Coastal Point RUSLANA LAMBERT Jeff Osias, of DiFebo's, rides along Route 1 as part of the fundraising event his restaurant hosted last weekend.

Chamber votes to form commercial co-op
The Bethany-Fenwick Area Chamber of Commerce’s board voted unanimously on Wednesday to form an electric cooperative for Delmarva Power commercial customers, pending contract approval.

School board hires new legal help
The Indian River School Board’s legal team changed twice this week. On Tuesday, the board voted unanimously to hire attorney Jason Gosselin from the Philadelphia law firm Drinker, Biddle and Reath to represent the board on the lawsuit filed by its insurer last month.

Sussex brokers $3M agricultural easement purchase
Sussex County Council approved a major agricultural lands preservation deal at the May 2 council meeting, by a 4-1 vote (Council Member George Cole opposed).

IRSD School Board election
Four candidates are battling for two seats on the Indian River School District School Board in the May 9 election. As has been our policy, the incumbents get first crack at our questions.

Four candidates vie for two seats
Amid controversy surrounding the prayer suit facing the Indian River School Board, two local board members will seek re-election on Tuesday.

Dagsboro council divided over building fees
Dagsboro Town Council hangs together. However, it seems the political divide between incumbent council members and the three candidates swept into office as a quasi-party in December 2005 is still a long way from closing.

Point staffers take top prizes in contest
Members of the Coastal Point’s production staff brought home the gold recently, taking several awards at the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association (MDDC) annual advertising contest for 2005. The awards were presented April 27, in Annapolis, and were the first the Coastal Point was eligible for, in its first year of MDDC membership.

Ground broken on police station
Last Friday, on a bare lot just north of the Village of Bear Trap Dunes on Central Avenue, Ocean View town officials held a long-awaited ceremony. After a two-month-long debate about the project and a month of silence, those officials, along with Willow Construction representatives, broke ground on the lot that will serve as home for the town’s new police station.

County aggregates for lower electric rates
Sussex County Council authorized staff to move forward with a Memorandum of Agreement between the state, Kent and New Castle counties, and various cities and school districts, in pursuit of an aggregated bid for electricity, at the May 2 council meeting.

Obituaries

DNREC offers land protection suggestions
“Open Spaces & Natural Places” — Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) staffers held a public workshop on the topic in Georgetown on April 26, sharing recommendations on how much to protect, and where.

Marriage licenses

Sea Villas non-compliance up for discussion
Bethany Beach planning officials are once again examining how to deal with discrepancies between the standards, covenants and deeds in the Sea Villas community and the town’s standard residential zoning ordinances.

Signs of flexibility in Fenwick Island
Fenwick Island Town Council members made an adjustment to the town’s signage ordinance at their April 28 meeting, permitting business owners to share their allotted square-footage of signage between as many as three separate signs.

Fenwick banner project moves ahead
Fenwick Island’s main drag will soon sport some colorful accents, if plans from the town’s Beautification and Commercial Liaison committees move forward apace.

Ocean View-area salvage operation sparks fire
Members of the Millville and Roxana volunteer fire departments responded April 25 to a noontime fire at a salvage facility on Substation Road near Central Avenue, just outside Ocean View.

The Day Tripper: Some helpful tips on summer photos
All of us take a lot of pictures during the summer — especially on the scenic Delmarva Peninsula. What can we do to both make the process more painless, and get greater results for our efforts?

DMV wows 'em
It wows ’em. Literally. The glass double doors whooshed aside as another responsible, law-abiding citizen entered Sussex County’s gleaming new Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) facility in Georgetown. “Wow. I’m impressed,” she said. She wasn’t alone.

Springfest on tap in Ocean City
The annual Springfest festival, which welcomes in spring and celebrates the start of summer, has taken over the Ocean City (Md.) Inlet parking lot this weekend with entertainment, arts, crafts and food.

Lady Indians top Tech, drop first
The Lady Indians had only three days to celebrate their 9-8, extra-innings win over Sussex Tech on April 28 before getting back to the grind.

New lineup helps golf team
One week after they shot their worst mark of the season (181) against Dover, Indian River head golf coach Neal Beahan decided to jostle his starting lineup for the Lake Forest match, in an attempt to ignite his squad going down the stretch.

Arms, bat turn around Indians
Indian River’s varsity baseball team ended its three-game slide by picking up two of three games behind the strong arms of starting pitchers Colin Warner and Trevor Abbott, and a lineup of hot bats.

Lady Indians score six first half goals
It’s hard to succeed when you’re given so many shots, and the same can be said for the Lady Indians varsity soccer team.

Dougherty goes double low on 18th
Cripple Creek resident Doc Dougherty retired two years ago and now plays regularly at his local course, but even he can tell you that some shots are tough to duplicate.

Indian River boys tennis gears up for road ahead
The Indian River boy’s tennis team (5-4) tipped the scales for the conference standings back in their favor following a 5-0 win over Polytech on May 2.

In the kitchen, Mom's the word
I have been completely duped. My mother has learned to cook. For years, I have gotten mile after mile out of my mother’s lack of food knowledge and inability to cook. I have played the role of savior at most holiday dinners over the years, coming to save the day, been the object of countless phone calls about recipes, cookware and where to shop.