Susan Canfora

Interactions with Delaware State Police are often brief, and the work the officers are responsible for misunderstood, DSP Sgt. Joshua Dear said, so the upcoming Citizens' Police Academy will give participants an opportunity to “learn about things they had no idea about.”

Bethany Beach Mayor Ron Calef began the Aug. 21 town council meeting by thanking Town employees — including trolley drivers, beach ambassadors, parking enforcement, seasonal police, lifeguards, police, Public Works and the horticultural crews — for “keeping the town running like a well-oiled machine, as they always do” during the summer.

Following a public hearing, and after considerable discussion, the South Bethany Town Council last week passed the second reading of an ordinance to amend a chapter in the town code regarding pervious ground covering allowed in setback areas and regarding setback requirements for the residential district.

In preparation for a planned vote at their Tuesday, Sept. 1, meeting, the Sussex County Council this week heard and discussed an overview of a proposed ordinance to amend definitions, perimeter buffers and site plan requirements concerning forest preservation.

Nearly two weeks after a truck plowed into the front of Mancini's Brick Oven Pizzaria in Fenwick Island, killing a woman and injuring her 17-year-old granddaughter, the teenager remains in Christiana Hospital, where she has undergone multiple surgeries, and the accident is continuing to be investigated, Fenwick Island Police Chief Michael Morrissey told the Coastal Point this week.

During his years in office, one of the nicest compliments state Rep. Ron Gray has received is being characterized as “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” a reference to the 1939 Jimmy Stewart movie about a modest citizen appointed to the U.S. Senate who exposes corruption.

After learning this week that no new, separate pathway will be built from Fred Hudson Road to Route 1 in Bethany Beach as DelDOT makes structural repairs to the bridge there, state Rep. Ron Gray said he's hopeful a dedicated pedestrian and bicycle path will be established “in the future over the wetlands adjacent to Fred Hudson Road.”

Fin & Claw Seafood & Provisions in Ocean View will be opening a new establishment with seated dining this fall, at 34444 Coastal Highway in South Bethany, where Rosenfeld's Jewish Deli is now.

Party affiliation, he said, doesn't matter to state Sen. Gerald Hocker. Neither does the type of problem a constituent has or where the constituent lives. If the senator hears about it, he said, he will try to help.

When he speaks at the 25 Years of Remembrance ceremony, VFW Post 7234 Vice Commander Jeff Ringel plans to recount his experience working in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001, the day the World Trade Center was attacked by terrorists.