Decades in Dewey continue!

The Little Store in Dewey Beach will reopen this spring under the management of Jeremiah’s Beach Party proprietor Jason Fruchtman, who noted both stores are celebrating their 40th anniversaries.

Before the pandemic, owners Ken and Kay Miller decided not to open The Little Store in summer 2020, but to enjoy retirement in the apartment above the ocean-block grocery and convenience store they operated seasonally for nearly four decades.

Marc Fruchtman opened the original Jeremiah’s, a record store in Wilmington, in 1980. Marc opened a couple other locations, including the one in Dewey in 1990, which outlasted them all. When his son Jason took over the store 15 years ago, the music industry was digitizing, leaving little need for physical retail space. One section at a time, Jason began replacing music CDs with beach items on store shelves until he sold the last of the CDs on two tables outside the building.

More information at capegazette.com/node/213735.

Stay warm inside a 'Dough Ball'

The Dough Bar has technically been open for a year, doing delivery and carryout, but the restaurant opened this week for indoor and outdoor seating.

While the menu of pizza and pasta is the main event, the most unique feature of the Dough Bar is the outdoor seating area. In order to maintain social distance while giving customers a unique experience, the Dough Bar has special clear tents, or “Dough Balls,” as Kristen Latham calls them.

Each tent cost about $475. The tents can seat from four to six people, and are heated for the cold winter months. Latham encouraged anyone seeking to sit in one of the outside tents to reserve one ahead of time, although reservations are not required.

Details at capegazette.com/node/214105.

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• Gingham + grace grand opening Jan. 16
• Mill Pond Garden tour set Jan. 16
• National Day of Service events continue
• ‘Indoguration’ to benefit DHA Jan. 17
• ‘Champ and Major' author event set Jan. 19
• State inauguration to be held Jan. 19
• Screen painting class Jan. 22
• Milton Theatre to reopen Jan. 22
• Choral singing classes to begin Jan. 25
• Lifelong learning classes start Feb. 22
• Zwaanendael seeks plastic recyclables
• Patriotic Art entries due March 31

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