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NOVEMBER 18, 2022
THE LOCAL VOICE OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
Volume 19, Issue 46
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Community Food Pantry to close Dec. 17 By Susan Canfora Staff Reporter After 30 years of providing food to thousands of families, the Community Food Pantry in Selbyville will close next month. The last day to drive through and
pick up bags stuffed with spaghetti, sauce, peanut butter, jelly and other groceries will be Saturday, Dec. 17, from 8 to 10 a.m. at Salem United Methodist Church, 29 Church Street. “It’s kind of bittersweet that we are closing, but we feel we are leaving it in good hands because other food pantries
are opening,” explained Joyce Dennis, a member of Community Food Pantry’s board of directors. “We have seen our numbers decrease quite a bit. Since COVID, our numbers decreased. You would think they would have increased, but there have been so many other food pantries opened to fill that need. Several
churches have pantries and a lot of smaller pantries opened, and people have many more opportunities to get food.” “A lot of our patrons are elderly. They had been with us 20-plus years. A See PANTRY page 2
Female horseshoe crab moratorium to stay in place, for now By Mike Smith Staff Reporter Conservation groups including the Audubon Society commended the decision on Nov. 10 by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to forego, for now, authorizing a bait harvest of female horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay. The decision is contrary to the findings of a horseshoe crab committee and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service recommendation that the females are plentiful enough in the bay to take for bait. It is the female crabs’ eggs that fuel a globally significant stopover habitat for migratory shorebirds in areas like Mispillion Harbor. Last week’s decision aims to avoid worsening conditions for shorebirds, including the threatened red knot, which depends on crab eggs to complete its annual migration from as far south as Tierra del Fuego to the Arctic Circle. Red knot numbers in Delaware Bay plummeted following the overharvest of horseshoe crabs in the 1990s. They are at historically low levels in 2022, and the horseshoe crab population continues See MORATORIUM page 4
Special to the Coastal Point • Carla Varisco
Priscilla Walker of Georgetown, center, performs with other dancers during Return Day on Thursday, Nov. 10. For more coverage, turn to page 42.
Merry Millsboro Holiday Market set for this weekend By Susan Canfora Staff Reporter About 30 vendors, including a hottub dealer, will display and sell Christ-
mas decorations, handmade toys, candles and other gifts at the Merry Millsboro Holiday Market at Millsboro Town Hall this weekend. Planned for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sat-
urday, Nov. 19, and Sunday, Nov. 20, the Holiday Market will also feature music by the band Tenth Avenue on Saturday. “The Town of Millsboro is pleased to
host the Merry Millsboro Holiday Market,” Town Manager Jamie Burk said. See MARKET page 2