May 2, 2021
William and Jill Hicks play the role of a 19th-century couple for a recent Lewes Historical Society event. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Stolte Photographers, Portrait of Miss Lydia Rodney, Oregon Episcopal School, 1878
Victorian Fridays at the Lewes History Museum will depict Lewes-born Lydia Rodney in the first person at 1 p.m., Friday, May 7. Lewes Historical Society museum associate Debra Regan will be in period costume and portray Rodney as she may have appeared at age 60 in 1896. Rodney, an education pioneer, operated a girls’ school in the Rodney house in Lewes prior to 1869. She then ventured by ship and train to help her family set up what was to be one of the most prestigious girls’ schools on the Pacific Coast in Oregon.
Friday, January 8, 2021
Three candidates are seeking two seats on Lewes City Council in the Saturday, May 8 municipal election. Incumbent Rob Morgan and challengers Carolyn Jones and Khalil Saliba are seeking three-year terms. Deputy Mayor Bonnie Osler is stepping away after nine years of service on council. Polls will be open at city hall from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information about the election, go to ci.lewes.de.us/273/Election-Information. All candidates were asked by the Cape Gazette to answer the same questions about topics important to residents.
Biographical information
Carolyn Jones: I was born and raised in Jersey City, N.J. My career started in New York City in banking and led me to Washington, D.C., to the fields of academia, consulting and quasi-government at the Smithsonian Institution. In each field I held positions that required problem-solving, leadership and people skills. While working, I acquired a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of
Much of Delmarva was sent into a spiral of shock and anger on Sunday, April 25, when word came out that a Delmar police officer, Cpl. Keith Heacock, was gravely injured in an assault that reportedly took place as the officer responded to an early-morning domestic situation.
Heacock, a 1986 graduate of Cape Henlopen High School and a 22-year veteran of the Delmar Police Department, according to the Cape Gazette, received severe head injuries during the incident, and was taken to a shock-trauma unit in Baltimore.
On Wednesday, April 28, Heacock was declared dead from his injuries. Another bright star taken all-too-soon from violence. True to the selfless nature in which he led his all-too-abbreviated life, he was kept on life support in order to harvest his organs for others. Heroism never sleeps.
Bob Yesbek April 23, 2021
I know it s a little blurry, but sometimes history can be that way. Local Realtor and auctioneer Butch Emmert s grandma opened the iconic Dinner Bell Inn in her living room at the corner of Christian Street and Philadelphia Avenue. It eventually grew into a 500-seat complex with gardens and live entertainment. Entree prices hovered around $2.95 to about $7.95. Talk about history!
You never know when you’re going to hit a nerve. I’m still getting responses to last week’s article about the late Chef Leo Medisch and the Back Porch Café. It’s soothing to know that somebody’s on the other end of this keyboard wire.