stopped bad people from doing bad things," he said. "I loved taking down bad guys. I was the guy dressed in black that used to kick in doors and arrest people." Things were good for the tall, slender upstate New York ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/jason-duda-giving-up-guns-for-the-spotlight/809748 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:50:00 EDT newsroom@capegazette.com (Melissa Steele) Saltwater Portraits http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/rehoboth-actor-hunter-graves-makes-the-cut/803478?source=rss ]]> Most people would not leave a teenage boy alone with his cell phone in a chemical closet. But in the case of Hunter Graves, he was just looking for some privacy before making a very important phone call. On March 21, the Cape Henlopen High School senior was sitting in physics when he realized he had a voicemail from someone at The Juilliard School in New York City. When he called back, he was congratulated by the ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/rehoboth-actor-hunter-graves-makes-the-cut/803478 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:00:00 EDT newsroom@capegazette.com (Kara Nuzback) Saltwater Portraits http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/jack-hudson-a-miltonian-through-and-through/800480?source=rss ]]> Jack Hudson is the guy you don't want to see. As a judge at the Justice of the Peace Court 2 in Rehoboth Beach and the president of the Milton Volunteer Fire Company, chances are if you see him while he's working you've got a problem. Born and raised in Milton, the 65-year-old Hudson left town only to attend college and serve in the military. He worked with his parents at a hardware store on Union Street – now ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/jack-hudson-a-miltonian-through-and-through/800480 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:05:00 EDT newsroom@capegazette.com (Nick Roth) Saltwater Portraits http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/jason-hastings-2012-s-young-engineer-of-the-year/224593?source=rss ]]> Call it a classic case of local boy does good. Earlier this month, Millsboro resident Jason Hastings was named Delaware Engineering Society’s 2012 Young Engineer of the Year. Hastings, an engineer with the Delaware Department of Transportation, was nominated, unbeknownst to him, by his co-workers; winning, was a pleasant surprise, he said. “It’s certainly means a lot. I certainly appreciate the honor. I’ve been ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/jason-hastings-2012-s-young-engineer-of-the-year/224593 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:26:00 EDT newsroom@capegazette.com (Ryan Mavity) Saltwater Portraits http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/barbara-dougherty-captures-the-moment-year-after-year/220640?source=rss ]]> Sometime in the early 1960s, Barbara Quillen Dougherty was given an aerial photograph of Dewey Beach. The black and white picture was taken in 1931, from the perspective of someone hovering over the Atlantic Ocean, facing the Rehoboth Bay. There are only about 15 houses situated around the Life Saving Station, which looks almost identical to the building that stands today at the end of Dagsworthy Avenue. “I ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/barbara-dougherty-captures-the-moment-year-after-year/220640 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:00:00 EST newsroom@capegazette.com (Kara Nuzback) Saltwater Portraits http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/cutting-board-couple-turns-hobby-into-business/218043?source=rss ]]> Ed and Colleen Herman are a team when it comes to making cutting boards. While Ed is known around the area as "Cutting Board Man," Colleen is right beside him, drawing patterns and setting up the boards for cutting. In their community at Stonewater Creek outside Millsboro, neighbors know Colleen as the only resident originally from Delaware. She grew up in the Laurel area before moving to northern Delaware where ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/cutting-board-couple-turns-hobby-into-business/218043 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:30:00 EST newsroom@capegazette.com (Rachel Swick Mavity) Saltwater Portraits http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/antiques-guru-brings-life-to-milton/216908?source=rss ]]> Since moving to Milton full time in 2002, Kathryn Greig has made a point to try as many different hats as possible, whether it's her day job as a co-owner of Antiques in Milton or her free time gardening at her home and with the Milton Garden Club. She also volunteers with the Milton Historical Society, the town's parks and recreation committee and her own startup downtown business organization. She was even on ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/antiques-guru-brings-life-to-milton/216908 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:30:00 EST newsroom@capegazette.com (Nick Roth) Saltwater Portraits http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/bullseye-rehoboth-s-al-dorman-keeps-shooting/199948?source=rss ]]> At first glace, Al Dorman appears as your everyday small business owner, running his New Kitchens Inc. in Rehoboth Beach out of a modest shop off Route 24. But within that small office is perhaps the most decorated civilian bullseye pistol shooter ever to come from Delaware. A dead ringer for filmmaker George Lucas, Dorman said he was introduced to bullseye shooting in the military, back in the late 1960s. In a ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/bullseye-rehoboth-s-al-dorman-keeps-shooting/199948 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:39:00 EST newsroom@capegazette.com (Ryan Mavity) Saltwater Portraits http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/curiosity-is-key-to-esther-friends-long-life/200731?source=rss ]]> Esther Friend was once told she's what the insurance