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Send us Fan Mail Kevin Mallinson joined the Key West Fire Department in the early 1980’s, unaware he would be the first openly gay firefighter in the country.  From his first day until his last, Kevin was physically and mentally assaulted, including attempts that could easily have ended in his death. Never backing down from who he was, he learned to disarm his attackers with intelligence, humor, a...

Send us Fan Mail Richard a.k.a. Dick Bryan seems to always have been a key part of Lewes.  His life has mirrored the transition of the area, from agriculture to an economy based upon personal services and real estate.  He was raised on a farm and later in town and, except for college, he’s never really left. He was here when the first traffic light arrived, when things began to change from farms ...

Send us Fan Mail If Lewes has a look, it’s due in large part to Lewes in Bloom, the 450 member non-profit that plants, maintains, and waters 18 public gardens and 9 floral installations around town. Co-chair Ed Zygmonski explains the organizational structure they use to handle every annual challenge, whether is planting 31,000 tulips bulbs and another 5,000 spring bulbs, replacing them with annual...

Send us Fan Mail Part 2 finally provides answers to whether UAPs - unidentified anomalous phenomena (we used to call them UFOs) - are real and why governments around the world are so unwilling to reveal all they know. Jim Semivan, a decorated former CIA officer founded the company, To The Stars, with Tom Delong and others, to help explain the truth about what’s happening all and the challenges for...

Send us Fan Mail Part 1 is not a CIA tell-all or a rehashing of what happened, when and where. Jim's too much of a pro for that. He worked for 25 years at the Central Intelligence Agency’s National Clandestine Service. At the time of his retirement he was a member of the CIA’s Senior Intelligence Service. Jim describes the rigorous training he was provided, the skills of observation and insig...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Kathy Henn was a professor at Keane University where she taught courses in philosophy, religion, medical ethics, and global and American History. That alone should be an indication of the breadth of her intellectual curiosity. Since moving to Lewes, she has been a frequent lecturer at Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, as well as at Historic Lewes, the recently renamed Lewes H...

Send us Fan Mail William “Bill” is a legendary Cape Region icon, educator and mentor. Whether it’s being a record setting coach, educator, dean of students, trustee of local organizations, or mentor, he is the embodiment of Jackie Robinson’s adage - “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” And not surprisingly every story Bill tells, every example he provides, always i...

Send us Fan Mail Chris takes us behind the scenes to explain what it takes to make the Cape Gazette not only a respected cornerstone of the Lewes Community but one of the few local newspapers in the United States whose subscription base is growing. He explains the importance of understanding who your readership is, what they want, and the power of the news philosophy - “When it doubt, leave it out...

Send us Fan Mail A final episode for the year with a live audience at Kindle Restaurant with guests from our second season including Lee Ann Wilkinson, Ed Shockley, Richard Martin, Dr. Krista Griffin, Hai Do, Katie Ackerman, Dr, Chris Degnon, Brian and Megan Kellman, and Josh Barr. We talk about their episodes, reactions to being a guest, favorite Lewes holidays, and casting We in lewes the Movie....

Send us Fan Mail .Having grown up in Lewes, Josh shares what led to his opening the first and still only clothing store in Lewes catering to men and the route he took to build a successful business whose worth is far more than just its financial success. It’s a story about the value of family, a supportive community, and creating your own brand. And, perhaps most of all, it’s a story about designi...

Send us Fan Mail Megan and Brian decided to leave the D.C. area, buy a store (something they had never done), sell, rent and repair bikes (something they had never done), and build a business (once again, something they had never done). Sounds like a risky plan, but it wasn’t. Who they are and what they brought to the business was far more important than having a detailed business plan or an encyc...

Send us Fan Mail Attacking life with relentless enthusiasm, Nate uses his artistic craft as a welder to build boats and boating fixtures, as well as countless metal architectural pieces for business and homes. This allows him to pursue his real passions - faith, family, fishing, diving, creating, cooking, surfing, sculpture - and that’s just this week. A funny, raucous conversation with a man who...

