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Cape golf team finally wins a squeaker
Fritz Schranck
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The Cape golf team lost two matches this year and two matches last year by single-stroke margins...
Outdoors
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Old Inlet Bait and Tackle held its annual Spring Surf-Fishing Tournament May 4. In spite of less-...
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I bought a bottle of buttermilk to make biscuits, which got me thinking about this oddly-named...
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In my last column, I wrote about the du Pont schools for African American students in a state where...
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Just a tad under 300 runners participated in the 15th annual Seashore Classic Half Marathon, 5K and...
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Cape Gazette readers Lori Richardson and Frannie Slabonik of Milton took the Gazette on a 10-day...
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Dr. David A. Tam
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On March 8, I suffered a stroke. I woke up that Friday morning and felt tired. But I’m always tired...
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State workers unite to support HB 350
Tony Pezzuto, Jeff Taschner, Michael Beggato and Brian Clarke
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For the last decade, experts from Delaware and around the country have sounded the alarm that...
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HB 350 is not what the doctor ordered
Brian Frazee
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House Bill 350 is moving its way through the Delaware General Assembly to put paid political...
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Last week, Jeff opened a package of printer ink and found that it had dried up and wouldn't perform...
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