South Bethany News

SOUTH BETHANY ---- Swimmers were evacuated from the ocean Wednesday after a 5 to 7-foot shark was spotted too close for comfort, officials said.

Just like everyone and every business in this trying financial time, the Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Company is having a problem getting money together to pay the bills.

Swimmers were evacuated from the ocean today after a 5- to 7-foot shark was spotted too close for comfort, officials said.

OCEAN VIEW -- If part-time residents are not granted permission to vote in municipal elections, some worry the 700-home community of Bear Trap could separate from the town.

Part-time residents may soon get a say in annual municipal elections. The Town Council is expected to discuss a possible amendment to the charter that would allow all property owners to cast ballots at election time.

SOUTH BETHANY --When does a vacation spot become more like a second home, and eventually a permanent one? If you're a member of the Speer family of South Bethany, it takes more than four decades.

BETHANY BEACH -- Tucked beneath the canopy of a small forested area just north of South Bethany's Kent Avenue entrance, the Bayside Tennis Club has spent much of its 35-year history off the radar.

This is a juried fine crafts show featuring approximately 100 crafters and is open to the public.

This replenishment will move approximately 200,000 cubic yards of sand from a borrow area which is located 2.5 miles east of South Bethany to Bethany Beach and will cost approximately 2.25 million dollars.

Mayor Don Minyon said the town's neighborhood watch program will hit the ground running early this summer -- a potential preamble to a regional shared police force.

SOUTH BETHANY --After missing its initial budget deadline, town officials have set a new timeline for when they will adopt their financial outline for the coming fiscal year.

OCEAN VIEW -- Select town officials, including Police Chief Ken McLaughlin, attended a Millville Town Council workshop to discuss the possibility of pooling resources and creating a coastal police force.

The South Bethany leaders say the town will likely miss the deadline to pass its next budget.

FENWICK ISLAND - What better way to celebrate Earth Day than by helping with the 4th Annual pre-season clean-up at Delaware State Park's "quiet beach"? Meet at the parking lot of the main beach bath house located at the south end of Fenwick Island State Park, just north of the Bethany - Fenwick Chamber of Commerce building, on Route 1. Parks staff ...

Well-maintained dune areas preserve and enhance the beauty and value of coastal ecosystems, providing important natural habitat for plants and animals.

For more than a decade, laws to require recycling in Delaware have failed in the Legislature, but a proposal is headed to lawmakers that would require trash haulers to also provide curbside recycling for residents.

SOUTH BETHANY --A proposed 154 percent property-tax hike was tabled by officials after residents claimed the increase was too much and too fast.

SOUTH BETHANY - Officials tabled talk of a proposed 154 percent property tax increase after residents turned out in force to protest the measure.

Home owners in South Bethany Beach won't see a 154 percent increase in property taxes -- at least not yet.

Delaware's beach towns did some serious belt-tightening when real estate transfer taxes started to fall in 2007.