Coastal Point • SAM HARVEY Brady and Gavin DeAngelis and Avery Duncan take in the sunset on Nov. 25 at the Indian River Inlet Marina.

Coastal Point Viewpoint 2005|12|02

Court denies Assawoman canal appeal
A Tuesday, Nov. 29, ruling from Delaware’s Court of Chancery appears to have rejuvenated state efforts to complete a long sought-after dredging of the Assawoman Canal.

Local Guardsman returns from Iraq
The flags are in — Ryan Redman is home. The Army National Guardsman returned from Iraq earlier this month — safe and sound, much to the delight of his parents, Clarksville-area residents Ken and Donna.

Dagsboro explains response to contaminated water
Early on Nov. 28, Dagsboro Mayor S. Brad Connor admitted he was disappointed by the tenor of the criticisms he and other council members had received in the wake of the recent contamination of Dagsboro’s central water system.

Meet the candidates for Dagsboro Town Council

Dagsboro approves two cluster projects
Dagsboro town council moved forward on two new subdivisions with cluster overlays at the Nov. 28 council meeting: (1) the Village at Pepper Creek project (87 lots), north of the John M. Clayton School, west of Main Street, and (2) Charlie Zonko’s project (19 lots), in the same vicinity, just a little closer to town.

Annual holiday parade set for Friday
Area residents can get what will likely be their first glimpse of Santa Claus this year at the popular Selbyville Christmas Parade, set to step off Friday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. Santa will again conclude the parade this year with his arrival via horse-drawn carriage.

Events set to kick off Bethany holiday
Bethany Beach will open its arms to the spirit of the holidays this weekend with the annual Holiday Happenings, set for Saturday, Dec. 3, and Sunday, Dec. 4.

Fenwick Island deadlocks on front yards
Fenwick Island Town Council members debated a clarified requirement for front yard setbacks (how close to the street property owners can build something) at the Nov. 18 council meeting but ended up in a 3-3 deadlock (Council Member R. Chris Clark absent).

Local to read at South Coastal Library
Ocean View resident and poet Joan Springer can’t say enough about the children’s programs at the South Coastal Library.

County pauses to amend clustering
About a month ago, Sussex County Council members started considering some changes to the cluster subdivision ordinance (enacted in August of 2004), and got right back on it after the Thanksgiving break.

District hears from JROTC supporters
Is the Indian River School District (IRSD) considering a budget cut in the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) department? If so, school board members have some public opinion to weigh after the Nov. 22 IRSD School Board meeting.

Indians drop playoff dreams to Caravel
Southern Henlopen Champion Indian River High School’s state tournament championship dreams were dashed in their quarterfinal match-up with the Caravel Buccaneers on Nov. 25.

Boys look for improvement on hardcourt
Indian River basketball is back and quite possibly better than last year. That bodes well for the program, since they didn’t reach the conference tournament last season despite a 15-7 record.