Monthly Archives: November 2009

By Rob Kunzig | Staff Interviews Set; Panel Set To Make Recommendation For more than a month, a search committee has been combing through more than 80 resumes submitted for the position of Dewey Beach town manager. It recently narrowed the field to four candidates, who will be interviewed Sunday, Nov. 29. The committee will [...]

Dewey Beach resident Graham Smith says he’s been listening to the same argument for 15 years. The town tries to create parking along residential streets, and residents push back, unwilling to cede space to tourists. The argument continued at the Saturday, Nov. 14 town council meeting, where commissioners considered a parking ordinance recently revised by [...]

There have been many major storms in the last 30 years, but coastal manager Tony Pratt says last week’s unrelenting nor’easter makes his list of the top three worst storms. Pratt, program administrator of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s (DNREC’s) Shoreline Management Section, said the loss of sand, from the tip of [...]

BY ALEX RUOFF • STAFF WRITER • THE DAILY TIMES DEWEY BEACH – Those who sleep in their vehicles or break beach curfew should watch out in the coming months as town officials are finding ways to crack down on offenses that were previously difficult to enforce. The Board of Commissioners is reviewing an amendment [...]