The Bethany Beach Stormwater & Flooding Committee met on Monday at town hall to talk about a Delaware Sea Grant study updating a 10-year-old report on how the coastal economy contributes to the state and a new back-bay study to look at coastal storm impacts. One of the takeaways is that …
Striving to mitigate the impact of ocean warming, climate change and sea-level rise — which creates beach erosion and flooding in local coastal towns — might seem like a fruitless task. Mother Nature always wins.
The 12th annual Hair of the Dog 5K run and 1-mile family-friendly walk will toe the line at Garfield Street and Atlantic near the Bethany Beach bandstand at 10 a.m. on New Year’s Day. Race marshals and official judges include Bethany Beach Mayor Rosemary Hardiman, South Bethany Mayor Tim Sax…
Bishop William Koenig celebrated Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Masses at four Catholic Churches, with a sprint from Ocean City overnight, then onward to Rehoboth Beach Sunday morning and back to Bethany for the 10:30 a.m. Mass at St. Ann Catholic Church. The two evening Masses on Christmas…
The Leo Brady - New Year’s Day Plunge, sponsored by the Bethany-Fenwick Area Chamber of Commerce and benefiting the William O. Murray scholarship fund, started in 1997 and is a 25-year tradition in Bethany Beach. The plunge into the ocean will go as planned at noon on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1,…
On Saturday, Dec. 3, the Town of Bethany Beach will host its annual Holiday Happenings.
Bethany Beach business owners this week were expressing concerns about the impact on their businesses and the holiday shopping season while access to the beach from the town’s boardwalk remains limited by damage from Hurricane Ian.
Bethany Beach officials have announced that the 2022 Bethany Beach Town Council election, set for September, has been canceled, with exactly as many candidates having filed as there were seats up for election.
Having recently completed beach nourishment projects in five Delaware Bay beach communities, DNREC this week began the next phase of restoring parts of Delaware’s coastline, including the beaches that experienced widespread erosion and damage from a May nor’easter.
With a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a backyard party befitting its beach-cottage roots, the Dinker-Irvin Museum in Bethany Beach debuted its new displays and artifacts on Friday, April 29.
St. Ann Parish in Bethany Beach loaded a supply truck last week bound for St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in north Philadelphia. The two churches have created a compact to deliver much-needed clothing, household goods and personal medical supplies to Ukrainian Refugees. There are no…
Capitol Hill came to Bethany Beach Town Hall last week for a field hearing of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee concerning climate change impact and coastline protection along Delaware’s 96 miles of shore and 25 miles of coastline in southern Delaware.
Bethany Beach Ocean Suites Residence Inn by Marriott hotel will once again host the resort town’s own version of a New Year’s Eve tradition when, at the stroke of midnight, a lighted beach ball will drop to signal the end of one year and the beginning of the next.
The Quiet Resorts Charitable Foundation (QRCF) and the Bethany-Fenwick Area Chamber of Commerce (BFACC) are continuing the New Year’s Day tradition in 2022 with the Annual Hair of the Dog Run and Leo Brady Exercise Like the Eskimos Plunge. Run, walk and plunge into the New Year with these fu…
Comcast is beginning work in Bethany Beach that will bring the full suite of Comcast services, including fiber-optic internet service, to the community. The estimated completion date for the work, contingent on weather, is in the late winter or early spring of 2022.
Residents living in and around Bethany Beach can learn about their risk for cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, diabetes and other chronic, serious conditions with screenings offered by Life Line Screening in November. Bethany Beach Ocean Suites will host the event on Nov. 9 in downtown Be…
The Leslie Kopp Group of Long & Foster Real Estate will proudly host the annual “Wags, Witches & Warlocks” Halloween Festival and Parade in Bethany Beach on Saturday, Oct. 30.
Bethany Beach will retain its existing town council leadership team for another year, after the council held its reorganizational meeting on Sept. 20 and the current mayor, vice-mayor and council secretary-treasurer all received unanimous support from among their peers.
Scott Edmonston, a member of the Town’s Planning & Zoning Commission, and a local architect, will become the newest member of the Bethany Beach Town Council during a reorganizational meeting set for Sept. 20.
At their meeting on Friday, Aug. 20, members of the Bethany Beach Town Council will select someone to fill a seat on the council vacated by longtime councilman Joe Healy, who did not file for re-election this year.
The annual Bethany Beach Town Council election scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 11, has been canceled, as only two of the three incumbents filed to run, with no challengers having filed. Incumbents Jerry Morris and Patrick Sheplee filed for re-election, while longtime council member Joseph Heal…
The Bethany Beach Police Department will be hosting a bicycle safety checkpoint on Thursday, Aug. 5.
Bethany Beach is looking to create a more pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly — and nature-friendly — option for traveling along the north side of town: a pedestrian and bicycle pathway connecting Central Boulevard and 2nd Street north of Route 26, with a focus on nature, bird-watching and cont…
Bethany Beach will add eight electric vehicle charging stations to parking spots downtown, under a contract with the Electric Vehicle Institute (EVI) that will install the charging stations at no cost to the Town, outside the cost of connecting electrical supply to the stations.
