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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.


		Coastal Point • SHAUN LAMBERT Water and dirt, and a few of the other natural elements, see plenty of action during construction at the Bay Forest development near Millville.

BREAKING NEWS - Commissioners wait on Estuary decision
When asked, only two people raised their hands Thursday night in support. Some 33 people then confirmed their opposition to the plan to subdivide 742 acres into 1,060 lots off of Camp Barnes and Double Bridges roads, near the Assawoman Wildlife Refuge, for a proposed development called The Estuary.

Frankford Elemetary garners award
After again receiving the state’s highest accountability rating following another year of impressive test scores, Frankford Elementary School officials received more good news Tuesday. The Indian River school will receive a $10,000 grant, as well as a host of materials and supplies, after being named one of 16 Intel and Scholastic Schools of Distinction across the nation.

Replenishment effort heads to beach and boardwalk
Federal officials seem on the slow track to funding beach reconstruction in the one remaining unreplenished project area in Delaware, with just $3.3 million in federal funding appropriated for the Bethany Beach/South Bethany project in the 2006 fiscal-year budget and a similar amount initially included in the Senate version of appropriations bills for 2007.

County police debate to continue
Sussex County Sheriff Robert Reed recently said it’s not something he is “worried about right now.” And Eric Swanson, a former State Police official and Reed’s Democratic challenger in this year’s election, said that it will be left up to the discretion of County Council.

Bethany planners take issue with process
The Bethany Beach Planning Commission started its Aug. 19 meeting with one fewer commissioner than most would have expected.

Bethany Beach enjoys a quiet night
With a recent history of meetings that made headlines as critics became increasingly vocal, Bethany Beach officials experienced a decidedly downbeat Aug. 18, despite a full menu of public hearings and council votes.

Policy issues tainted IRSD settlement
The mandatory adoption of four policies without following long-standing district procedure was a major reason Indian River School District’s Board rejected a settlement offer in the Dobrich/Doe prayer suit in February, according to court records released Monday.

Bethany Beach looks at disorderly homes
Bethany Beach officials are scrutinizing the issue of so-called “disorderly” houses, looking at both problems with noise and concerns about overcrowding in the resort town’s rental homes.

Sulcoski fundraiser set for Saturday at Fat Tuna
Area residents continue to pour out support for the local woman who lost her home and all of her possessions in an early-morning fire on July 31.

Surf's Up--some online marketing tips
Nearly 75 percent of Americans — or more than 204 million people — have access to the Internet, according to a 2004 report from Nielson/Netratings. Just a year prior, 181 million Americans were Internet users. That means there’s been a 15 percent increase in one year.

Serio becomes mayor of Fenwick Island
Everything old is new again in Fenwick Island. In their Aug. 18 reorganizational meeting, the newest members of the Fenwick Island Town Council were sworn in and joined four continuing members to unanimously select veteran Council Member Audrey Serio for the position of council president and the town’s mayor.

Chamber wins national award
The Bethany-Fenwick Area Chamber of Commerce was recently named as one of the best Chambers in the country by the American Chamber of Commerce Executives, receiving a second-place award for excellence.

Dagsboro man involved in fatal accident
Although a Dagsboro man’s driving was not the primary cause of a fatal accident near Berlin, Md. about 9:45 p.m. on Aug. 17, he could still be charged with crimes related to the crash, Maryland police said.

Hard work at LB is no bother
After more than a year away from their Ocean View location, Lord Baltimore Elementary School faculty and staff poured back into the now air-conditioned and bathroom- and elevator-laden building amid boxes and furniture not yet in place.

James L. Smith, 75
Ethel M. Wilkerson, 87
Mark W. Faulkner, 41
Stanley J. Babiarz Jr., 73
Sarah A. Tyler, 79
Clifford A. Bell, 77

If a day of crabbing is what a customer wants, that can be accommodated. If they want to have a dozen crabs waiting on the boat to be eaten while they tour Delaware’s serene inland bays, that is also possible. Even if they want a trip to Seacrets in Ocean City for a couple of drinks and lunch, they will not be let down.

More than a decade ago and admittedly out of shape, Sheila Schmidt said she decided to do something. The Ocean View resident started attending aerobics classes religiously, more than a couple times a week, until she became a regular and to the point that when the teacher had to miss a session, she asked Schmidt to fill in for her.

Lady Indians welcome new coach
Indian River’s new head field hockey coach, Colleen Groszner, couldn’t be happier. The fifth-year coach landed at the school after a four-year stint Severn School in Anne Arundel County, Md., and despite not having a whole lot of time to get to know her players, she is quite confident in her new team.