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Residents of the Meadowview community turned out for Selbyville’s Oct. 6 council meeting with one thing on their mind: more police help with juvenile crime plaguing their neighborhood in recent weeks.

State transportation officials and engineers are gearing up for a series of bridge repairs in the Selbyville area, slated to start in the fall of 2009.

Just three years after its start, it just wouldn’t be autumn at the Delaware shore without the Harvest Ball. And, this Saturday, Oct. 11, the Friends of the South Coastal Library (FOSCL) are presenting the third annual Harvest Ball, a black tie-optional affair, benefiting their Capital Campaign to enlarge the South Coastal Library and Joshua M. Freeman Cultural Center in Bethany Beach.

Selbyville Town Council members voted on Monday, Oct. 6, to add a new subsection D — Wells — to Chapter 195 of the town code, regarding water. The new code adds the ability for property owners to add or use private wells on their property for certain approved uses, with permission from the town and state environmental agency.

All over the world, millions of people struggle against impossible odds to provide for their families. Either from natural disaster, financial difficulty or simply a lack of aid, more and more people are left homeless every day.

Picture the Baltimore/Washington area during 1970’s. America is in the middle of the Vietnam War. The social progressive ideals of the late ’60s continue to grow in the public mind. The feminist movement is at large, and pop culture glamorizes sex, drugs and rock-and-roll.

This All Hallow’s Eve, a community initiative to create healthier and more Earth-friendly holidays finds itself more than 2,800 miles from where it started.

A public workshop on air emissions permitting for business, on Oct. 8 at Dover Downs, has raised the ire of environmentalists. Activists from Green Delaware this week urged the public to call on the state to cancel the $50 workshop and reconsider a new program the group says will aid polluters.

After a career in business, managing marinas along the Chesapeake, 15 years ago Joan Deaver made the move many people do and retired to Sussex County. It was an area her parents had enjoyed vacationing in since the 1960s.

For those looking for a haircut from a seasoned professional but who don’t necessarily need the hustle and bustle of a full-service hair salon, Grant’s Hair Salon on Omar Road may be just the ticket.

For new moms who are transplants or seasoned moms who have been in the area for generations, there’s one thing that binds them together — the beach.

There is no shortage of real estate attorneys at the beach. People are covered for wills and estates. But what about for other legal matters?

Gone are the days when calling 911 for help meant explaining that you lived in Sewell Franklin’s old farmhouse. While one might still occasionally be able to get away with that, depending on who’s on duty at the call center, the massive amount of growth and development in Sussex County can’t be ignored.

An unnamed storm that lashed the area with high winds and heavy rain late last week, combined with the offshore force of Hurricane Kyle, caused significant beach erosion and flooding along the Delaware coast and inland bays.

‘Why is Ocean View called “Ocean View” anyway, if the ocean is miles away?

The Chesapeake Celtic Festival will transform the Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum in Snow Hill, Md., this weekend, Oct. 4-5, as a variety of Celtic-flavored music, vendors, dancing and demonstrations are offered in the annual event.

It was a time for celebration on Friday, Sept. 26, as members of the Bethany-Fenwick Area Chamber of Commerce gathered for their annual member and awards dinner — this year transformed into a cocktail party at Cripple Creek Country Club, with music and mingling to join the traditional awards and look back at the year past.

The Fenwick Island Town Council met on Sept. 26, with a full agenda. The council approved the purchase of an electronic sign for town hall with a vote of 4-2, with Council Members Todd Smallwood and Vicki Carmean dissenting. The purchase is contingent upon Homeland Security funding.

Organizers are ready to celebrate the ocean at the University of Delaware’s 32nd annual Coast Day, to be held Sunday, Oct. 5, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event, which is sponsored by the College of Marine and Earth Studies (CMES) and the Delaware Sea Grant College Program, will take place rain or shine at UD’s Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes. Admission and parking are free.

An unnamed storm that lashed the area with high winds and heavy rain late last week caused significant beach erosion and flooding along the Delaware coast and inland bays. The late-September storm, despite falling during hurricane season and exhibiting counterclockwise rotation, was not classified as a tropical system but as simply a low-pressure system and therefore was not named.

Bethany Beach’s town hall will soon honor past town council members, with a unanimous vote by the current council on Sept. 19 to spend about $26,000 to create a “memorial wall” that will list members of the council from 1923 to the present — and on into the future.

For years, Bethany Blues has established themselves as one of the most talked-about restaurants in the region. And in upcoming weeks, they will be giving back to the community in a big way.

The Board of Directors for the Center for Inland Bays bypassed a resolution put forth by the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) on Tuesday, Sept. 23, and instead passed a different motion, with a vote of 3-2.

The first annual “Giggle Medic” 5K run and walk will be held Sunday, Oct. 12, at Cape Henlopen High School in Lewes to honor Stephanie Callaway, a Sussex County paramedic who died in the line of duty this summer. “Giggle Medic” was Callaway’s MySpace handle.

Delaware State Police on Sept. 18 arrested a Frankford-area man in connection with the seizure of marijuana plants they had spotted Sept. 17 during an aerial search as part of a marijuana eradication operation. Troopers arrested Stephen L. Rogers, 56, the owner of the property on which the plants were discovered, in a field behind the 30000 block of Frankford School Lane, south of Frankford.

The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT), along with the citizen-member Council on Transportation (COT), the Dover/Kent Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), the Wilmington Area Planning Council (WILMAPCO) and Sussex County held three 6-year Capital Transportation Program (CTP) hearings recently the first on Thursday, Sept. 11, in Georgetown.

Gov. Ruth Ann Minner, Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) Secretary Carolann Wicks, state and local officials, residents and others were on hand at a Sept. 17 event to unveil the design for a new bridge over the Indian River Inlet and present the selected design/build team — Skanska USA Civil Southeast — to the public.

Since 2001, the Dewey Beach Music Conference has been rocking the southern Delaware coast every fall, bringing in bands from around the globe, who come together for one big collaborative festival.

The Frankford Public Library is offering a healthy-story-hour series this fall. By reading stories that encourage kids to eat healthy and be active, library representatives said they hope to influence kids to eat lots of fruits and vegetables (and try some new ones). Each hour will include stories, as well as an activity showing ways to stay healthy and fit.