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UPDATED – 08/12/24 – The Bidens are scheduled to return to the White House this morning. The President and First Lady and the rest of the entourage arrived at the Gordons Pond parking lot around 8:45 this morning. White House Press poolers say he was too far from them for questions and they exited the…
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It was kept a secret, but Delaware Gov. John Carney also recognized Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf during The Starboard event for his public service, presenting him with this certificate last Friday. “One of the special things that governors get to do in our state is to present a special award to Delawareans who made an incredible…
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Delaware Gov. John Carney joined other officials and Dewey Beach visitors at The Starboard this past Friday morning to sign a bill making the Orange Crush the state’s official cocktail. Steve ‘Monty’ Montgomery of The Starboard is pictured here with Dewey Beach Police Chief Constance Speake, Gov. Carney and Mayor William ‘Bill’ Stevens. “One of…
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CAMP Rehoboth hosted a reception for the annual Delaware Division of the Arts (DDA) individual artist fellowship awards this past Thursday. This is the eighth year that CAMP Rehoboth has been selected as a venue for the DDA award winners, says Leslie Sinclair, a member of the CAMP Rehoboth visual arts team. This year is the 24th…
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E-Bike Rider Killed on Sunday… A 34-year-old Ocean City woman was killed just after 2 p.m. Sunday when she collided with an auto in downtown Ocean City. Ashley Miller, police spokeswoman, says the woman was riding a Class II e-bike in the southbound bicycle lane on Saint Louis Avenue, turning west on 14th Street. The…
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Here are the 2024 election totals: Registered voters for 2024: 1655Number of voters: 652Number of absentee voters: 495Total voters: 1147 SEATS FOR COMMISSIONER (TWO): Suzanne Goode, # of votes: 521 ***Rachel Macha, # of votes: 448Mark Saunders, # of votes: 489Craig Thier, # of votes: 611 *** The winners will be sworn into office on…
Read MoreUPDATED – 08/09/24 – Saturday is election day in Rehoboth Beach! There are four candidates vying for 2 open seats. Suzanne Goode, Rachel Macha, Mark Saunders and Craig Thier are looking to fill the seats being vacated by incumbents Toni Sharp and Tim Bennett who are not running for re-election. The polls are open from…
Read MoreImages courtesy Sheri Marie Finazzo Suzanne Thurman from the MERR Institute says the juvenile short-finned pilot whale that beached itself on Monday on the north side of the Indian River Inlet has died. She was rolling around in the surf where rocks were cutting open her wounds, Thurman says, and was also taking in water.…
Read MoreIt’s an odd story with a happy ending. Tammy, Emily and George Hart were instrumental in rescuing this adorable dog found clinging to a tree over the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal. The Harts were out boating around 11:20 a.m. this past Sunday and called for help. “My daughter, Emily,” Tammy writes, “has an interest in birds and…
Read MoreAmbulances and paramedics responded to the Dewey Beach Lion’s Club this past Friday as Bike to the Beach riders started arriving in the smothering heat around 3 p.m. Ambulances from Georgetown and Lewes came to assist Rehoboth Beach EMS and several Sussex County medics after multiple riders arrived suffering heat-related medical troubles. Glenn Marshall, Sussex County EMS…
Read MoreIs the Delaware Bay their next birthing ground? “We had an interesting week with a couple more seals,” says Suzanne Thurman from the MERR Institute. “They turned out to be harbor seal pups that had just been weaned, which means they must have been born somewhere here or nearby,” she explains. Photo courtesy Suzanne Thurman, MERR Institute…
Read MoreThe first week in August is peak season and that was certainly the case for the Dewey Beach bar scene this past weekend. Just after 1:10 a.m. Sunday, police found a man severely bleeding from his thigh in the Rusty Rudder parking lot. Fortunately, a Dewey officer was equipped with QuikClot and a tourniquet and…
Read MoreA man was found floating face-down in a condo pool just before 11 a.m. this past Sunday on the ocean side of 90th Street. Attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Ashley Miller, police spokeswoman, says the 58-year-old man comes from Towson, Maryland. “During the investigation,” she adds,…
