Dewey Beach

Ploskonka starts, finishes world's toughest footrace

2011-07-22 00:00:00

David Ploskonka almost did himself in with an impatient early pace but recovered to finish what is billed as the world's toughest footrace for the second time. Ploskonka, who first competed in running at John Carroll School, finished the 135-mile...

Best week ever: local events, music, movies and more

2011-08-01 04:05:00

MOVIES OPENING (Friday; unless otherwise noted) The Change-Up Jaws (revival at the Charles; Saturday and Aug. 8 and 11) Rise of the Planet of the Apes Tabloid� NOTABLE TV The Bachelorette (season finale; 8 p.m. Monday; ABC) Secret Mountain of Fort...

Ravens practice, 'Jersey Shore' and more Baltimore faves in 10Spot

2011-08-02 11:18:00

1. Open Ravens Practice So that 18-day summer training camp that was to be open to the public? Yeah, the Ravens want to make it up to you. They’re hosting an open practice Saturday, with gates open at 9 a.m. followed by practice at 10 (early-ish...

Havre de Grace's Hersh leads local finishers at Columbia Triathlon

2011-08-31 00:00:00

Shana Hersh of Havre de Grace delivered an outstanding performance in Maryland's largest women's triathlon Aug. 21, one week before Hurricane Irene scuttled one of Maryland's largest road races, the Annapolis 10 Miler. Competing in the Athleta Iron...

Dream home: Delaware cottage celebrates culture of summer

2011-09-09 09:56:00

"Don't look for seashells and crabs on the walls of my beach house," said Steve Appel, of his Dewey Beach, Del., cottage, circa 1960 "modern." The 48-year-old owner of Nouveau Contemporary Goods Inc., a home furnishings emporium in Baltimore, has made...

What's new in Delaware

2011-05-17 00:00:00

Lewes Lounge lizards: Agave Mexican Grill and Restaurant's larger new location also has a swanky second floor lounge. (135 Second St., Lewes, 302-645-1232) Cake Bar: The deliciously new Cake Bar bakery has a sit-down bistro serving creative fare for...

Photo gallery recalls "Ash Wednesday Storm"

2009-03-04 16:22:11

Nor'easters can do far more damage than merely burying Maryland in snow. On a Tuesday and Wednesday, March 6-7, 1962, one of the most intense coastal storms ever to strike Maryland - summer or winter - pounded the region with snow,......

Clambake at Dewey Beach

2009-06-18 16:22:12

Owl Meat says he has no Funtastic Thursday for Beach Week, and in fact doesn't particularly like beaches, so he's letting Amanda C. write a guest post for his guest post spot. Here she is. EL My stepbrother says that......

A natty, new look

2007-05-16 00:00:00

After four years of construction along its main drag, Rehoboth Beach is especially ready for its annual seasonal close-up. There's a refurbished bandstand at the boardwalk for evening concerts, a new high-end hotel scheduled to open by the end of the...

What the turtle fears

2006-07-17 00:00:00

Living life in a shell, Lucky wasn't used to all the attention. As tourists poked, petted and photographed her, the old girl - judging from the barnacles on her back, she'd been around a while - squirmed impatiently, not realizing how good she had it....

Beach party

2006-07-27 00:00:00

Unfortunately for this town, what happens in Dewey isn't staying in Dewey. Every summer weekend, this mile-long beach town draws tens of thousands of visitors -- most of them single, most of them from Washington, most of them tightly wound young...

A towering presence

2006-07-10 00:00:00

Tower 7, as it's known, is 65 years old and 110 feet tall, scratched with graffiti and whipped by decades of salty ocean winds - but it remains nearly as solid as the day it was hurriedly built by a country on the verge of war. Horace Knowles is 84 and...

The winner for this week s Reader Sunshots series "Stormy Weather" goes to Kevin B. Moore for his picture titled "Thunderstorm." The photographer shot this image with a Canon 40D DSLR camera. Here is a critique by Baltimore Sun director of photography Robert K.

2011-09-12 06:19:22

Karen Hill from Rehoboth Beach and Jon Plowman from Lewes help one another unload and secure their boats in Dewey Beach as Hurricane Irene approaches.

2011-08-25 00:00:00

Decorations on the screened porch of the cottage in Dewey Beach .

2011-08-25 00:00:00