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The City of Rehoboth Beach opened the beach and boardwalk on Friday, May 15, 2020, subject to the following mandatory limitations: The beach and boardwalk are open for walking and exercise from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Exercise is defined as an activity requiring physical effort carried out to...

The Rehoboth Beach Police Department has received numerous inquiries in regards to the Re-Open Delaware event planned for May 16th, 2020. Our agency is diligently engaged in strategic planning with our partners in the law enforcement community, to include the office of the Attorney General, to...

With the assistance of the Delaware Farmers’ Market Coalition, a group of market managers from across the state, the Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA) is issuing protocols to help farmers’ markets safely begin opening starting May 15. “We want to make sure that opening the farmers’ markets in...

Modification holds students and educators harmless for shortened school year Governor John Carney on Sunday signed the sixteenth modification to his State of Emergency declaration, suspending end-of-year evaluations for educators, professional development requirements and assessments due to the...

Today marks a turn toward the positive, albeit baby steps to reopen our economy. I will outline three very important measures: Effective at 8:00 a.m. this morning, Governor Carney permitted small businesses to resume limited operations throughout the state requiring strict compliance with safety...

Mayor Paul Kuhns proposal to gradually reopen the City of Rehoboth Beach will be discussed at the Commissioners Meeting on Tuesday, May 12. For the meeting agenda and supporting documents, please visit cityofrehoboth.civicweb.net/Portal/. The meeting will be live-streamed as usual. Although the...

Governor announces rolling reopening; State of Emergency extended through May 31 In coordination with public health experts at the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH), Governor John Carney on Friday announced June 1 as the target date for Phase I of Delaware’s economic reopening. Governor...

In cooperation with partners, Delaware will have capacity to test 80,000 Delawareans each month Governor John Carney on Friday announced a significant expansion of Delaware’s statewide testing program for COVID-19 as Delaware moves toward Phase I of an economic reopening. The plan will be...

The City of Rehoboth Beach Planning Commission remains hard at work during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Although the Pandemic intrusion prevents us from doing “business as usual”, we are learning to adapt to the challenges that confront all of us during this trying time period. We recognized early in this...

All eligible Delaware voters will receive absentee ballot applications by mail Governor John Carney on Thursday signed the fifteenth modification to his State of Emergency declaration, rescheduling Delaware's presidential primary for July 7. The Delaware Department of Elections will mail absentee...