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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.

Estuary unveils state/county disconnect
Though there is local opposition to the proposed Estuary development off Double Bridges Road near South Bethany, the area is clearly marked for development in Sussex County’s land-use plan, as a portion of the Environmentally Sensitive Developing Area.


		Coastal Point • RUSLANA LAMBERT Colin Herlihy gets some air off Bethany Beach on Monday, Aug. 14.

Petitions duel over prayer in school
Since two families — one Jewish and another that remains anonymous — filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the Indian River School District early last year for alleged violations of their freedom of religion, local attention has been affixed to the issue.

Bethany Beach aces its audit once again
In what has come to be a nearly foregone conclusion for Bethany Beach officials, the town’s finances this year yet again got a gold star from the town’s auditing firm.

Hurricane preparation key
A beautiful summer Saturday afternoon might have seemed like an odd time to focus on stormy weather, but the Bethany Beach Police Department’s Capt. Ralph Mitchell said he’d planned the three-hour seminar on emergency preparedness to coincide with the height of the hurricane season, from August to October each year.

South Bethany goes on attack with Estuary
More than three years after Sussex County Council denied the rezoning of a monstrous development — then named The Palisades — off Double Bridges Road in the “environmentally sensitive developing area” near the Assawoman Wildlife Refuge, the developers are back with another plan that is meeting little resistance at the state level.

Mitchell crawling through co-op process
Confusion. Miscommunication. Those two words best describe Perry Mitchell’s current situation as he attempts to secure a cheaper electricity rate for 2,500 area residents. Mitchell, who formed the aggregation group Consumers for Alternative Power in May to counter rising energy prices, has spoke at homeowners’ association meetings, solicited individual homeowners to join his group and has been working voluntarily to find them savings.

County starts station upgrade process
Sussex County Council voted on Tuesday to spend $82,227 to hire consultants and to pay for an outside company to design the mechanical rebuild of the 30-year-old Tingle Avenue wastewater pump station in Bethany Beach.

Record 11 district schools rated 'superior'
After being rated as “commendable” last year, Phillip C. Showell Elementary School regained “superior” status when the state released its ratings Aug. 2, about two weeks after the release of the 2006 Delaware Student Testing Program scores were released on July 20.

White joins South Bethany planners
He may have lost his bid for a seat on the South Bethany town council this year, but Chris White succeeded in raising his profile in the town to the point where he became an appointee to one of the town’s other high offices.

Daytripper--Checking out the lifesaving station
Someone once told me, “Change is not optional.” This was in reference to technology, but we often do not realize just how much our lives have changed in the last 100 years. The Indian River Life Saving Station represents an era in ocean commerce before the days of radar, global positioning satellites, and iPods.

Delaware residents get their fill in Maryland
Millville resident Jackie Young said that she rarely travels across the Maryland border in her four-door Mercury just to fill up her tank. She picks up family members to get pizza or to go shopping in the neighboring state and purchases gas at the Citgo on 139th Street in Ocean City on the way back.

Towns use internet to reach their citizens
It’s become a tool of convenience. People use the Internet to buy shoes, check the scores of sports games, book plane flights and even compare hotels without leaving their homes.

Obituaries
James L. Smith, 75
Thurman J. Bodley Jr., 82
Dorothy E. Mayo, 86
Robert James Hudson Sr., 62
Burton W. Toomey, Jr. 66
Marie E. Laws, 87
Robert James Hudson Sr., 62
Burton W. Toomey Jr., 66
Susannah I. Butz, 87
Anga Lee ‘Angie’ Brittingham, 64
Mary M. Joyner, 62
James R. Derickson, 77

Boxes still line the store. Some glass stands are already filled with merchandise. Others sit empty. But in the next week, the boxes will be gone and the shelves will be stocked in the only Hallmark Gold Crown store in coastal Delaware south of Rehoboth Beach.

East wins series over local host
The superstitious often claim that “the third time is the charm,” and on Aug. 12 the Milton, Pa., Senior Softball team (USA East) proved them right by defeating the hosting District III Nanticoke Little League team 3-2 in a comeback victory during the Senior League Little League World Series Championship in Roxana.

Dewey Beach locals shine at 25th
Two of Dewey Beach’s own favorite sons, Jason Wilson and Corey Mahoney, placed in top slots in last weekend’s 25th Annual East Coast Skimboarding Championships held in Dewey Beach.

Naturals showing their stuff ... again
Last year, the Delaware Naturals 70-and-over AA slow-pitch softball team fell just one inning short of winning the Senior Softball World Championship and the Triple Crown (eastern championship, western championship and world championship). An 11-10 world championship loss to their ageless counterparts in Seattle ended their famed run last year, but another year brings new hopes.