Employers pass the hat for injured student
Ocean View Deli and Restaurant employee Dzmitry Fedarkevich is recovering and in stable condition following the July 15 hit-and-run that threw him from his bicycle and into the hospital with a hip injury and head trauma.
It may be a while...
Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 8:00pm
Local singing group Nautical Sounds has been singing out of Ocean View for the past 16 years, sharing their traditional barbershop-style tunes to generate an appreciation for a form of music that was most popular more than a century ago.
“...
Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 8:00pm
Local singing group Nautical Sounds has been singing out of Ocean View for the past 16 years, sharing their traditional barbershop-style tunes to generate an appreciation for a form of music that was most popular more than a century ago.
“...
Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 8:00pm
Theft, forgery, assault charges pile up against Ocean View man
No date has yet been set for a hearing concerning a 43-year-old Ocean View man accused of stealing boat parts.
On Thursday, July 7, Stanley A. Clark waived his right to a preliminary hearing in the Court of Common Pleas, according to Lori...
Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 8:00pm
Ocean View debates water for restaurant
Ocean View Town Council members considered yet another permutation of Tidewater Utilities’ plan to deliver central water to the parcel at 27 Atlantic Avenue (Route 26) at the July 5 council meeting, and heard considerable opposition from...
Thursday, July 7, 2005 - 8:00pm
Psychotherapist, veteran moves practice
After treating hundreds of patients during his three years in Ocean City, Md., psychotherapist Dr. Peter Lamb will be moving his practice to Ocean View in the beginning of July.
Coastal Point • MARY ROBBINS:
Dr. Peter Lamb will be...
Thursday, June 30, 2005 - 8:00pm
Ocean View residents consider historic district
Ocean View residents heard from State Historic Preservation Office’s (SHPOs) Robin Bodo and Preservation Delaware’s Trent Margrif earlier this month, regarding a possible historic district for their town.
The town’s Historical Committee is...
Thursday, June 30, 2005 - 8:00pm
The United States Postal Service (USPS) held a meeting Thursday, June 16, to discuss the new post office scheduled to be built in the Ocean View/Millville area.
Primarily, it was held to open communication with the public and make sure...
Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 8:00pm
Woodland avenue focus on planners
Three applicants, two with new subdivisions and a third carrying the site plan for a condominium (plus two single-family homes) development — all three on Woodland Avenue — came before the Ocean View Planning and Zoning (P&Z) Commission on...
Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 8:00pm
Pops for "Pops" held at Bear Trap Dunes
It might seem easy, but beneath that surface many would consider the feat impossible.
The easy part: On Friday, June 10, Patrick Rummerfiled got in a race car and drove himself and passenger Josh Basile, 19, around car racing’s “Monster...
Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 8:00pm
Ocean View council hears from Thornton
Bob Thornton, owner of the Silver Woods Subdivision and an Ocean View resident, approached the town’s council Tuesday night to gauge the assembly’s receptiveness to annexing his property.
Before drafting and submitting a formal proposal,...
Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 8:00pm
Ocean View hears revenue prospects
Ocean View Town Council applauded departing Planning and Zoning (P&Z) Commission Member Jeanne Mueller at the top of the June 7 council meeting, and sailed unruffled through another hour and a half of business. Things wrapped up on a lively...
Thursday, June 9, 2005 - 8:00pm
Post office to discuss expansion
U.S. Postal Service officials will hold a public forum on Thursday, June 16, to discuss the planning of a new, expanded Ocean View-Millville-Clarksville post office. The meeting will be at the Millville firehouse and start at 6:30 p.m.
The...
Thursday, June 9, 2005 - 8:00pm
Ocean View considers town road project
The Ocean View Planning and Zoning (P&Z) Commission reviewed conjoined site plans — (1) for a World Gym facility, and (2) for a pair of office buildings — at the May 19 P&Z meeting.
Coastal Point • SAM HARVEY:
Indian River...
Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 8:00pm
South Coastal Library receives grant
The South Coastal Library is one of 500 libraries selected nationally to receive the We the People “Freedom” Bookshelf. This grant program presented by American Library Association in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities is...
Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 8:00pm
Members of the Ocean View Police, Ocean View Citizen Auxiliary Patrol, Delaware State Police Truck Enforcement Unit and the Delaware State Police Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program conducted a truck inspection checkpoint on Route 26 on April...
