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Earlier, a search for an alternate where they are planning to reno-
Briefly
site within the city proved futile, vate the present restaurant and
as the cost would be prohibitive, transfer the license from the pre-
vious tenant. The second comes
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Semor center accepts ...... Rb.oth Avenue, formerly the
Rehoboth's offer nod from Rehoboth iteiOfBeach Beads. It was re-
The Rehoboth Beach Boarder - The Reh°b0 Beth Board. at the owners of the for-
Commissioners received a letter olsslonrs gratd certltt-o-e:,Tris h Eyes Pub on Wilming-
• . :Cates oi complmnce to two restaia-
th nag/ week frnm IHanta ton Avenue plan to reopen at that
'l " , ..... 7"" ",:"" ---2"'.'- rants serving alcohol during the si,,"
vorcn, execuuve orector ot the ,,.
Jan. 16 meeting. Nick Caggiano,
Cape Henlopen Senior Center, no-
tifying the city that the center
board has decided to take the city
up on its offer of $5,000 to try and
arrive at a mutually agreeable
plan to expand the center. During
the Jan. 16 board meeting, Mayor
Sam Cooper appointed commis-
sioners Don Derrickson and Patti
Shreeve to serve on a committee,
along with himself and senior
center representatives Woody
Seamone, Charles Tumini and Ri-
ta D'Ascenzo. Morch came be-
fore the board in December, seek-
ing permission to take over an ad-
ditional 40 feet of Martin's Lawn
bordering Christian Street in order
to increase the size of the center
by 50 percent, adding a second
floor and a large meeting room for
a 20,000 square foot facility. Us-
ing more of the city's open space
didn't sit well with the majority of
the board members who said
they'd like to attempt to come up
with alternatives, such as adding a
basement or building above the
adjacent parking lot. Concerns
were also expressed that eventual-
ly, with the growth of the senior
citizen population in the Cape Re-
gion, that the center would out-
grow its expanded facility as well.
owner of Nicola Pizza, received
permission to add 240 square feet
to the restaurant at 8 North First
Street. He plans to expand the
service area to 3,450 square feet
and install handicap accessible
restrooms. The second request
approved came from Jeff and Pa-
tricia Bliler who plan to open a
new eatery, Ocean Club Restau-
rant, at 23 Baltimore Avenue, the
former site of Pizza By Elizabeth.
The Blilers will make minor
changes to the existing restaurant,
such as reducing the number of ta-
bles by five indoors and expand-
ing the bar area by 72 feet to ac-
commodate live music on week-
ends. Ocean Club, offering a
menu of seafood and steak and
serving both lunch and dinner,
will feature 98 seats for dining,
with an additional 24 patio seats,
upstairs and downstairs. Asked
about the live entertainment, Eliz-
abeth Bliler replied, "We don't
want a rowdy house, just quiet
jazz on weekends."
During the Tuesday, Feb. 20,
board meeting, there will be pub-
lic hearings on two more requests
for certificates of compliance.
The first comes from the Sands
Hotel at 101 North Boardwalk,
Rehoboth still doesn't
have cable TV contract
Once again, Rehoboth Beach
offtcials postponed the vote to ac-
cept a new long-term contract
with Comcast Cablevision at the
Jan. 16 board meeting. Mayor
Sam Cooper noted that he's still
not happy with the wording on
undergrounding of utilities within
the city as they begin the down-
town revitalization project. "It's
convoluted and you can read dif-
ferent things into it," Cooper said.
City Solicitor Walt Speakman
said the matter's resolvable and
he would get together with Com-
cast's attorney and work it out.
"It's prudent to proceed slowly
because this is a long-term agree-
ment," Speakman said. Cooper
added that eventually, he would
like to see all utilities placed un-
derground everywhere in the city,
not only downtown, and that the
contract needs to address that is-
sue.
Rehoboth revises tax;
donates to lifeguard fete
The Rehoboth Beach Board of
Continued on page 4
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Dennis Fomey photo
Injured harbor seal rescued in Lewes
Personnel at the University of Delaware College of Marine
Studies in Lewes Went to work Jan. 17 to find a seal lounging
on a raft at the end of the floating dock in the Roosevelt Inlet
harbor. Suzanne Thurman of the Marine Education, Re-
search and Rehabilitation Institute (MER]) of Nassau, exam-
ined the harbor seal and found it to be ill. Lee Spence, who
helps with marine mammals for the state, came south from
Dover and the two were able to net the ill seal and get it into
a cage and ferry it to the Brigantine Marine Mammal Strand-
ing Center in New Jersey. Thurman reported Jan. 18 that
Brigantine found the seal to be suffering from frostbite to the
mouth and flippers. "It's responding well and they feel they
will only have to keep it for a couple of weeks before letting
it loose," said Thurman. This is the time of year seals are
driven south from New England, Greenland and Canadian
waters and show up looking for food in Delaware waters.
Four different species can make their way here: harbor,
hooded, harp and gray. Three have been reported this week.
"We'd like to be contacted with all sightings," said Thurman,
"whether the animals appear healthy or not. We're keeping a
count. We can be reached at 228-5209 and donations - very
much appreciated - can be sent to MERR Institute at P.O. Box
411, Nassau, DE 19969.
Police briefs
Rehoboth police reports
monthly statistics
Rehoboth Beach Police Chief
Creig Doyle informed the board
of commissioners at the Jan. 16
meeting the Rehoboth Beach Po-
lice Department now has its own
website up and running at
www.rehobothpolice.org. The
site contains information on the
staff, city regulations, personnel,
arrests and traffic violations,
among other things. Doyle said
it's taken a year to establish the
site, with Sgt. Mike Corbin and
Patrolman Kevin Jones assigned
to accomplishing the task with the
help of Dave Henderson, the
city's computer guru. During the
month of December 2000, police
made 161 total arrests.
