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The Association of Coastal Towns (ACT) is composed of seven southern Delaware coastal communities that include Lewes, Henlopen Acres, Rehoboth, Dewey Beach, Bethany Beach, South Bethany, and Fenwick Island. ACT strives to collectively preserve and protect the unique character of coastal Delaware by...

A Utility Rates Working Group Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 28, 2019, at 1 p.m. in the City Hall Commissioners Room on the second floor. The meeting agenda includes: Further discussion of the proposed rate structure for water and wastewater rates. For the complete meeting agenda, please...

Due to a lack of quorum, the Utility Rates Working Group Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, March 27, 2019, at 9 a.m. in the City Hall Commissioners Room on the second floor has been cancelled. The meeting agenda includes: Further discussion of the proposed rate structure for water and wastewater...

An engineering firm on behalf of the Delaware Department of Transportation will be conducting maintenance at the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal, Rehoboth Avenue (SR 1A) Bridge, at mile 6.7, Rehoboth, DE. The maintenance will be conducted between Thursday, March 21 and Friday, May 24, 2019; Mon-Fri; from 6...

A Utility Rates Working Group Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, March 27, 2019, at 9 a.m. in the City Hall Commissioners Room on the second floor. The meeting agenda includes: Further discussion of the proposed rate structure for water and wastewater rates. For the complete meeting agenda, please...

There will be a dedication ceremony of Steve Elkins Way in the City of Rehoboth Beach. The ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 4, 2019, at 1:30 p.m. followed by a reception at CAMP Rehoboth at 2 p.m. Commissioners voted in November to name the walkway connecting Second Street and the Rehoboth...

DelDOT’s contractor, Cianbro Corporation, will be conducting “strain gauge” testing on the drawbridges in Rehoboth and Lewes. This will require the bridges to be raised entirely, checked and lowered. The contractor will raise and lower the bridge for a total of three times for each bridge...

The City of Rehoboth Beach is gearing up for its annual auction, coming up on Saturday, March 30, 2019, at the Rehoboth Convention Center. The City will sell a large array of items with which it has decided to part ways. The auction is used by City department heads to dispose of items they no longer...

Across the country, mayors are using national service to engage their citizens in helping to solve their community’s toughest challenges. Documenting this mayoral support is critical, as Congress looks to local leaders to help them understand how federal funds are being utilized on the ground and...

The Rehoboth Beach commissioners at their regular meeting Friday, March 15, 2019, voted to approve a $24.3 million balanced budget for the 2019-20 fiscal year. Included in the operating budget are expenses of $1.9 million for city administration, $2.9 million for the police department, $3.6 million...