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Coastal Point • RUSLANA LAMBERT
Hannah Bellistri, daughter of Selbyville Middle School teacher Joe bellistri, is enjoying herself at the school's 8th grade graduation dance on Monday, June 4.
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Coastal Point viewpoint 2007.06.08
Bond bill vote nears
Time is nearing when state legislators are expected to produce the final version of the state’s annual bond bill and capital improvements act.
Ocean View council tackles water, impact fees and history
At Tuesday’s Ocean View Town Council meeting, the council was able to address numerous items. Some of the highlights include the town’s water system progress, the update of building impact fees, and the potential declaration of the town as a historical district.
Selbyville to DelDOT: Stay out
Selbyville town officials decided to make their opinion official in the process to select a proposed solution to cure future congestion problems on U.S. 113. The Delaware Department of Transportation and a 25-member working group comprising local community leaders are weighing options on whether to select a bypass around Route 113 or an option that would see the major north-south route converted into a highway only accessible by entrance and exit ramps, similar to Route 1 north of Dover.
Grass-roots efforts integral for wind
In a statement released after four state agencies agreed to direct Delmarva Power to negotiate with BlueWater Wind to build a wind farm off Delaware’s coast, BlueWater President Peter Mandelstam said he was “humbled” by public support statewide.
Public, not private, beaches funded by bill
As it stood on Jan. 25, in the most recent draft available, a number of local projects were funded under the 2008 Bond Bill that is currently awaiting a likely June 30 vote in Delaware’s Senate.
Density-for-dollars hearings scheduled
Local citizens will have their first opportunity to comment next week on an ordinance that would allow county officials to trade density requirements for cash in certain proposed townhome and condominium developments.
Old Timer's Day soon upon us yet again
Last year’s Old Timer’s Day will certainly be hard to top. Selbyville town officials estimated this week that roughly 2,000 attended the festivities, eating, playing games, walking the town and admiring the more than 180 entrants in the Classic Car and Truck Show, which included antique cars, trucks, relic police cars and emergency vehicles.
DNREC to hold two hearings on pollution strategy
The public will get two chances next week to publicly comment on a groundbreaking, but incomplete, plan to clean up Sussex County’s inland bays. Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources will host meetings at 6 p.m. on Wednesday at the Millsboro Senior Center and the same time Thursday at the Georgetown CHEER Community Center.
Biggest loser loser a winner in racquetball and life
Being a contestant on the NBC’s hit reality television show “The Biggest Loser 3” transformed Selbyville Middle School history teacher and Coach Tim Clausen. He shed 114 pounds from his compact frame and now is as active as ever.
Obituaries
Constance A. Ellingsworth, 73
S. Elizabeth Hall, 96
Mannie Oscar Harmon, 92
Elsie A. Harmon, 77
Melreth L. Holladay, 88
John C. Holland Jr., 66
Jeanne M. Mooney, 76
Floyd E. Moore, 73
Anna T. Pilkington, 79
Birdie B. Powell, 75
Catherine P. Reider, 70
Frederick Robert Schmitt, 80
Pauline E. Timmons, 88
Michael P. Warrington, 48
Mary E. Weinelt, 73
Jeannette E. Williams, 82
Dale Milton Workman, 91
Battling the berries: the struggle of conquering the strawberry
The middle of June marks the heart of the strawberry season. And there’s nothing quite like an early morning strawberry hunt to remind me just how unproductive I am. Most people can go to a field, pick their strawberries and leave, whereas, more often than not, I lack the self-discipline to place a newly picked berry into my cardboard flat.
Rebel with a cause: Family oriented skate shop hits Fenwick
For Kate Minutoli, the idea of bringing a skate shop to Fenwick Island wasn’t a matter of “Why?” but rather, “Why not?”
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