Dewey Beach News

Fall is here and the temperatures are finally falling. The seasonal closings of area nightspots aren't music to locals' ears -- but there is plenty to do, even during the week, if you know where to go. via The Daily Times

Dewey Beach's town council will discuss Ruddertowne this weekend. Ruddertowne's new owners need zoning changes approved to build a 68-foot-tall hotel and condominium complex on the site. via WMDT-TV Salisbury

Scientists with the University of Delaware Citizen Monitoring Program said a small amount of dinoflagellates resembling the toxic algae Karenia brevis made its way into the Indian River Inlet in late August and ... via Cape Gazette

“There were eight people in total”

The town of Dewey Beach is in the process of planning ways to better comply with new state election laws and get information to the voters in a more timely manner. via Cape Gazette

On Sunday, October 28th, 2007, throngs of parade watchers lined the Rehoboth Beach boardwalk to see hundreds of costumed pets... mostly canines... on parade. via BellaOnline

“But he kept putting it off and delaying the payment and every time I would call him he would make an excuse why he couldn't pay.”

A Harbeson construction contractor is wanted by Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach police for allegedly bilking subcontractors out of approximately $181,500, Rehoboth police say. via Cape Gazette

DEWEY BEACH -- It may be the end of an era for a popular Dewey Beach landmark as it formally passes to a developer who is proposing to augment it with a luxury resort. via The Daily Times

Some Sussex County residents have been waking up recently to find porcelain dolls on their property with no explanation.

It's been happening at homes along Dodd Avenue north of Dewey Beach.

Ellen Elliott, who has three of the dolls, says it started late last month. She says four residents of the street had dolls sitting on their front steps and one was sitting on the hood of her car. She keeps the dolls in the rear window of her car.

Cordera Monserrate says at first she thought a neighbor must be cleaning out a garage, but then it continued. Read more

“Downstate towns have deep supply wells. It's extremely diffi Drought Continued from page 12 cult for any of those supply wells to get into trouble. But, homeowners with shallow wells are at risk. "If you have a very shallow well, you are at risk”

Gov. Ruth Ann Minner has issued a statewide drought watch urging residents to voluntarily conserve water. via Cape Gazette

“We're certainly going to look at how we got to this point”

State officials have gone back to the drawing board again in the problem-plagued effort to build a new bridge over the Indian River Inlet in coastal Sussex County. via Daily Times

DEWEY BEACH - An 18-year-old Millsboro man was charged with one count of operation of a vehicle causing death of another person today in connection with a fatal summer crash, Delaware State Police said. via The Daily Times

“There are ups and downs and ups and downs, but it's been a gradual rise for the most part.”

The 10th anniversary of the Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival is a milestone for local movie fans. via Daily Times

“That would be tough because this isn't going to be a 30-day approval process”

Did you think every commercially-zoned strip of land in Dewey Beach had been used? Guess again. via The Daily Times

“This is our first year entering”

Halloween will come a few days early for Rehoboth Beach as goblins, ghouls and witches take over the downtown area for the 18th annual Sea Witch Halloween and Fiddlers' Festival. via The Daily Times - Salisbury, Md.

The weekend is here - thank god. And there's plenty of good bands to check out. Here are a few of our picks. via The Daily Times

The Dewey Beach commissioners have accepted a report by the planning and zoning commission recommending not to accept ordinances that would relax height standards for construction of a resort complex in the ... via Cape Gazette

“It was pretty special - I think we're going to try and do another one this Friday so we can get everyone in a t-shirt”

But this time, a wave flipped Cafferky upside-down, propelling him headfirst toward the hard sand and rock below. via Alexandria Gazette-Packet

“The dogs treat the rooms better than some people do on a Saturday night”

It would have been fitting for the popular "Simpsons" character Mr. Burns to travel from Springfield to Dewey Beach Oct. via Cape Gazette

“Their job is to do a good job for us”

While the Dewey Beach Planning and Zoning Commission was able to meet atight deadline for reviewing a proposed ordinance rezoning the landmarkRuddertowne complex, the town council was not allowed to have a ... via The Delaware Wave