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JULY 3, 2024
THE LOCAL VOICE OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
Kaan elected as new mayor in Millsboro
Volume 21, Issue 27
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Rising star
By Susan Canfora Staff Reporter As she settled into the middle seat on the dais, with the town manager and town solicitor on each side of her and the seal of Millsboro on the wall behind her, newly elected Millsboro Mayor Kimberley Kaan looked at the audience and thanked Kimberly Kaan supporters for their confidence. “I pray to God that I will make our town council and our staff proud with my service to the town. I would like to take a moment to thank former mayor [ Jim] Kells and Mr. Bob Bryan for their service to the Town,” Kaan said at the Monday, July 1, meeting. Neither Kells nor Bryan attended the meeting. Councilman Ron O’Neal nominated Kaan for mayor, and Councilman Marty See KAAN page A3
Coastal Point • Kerin Magill
Salisbury’s Regal Cinemas rolled out the red carpet for Selbyville’s Zoe Ziegler, who arrived at the theater in style for the local premiere of ‘Janet Planet,’ which portrays a series of events in the life of a mother and daughter. The film opened Friday, June 28 at the Salisbury theater as well as the Midway theater complex in Rehoboth Beach. Here, Ziegler is pictured arriving with her mother, Carla Mansour.
South Bethany Boat Parade has a full slate By Mike Smith Staff Reporter The annual South Bethany Boat Parade will take place on the town’s canals again on July 4 this year, at 5 p.m., with 25 pontoon boats and other watercraft “decked out” in patriotic or beachthemed decorations and festooned with lights. The boats will marshal at Jefferson Creek at 4:45 p.m. and take off for a slow canal waltz on the waterways at 5 p.m. “The annual July 4th Boat Parade organized by the South Bethany Property Owners’ Association has become a
beloved tradiAlso on deck tion here,” said South We did full features last week on the events Bethany taking place in Bethany Beach and Fenwick IsMayor Edie land, and they can be found at coastalpoint.com. Dondero. “It’s Bethany Beach: Parade starts at the interseca familytion of Pennsylvania Avenue and Garfield Parkfriendly event way at noon on Thursday, July 4. The evening that brings festivities start on the boardwalk at 7:15 p.m., the commuand fireworks at dusk. nity together Fenwick Island: The Town Bonfire will start each year for on the beach at Bayard Street at 7 p.m. and will a bit of fun go until 10 p.m. and festivity, and some good-hearted competition. It’s a reprefor the canal parade.
sentation of both the community pride and small-town charm that make South Bethany such a great town.” Joe Petito is again the organizer and will help the boats move into position
“We have 25 boats entered,” he said early this week. “That’s about our limit so that boats don’t have to cross through each other’s wake going in and out the canals.” The best public viewing of the flotilla (float-tilla?) will be at the canal ends: Jefferson Creek Canal, Anchorage Canal, York Canal and Rebecca Canal. This year, the boat parade is named in honor of Kent Stephan, a U.S. Army veteran who died at age 78 the Tuesday after Memorial Day weekend, on May 28, after a battle with cancer. Stephan is See PARADE page A2