Monthly Archives: September 2008

DEWEY BEACH – Residents and property owners expressed overwhelming support today for strengthening the town’s 35-foot building height limit. They voted 608-114 in favor of writing the limit into the town charter and allowing it to be amended only by a townwide vote. The decision came in the wake of a proposal to construct taller [...]

THE NEWS JOURNAL • SEPTEMBER 20, 2008 Dewey Beach residents elected two new members to Town Council today, and passed measures restricting building heights to 35 feet and authorizing a tax of up to 3 percent on rental properties. Winning seats on council in a three-way race were Marc S. Applebum and Martin G. Seitz, [...]

Kris Appel, 46 A resident of Baltimore, Md., and a Dewey Beach seasonal resident and homeowner for 12 years; founder and president of Encore Path, a company that develops stroke rehabilitation technologies; worked for 17 years for the U.S. Department of Defense National Security Agency. An election judge in Maryland and active in Maryland political [...]

By Georgia Leonhart Dewey Beach’s projected budget deficit for the year is $750,000 to $800,000, Town Manager Gordon Elliott told budget and finance committee members at their Friday, Sept. 5 meeting. The revelation that the deficit is likely to exceed even the recent $700,000 estimate prompted a motion by budget and finance committee member Don [...]