Metered parking will be $4 an hour this year in Rehoboth Beach. (Wikimedia Commons photo by Dough4872)

You’ll probably pay more for beach parking this year

Katie KazimirCulture, Government, Headlines

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 …

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Free concerts Mondays, Wednesdays at Wilmington State Parks

Ken MammarellaCulture, Headlines

Wilmington State Parks will host free concerts twice a week this summer. The concerts are 6:30 p.m. Mondays at Rockford Tower in Rockford Park and 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the Sugar Bowl in Brandywine Park, south of the Brandywine Zoo. RELATED: Bellevue State Park announces summer concerts 42 nights of free music at the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand Free concerts, movies and …

Bellevue State Park hosts a popular summer concert series.

Bellevue State Park announces summer concerts

Ken MammarellaCulture, Headlines

“Time to dust off your lawn chairs,” Bellevue State Park said on Facebook in announcing its summer concert series. “Can’t wait to share some delicious food and toe-tapping tunes,” the Brandywine Hundred park continued. Most concerts are 6:30 p.m. Sundays and Thursdays — with some dates skipped — and are included in park admission. Fans able to walk or bicycle into …