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The Coastal Point is a local newspaper published weekly and distributed in the Bethany Beach, South Bethany, Fenwick Island, Ocean View, Millville, Dagsboro, Frankford, and Selbyville, Delaware areas. Feel free to use the Google search feature below to search the web.


	Fire evicts woman, business
	Jennie Sulcoski is a familiar sight to many who travel down Route 26 through Ocean View, though some who see the vibrant brunette might not know her name.

		Coastal Point • DARIN J. McCANN Rehoboth Beach firefighters survey the damage done to a home on Route 26 on Monday, July 31. Eleven departments responded to the scene, and the community is responding with help for the woman who lived in the home.

Millville fire company to add substation
Just one year ago, the citizens of Bethany Beach were dealing with the appearance of relative quietude in Bethany Beach election news. No one filed to run against the three incumbents, making for the perception that most were content with their government.

Five to vie for Fenwick town council seats
Fenwick Island voters will take to the polls on Saturday, Aug. 5, to elect three new town council members to replace the three incumbents who stepped down this election season.

Co-op member-regulation tally available soon
After months of promotional speaking engagements and a rigorous advertising campaign, Delaware Electric Cooperative (DEC) officials will soon know if their members voted to eliminate Public Service Commission-regulation.

OVPD generator to get more stable footing
The saga of the Ocean View Police Department’s generator continued this week, with town council members voting 4-1 on Aug. 1 to approve up to $5,000 be spent to pour a concrete footing around the existing installation at the OVPD temporary location, on top of the generator’s oak shipping crate and treated 6-by-6-inch lumber.

Architectural committee, commissioners at odds
With the Aug. 9 expiration of the commercial construction moratorium in Bethany Beach looming on the horizon, the rush is on to get a clean final draft of the proposed guidelines that will channel the future architecture of the town’s downtown commercial district.

Police dogs death ruled accident
Despite rumors of foul play and anonymous e-mails alleging wrongdoing, the Delaware State Police determined last week that the death of Ocean View’s police dog, Caro, was accidental.

iPoderizing
Since purchasing my iPod back in April, I’ve bought several accessories for it, ranging from an A/V cable, so that I can hook it up to my home stereo, and video equipment to a stereo adapter made by Pioneer that hooks it to the Pioneer stereo in my car — which allows me to control my iPod from my stereo and get the best possible sound out of my digitized music, all while my iPod charges.

Barnes offers quality of life
Five years ago, Jim Barnes would get up, put on a suit, straighten his tie and look outside to see what city he was in. As a salesman with a large software company, working out of Washington, D.C., Barnes traveled most of the days of the week, scurrying back and forth between speaking engagements.

Nanticoke looks forward to challenge
In 1997, Nanticoke’s Senior League softball team made it to the Little League World Series. But back then, Roxana didn’t host the event and Delaware District III didn’t have an automatic bid into the tournament. They had to hack their way through the district, state and regional tournament, like thousands of other teams around the country, before snagging third place in Kalamazoo, Mich.

Volunteers prepare fields for Series
On Friday and Saturday, volunteers who had been working all year, without pay, for Lower Sussex and other Little Leagues marched outside, in tremendous heat, carrying rakes, hoses, and edging tools.

Bear Trap almost ready for teams' arrivals
Between today and tomorrow, more than 150 Senior League Softball players, 30 coaches and 23 chaperones will walk into the Village at Bear Trap Dunes, pick up a key in the pavilion, walk over to their rented home and relax.