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Route 1 Weekly Accident Update
Briefly
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Association of Towns (SCAT) on
Wednesday, Oct. 1, at Sussex
Pines Country Club on the topic
"The Real Sussex County."
Cost is $17.50; checks should
be made payable to Town of Del-
mar. Please call Wendy or Gloria,
Town of Delmar, for reservations
by Sept. 25 at 846-2664.
Composters available
for discount cost
The Department of Natural Re-
sources and Environmental Con-
trol (DNREC) will sell its new
c0mposting bins for $35; bins will
be available at Coast Day in
Lewes on Oct. 5.
l)claarc State Police l)ri in Under the luflucncc Rc )ort
Oil spill causes
little damage
A small oil spill late last week
in Delaware Bay is believed to
have caused little lasting environ-
mental damage. Department of
Natural Resources and Environ-
mental Control (DNREC)
Spokesperson Butch Kinerney
said there have been no reports of
oiled birds, oil washing up on
coastal beaches or fish kills.
Kinemey said early indications
are that the Sept. 18 spill had es-
sentially no impact. The Coast
Guard continues to investigate the
incident, which occured during a
massive regional oil spill drill to
see how the region could respond
to a massive spill.
The "drill turned spill" occured
when an oil slick was spotted
around an oil tanker at midnight
on Sept. 18. The spill occured as a
Liberian oil tanker, the Mystras,
was unloading oil in the Big Stone
Anchorage area of Delaware Bay.
Such unloading or lightering is
routine practice for heavily laden
tankers that must offload some of
their heavy cargo to barges before
continuing upriver.
Airport Committee
meets Oct. 1
The next regularly scheduled
meeting of the Sussex County
Airport Committee is Wednesday,
Oct. 1, at the Sussex County Of-
fices West Complex Building
(formerly Wilmington Trust Ad-
ministrative Building) in George-
town at 10 a.m. For additional in-
formation, please call the Sussex
County Economic Development
and Industrial Airpark office at
855-7770.
Clarifications
Biden sponsors
new "Ocean Act"
Citing problems of pollution,
toxic waste and coastal erosion,
Sen. Joe Biden is calling for a na-
tional ocean and coastal policy.
"Delaware's beaches are one of
our treasures, and it's critically
important to the state's tourism in-
dustry, which contributes millions
of dollars to our economy, that our
coastal areas remain beautiful,
safe and clean," Biden said, an-
September 26 - October 2, 1997
nouncing sponsorship of the
Oceans Act of 1997.
The legislation calls for the de-
velopment and implementation of
a national ocean and coastal poli-
cy to conserve resources, protect
the environment and create ma-
rine technologies and economic
opportunities. It is an effort to
replicate the 1966 Stratton Com-
mission that has shaped U.S.
oceans policy for 30 years.
The bill establishes a 15-mem-
ber commission to examine and
report on ocean and coastal activi-
ties and to recommend legislative
changes. The bill also creates a
federal interagency council to be
chaired by the secretary of com-
merce. The council will advise the
president and serve as a forum for
developing and implementing an
ocean and coastal policy, includ-
ing coordinated federal budgets
and programs.
Biden is co-sponsoring the
Oceans Act with Senators Earnest
Hollings (D-S.C.), Ted Stevens
(R-Alaska), John Kerry (D-
Mass.), and Barbara Boxer (D-
Calif.).
County action waits
for Milton inspector
Officials of the town of Milton
recently asked for assistance from
Sussex County in inspecting
rental properties that are attracting
attention from neighboring resi-
dents.
Mayor Jack Bushey said that he
requested the county provide a
team consisting of a building code
inspection officer, a representa-
tive of the fire marshal's office
and a representative of the health
department to go through proper-
ties that have been reported to the
town for possible violations. Mil-
ton is currently without a building
code inspector.
Bushey said that the county no-
tiffed Milton officials earlier this
week that there will be no action
on reviewing properties until the
town hires its own building code
inspector.
"Once we do that, the county
will arrange to have someone
from the fire marshal's office and
the department of health go in
with our building code inspector,"
Bushey said. "We hope to have an
inspector hired by next month."
One property that has attracted
attention fromneighbors is the
Coops, located on Collins Street.
Some residents whose properties
are near or adjacent to the collec-
tion of rental units allege that the
on-going problems include loiter-
ing, suspected illegal drug activi-
ty, loud music, uncontrolled trash
that attracts rodents and pests and
possible building code violations.
Bushey said that he will an-
nounce the county's decision at
the next town council meeting
scheduled for Monday, Oct. 6,
7:30 p.m. in the Milton Library;
the public is welcome.
Lewes Board of
Adjustment to meet
The Lewes Board of Adjust-
ment will hold two public hear-
ings on Monday, Sept. 29. One of
the hearings involves a request
from Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tyler
for an additional room for their
bed and breakfast, The Wild
Swan, at 525 Kings Highway. Al-
though the notice of the hearing
states that the request violates off-
street parking regulations, Mike
Tyler said that is not seeking to be
allowed a third room without off-
street parking. "We recently com-
pleted an extensive renovation of
our garage which now allows us
to park our two cars in the
garage," said Tyler, "and that
leaves room for three cars in the
driveway.