Read MoreThe city’s four commissioner candidates are in the final stretch of campaign season. Jan Konesey and Carole Ellison hosted a meet-and-greet for Mark Saunders and Craig Thier at the Konesey residence in the Pines this past Saturday. Howard Menaker was the emcee. Comm. Patrick Gossett attended along with former Comm. Tim Bennett. Topics discussed included the loss of Deauville,…
Read MoreThe Rehoboth Beach Patrol is proud to announce sponsorship opportunities for the 2024 RBP USLA National Lifeguard Championship Team. The 2024 United States Lifesaving Association National Lifeguard Championships are being held in South Padre Island, Texas from August 6 to 9. The Rehoboth Beach Patrol will be sending 13 guards to represent the City of…
Read MoreLast summer the Ocean City Beach Patrol had the fewest number of stands ever on the beach in its history. OCBP Capt. Butch Arbin says the problem had been that the town’s pay was not competitive enough which led to a lifeguard shortage. During “Labor Day weekend last year we had 34 stands on the…
Read MoreUPDATED – 07/25/24–Delaware State Police Detectives have arrested 24-year-old聽Timmarus Perry聽of Milton, Delaware for felony assault and gun charges following a shooting near Milton earlier this month. Yesterday, detectives arrested Perry. He was taken to Troop 4, charged with the crimes listed below, arraigned by Justice of Peace Court 2, and committed to Sussex Correctional Institution…
Read MoreWhen historians look back at presidential administrations, especially at their beach retreats, the Rehoboth Beach Public Library will have played a significant role in sharing that history. The library鈥檚 meeting room and balcony had been the go-to place for the news crews whenever President Joe Biden would visit town. With his announcement that he was…
Read MoreDelaware troopers are investigating after multiple reports were received from Tidemark Federal Credit Union customers after funds were withdrawn from their accounts via numerous ATM transactions. Police began receiving the reports Sunday morning. That’s when investigators found the ATMs at multiple Tidemark branches in “admin mode.” Transaction receipts were discovered at some locations suggesting that…
Read MoreThe four candidates for the two soon-to-be-open Rehoboth Beach commissioner seats — Suzanne Goode, Rachel Macha, Mark Saunders and Craig Thier — attended the Rehoboth Beach Homeowners’ Association candidate forum this past Saturday. The forum had only six questions covering consensus building with fellow commissioners, code enforcement, balancing budgets, growth and development, traffic and parking, and working with existing commissioners. The candidates did…
Read MoreThis is “T.A.” who was visiting last week from West Falls Church, Virginia. He became the 34th dog person to receive a fine for bringing his dog on the beach or boardwalk since May. His four-year-old Chihuahua got him a $25 ticket around 7:15 p.m. last Tuesday at Grenoble Place. In June alone, Rehoboth Beach…
Read MoreMany locals were heartbroken when President Joe Biden — the man who put Rehoboth Beach on the world map with other presidential beach retreats — announced on Sunday that he was no longer seeking re-election. The President had crossed the drawbridge into town around 11:23 p.m. last Wednesday in this 20-vehicle motorcade and spent an uneventful weekend recovering from…
Read MoreThe Coast Guard is investigating after a death early Sunday morning involving a local charter boat, the Miss ENE III. Coast Guard Petty Officer Olinda Romero says the vessel had been in international waters but since it is registered in the United States, the Coast Guard would lead the investigation. Radio reports suggested that a…
Read MoreState troopers are investigating a shooting that was reported around 4:45 a.m. Monday in the 14300 block of Collins Street. That’s just north of Route 16, Milton-Ellendale Highway, near the Milton town limits. That’s where officials found a man, approximately 20, shot in the torso and arm. He lapsed into cardiac arrest as he was…
Read MoreUPDATED – 10:50am – A crash just before 11:30 on Gills Neck Road near Lewes has left two people dead. Delaware State Police say the driver of a BMW was traveling at an apparent high rate of speed, went off the roadway in a curve and struck a wall, tree and metal fence and caught…
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