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Coastal Point • RUSLANA LAMBERT
The view of the sunset from Quillen’s Point on Tuesday leaves us all with a good taste of 2005 in our mouths.
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Coastal Point Viewpoint 2005.12.30
Eskimo splash hits 10th year on Sunday
The New Year’s holiday is one of the favorite times of the year for people to get a fresh start, a clean break from old habits and a wide-eyed perspective on the year ahead.
Fenwick Island readies for second Freeze
In 2005, Fenwick Islanders kicked off their new year with a splash — a literal one. The town’s first New Year’s Day ocean swim event was a roaring success, drawing hundreds of people to the beach on an unseasonably warm morning that first day of January and many of those people into the chilly waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
Financial advisor recommends steady path
Here’s a New Year’s resolution most of us could embrace — “I’ll have more money on Dec. 31, 2006, than I have right now.”
Get a little help with those resolutions
The big ones: weight loss and smoking cessation. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, approximately 65 percent of all adults age 20 and older are either overweight or obese (from a national survey conducted from 1999 through 2002).
New election guidelines irk towns
State legislators may be considering a new set of regulations that would govern all of Delaware’s municipal elections, when they convene for the second half of the 143rd General Assembly on Jan. 10.
Staff Column|Happy Holidays--each and every one of them
Someone told me “Merry Christmas” as I left Wal-Mart the other day. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t have thought about it twice. ’Tis the season, after all.
New Census estimates show state growth
The U.S. Census released year-to-year estimates on Dec. 22, and by all accounts, Delaware’s population expansion has experienced a slight acceleration. The latest estimates show Delaware as the ninth-fastest-growing state in the nation, with a 1.6 percent total population increase over last year.
The Agenda
SDSA shows off some school spirit
Southern Delaware School of the Arts (SDSA) students may not have any sports teams, but they still have plenty of spirit. Fourth-grade teachers hosted a week’s worth of special activities Dec. 12 through 16.
Hello 2006
We’re a forward-thinking group over here at the Coastal Point.
A practical approach
Millville resident Joyce Wickham knew it wouldn’t be easy to restart her psychotherapy practice in a new state, but she’s not sweating it.
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