Carper visits Bethany Beach to see replenishment project
Bulldozers headed to South Bethany this week, with that town set as the next stop in this summer’s major beach replenishment project.After several weeks of pumping sand from offshore borrow sites, the...
View ArticleSelbyville Towne Village gets first approvals to dig (ditches)
Selbyville Towne Village is the next major housing development revving up along Route 54. The project has changed several times since first proposed over a decade ago, before the “Great Recession.”...
View ArticleOcean View residents still concerned over drainage, taxes
The regular monthly meeting of the Ocean View Town Council this week continued a trend of seeing a larger-than-usual attendance of the town’s citizens, as several issues continue to garner input from...
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Bridge project to dramatically shift traffic in Millsboro next spring
Coastal Point • Courtesy of DelDOT, enhanced by David Elliott: A proposed detour to circumvent a bridge project in Millsboro next spring will alter traffic patterns for an estimated two weeks.Motorists...
View ArticleMillville grants site approval for revised Dove Landing community
More than a decade after being mothballed due to adverse economic conditions, the Dove Landing community received final site plan approval from the Millville Town Council on Tuesday, July 10.The final...
View ArticleCandidates abound in 2018 elections, local and beyond
With the July 10 filing deadline now past, the list of candidates for county, state and federal office from Delaware for the 2018 election cycle is now set.Locally, the District 4 Sussex County Council...
View ArticleVote expected on Barn Hill Preserve application next week
The Ocean View Board of Adjustment is expected to vote next week on an application requesting a special-use exception that would allow for a wildlife-learning center in a General Business-1 parcel in...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Two men found dead of suspected drug overdoses in Ocean View
Ocean View police reported Monday that two men in their 20s had been found deceased in a home on Central Avenue in Ocean View on Thursday, July 12, shortly before noon. Police said the apparent cause...
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Delaware garden clubs recognized nationally
The Delaware Federation of Garden Clubs was recently recognized nationally by the National Garden Clubs — a not-for-profit educational organization comprising 50 state garden clubs and the National...
View ArticleYear’s first finding of West Nile virus in wild birds reported
The Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control’s Mosquito Control Section, in conjunction with Delaware’s Division of Public Health and Department of Agriculture, this week announced...
View ArticleFreeman Stage to host ‘Jedi Academy’ variety show
Recent years have demonstrated that today’s generations have at least one love in common: “Star Wars.”And now, for the first time ever, the Freeman Stage in West Fenwick will be hosting “Jedi Academy,”...
View ArticleBethany Beach Books to welcome young-adult fantasy author and artist
Author and artist Dean Kuhta will be signing copies of his book “Silvarum” at Bethany Beach Books on July 28, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.“Silvarum is a fantasy world I have created and centers around five...
View ArticleMERR volunteers to count dolphins at 37 various locations on Saturday
The Marine Education, Research & Rehabilitation Institute Inc. (MERR) will be conducting its Annual Dolphin Count on Saturday, July 21, from 9 to 11 a.m.The count helps determine the Atlantic...
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Beach & Bay Cottage Tour homes for 2018
Home 1 Strittmatter homeAfter spending the last 15 summers vacationing in Bethany Beach with their four kids, Rosanne and John Strittmatter of Potomac, Md., decided it was time to set down roots. They...
View ArticleFriends ready for 27th Annual Beach & Bay Cottage Tour
The Friends of the South Coastal Library’s major annual fundraiser is the Beach & Bay Cottage Tour. The 27th Annual Tour directly benefits the South Coastal Library in Bethany Beach and is almost...
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Conlon honored as Delaware Marine of the Year
New York native Frank Conlon joined the Marine Corps in 1952. He served eight years in the Corps, as an air-traffic controller in the Air Wing.Coastal Point • Submitted: Frank Conlan, center, stands...
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South Bethany woman, 102, meets great-great-granddaughter
Coastal Point • Laura Walter: Vinnette Fowler, 102-years-old, meets her great-great-granddaughter Alma Lantsman, 9 months old.Vinnette Fowler’s family describes her as a social butterfly. She loves...
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Arlett invites veterans to discuss mentoring, medical marijuana and more
Veterans discussed the issues and learned more about their benefits at Selbyville Town Hall on July 10.The free veterans town hall-style meeting was hosted and moderated by outgoing Sussex County...
View ArticleDPH issues warning over Dagsboro fox discovered to have rabies
Delaware’s Division of Public Health (DPH) this week warned Dagsboro residents who live in the residential area between Colonial Estates Avenue and Thorogoods Road in Dagsboro of a positive case of...
View ArticleDagsboro approves preliminary proposal for new Royal Farms
The Dagsboro Town Council during their monthly meeting on Monday, July 16, heard a preliminary proposal for a new Royal Farms location from Jonathan N.H. Street of architecture engineering firm Becker...
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Juggling the unwanted discovery of eco-friendly species
Coastal Point • Laura Walter: Widgeon grass has been discovered in South Bethany canals. Although good for the environment, the grass is causing headaches locally by tangling in boat propellers.What’s...
View ArticleMagee files for county council seat
Ellen Magee of Williamsville, a Democrat, filed this week to run for the Sussex County Council seat representing District 5, which is currently held by Republican Robert Arlett.Magee is a life-time...
View ArticleSitework begins on Sandhill Fields sports complex near Georgetown
The Sussex Sports Center Foundation’s Joe Schell on July 17 presented to the Sussex County Council an update on the progress of the group’s new sports complex, Sandhill Fields.Schell said the...
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DSP trooper bridges communication gap with foreign students
Coastal Point • Shaun Lambert: Trooper Irina Celpan mingles with some international students at a picnic at St. Martha’s Episcopal Church in Bethany Beach earlier this summer.Trooper Irina Celpan...
View ArticleDagsboro’s Connor files for 41st District seat in state legislature
S. Bradley “Brad” Connor announced this week that he has filed to run for the State House seat in the 41st Representative District. The 41st representative district includes Millsboro Dagsboro,...
View ArticleSouth Bethany considers stricter property maintenance code
A broken staircase was the final straw.In South Bethany, Joe Hinks is responsible for building inspections, permits and penalties. Then he discovered that a faulty outdoor staircase in an oceanfront...
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Mountaire Selbyville chemical spill closes road, injures six
Coastal Point • Laura Walter: Mountaire’s Selbyville poultry processing plant was the site of a chemical spill on Thursday, July 12.A midday chemical spill closed Hosier Street in Selbyville on...
View ArticleTwo men die in suspected overdose, another saved by naloxone
Two men in their 20s passed away last week in Ocean View, from an apparent heroin overdose.“They were living in Ocean View, but both of them are originally from Maryland,” said Ocean View Police Chief...
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Loggerhead sea turtle makes history with South Bethany nest
Coastal Point • Submitted: Volunteers move quickly to relocate a loggerhead sea turtle’s eggs so they would survive high tide, on Sunday, July 8.Michael Hess was walking along the Fenwick Island beach...
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Volunteers count on spawning crabs
Coastal Point • Laura Walter: Dave Ritondo tags a horseshoe crab on the evening of Thursday, June 28.Under a full moon in June, about a dozen people strapped headlamps to their foreheads, grabbed...
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