Bethany Beach home saved from fire
Units from the Bethany Beach, Millville and Rehoboth Beach fire departments responded Friday, March 18, to a house fire in the 600 block of Second Street in Bethany Beach, near Evans Avenue.
The three-story home was under construction when...
Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 7:00pm
Impact fee proposed for BB construction
Members of the Bethany Beach Budget and Finance Committee worked on fine-tuning the town’s draft budget for the 2006 fiscal year at their March 11 meeting.
Among the items tackled was a re-visioning of plans to reformat building permit fees...
Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 7:00pm
“It will be business at usual” soon at Redfin Seafood Grill’s North Bethany location, according to the restaurant’s original designer, Bryony Zeigler of SoDel Concepts.
While the last year and a half of tribulations may not yet be water...
Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 7:00pm
Redfin property on the auction block
The fate of North Bethany Beach restaurant Redfin Grill may be determined this weekend, when the property upon which it rests is auctioned. That auction comes as part of a court decision requiring the dissolution of the partnership that owns the...
Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 7:00pm
Locals represent well at Worcester Prep
Two high school students from the Sussex seashore are giving their hometowns good report at Worcester Preparatory School in Berlin, Md.
Mason Dyer of Ocean View and Kelly Ternahan of Bethany Beach have both taken leadership roles in their...
Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 7:00pm
Bethany projects target conservation
Natural surroundings and camouflage go hand in hand, but a small stretch of Route 26 in Bethany Beach may hide the purpose of the property from the unobservant, out of sheer inconspicuousness.
What might normally appear to be a simple home...
Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 7:00pm
Bethany meetings enter the digital age
Bethany Beach Town Council meetings are now officially on the record, or rather the computer disc, as the town’s new recording system faced its inaugural use on Friday, Feb. 18. The system was purchased to automatically record meetings in a...
Thursday, February 24, 2005 - 7:00pm
Snyder property plans revisited in Bethany
At their meeting on Saturday, Feb. 19, members of the Bethany Beach Planning Commission reviewed a new sketch plan submitted by Richard Snider for his property located at 417 Central Boulevard in the town’s R-1 zone.
Snider’s property had...
Thursday, February 24, 2005 - 7:00pm
CORC tidies up Bethany Beach code
It was déjà vu all over again for the members of the Bethany Beach Charter and Ordinance Committee (CORC) when they met on Friday, Feb. 18.
The main purpose of the meeting was to review sections of the town code to which the committee had...
Thursday, February 24, 2005 - 7:00pm
Bethany comprehensive development plan discussed
Bethany Beach officials might have expected to hear at least a few complaints from those unsatisfied with elements of the final draft of an updated Comprehensive Development Plan for the town. But complaints from those who hadn’t yet seen the...
Thursday, February 24, 2005 - 7:00pm
Oral histories focus in Bethany
Members of the Bethany Beach Cultural and Historical Affairs Committee (CHAC) met on Monday, Feb. 14, to discuss a variety of ongoing projects under the group’s oversight.
Paul Bleumanschmidt of the Delaware Historical Commission made a...
Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 7:00pm
BBPD organizes security program
While federal beach reconstruction funding for the town may be in jeopardy, the Bethany Beach Police Department (BBPD) has been the happy recipient of a $49,000 grant for homeland security.
Sgt. Richard Haden said he had applied for $51,000...
Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 7:00pm
Redfin put on the auction block
An auction date has been set for the North Bethany Beach property that is currently home to popular restaurant Redfin Grill. As part of a court decision calling for dissolution of the partnership that owns the property, it will be auctioned...
Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 7:00pm
Police, firefighters receive Valor awards
Representatives of local towns and public-safety organizations, the Bethany-Fenwick Area Chamber of Commerce and its members gathered Friday, Feb. 11, to honor members of area fire companies and police departments for their work in the community...
Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 7:00pm
Bethany 2006 budget nearing finalization
A meeting of the Bethany Beach Budget and Finance Committee (BFC) kicked off Tuesday, Feb. 15, with discussion of the town’s investment policy. The policy is due to be approved by the town council at a future meeting, and the committee gave some...
Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 7:00pm
Bethany sets hearing on development plan
The creation of a comprehensive development plan for Bethany Beach will take one more step on Friday, Feb. 18, at 6:30 p.m., when a public hearing calling for comment on the final draft plan is held. The hearing is set for the town meeting room...
Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 7:00pm
BBVFC breaks ground on new fire hall
Members of the Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Company, residents, town and state officials gathered in Bethany Beach on Monday, Jan. 31, to break ground for the company’s new fire hall.
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Thursday, February 3, 2005 - 7:00pm
Bethany man has run-in with moving house
The moving of homes in the area’s coastal towns is a relatively common occurrence, but a house move scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 11, led to the arrest of a Bethany Beach man.
According to Bethany Beach police, 55-year-old resort resident...
Thursday, February 3, 2005 - 7:00pm
The Bethany Beach Fire Department received assistance from Millville, Rehoboth Beach and Roxana firehouses as they responded to a house fire in Bethany on Sunday, Jan. 23.
The home, owned by Sarah McGuire and Deirde McHale, was not...
Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 7:00pm
Boesch takes over as planning chair
The Bethany Beach Planning Commission saw a number of changes at its meeting Saturday, Jan. 22. First, resident Jerry Dorfman joined the commission, appointed to the seat vacated by Lew Killmer upon his selection to the town council.
...
Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 7:00pm
Bethany deadlocked over church property
Town officials in Bethany Beach were reluctant to formally commit themselves to a plan to use the former Christian Church property adjacent to the town hall as “open space” when offered $250,000 to do so at the Jan. 21 town council meeting.
...Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 7:00pm
Bethany renews contract with lobbyist
The Bethany Beach Town Council unanimously voted to renew the town’s contract with beach replenishment consultants Marlowe & Co. at the council’s Jan. 21 meeting. The contract pays the firm $3,500 per month, from January to December 2005,...
Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 7:00pm
Gas leak puts BBVFD out in the cold
While most area residents were taking great pains to stay inside last weekend — well away from temperatures in the teens, wind chills near 0, and side streets that resembled ice-skating rinks more than byways — more than two dozen firefighters,...
Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 7:00pm
License revocation ordinance approved
Bethany Beach Town Council members unanimously approved two pieces of legislation at their meeting Friday, Jan. 21.
On second reading, the council agreed to add more teeth to the enforcement of town codes and fees by beefing up its ability...
Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 7:00pm
CORC establishes new procedures
Bethany Beach’s Charter and Ordinance Review Committee (CORC) has a new way of doing business, and that’s thanks — at least in part — to the committee’s recent efforts to develop a mission statement.
Working from the newly established...
Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 7:00pm
DelDOT responds to BFCC's center lane request
The Bethany-Fenwick Area Chamber of Commerce recently asked state officials to consider significant design modifications for an improved Route 26, just as that project began rolling ever so imperceptibly forward.
Delaware Department of...
Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 7:00pm
Bethany dam project creates concern
“We will not cause flooding in other areas to solve problems in Bethany Beach.”
It was important enough of a statement that Bethany Beach Town Council Member and Drainage Committee Chairman Harold Steele felt compelled to reiterate it on...
Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 7:00pm
The Bethany Beach Audit Committee recommended to the town council on Jan. 21 that the town contract with auditing firm Trice, Geary & Meyers to be the town’s auditor for the coming year.
Committee Chairman Don Doyle said town had not...
Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 7:00pm
Communication committee brainstorms
The future was on the minds of members of the Bethany Beach Communications Committee when they met Tuesday, Jan. 18. Having made substantial progress on a number of communications-related issues, members of the committee had been asked by Mayor...
Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 7:00pm
Seaside theme presented for Bethany Beach
A vision of the Bethany Beach of the future was presented to interested townsfolk Wednesday, Jan. 19, in a public hearing on motifs and themes that could be incorporated into the town code or a future architectural standard.
Associate Dean...
Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 7:00pm
Town of Bethany Beach, Delaware
Population: 943 (2006 Census)
Town council meetings: Third Friday of the month, 7:30 p.m., town hall meeting room
Planning & Zoning meets: Monthly, on the Saturday after the council meeting, 9 a.m., town hall...
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