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Coastal Point • RUSLANA LAMBERT
Cliff Wolfe of Bethany Beach practices his bunker skills on the beach on Sunday, March 5.
Ocean View awards contract for new police station Though Ocean View’s town council received overwhelming support for its new police station on Tuesday and awarded the construction contract, town officials said that the floor plans of the building — but not the size — might change.
Cooperative explains difference in rates Local electric delivery company Delmarva Power will likely have a bit of a suntan — from the spotlight — before summer 2006 ever gets here. Concerned citizens, public officials and the media have been peppering company representatives with questions about pending rate hikes for a couple of months now.
Town employees might find slower increases Ocean View’s public safety, administrative and public works departments took another hit on Tuesday before the town’s Long Range Financial Planning Committee voted 5-1 to approve the new, top-down budget it will present to council on March 14.
State, local agencies offer help
Representatives from various state and local agencies and charitable organizations, and utility company personnel, congregated at Delaware Tech in Georgetown on March 2, joining forces to shed the light on as many energy-related conservation, and assistance, programs as they could cram into one place and one time.
Geothermal systems provide another option
When the local development company Miranda & Hardt built the Bridle Ridge Estate development in Ocean View, it added a modern feature in each of the homes. Instead of building the homes with a standard air source heat pump system, the company’s employees installed geothermal technology.
Dagsboro P&Z considers infastructure regs
Dagsboro Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members continue searching for ways to better regulate development in their highly popular town, and took a first look at a draft Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (APFO), at the March 1 meeting.
Staff Column-Cape Henlopen referendum also important
As voters in the Indian River School District weigh the pros and cons of increased financial support for the school system — and increased financial burdens on themselves — leading up to a March 28 referendum, voters in the neighboring Cape Henlopen School District are doing much the same, in preparation for a two-part referendum vote this week, on March 16.
IRSD test scores bring optimism Results from the 2005 Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP) tests in science and social studies for fourth- and sixth-grade students were returned about two weeks ago. They showed that Indian River School District students continue to make progress and stay well above most state average.
Congressional hopeful visits Sussex Dems Dennis Spivack, the Democrats’ candidate to challenge long-time Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Mike Castle, stopped in Georgetown on March 7 to visit with local supporters.
Color, vegetation to spring up in Fenwick Island
Fenwick Island Beautification Committee members are ready to move forward with their latest project designed to improve the looks of the beachside town: a series of decorative banners to add a splash of design and color to Coastal Highway year-round.
Fenwick's town manager search gets underway Fenwick Island’s search for a town manager proceeded this week with a March 6 meeting of the first of two committees tasked with the project.
Selbyville drafts new parking regulations Selbyville town officials read a draft of a changed ordinance at Monday’s council meeting. If adopted, the ordinance would prohibit people from parking on both sides of four streets in the town for safety reasons.
Millville accustoms itself to budgetary planning
While Ocean View has been working on its fiscal year 2007 budget since the fall, neighboring Millville just started the unfamiliar process this week. In a Tuesday workshop, a committee made up of mostly council members discussed the budget, which was hardly an issue before the recent development boom in the town.
Obituaries Pauline Williams Sturgis, 91
Carole W. Calhoun, 65
A Cold War vetarn's lament still lives There I was, a newly-minted second-lieutenant, reporting for my first active-duty assignment. The time was October, 1956, and I had just been ordered to join a corporal-guided missile battalion outside the Rhineland city of Mainz in what was then West Germany.
Light brigade It’s been more than 20 years since Dennis McCormick opened the local Denney Electric Supply, south of Millsboro on Route 113. According to his younger son, John, dad has retired to Florida — but he and his older brother, Mark, just keep rolling along at Denney Electric.
Lady Indians move forward with new leader The Indian River Soccer program will don a slightly new look this season, with Steve Kilby taking over the heading coaching duties starting with the girl’s varsity team this spring season. Kilby has served as Howard Gerken’s assistant coach the past two seasons but made all the game calls for the boy’s varsity team last fall — so this was a logical time to make the coaching change official.
Lions knock off Saints There were probably a dozen scenarios in which the Fenwick Lions would lose their first-round playoff game to the two-time defending Jr. Diamond Football League champions the Elkton County Saints on March 4. The Saints amassed a league-high 169 points on their way to a 5-1 regular-season record, compared to the Lions’ 74 and 2006 league championship contender Norfolk Chiefs (60).
Indians hope to keep momentum rolling Last year, Indian River’s golf program surged from anonymity to establish itself among the Henlopen elite. They won 10 of their last 11 matches to garner12-4 record before falling to Sussex Tech 234-242 in the Henlopen Championship. Snd Indian River is definitely gearing up for a return trip to the big dance.
Young wrestler shows his stuff Eddie Boyer isn’t a typical 12-year-old from small-town Delaware. The Rehoboth Beach-born and current Farmington resident has carved out a burgeoning wrestling career over the past seven years. He’s won tons of matches in New Jersey and Pennsylvania tournaments over those years and proved he still is the No. 1-ranked 115-pound wrestler (22-8) by running the table (six matches) at the Delaware junior state tournament on Feb. 26.
