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2 weeks ago | 
coastalpoint.com | Kerin Magill
After months of planning, the new owner/chef of The Station in Fenwick Island (formerly Warren’s Station) took a moment earlier this week to reflect on all that brought her to this point — opening day. “Everyone says, ‘You’re very calm,’” Caroline Wetzelberger said ahead of Wednesday’s opening.
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2 weeks ago | 
coastalpoint.com | Kerin Magill
Millville’s Evans Park has become a popular location for community events, from concerts to Easter egg hunts, and town officials are looking down the road to decide how best to use the land — and how much parking is needed to serve both the day-to-day uses and special events. On the recommendation of its Ad Hoc Park Plan Committee, the Millville Town Council voted this week to move forward with a plan to add more parking, but not as much as one of the proposed plans would have added.
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2 weeks ago | 
coastalpoint.com | Kerin Magill
Frankford’s next large housing development project moved a step forward recently as the Frankford Town Council approved the rezoning of the 114-acre “Lynch Farm” property. Following a public hearing on the rezoning request from residential to residential-planned-community (RPC), the council voted unanimously to approve it, setting the stage for development of the second large parcel annexed into town limits in the past two years.
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2 weeks ago | 
coastalpoint.com | Kerin Magill
From their posts at Mason-Dixon VFW Post 7234’s Chicken Shack, a hardy band of volunteers worked their magic on racks of chicken halves this weekend as passersby honked in appreciation of the sure sign that the summer season is here. The Chicken Shack reopened Saturday, May 17, for the season — once again taking up its position at the front of the Delaware National Guard facility on Coastal Highway at the northern entrance to Bethany Beach.
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2 weeks ago | 
coastalpoint.com | Kerin Magill
Fenwick Island’s Charter & Ordinance Committee this week considered moves addressing business parking and potential election changes. The committee opted to forward a recommendation to the Fenwick Island Town Council for consideration at its Friday, May 23, meeting that would allow businesses to work with each other to solve issues regarding employee parking.
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3 weeks ago | 
coastalpoint.com | Kerin Magill
On Tuesday, May 20, the Inland Bays Garden Center in Ocean View will be buzzing. The day has been designated World Bee Day, and the garden center will be hosting a local beekeeper, Patrick Carey of Carey Apiary in Frankford, who will share his passion for bees and why they are important for a healthy ecosystem. May 20 was designated as World Bee Day in an effort to raise awareness of the importance of pollinators.
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3 weeks ago | 
coastalpoint.com | Kerin Magill
When officials from Antioch A.M.E. Church in Frankford set their mortgage aflame this weekend, it will represent the turning of a triumphant page in the church’s long history. Last November, the church paid off the $500,000 loan it received in 2004 for construction of an addition. The project took about three years to complete, and added classrooms and offices to the existing building — at least part of which dates back to its reconstruction in 1946, after a fire three years prior.
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3 weeks ago | 
coastalpoint.com | Kerin Magill
Fenwick Island will have to wait a bit longer — four years, to be exact — for new sidewalks. Town residents and business owners got a look on Tuesday, May 13, at plans for sidewalk improvements throughout the town during a presentation at town hall by Century Engineering, which will oversee the work. The work, which includes replacement of nearly a mile of sidewalks, is currently scheduled to begin in the winter of 2029, according to Century Engineering representatives.
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1 month ago | 
coastalpoint.com | Kerin Magill
Frankford Town Clerk Cheryl Lynch greeted members of the public as they entered the town council meeting room on Tuesday, May 6, just like she has for more nearly 10 years — politely asking them to sign the sign-in sheet by the door and making sure they grabbed an agenda before they sat down. This night, however, was different: it was Lynch’s last council meeting as town clerk.
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1 month ago | 
coastalpoint.com | Kerin Magill
A house fire in the Beach Club community near Ocean View last weekend has been ruled accidental, according to reports from state fire officials. The fire, on Scarborough Lane, was determined to be accidental in nature, according to a report by Chief Deputy Fire Marshal John Galaska released on Monday, May 5. Galaska’s report said the fire began in a mulch pile and spread to a tree next to the house.