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Effective immediately after a first reading on town council vote on Friday, July 16, the Town of Bethany Beach has pushed up its existing summer curfew for those 17 or younger by two hours, from 1 a.m. to 11 p.m., in all public areas, with town officials citing an increasing number of confro…
The Bethany Beach Police Department will be hosting two bicycle safety checkpoints in the coming weeks, on Tuesday, July 20, and on Thursday, Aug. 5.
DelDOT announced to motorists this week that there will be nighttime shoulder closures on Route 26 eastbound/westbound between Route 1 and Lakeview Drive in Bethany Beach for restriping of bicycle and pedestrian lanes.
With the advent of its new Bicycle & Pedestrian Safety Committee, the Town of Bethany Beach is beginning to investigate and request new projects designed to improve road safety for cyclists and pedestrians. The projects range from encouraging cyclists to have and use bicycle safety light…
Staffing shortages are hitting the Town of Bethany Beach hard, Town Manager Cliff Graviet told the town council at their June meeting.
The sale of two Bethany Beach-area hotels has been announced by the hotels’ new owner.
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It’s been 324 days since the Town of Bethany Beach adopted its own town-level mask mandate to require people to wear protective masks in the often-crowded downtown area, including the boardwalk, to help reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus. And on Friday, May 21, the Bethany Beach Town Co…
After initially canceling all special events and entertainment offerings through mid-June, with plans to reevaluate on June 1, Bethany Beach officials announced this week that — while some early-season favorites, such as the Poseidon Festival and Seaside Craft Show, have been postponed until…
Bethany Beach is tentatively moving forward with plans for a Fourth of July fireworks display but acknowledging that it may need to cancel the event again this year.
If Bethany Beach officials feel comfortable enough with some residents who live outside the town contributing on the Town’s committees, why shouldn’t those people have a vote on those committees?
Bethany Beach Mayor Rosemary Hardiman recently expressed her approval of the early work of the Town’s new committees: Telecommunications, Bicycle & Pedestrian Safety and Stormwater & Flooding.
Bethany Beach Town Council members met in person on Feb. 19, though the council members each sat at separate small tables spread around the council meeting room, with Councilman Bruce Frye participating remotely via a large TV screen sitting behind the table with his nameplate. The public wa…
With the approval of an $88,000 contract at the Feb. 19 town council meeting, the Town of Bethany Beach is taking another step forward in a proposed plan to help control flooding in the town through the installation and use of a bladder dam and a tidal gate to reduce the flow of water into t…
A newly widened beach offers a great chance to get outside in the sunny weather on Feb. 16.
Three weeks into the beach nourishment project in Bethany Beach and South Bethany, things are going smoothly, and the beaches are being built up.
After many years of trying to encourage other cable television and internet providers to start providing service to the town, Bethany Beach Town Council members will finally get the chance to formally hear from citizens about a proposed newcomer to the town’s service providers: Comcast.
Comcast is signing papers left and right with local towns, to prepare for a new option for local cable television customers. The Bethany Beach Town Council is preparing to host a public hearing and vote on franchise agreements, while South Bethany just held a public hearing, and Selbyville h…
As of Wednesday, Oct. 28, the cleanup of tar balls and oil debris, originally centered around Broadkill Beach, was extended along the shoreline from Bowers Beach to Ocean City, Md.
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An oil spill that began in Delaware Bay last week has begun to wash ashore in the area and has forced the Town of Bethany Beach to close its beach, officials announced early this week. The Town will be working in concert with the Delaware Department Natural Resources to clean the beach as so…
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The Towns of Bethany Beach and South Bethany have announced that Comcast will be offering internet and cable TV services in those towns in the coming year or two.
Bethany Beach officials announced this week that the United States Army Corps of Engineer’s beachfill operation will begin in mid- to late November in Bethany Beach. It is estimated that once the project begins in Bethany Beach it will take 30 days to complete. The project is scheduled to be…
Beachfront property owners in the Bethany Beach/South Bethany beach renourishment project area may soon begin receiving letters about the project, with the potential start of work on the near horizon.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District announced on Sept. 21 that it had awarded a contract to Weeks Marine Inc. for $11.1 million to conduct the periodic nourishment of the Bethany & South Bethany Coastal Storm Risk Management project in Delaware. Work is the result of …
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The incumbents ruled the day in voting for Bethany Beach Town Council on Saturday, Sept. 12, with Rosemary Hardiman, Faith Denault, Lew Killmer and Bruce Frye all winning election to new two-year terms on the council. There were five candidates for the four seats up for election in 2020, wit…
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The incumbents ruled the day in voting for Bethany Beach Town Council on Saturday, Sept. 12, with Rosemary Hardiman, Faith Denault, Lew Killmer and Bruce Frye all winning election to new two-year terms on the council.
The 2020 Bethany Beach Town Council election is set for Saturday, Sept. 12, from noon to 6 p.m., with four council members to be elected this year to two-year terms and five candidates — four incumbents and one challenger.
Beginning Sept. 1, all current Bethany Beach parking and pay-to-park regulations, including residential permit parking only in oceanfront lots and street ends, will be in in effect from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. After 4 p.m., all pay-to-park spaces and permit spaces are open and free. All pay-to-…
