Boardwalk Holiday Tradition Lights Up Rehoboth Santa’s House on the Boardwalk returns to Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk for the holiday season, giving families the chance to visit Santa Claus, snap seasonal photos, and soak up a bit of seaside holiday cheer. The house is located at the end of Rehoboth Avenue and welcomes visitors through December. According to the event schedule …
A new historical marker celebrating the legacy of the Rehoboth Beach Patrol will be unveiled Tuesday, August 5, at a public ceremony on Baltimore Avenue in front of the patrol’s new headquarters. The 9 a.m. event will recognize more than 100 years of lifesaving service provided by the patrol along the city’s two-mile stretch of coastline. “We are honored to …
REHOBOTH BEACH — Some of the East Coast’s top lifeguards will head to Rehoboth Beach this month as the city’s beach patrol hosts the 2025 United States Lifesaving Association (USLA) Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships. The event, which serves as a qualifier for the USLA National Lifesaving Championships in California this August, will take place Wednesday, July 9, beginning at 8 a.m. Competitions …
It’s time for spring cleaning and the City of Rehoboth is prepared to assist its residents. The city’s annual free bulk pickup is occurring next month, from Monday, April 28 to Friday, May 2 (southside, Schoolvue, and Scarborough Avenue Ext.) and from Monday, May 5 to Friday, May 9 (northside). As a special service to residents, the City of Rehoboth …
One of Delaware’s most celebrated fundraising events — the 34th Lewes Polar Bear Plunge Benefiting Special Olympics Delaware, presented by Wawa — takes center stage at Rehoboth Beach on Sunday, February 2, at 1 pm.. The plunge began in 1992 with 78 participants raising $7,000. Last year, 4,380 Bears raised nearly $1.5 million through in-person and virtual plunges. The …
Delawareans hoping to get one last taste of the ocean this summer have to avoid three state beaches to do so. Officials from Dewey Beach, Fenwick Island and Rehoboth Beach have announced that swimming is temporarily off limits due to “discovery of medical waste” that has washed up on the beaches. “Out of an abundance of caution, the ocean has …
Rehoboth, Dewey and Bethany beaches are increasing parking rates this summer, with Rehoboth and Dewey officials citing increased health insurance costs and other expenses. Parking rates for Lewes and Fenwick Island rates will not change. Here’s the situation in each Sussex County beach community. Rehoboth Beach parking Citing a $4.4 million deficit in the city’s proposed $37 million budget for …
Labor Day may be a federal holiday celebrating the economic and social achievements of American workers, it has come to symbolize the last days of summer. Trips to the beach, cookouts, long weekends and lots of getting ready for school mark the first Monday in September. Sunlovers will find plenty to moon over, with the high Monday around 90. And …
Lifeguards up and down the east coast will gather July 13 at Rehoboth beach to compete in the United States Lifesaving Association’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships. Contestants from Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Virginia will participate in ocean and sand competitions, primarily in between Baltimore and Maryland avenues, which will be closed to beachgoers that day. The public is, …
The Schellville Winter Celebration in Rehoboth Beach opened to rave reviews over the weekend. Social media was abuzz over the weekend with delighted parents taking their children to the state’s latest holiday attraction. “Wow,” wrote Erik Raser-Schramm, who took his two sons, on Facebook. “Schellville is amazing. Behind the outlets on the north side of Route 1. By …
