Monthly Archives: July 2007

By Daniel Divilio, The Daily Times While there will not be a referendum on a proposed luxury resort in Dewey Beach, concerned citizens will still be able to voice their opinions as zoning ordinances dealing with it are in the hands of the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission… Note: This article is no longer archived [...]

By Moly Albertson, Cape Gazette Almost 800 Dewey Beach property owners signed petitions seeking a referendum on whether to allow a proposed 68-foot hotel complex. Hopes for the referendum were dashed when Commissioner Dale Cooke abstained from the vote. Note: This entire article is no longer archived by the Cape Gazette or available on-line.

By Philip Rucker, Washington Post Staff Writer The Dewey Beach Town Council last night voted 3 to 2 to advance a developer’s proposal to build a luxury hotel and condominiums and retail shops that would be nearly double the tiny Delaware beach town’s building height limit. A separate measure to hold a public referendum on [...]

Reported by Weijia Jiang, WBOC16, FOX21 DEWEY BEACH, Del.- It may not be a record, but Dewey Beach town leaders and residents alike would probably tell you Friday night’s council meeting was one of the longest they can remember. For more than five hours, voices from all sides of the Ruddertowne debate chimed in. The [...]

Cape Gazette Editorial, Maybe the combination of heat and humidity, like that blanketing Philadelphia in July of 1776, serves as a magical potion that puts the thinking mode into a simmer that eventually boils over. In Dewey Beach, the topic is the fate of the Ruddertowne property and the proposed multiuse and multistory complex. Note: [...]