Woman arrested for
assaulg senior citizen
Delaware State Police arrested
Susan M. Cart, 20, of Milton, Jan.
16, after responding to a 911 call
in which a 73-year-old man was
assaulted and robbed. Cpl. Bruce
Harris, state police spokesman,
said Carr arrived at the man's
home on Sussex 257 near Sussex
88, shortly before 1 a.m.
"The victim asked who was at
the door, and Carr responded by
saying her name," said Harris.
"'Carr allegedly told the victim she
needed money but was denied by
the victim."
Another suspect and Carr's
companion, Jeffrey R. Goulet, 36,
of Harbeson, told the victim he
would write a check for him.
"The victim allowed suspect Carr
to enter the residence," said Har-
ris. "Once inside the residence,
suspect Carr pushed the victim
onto the bed and began to kick the
victim numerous times. Carr con-
tinued to assault the victim and
fled only after observing and tak-
ing the victim's wallet on the
floor."
Harris said the wallet contained
an undisclosed amount of cash,
and the pair of suspects fled from
the scene. While troopers and
Milton Police Department officers
searched the surrounding area, a
Milton officer noted a vehicle
matching the description provided
by the victim, iThe Mitt0n officer
stopped the vehicle, and troopers
contacted Carr, who matched the
description of the robbery sus-
pect. Police found 0.1 grams of
cocaine and a metal pipe in Carr's
pocket.
Carr was charged with first-de-
gree robbery, second-degree as-
sault, second-degree conspiracy,
possession of cocaine and posses-
sion of drug paraphernalia. She
was remanded to the Department
of Correction in default of
$32,000 secured bond. Goulet
was arrested for first-degree rob-
bery and second-degree conspira-
cy. He was remanded to Sussex
Correctional Institution in default
of $26,000 secured bond.
Troop 7 investigates
recent area thefts
Delaware Stat,, Police at Troop
7 are investigating several cases
of theft that occurred in the Cape
Region Jan. 9 and Jan. 10. A sus-
pect gained entry to the waste-
water treatment plant in Rehoboth
Beach Jan. 9, and stole an IBM
electronic notebook. The same
day, a suspect forced entry into a
Fox Hollow residence behind
Peddlers Village and stole jewel-
ry. Troopers are also investigating
two thefts that occurred Jan. 10.
The first involved a suspect forc-
ing entry into an Edgewater Park
home; police do not yet know
what was stolen. The second inci-
dent occurred when a suspect
forced entry into a Whispering
Pines home and stole a Sony
Playstation, Sony digital camera
and a Winchester .30-caliber rifle.
Police are asking anyone with
information about any of the cases
to contact Troop 7 at 644-5020.
Rehoboth police make
arrest of three for drugs
Rehoboth Beach Police Depart-
ment recently investigated two
case, s that resulted in drug-related
arrests. The first incident oc-
curred Jan. 1, after Dewey Beach
Police Department requested Re-
hoboth seek a suspect who had
caused a'problem in Dewey's ju-
risdiction. The suspect was also
wanted on outstanding warrants.
PFC Keith McCabe, while pa-
trolling Lake Avenue, stopped a
1999 Ford Expedition near the
Third Edition parking lot.
McCabe, with assistance from
Lewes Police Department K-9
Unit Patrolman Paul Martin and
his canine partner Iwan, seized
0.8 grams of cocaine, 12 grams of
marijuana, an unknown number
of Ecstasy pills and a concealed
deadly instrument from the vehi-
cle, which police later learned was
paid for in full.
Sgt. Keith Banks of Rehoboth
Beach Police Department said the
seizure helped police secure a
warrant to search the defendant's
residence. That search resulted in
seizing more than 20 items, in-
cluding trace evidence of illegal
substances, a shotgun, sawed-off
BB gun, drug paraphernalia and
unidentified items that were sent
to the Delaware Medical Examin-
er's Office for evaluation.
The defendant was charged
with possession of a deadly
weapon during the commission of
a felony, three counts of posses-
sion of a drug with intent to deliv-
er, maintaining a dwelling for the
distribution of drugs, maintaining
a vehicle for the distribution of
drugs, three counts of possession
of paraphernalia and possession
of fireworks. A second defendant
- the passenger in the vehicle with
the first defendant - was charged
with possession with intent to de-
liver cocaine.
"It's in the courtsnow," said
Banks. "Rehobotg is in the
process of trying to seize some of
the money and the vehicle."
Cpl. Paul Parsons, Rehoboth
Beach Police Department field
training officer, made a second
significant drug-related arrest in
Rehoboth Jan. 9. While on patrol
with Patrolman Bonnie Ladd,
who is in training, the pair made a
routine traffic stop and discovered
113.2 grams of marijuana and
drug paraphernalia on the suspect
and in the vehicle. According to
the Delaware State Police and
U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency
illegal-drugs price list, the esti-
mated street value of the marijua-
na confiscated is $808.25.
Parsons arrested Maurice D.
Golden, 20, of Seaford, with pos-
session with intent to deliver mar-
ijuana, maintaining a vehicle for
the distribution of drugs, posses-
sion of drug paraphernalia and
possession of a nonnarcotic.
He was committed to Sussex
Correctional Institution in default
of $6,000 secured bond, pending
his appearance in the Court of
Common Pleas. In addition to
Rehoboth's charges, Golden was
also wanted on a capias from a
Sussex County court.