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Street said that he has not yet
• determined whether he will run
for the seat he now holds, vacated
last July when William Wallace
resigned. "i'm seriously consider-
ing it," he said. Baker said he has
not yet decided whether he will
run. Hopkins was not available to
comment on his intentions.
Rehoboth board to hold
special meeting Feb. 3
The Rehoboth Beach Board of
Commissioners will hold a special
meeting at 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 3
prior to the scheduled workshop
session.
The agenda includes a request
for a certificate of compliance
from Arena's Dell, a restaurant
serving liquor located in Village
By the Sea in the second block of
Rehoboth Avenue. The owner
Jeff Hammer, seeks to expand the
restaurant into the adjoining shop
space. The board will also consid-
er accepting the gift of a 3.45 acre
parcel of land adjacent to the
city's sewage treatment plant
owned by the Vessels Company
which would create a buffer be-
tween the plant and residential ar-
eas.
Representatives from the Re-
hoboth Beach-Dewey Beach
Chamber of Commerce will ap-
pear before the board with re-
quests concerning use of city fa-
cilities for its Flower Show, to be
held April 22-23. The board will
also re-address a possible resolu-
tion to an encroachment on city
property owned by the Roberts
family at 20 Lake Avenue behind
Convention Hall. A small section
of the house angles out 3.6 feet in-
to city property near the bend in
the road leading behind the hall.
While Mayor Sam Cooper ad-
vised at last month's meeting that
a licensing agreement would be in
keeping with past solutions, the
people to whom the Roberts wish
to convey the property may decide
to tear down the encroaching area
and build a second story, thus
avoiding the need for an agree-
ment. The agenda for the work-
shop to follow includes the usual
committee reports and any such
old or new business which may
come before the board.
Rehoboth VFW seeks
road name change
Members of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post 7447 are circu-
lating a petition in an effort to
have the name of State Road, on
which the Post Home sits in Re-
hoboth Beach, changed to Veter-
ans Road. The reason for seeking
the renaming is to honor those
who fought for freedom, many of
whom lost their lives in the effort,
according to Post Commander
Butch Imperial. So far the VFW
has garnered 18 signatures from
lot owners on State Road, which
has 35 to 40 lots, in favor of the
change.,, , :.:: .,,:-
While the road is within the city
limits of Rehoboth Beach, the
VFW must seek approval from
the Delaware Department of
Transportation, as it is a state-
maintained road. They must also
prove that the change to Veterans
Road is supported by a majority of
the property owners on the street
before going before the Rehoboth
Beach Board of Commissioners
for final approval.
Milton to discuss crime
bill at next meeting
Milton Town Council member
Charlie Fleetwood will share new
grant options for which the Town
of Milton may apply during the
next Milton Town Council meet-
ing. Last month the council ap-
proved the town's application for
a grant that provides funding for
additional police officers, but
Fleetwood said he has since re-
ceived information that additional
grant monies are available for oth-
er programs. The council's tenta-
tive agenda also includes discus-
sions of the Governor's Walk, in-
cluding erecting a bicycle rack for
the walk; the resort transit system
and what options might be avail-
able to Milton; and automating the
Milton Town Library.
Two have filed for Milton
Town Council seats
Leah Betts and Jeffrey
Stepbens, 25, have filed to run for
the two seats up in this year's Mil-
ton Town Council election. Betts
will be running for her third term
of office. The seats up for election
this year are Betts' and June Mill-
man's. Millman, who has been on
the council for seven years, said
she has not yet decided whether
she will run this term. Filing dead-
line is Friday, Feb. 10. The elec-
tion will be held March 4.
State Housing Authority
to hold public hearing
The Delaware State Housing
Authority will hold a Sussex
County public hearing to discuss
housing and community develop-
ment needs at 7 p.m., Tuesday,
Feb. 7 in the Sussex County Cour-
thouse Council Chambers,
Georgetown. The public is en-
couraged to participate in this
meeting and offer input to the au-
thority as it prepares its housing
and community development
strategy for Sussex County for the
upcoming fiscal year. Issues ad-
dressed will include housing and
community development needs.
For more information call Julia
Loescher, 302-739--4263.
Lewes Parks and
Recreation group to meet
There will be a meeting of the
Parks and Recreation Commission
for the City of Lewes at 7:30 p.m.,
Monday, Feb. 6. The meeting will
be held in Council Chambers.