The bed and breakfast regula-
tions require a space for each
room and we now have that.
That's why we're going back now
for an additional room. Before,
we only had room for two cars and
that's why we only went for two
rooms when we first opened four
years ago."
Bed and breakfast matters in
Lewes are all handled through the
Board of Adjustment. The other
hearing involves a request from
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hellings
who have a home at 213 W. Cape
Shores Drive. Their newly con-
structed home is 34 feet four inch-
es tall which violates the height
regulation in residential zone on
Lewes Beach, which is 34 feet.
They have asked for a zoning
variance to allow them to retain
the four inches in excess height.
The hearings will begin at 1 p.m.
in the council chambers of Lewes
City Hall located on East Third
Street.
Lewes zoning drafting
committee meets Oct. 1
The Lewes Zoning Ad Hoc
Drafting Committee will meet in
city hall on East Third Street on
Wednesday, Oct. 1, beginning at
7:30 p.m.
Agenda items are as follows:
discussion of chapter 197-12,
Open Space District; discussion of
Table of District Regulations
within the Drafty Zoning Ordi-
nance dated June 30, 1997; dis-
cussion of Article XI, Applica-
tions and Permits within the Draft
Zoning Ordinance, dated June 30,
1997; and discussion of proposed
changes recommended by build-
ing inspector Bill Massey.
Lewes petition seeks
long meter season
A petition circulating in down-
town Lewes this week seeks a
longer season for having parking
meters in effect in the downtown
area. "We the undersigned are pe-
titioning that parking meters in
Lewes downtown area be en-
forced from May 1 through Sept.
30, 1998.
The extension of current prac-
tice is to increase the availability
of parking spaces for customers to
downtown restaurants, stores and
other businesses through the
busiest parts of the spring and fall
shoulder season," the petition
reads. "It's very difficult for peo-
ple right now to find a place to
park," said Gavin Braithwaite of
FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 15 TO SEPTEMBER 21, 1997
DATE LOCATION
09/16/97 Rt, 1 and Rt. 30, south of Lewes
09/16/97 Rt. 1 at Bayside Outlets parking lot
09/17/97 Rt. 1 at Ocean Outlets service road and
Sussex 273D, west of Rehoboth
09/19/97 Rt. 1 and Sussex 270A, north of Rehoboth
09/19/97 Rt. 1 and Sussex 270A, north of Rehoboth
09/19/97 Rt. 1 and Rt. 9, west of Lewes
09/19/97 Rt. 1 and Rt. 24, north of Rehoboth
09/20/97 Rt. 1 and Rt. 9, west of Lewes
09/20/97 Rt. 1 and Rt. 1A, west of Rehoboth
09/21/97 Rt. 1 and Sussex 273, west of Rehoboth
09/21/97 Rt. 1 and Sussex 258, north of Lewes
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Route 1 accident information provided by Delaware State Police Troop 7
FOR WEEK OF SEPT. 15 TO SEPT. 21. 1997
Sussex County Kent County New Castle County
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Of the 78 people arrested for DUI, 13 were involved in accidents.
Cape Henlopen point to open Oct. 1
The point at Cape Henlopen will open in its entirety after
Oct. 1 until next spring when it will be closed again to offer
nesting opportunities for shore birds that migrate into the
area for the summer. The ocean side of the point opened ear-
. lier this fall and is now being used extensively by surf fisher-
men, walkers, birdwatchers and fall sun worshippers. When
the heavy winds began blowing earlier this week, two com-
mercial trawlers ducked inside the point and took refuge be-
hind the Delaware Breakwater where calmer waters pre-
vailed. After Oct. 1, walkers will be able to take paths to ei-
ther the ocean or bay side of the point and to make a loop
around the end of the sand spit, enjoying a variety of tidal
pools that form over the course of each tidal cycle.
Puzzles, Stepping Stone and
Union Jack.
"When meters are up, people
feed the meters, do what they need
to do, and then go on. It keeps
spaces available. But with the
meters off, people park their cars
in spaces and leave them there all
day. In the lasttwo weeks I'd say
that 20, 30, maybe 40 cars a day
have driven around a few times,
not found a place and then have
left town. And people have told
us they have come to town and
have left because they couldn't
park."
Braithwaite said the petitions
are gaining a number of signatures
but. he said the plan, as he under-
stands it, is to not present the peti-
tion to Lewes mayor and council
until next spring, in time enough
for the city to change its policy."
It wouldn't mean more revenue
for Lewes," said Braithwaite.
'l'he money generated by the me- .
ters would probably just cover the
enforcement and collection activi-
ty."
An article in the Friday, Sept.
14, edition related Debbie Reed's
receipt of the Sussex County As-
sociation of REALTORS Realtor
of the Year Award. Rather than
saying that Debbie is an active
volunteer with Beebe Medical
Center, Rehoboth Art League and
the Miss Delaware Scholarship
Pageant, the article should have
said Debbie is, or has been, active
in those organizations.
A letter to the editor in the Fri-
day, Sept. 19, edition from Anna
Legates-Beste should have read
that she fought for "wider" beach-
es, not "wilder" beaches.
