South Bethany News

BETHANY BEACH , Del.- As the skies cleared and the clean up got underway, Delaware leaders estimated damage to the First State's coastline from last week's storm could result in a hefty repair bill.

BETHANY BEACH - Ever since the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida moved through the area, Sussex County has been the focus of a massive rehabilitation effort.

Bethany Beach Mayor Tony McClenny can't imagine what his town would look like were it not for the manmade sand dunes along the oceanfront.

Block after block, on the ocean side and on the bay side, entire neighborhoods in Bethany Beach, Del., are flooded.

Portions of a controversial $22 million beach protection project have been destroyed by the powerful Nor'easter now moving up the mid-Atlantic coast.

The Maryland, Virginia and Delaware beaches are under a flood watch and high surf advisory today, and the inland portions of the Lower Shore are under a high wind advisory, the National Weather Service says.

MILLVILLE -- Area towns are finding new curbside recycling providers in the wake of rate hikes from the Delaware Solid Waste Authority and the expiration of a county grant.

Over the objections of two coastal towns and a group of several hundred resort-area residents, a Sussex County panel approved a 100-foot cell tower along Route 1 on Monday night.

BETHANY BEACH, Del.- Repair work to Delaware's beaches is underway following two recent storms, but it is also reigniting debate over costly beach replenishment projects.

Delaware environmental leaders say federal funding planned to replenish beaches will not be enough.

BETHANY BEACH -- After holding three public meetings and compiling comments from nearby residents, state officials are assembling a working group to consider feedback and begin planning a recreational pathway along the Assawoman Canal.

LEWES - A thick line of debris -- reeds, wood, plastics and a few boats -- littered the beach at Lewes today as storm-driven waves and astronomically high tides started to recede.

BETHANY BEACH -- After holding three public meetings and compiling comments from nearby residents, state officials are assembling a working group to consider feedback and begin planning a recreational pathway along the Assawoman Canal.

SOUTH BETHANY -- A lot can happen in 40 years -- just ask the residents of South Bethany.

Leave it out where you normally leave your garbage, and Public Works will dispose of it at their convenience.

State officials have started compiling resident feedback as they move forward with plans to create a recreational pathway along the Assawoman Canal.

A Happy Harry's drug store located just south of Bethany Beach on Route 1 was robbed today.

Referendum Proposal #2 Regarding the Establishment of a Six Consecutive Year Limit for Serving on Council Received 391 Votes in Favor and 388 Votes Against.

Waves the size of school buses pounded Rehoboth Beach early Friday morning, causing some shoreline erosion.

SOUTH BETHANY -- Town officials are delaying a $185,000 project to repave Ocean Drive due to a dip in the town's reserve fund.