Street Abandonment
Committee to meet
There will be ameeting of,,, the
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Chuck Snyder photo
Early morning blaze engulfs Dewey house
The Ogden residence, a summer home at the corner of Jersey and King Charles in Dewey
Beach, sent black smoke billowing into the sky Wednesday morning, Feb. I and was a rearing
ball of flames when Rehoboth Beach volunteer firemen first arrived on the scene of the 7:30
a.m. alarm. "The only thing you can do in a case like this one is pour on as much water as pos-
sible and try to save the neighboring buildings," said Behoboth Chief Chuck Snyder. The
home was totally destroyed by the blaze. No origin has been established for the blaze and no
one was in the building at the time. Former Dewey Commissioner Jim Robertson, who Hves
nearby, said the building went quickly. "I looked out the window at one moment and saw
nothing and then looked out a couple minutes later and saw dense, black smoke. It went
quickly." In addition to Rehoboth Beach, volunteers from Lewes and Bethany Beach were al.
so called out to assist.
Street Abandonment Committee
for the City of Lewes on Tuesday,
Feb. 7, 1995 beginning at 7:30
p.m. The meeting will be held
within Council Chambers of City
Hall, E. Third Street, Lewes. The
Street Abandonment Committee
is comprised of Lewes Council
members Jim Ford, Howard Park-
er and Tony Pratt. The committee
is looking into the feasibility of
selling off, as a revenue producing
measure, side portions of street
ends that terminate at the dunes on
Lewes Beach. Mayor George
Smith suggested the idea with the
thought that selling off a portion
of the street right-of-ways to adja-
cent property owners could gener-
ate revenues for Lewes while
maintaining plenty of width for
public access to Lewes Beach.
The committee is looking into the
proposal before a decision is made
on whether it has enough merit to
take to the public for its input.
Lewes opts against
hearing finance advisor
Members of Lewes Council vot-
ed unanimously at a special meet-
ing Monday, Jan. 30 to search out
a financial advisor who will not
have an interest in the eventual
decision of how the city should go
about investing its reserve rev-
enues. Thomas Metz, a registered
financial advisor, had been invited
to the meeting to discuss ways he
felt the city could earn more on its
investments. However Council-
man Tony Pratt said he felt it was
inappropriate to hear advice from
someone who might eventually
land the job unless others were al-
so given the chance to advise.
Pratt made a motion to seek out
someone, perhaps from the state's
financial agencies, to discuss in-
vestments wi Lewd, !'s mo-
tion was seconded by Howard
Parker, who along with Mayor
George Smith had invited Metz to
the meeting. Council members
voted unanimously to follow
Pratt's motion. The City of Lewes
has more than $2 million in in-
vested revenues that it wants to in-
vest most effectively to optimize
interest return. Councilwoman
Elinor Sheehan said she would
work with Pratt to search out an
advisor.
has decidedly reached the point of
either needing complete refurbish-
ment oi being demolished and re-
built. Projected costs to recon-
strnct the existing structure nearly
equal projected costs for the new
structure, so the vote was made to
continue the working plans. Pre-
liminary design work for the en-
tirely new facility was submitted
at the meeting and Henlopen
Acres residents can view the plans
until Jan. 20.
Rehoboth continues
budget fine tuning
The City of Rehoboth Beach is
moving ahead with refining its
budget for 1995-96 at its Saturday
morning budget sessions. This
past Saturday, Jan. 28, they added
$2,500 to the contingency fund,
bringing it up to $52,500 and
upped capital improvements for
street paving from $4,200 to
$50,0002 Anticipated revenues,
not including any funds derived
from the 3 percent gross receipts
tax on rentals, are $5,880,883,
with expenditures expected to be
$5,872,583, which includes a cap-
ital improvement program in the
amount of $622,675. Interest on
deposits has been increased from
$22,000 to $32,000 since the first
budget draft, based on monies in
the savings account averaging
$650,000 at 5 percent interest.
Henlopen Acres votes
on new town hall
The Town of Henlopen Acres
Board of Commissioners voted to
erect a new town hall and mainte-
nance facility at the Jan. 6 first
quarter meeting of 1995.
The current structure houses the
Henlopen Acres town hall as well
..as the maintenance facilities and
Portraits of governors
headed back to Dover
Portraits of past Delaware gov-
ernors which once adorned the
walls in the Sussex County Court-
house since 1976 have been trans-
ferred back to the Division of His-
torical and Cultural Affairs in
Dover. The portraits of Governors
William Thorp, Joshua H. Marvil,
Charles Polk, William T. Watson,
David Hazzard, Charles C. Stock-
ley, John G. Townsend and Ebe
W. Tunnell can now be seen in the
recently renovated addition at
Legislative Hall in Dover. The Di-
vision of Historical and Cultural
Affairs had requested the return of
the paintings because of security
and vandalism concerns at the
Courthouse.
County approves towing
service near Rehoboth
Sussex County Council on
Tuesday, Jan. 10 approved zoning
applications for an automotive re-
pair and towing service west of
Rehoboth Beach. Charles P.
Moore applied for a change of
zoning from general residential
(GR) to agricultural residential
(AR-1) for 2.65 acres located on
the south side of Sussex 283,
southeast of Sussex 283A.,