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DECEMBER 23, 2022
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Fenwick council puts forward new iteration of parking ordinance
Volume 19, Issue 51
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Casting a spell
By Kerin Magill Staff Reporter The Fenwick Island Town Council has advanced yet another version of a commercial parking ordinance that has brought opposition from town business owners in recent months. Introduced at the council meeting on Friday, Dec. 16, the new version of proposed Ordinance 160-10 removes a ban on parking in setbacks. It also removes a specific square footage requirement for parking space for delivery vehicles. A third change from the earlier version of the ordinance addresses shared parking arrangements between businesses — an idea that has been suggested as a potential solution, wherein daytime businesses could offer use of their parking areas to other businesses, such as restaurants, that are busiest in the evening. According to the new proposal, 15 percent of a business’ required parking spaces could come from such agreements with other businesses. The newly Coastal Point • Kerin Magill
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IRSD board discusses Juul settlement funding for health education
Good Earth Market’s Susan Ryan and Dickens Parlor Theatre’s Rich Bloch get into the spirit of things at a special Harry Potter-themed event at the Theatre on Thursday, Dec. 15
Harry Potter-themed event takes over Dickens, Good Earth
By Mike Smith Staff Reporter
By Kerin Magill Staff Reporter
The Indian River School District Board of Education met Monday, Jan. 19, at Sussex Central High School to discuss a legal retainer and new directives from the JUUL vape products and e-cigarettes settlement. The total settlement nationally is believed to be more than $1.7 billion for deceptive advertising to children. In new developments, following the reveal of competitive builder bids this week, the IRSD will be able to afford a build-out for the gym and science lab wing — at least to erect steel beams and
The weather outside Dickens Parlor Theatre was, well, frightful, on the evening of Thursday, Dec. 15. So frightful, in fact, that a Harry Potter fan might wonder if a potion was available as an antidote. It seemed almost as if someone had cast a spell over the theater that night — perhaps with help from Weasley’s Wet Weather? Inside the theater, however, all was warm and cozy… magical. Thanks to creative minds at both Dickens and Good Earth Market, the theater’s main hall was transformed into a Potteresque dining hall, complete with floating candles, a traveling broom and all sorts of Potter décor. The occasion was the first Harry Potter Christmas event. Originally planned to be held at Good Earth, next door, it so quickly sold out and grew that Good Earth owner Susan
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Ryan reached out to her good friend Dickens owner Rich Bloch, and the location moved to the theater. With its Dickensian décor already in place — rich wood tones and chandeliers abound — on the night of the Harry Potter event, the room seemed alive with the aura of old England. Guests, dressed to the nines in attire nodding to one of the four Potter “houses,” added to the effect. During the evening, a Bethany Beach Books-sponsored Harry Potter Trivia contest had diners scratching their heads, hoping to win a prize for the most correct answers. Bloch, an actual stage magician, entertained the guests with some of his best sleight-of-hand. Next door in the theater, guests could sit and watch a bit of a Harry Potter film if they desired. The main event, however, was the food — from main dishes to desserts, all nodded to the Harry Potter theme. Good Earth chef Carlos Herrera said he used Harry Potter as inspiration “and dressed it up a bit, made it our style.” For example, he said “Hagrid’s meatloaf ” was Good Earth’s recipe with a little twist. The same for the meatballs, which,
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