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The Lewes Library, within the town of Lewes, is relatively new and has a very active program for children and adults and provides meeting space for many local organizations. It serves a large surrounding area. St. Peter's Episcopal Church is important in the town and provides meeting space for various groups. A large Catholic church is just outside town and there are two small African American churches that attract folks from the surrounding area.
Historical Society owns several buildings - one has a bullet hole in the front from an early war, an old medical office, a store, etc. A WWII site at the state park has a bunker turned into a museum where soldiers were stationed to triangulate location of submarines in the Atlantic Ocean from multiple towers at the park and seashore here and locations to our immediate south. The town of Lewes has the oldest population in age in the state. We have an active education program for seniors.
Lewes is on the Atlantic Ocean, where the Delaware River runs into the ocean at a point at Cape Henlopen State Park. The historic town with excellent restaurants and shops attracts a lot of tourists, including via the Cape May Ferry. Toxic materials shipped down the River from NJ and other sources north. There remain numerous homes on septic tanks. The chicken industry is huge just to our west with growing and processing plants nearby, with a lot of nitrogen going into the ground water, etc.
Tourism, environment, aging, education
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