industry calls an actuarial loss. Her mother and father both lived well in their 90s, and she had plans to live to be 100 more than three decades ago. Being a “loss” doesn't bother Friend, who is 91 years young and still plans to live to be at least 100 years old. Having a lifelong love for the theater, Friend is still active on stage and has a small part in ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/curiosity-is-key-to-esther-friends-long-life/200731 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST newsroom@capegazette.com (Ron MacArthur) Saltwater Portraits http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/retirement-anything-but-idle-for-couple/194702?source=rss ]]> When Fred and Nancy Phillips started looking for something to do in their golden years, they never thought it would involve baby turtles, seals and other sea life. The couple retired to Lewes two years ago from Reading, Pa., and have kept busy as volunteers for Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation, a nonprofit stranding response and rehabilitation organization dedicated to the conservation of marine ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/retirement-anything-but-idle-for-couple/194702 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:15:00 EST newsroom@capegazette.com (Melissa Steele) Saltwater Portraits http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/music-inspires-milton-doctor/190695?source=rss ]]> Most weekdays you'll be sure to find Dr. Jonathan Patterson working at his office in Milton. But after the white coat comes off and his kids are put to bed, look for him in his basement recording studio working on his latest song. Patterson, founder of Ocean Medical Imaging in Milton, is an aspiring songwriter who has built a Milton following with his songs about local businesses. So far he's written and ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/music-inspires-milton-doctor/190695 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:00:00 EST newsroom@capegazette.com (Nick Roth) Saltwater Portraits http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/santas-helper-rick-dewitt-replies-to-childrens-wishes/193223?source=rss ]]> Rehoboth Beach Postmaster Rick DeWitt makes sure no letter to Santa is lost in the mail. Every colorful, sweet letter to the jolly old elf receives a personal reply from DeWitt. Each year about two dozen letters from Cape Region children cross DeWitt’s desk. He enjoys being Santa’s helper because it provides some light-hearted energy to what is a stressful season at the post office. “I never promise the ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/santas-helper-rick-dewitt-replies-to-childrens-wishes/193223 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:00:00 EST newsroom@capegazette.com (Rachel Swick Mavity) Saltwater Portraits http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/lewes-walt-crafts-is-most-at-home-on-water/191098?source=rss ]]> Ask Walt Crafts what he’s done over the course of his lifetime, and he says, “Not much, really. Certainly nothing worth writing about.” But when he takes a few moments to reflect, Crafts talks about learning to sail before he was in his teens, teaching himself how to program an IBM computer when punch-cards were state-of-the-art, and writing computer programs for a rocket scientist working on motors for an ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/lewes-walt-crafts-is-most-at-home-on-water/191098 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:00:00 EST newsroom@capegazette.com (Henry J. Evans Jr.) Saltwater Portraits http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/the-markerts-put-wonder-in-most-wonderful-time-of-year/190055?source=rss ]]> If Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, the most wonderful sight in Rehoboth Beach during the holidays is the Markerts' sun room. Lighting up the couple’s house on New Castle Street Ext. is one of the lost artifacts of the mid-20th century: aluminum Christmas trees. The Markerts are Kate and Francis, better known to friends as “Bunky,” who got his first aluminum tree in 1992 while he was living ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/the-markerts-put-wonder-in-most-wonderful-time-of-year/190055 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:00:00 EST newsroom@capegazette.com (Ryan Mavity) Saltwater Portraits http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/songstress-carla-digiacomo-settles-in-rehoboth-beach/186112?source=rss ]]> Carla DiGiacomo refuses to play the tambourine. “It’s not my style,” she says with a smile. Small-framed, tattooed and energetic, DiGiacomo seems more likely to grab a microphone and command attention, a la Suzi Quatro, than sing backup vocals and jingle a tambourine. DiGiacomo, 34, performs regularly at local hot spots like Hammerheads in Dewey Beach and The Frogg Pond in Rehoboth Beach. But she has played ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/songstress-carla-digiacomo-settles-in-rehoboth-beach/186112 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:07:00 EST newsroom@capegazette.com (Kara Nuzback) Saltwater Portraits http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/patsy-cicalas-passion-for-natural-world-inspires-art/183496?source=rss ]]> Patsy Cicala Jr. fell into his passion for photography during prep school. His roommate in 1964 was a member of the yearbook staff and would hang film across the shared room. Based on what he could see, Cicala decided he could do better. “Of the 24 pictures on the roll I took, 18 were used in the yearbook,” recalls Cicala, 63. “I’ve been doing it ever since.” Cicala can often be found sitting on a stool at ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/capelife/story/patsy-cicalas-passion-for-natural-world-inspires-art/183496 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:30:00 EST newsroom@capegazette.com (Rachel Swick Mavity) Saltwater Portraits