Rehoboth Beach has its boardwalk. Dewey Beach has its bars and restaurants. Bethany Beach has its tranquility. Lewes is all about its history. The city, founded in 1631 by the Dutch, refers to itself ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new photographic exhibit at the Lewes History Museum offers a look at 19th- and 20th-century life for African Americans in the ...

Kyra Elmer, of Lewes, has four children under the age of 14. Finding meaningful fun things for them all to do is a pretty big undertaking. She thinks the new interactive children’s section of the ...

Esthelda “Stell” Parker Selby remembers ordering hamburgers through a “peephole” at a restaurant in downtown Lewes, the employees sliding the food through that small window while white children could ...

As land is being cleared for housing developments in what seems like every nook and cranny of Sussex County, millions of dollars have been raised to save a sylvan oasis in downtown Lewes. The Greater ...

Dozens of Lewes residents who packed a meeting room for more than five hours – as well as many others who were turned away due to social distancing – showed up Tuesday to support the city's most ...

“The cannonade then commenced and continued ’til 10,” Daniel Rodney, prominent Lewes merchant and politician, jotted in his diary on April 6, 1813. “The firing lasted until 10 p.m. when it stopped ...

This weekend and next, celebrate the history of Lewes, Del. Surrounded by nature and the sounds of the ocean and bay, Lewes is a walking town filled with museums showcasing its history, as well as ...

LEWES, Del. (CBS) -- History is being made within the Delaware Bay service. The Cape May-Lewes Ferry has promoted Sharon Urban to captain. She is the first permanent female captain in the history of ...