Send us Fan Mail The truth is we aren’t the skin and bones we can see but actually billions and billions and billions of atoms, all carrying electric charges, something understood by Nobel Prize winning physicists for over a century. Dr. Krista Griffin explains that by starting from this reality - the atomic not the biological you - you can restore balance to your body, mind, and spirit which, in...

Send us Fan Mail We’ve compiled multiple stories from four of our favorite guests - Captain Stuart Griffin, Restaurateur Megan Kee, Free Dive Spear Fisherman Richard Martin, and Restaurateur and First Friend Matt DiSabatino - all about subjects dear to their hearts.  All were recorded previously but did not make the final edited version of their episodes. It does make you wonder about our editing...

Send us Fan Mail Dave Frederick has never been shy about sharing what he thinks. The author of the beloved, biweekly Cape Gazette c olumn , People In Sports, Fredman opines about topics from teaching to coaching, from people he knows to the real rewards and lessons of sports. Entertaining, insightful, and honest, and as blunt as he is gruff, he can’t hide his love of family, his pride in the commu...

Send us Fan Mail Local legend, Ed Shockley, singer, songwriter, and producer opens up about his bands from Jack of Diamonds to Vinyl Shockley to the Funsters, living in the heart of the New York City music scene, and coming home to Lewes, which in his heart he never really left and where he doesn’t have to explain what the Doo Dah Parade is or why it’s so wonderful. A candid tour of a remarkable l...

Send us Fan Mail Local calligrapher Katy Ackerman, owner of the Lewes Lettering Co., shares how she’s taken the supposed business disadvantages of a small town and turned them into essential assets of a business with national and international reach, the importance of shared priorities in any marriage and family, and not being afraid to pursue your dream.

Send us Fan Mail Tom Sheridan talks about a remarkable life that has given a voice in Congress to so many who otherwise would never have been heard, on becoming one of Washington’s most respected senior political and public policy strategists, and proving even in the murky world of lobbying, that White Hats can be found. And he still found time to write a book, for horses and sailing, and helping...

Send us Fan Mail Megan Kee, The creator of the Restaurants Bramble and Brine at the Buttery, Houston and White Co., La Fable, and Delmata Italiano on how she turned her childhood, her family’ history, and her personal vision into four remarkable, fantastical but different dining experiences in Rehoboth and Lewes, Delaware. It’s a story about the power and joy of combining courage, vision, and rele...

Send us Fan Mail Russ Palmer, founder of Lewes’ July 4th Firework Extravaganza called Go Fourth Lewes! and a respected custom home builder, opens up about living in Lewes, building a life and career in harmony with work and family, and letting your actions speak for you. 

Send us Fan Mail Richard Martin doesn’t wait for fish. He dives for them, armed only with a spear gun, knife, and the air in his lungs. For over seven decades, Richard has fished underwater around the country, side by side with sharks, jellyfish, and species ready to fight back. He also helped design, build, and test the spacesuits worn by the astronauts during the Apollo Program. A funny, candid,...

Send us Fan Mail Hai Do continues his remarkable story, about his career in journalism as a photographer, journalist, and manager at UPI, Agence France-Press, Gannet, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. He covered wars, terrorist attacks, World Series, Super Bowls and news around world, before moving to Voice of America, where he is the Chief of the Learning English Division. A former refugee now helpi...

Send us Fan Mail Hai Do grew up in the middle of the Vietnam war, escaped Saigon when the city fell, and survived a harrowing journey on an overcrowded boat on the South China Sea. Instead of giving into fear, he used these harsh lessons to forge a life and career that has taken full advantage of all America has to offer. This episode focuses on his life in Vietnam, his family’s courageous escape,...

Send us Fan Mail A candid, entertaining, fact based discussion with a former Assistant Attorney General of New Jersey and a legal consultant, who is tirelessly helping make Lewes a better place to live. Chanta explains how the Lewes Public Library is the library of the future - a community center, a performing arts center, service provider, and a meeting house that annually hosts over 800 events a...

Send us Fan Mail Lee Ann talks about the fearless drive, conviction, and meticulousness it takes to became a nationally ranked realtor, a respected entrepreneur, and the invaluable investment she has made in the culture and quality of her hometown - Lewes, Delaware.