Thursday, May 12, 2005 - 8:00pm
Ocean View considers legislation
Ocean View Town Council members passed three ordinances and studied some draft legislation floating around Dover at the May 3 council meeting.
They unanimously passed ordinances (1) prohibiting multifamilies, duplexes, garden apartments,...
Thursday, May 5, 2005 - 8:00pm
May 19 grand opening on schedule for new CHEER center at Long Neck
Sussex County Senior Services Inc./CHEER has announced that the grand opening for the new, 8,200 square foot CHEER Center in the Shoppes at Long Neck will be Thursday, May 19, from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
The formal ribbon cutting will be...
Thursday, May 5, 2005 - 8:00pm
Ocean View considers upscale restaurant
Restaurateur David Harkness presented plans for the Oak Arbor Inn at the corner of Woodland Avenue and Route 26 last week — first, before the Ocean View Board of Adjustment (BOA) and then before the town’s Planning and Zoning (P&Z) Commission...
Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 8:00pm
Ocean View prepares for potential disasters
Relax — no one has suggested any likelihood of a disaster striking this area. However, as husband and wife team Tom and Pat Sheeran pointed out, that’s the problem — there’s no way to predict.
Best to be prepared, and the Sheerans showed...
Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 8:00pm
Politicos celebrate Ocean View water
It’s Earth Day once again (April 22), and various governmental representatives stopped by the new Town Hall in Ocean View a week prior, to celebrate the town’s recent financing agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
...
Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 8:00pm
May opening date for Ocean View restaurant
NorthEast Seafood Kitchen, the new restaurant by Matthew Haley and Bryony Zeigler (the creators of Redfin Seafood Grill in North Bethany Beach and Fish On! in Lewes), will open this May in Ocean View.
Haley and Harry Geller teamed up to...
Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 8:00pm
Meredith remains Mayor after election
Ocean View Mayor Gary Meredith was sworn in for a second term at the April 12 special meeting, following a strong showing at the polls over the weekend.
Coastal Point • SUBMITTED:
Meredith.
Meredith defeated challenger Wally...
Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 8:00pm
EDITORIAL: Big times ahead in Ocean View
Registered voters of Ocean View, let’s get ready to rumble.
On Saturday, April 9, voters can turn out to the new town hall in Ocean View, from noon to 5 p.m. to cast their ballots for the individual they wish to serve as the town’s mayor...
Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 8:00pm
A central water system for Ocean View took another giant leap forward this week, as U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) representatives talked financing at the April 5 town council meeting.
USDA’s Denise MacLeish and Lisa Fitzgerald...
Thursday, April 7, 2005 - 8:00pm
Acting class returns to Ocean View
Following up on the first series of sold out classes on the Craft of Acting in both Lewes and Ocean View, Clear Space Productions, a non-profit theatre arts organization in Rehoboth Beach, has announced additional classes in April.
Classes...
Thursday, April 7, 2005 - 8:00pm
Ocean View continues zoning modifications
Ocean View Town Council adopted two new zoning ordinances at the April 5 town council meeting, one regarding business signage and the other restricting multifamily development.
The sign ordinance will give multiple businesses on the same...
Thursday, April 7, 2005 - 8:00pm
Ocean View P&Z pushes amenities
A 22-townhouse project came before Ocean View Planning and Zoning (P&Z) for final review on March 17. P&Z members questioned several aspects of the plan, but eventually agreed to consider it approved, contingent upon their receipt of...
Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 7:00pm
Ocean View mayoral candidates weigh in
Who will lead Ocean View Town Council for the next three years?
In three weeks’ time, residents will cast their ballots, deciding to either return incumbent Mayor Gary Meredith or usher in challenger Wally Brown.
The Coastal Point...
Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 7:00pm
Ocean View finalizes budget numbers
The town of Ocean View discussed the fiscal 2006 budget one final time at a March 14 workshop, paving the way for a formal vote at next month’s council meeting (April 5).
• The town expects to bring in $1.76 million in revenues over the...
Thursday, March 17, 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
Nick Tosques of Ocean View endured some rough times during the Korean War.
And yet, after spending more than two-and-a-half years in Camp #1, Changsong, North Korea, his outgoing nature has survived.
Coastal Point • SAM HARVEY:
...
Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 7:00pm
Ocean View church to hold revival
The Ocean View Church of Christ is holding a revival March 20 through 24, 2005. The special speaker for the meeting is Joe Guthrie from Jacksonville, Fla. Services will start at 7 p.m. each evening, Monday through Thursday.
Guthrie has...
Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 7:00pm
Ocean View reviews several ordinances
That’s a lot of ordinance.
Ocean View Town Council held first readings on two, continued discussion on two that were tabled at second reading last month and introduced three new ones at the March 1 town council meeting.
(1) Council...
Thursday, March 3, 2005 - 7:00pm
Megan's Law in action in Ocean View
Members of an Ocean View neighborhood watch group recently went door to door in their community of Country Village, distributing fliers with information about a new neighbor.
Coastal Point • M. PATRICIA TITUS:
Members of a neighborhood...
Thursday, March 3, 2005 - 7:00pm
The Town of Ocean View will hold its annual election on April 9, from noon to 5 p.m., at Town Hall (32 West Ave.).
As it stands, Council Member Norm Amendt (Voting District 3) is running uncontested and incumbent Mayor Gary Meredith is...
Thursday, March 3, 2005 - 7:00pm
Lord Baltimore Elementary School is tricky.
Part of the property lays in Ocean View, part lays in Millville, part in unincorporated Sussex County.
So who approves the renovation project planned for Lord Baltimore?
Apparently,...
Thursday, February 24, 2005 - 7:00pm
School to seek Ocean View annexation
Members of the Indian River School District’s school board voted 6-0 Tuesday night to pursue annexation of Lord Baltimore Elementary School into the town of Ocean View.
The move came after discussion of the school’s renovation plans with...
Thursday, February 24, 2005 - 7:00pm
Ocean View Planning and Zoning moves on signs
Ocean View Town Council is cleared to move forward on a new sign ordinance, following a thumbs-up from the Ocean View Planning and Zoning (P&Z) Commission on Feb. 17.
The ordinance came about as a result of Jeff Clark’s application for...
Thursday, February 24, 2005 - 7:00pm
Progress, and possible minimum design standards for landscaping, signs and even architecture, dominated the Feb. 15 workshop in Ocean View.
The roundtable discussion on Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) issues attracted the entire town...
Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 7:00pm
Technically, Ocean View Mayor Gary Meredith is number one.
Ocean View has been around a while (founded in 1893), but until 2002, no mayor before Meredith had ever been chosen by popular election.
He downplayed any significance,...
Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 7:00pm
Ocean View nears final budget plan
Ocean View Town Manager Kathy Roth presented three different five-year budget plans to the long-range financial planning committee on Feb. 15.
In version one, there were no rate increases. The town would stick with existing revenue sources...
Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 7:00pm
Police seek graffiti suspects in Ocean View
Many homes could use a little new paint, but the new paint provided by a local vandal or vandals was considerably less than desirable for some Ocean View-area property owners.
In fact, it was a crime.
Coastal Point • M. PATRICIA TITUS...
Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 7:00pm
Whether you’re an Eagles or Patriots fan, this past Super Bowl Sunday was the best time to grab a great bowl of chili at Bear Trap’s 1st Annual Chili Cook-Off.
Bear Trap member Lyle Hohnstine introduced the cook-off to management and once...
Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 7:00pm
Ocean View puts a hold on water
Work on Ocean View’s central water system is still scheduled to begin some time soon, but more likely during the summer, rather than in March, as predicted this time last year.
Town council heard an update from engineer Chuck Hauser (of...
Thursday, February 3, 2005 - 7:00pm
Ocean View council talks expenditures
Ocean View detailed three lists of proposed budgetary expenses at a Feb. 1 committee meeting, considering capital outlays for public works ($3.9 million) and public safety ($3.2 million).
The new police station remained by far the largest...
Thursday, February 3, 2005 - 7:00pm
Ocean View Planning and Zoning (P&Z) Commission Members on Jan. 20 moved into a holding pattern on a zoning ordinance aimed at reducing density.
The entire commission was present, as were Mayor Gary Meredith and Council Member Eric...
Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 7:00pm
Ocean View checks on street quality
Ocean View Town Council held a work session on Jan. 18, hosting engineer Alan Kercher for questions about the recent street resurfacing in Savannah’s Landing.
Residents raised questions about the quality of the micro-surfacing job several...
Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 7:00pm
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