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SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
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Volume 19, Issue 39
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Fenwick tables vote on new parking ordinance By Kerin Magill Staff Reporter The Fenwick Island Town Council has voted to wait until December to attempt a second reading on an ordinance that would double the number of parking spaces required for some businesses.
The unanimous vote came during the council’s regular meeting on Friday, Sept. 23. It followed discussion during several meetings of the council, as well as the Town’s Charter & Ordinance Committee, during which business owners had asked the council to hold off on approving the proposed regula-
tion, which would change the requirement for parking for a business that undergoes substantial change or expansion, from one parking space per 100 feet of patron space, to one parking space for every 50 feet of patron space. “This will give the Ad-Hoc Parking Committee an opportunity to meet and
come up with solutions,” Mayor Natalie Magdeburger said at the Sept. 23 meeting. Immediately following the vote to postpone the second reading of the proposal, which is generally followed by a See PARKING page 2
Police warn parents to watch out for rainbow fentanyl By Susan Canfora Staff Reporter Ocean View police are urging parents to check candy their children take home after trick-or-treating, as well as reminding children not to eat anything that is unwrapped or not factory-sealed. That’s especially important this year, as the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is warning the public about “rainbow fentanyl,” made to look like candy or sidewalk chalk. “It could kill a child,” Ocean View Police Department Capt. Heath Hall told the Coastal Point this week. “Rainbow fentanyl looks like candy, like SweeTarts. Just a speck of fentanyl can kill you. A lot of people just don’t realize. A grain — like a salt grain — could kill somebody, especially a child. At Halloween, you want to try to get candy that is in the original wrapper. You don’t want to take cookies or homemade stuff or candy not in a wrapper. And have the parents inspect the candy before they allow the children to start chowing down on it,” Hall advised. “You don’t even have to eat it,” he warned. “Just touch it, and it absorbs into your skin. It’s scary stuff. Heroin,
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Indian River High School fans show some school pride during the team’s win last weekend against Brandywine. For more on the game, turn to page 60.
Georgetown council members being investigated by DOJ By Susan Canfora Staff Reporter Georgetown Mayor Bill West finds
it upsetting that disagreements continue among town council members about whether the Georgetown Historical Society should receive funding from the
Town, considering that a Confederate flag flies outside its doors. The bickering is an embarrassment to the county seat of Sussex, the mayor
said this week. Georgetown should be a popular destination, a place for a pub See COUNCIL page 2