Slaughter Beach Delaware

"A Horseshoe Crab Sanctuary"

A Certified Wildlife Habitat Community

Grotto Pizza Community Pizza Night for Memorial Vol Fire Company

Date Posted: Friday, August 14th, 2015

August 19th from 4PM to 9PM is Grotto’s Community Pizza night to benefit the Memorial Vol Fire Company at Slaughter Beach.  Here is the flyer which will provide more information Pizza Flyer. When you present this Voucher at the time of ordering, an amount equal to 20% of your total bill will be donated to the […]




2015 Coastal Cleanup Registration is Open

Date Posted: Tuesday, August 4th, 2015

This years Coastal Clean Up is set for Sat. Sept. 19th from 9 to noon. More information can be found on DNREC’s Coastal Cleanup website. Last year over 150 volunteers, including many local residents, participated in September’s Coastal Clean Up. Close to 300 pounds of trash, debris, and recyclable materials were removed, preventing it from […]




DNREC Coastal Newsletter

Date Posted: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015

Summer Edition of DNREC’s Coastal Connection.  DNREC Coastal Connection Summer 2015




DuPont Nature Center Fish-n-Fun Day for families, July 19th.

Date Posted: Wednesday, July 15th, 2015

DNREC’s DuPont Nature Center to host  Fish-n-Fun Day for families on July 19 in Slaughter Beach SLAUGHTER BEACH (July 15, 2015) – The DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve, a DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife facility, will hold its Family Fish-n-Fun Day on Sunday, July 19 at the Slaughter Beach Pavilion. Instructors will […]




Osprey Birth Announcement

Date Posted: Saturday, July 11th, 2015

                                                                 One of our newest part time residents, the Osprey family, are pleased to announce the birth of two new baby chicks.  On May 2nd, the Osprey family moved into their newly constructioned home in the Marvel Salt Marsh.  After redecorating, getting acquainted to their surrounds and settling in, the Osprey’s decided this would be […]




Prime Hook Marsh Restoration

Date Posted: Friday, June 19th, 2015

Here is a good article from the Cape Gazette on the progress of the Prime Hook Wildlife Refuge marsh restoration project.  They have come a long way since the project began.  




Get the Shell out of the Road

Date Posted: Wednesday, June 10th, 2015

(Photo By Chris Bennett) If you look close to the shoreline you will notice Diamondback Terrapin’s heads sticking out of the water, or walking on the beach come across a nesting one.  These are females who are searching for the perfect nesting spot on the beach to lay their eggs.  Most of the Diamondbacks will […]




July 4th Regatta Results

Date Posted: Wednesday, June 10th, 2015

Once again the Ward Family Trust for Fun and Insanity created a wonderful day on the water and the sand with this year’s Regatta. This is the 7th year the Ward family along with friends has put on the event, with each year it gets bigger and better. Now on with recap of the day’s […]




S.B. becomes a Certified Wildlife Habitat Community

Date Posted: Wednesday, June 10th, 2015

SLAUGHTER BEACH, Del. (May 30, 2015) – Town of Slaughter Beach officials and residents gathered with DNREC Secretary David Small, National Wildlife Federation President and CEO Collin O’Mara, state legislators and representatives from the Delaware Nature Society and the Alliance of Bay Communities to celebrate Slaughter Beach’s new designation as a National Wildlife Federation-certified Community […]




Updated Website

Date Posted: Wednesday, June 10th, 2015

New website is a responsive website/mobile friendly.