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MARCH 24, 2023
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CIB to release ‘State of the Delaware Inland Bays’ By Mike Smith Staff Reporter Center for the Inland Bays Executive Director Christophe Tulou, U.S. Sen. Tom Carper and EPA Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz will provide a big reveal for the State of the Delaware
Millsboro officer suspended after suspected exposure
Inland Bays on Monday, March 27, at a planned breakfast event in Dewey Beach. The report is issued every five years, and there are expected to be some wins and some losses shown in the report for the health of the three bays, along with scientific takeaways. The inland bays generate $4.5 billion
in regional economic activity, including housing and tourism, so they are considered a jewel of Sussex County. In addition, the CIB provides educational support in the community through the James Farm Preserve and other training programs. The Delaware Inland Bays — in-
cluding Indian River Bay, Rehoboth Bay and Little Assawoman Bay — are known for recreational boating, fishing, kayaking, and being home to families who live on its shorelines. The bays are also considered a critical habitat for diSee REPORT page 4
Starry Night
Off icer on paid leave for suspected evidence tampering with fentanyl By Susan Canfora Staff Reporter A Millsboro Police Department officer was suspended and on paid administrative leave this week after being discovered, unresponsive, in a marked police vehicle on the morning of Feb. 19, according to Police Chief Brian Calloway. The officer, whose name was not released, was on duty at the time. An investigation is being conducted into suspected tampering of a controlled substance from evidence, according Calloway. The officer was discovered in the patrol car around 11:20 a.m. and taken to a nearby medical facility for possible exposure to fentanyl, according to the news release. According to Calloway, the officer is assigned as an evidence custodian for the police department. During a prelimCoastal Point • Butch Comegys
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The final night of winter, March 19, saw a sky loaded with stars above the Indian River Inlet bridge.
Selbyville police officer assaulted in parking lot By Susan Canfora Staff Reporter A 25-year-old Selbyville man was being held in the Sussex Correctional Institution at midweek, charged with resisting arrest and related charges after
a Selbyville police officer was assaulted while sitting in a marked car in the parking lot of the police department on Church Street in Selbyville early this week. Selbyville Police Chief Brian Wilson
told the Coastal Point that Anselmo Chun-Niz was arrested on Monday, March 20. The officer, whose name Wilson wouldn’t release, was not injured, he said.
“The officer was sitting in his car, in back of the police department, on the phone following a separate incident, when this man came running through See OFFICER page 7