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Volume 21, Issue 32
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Fly me to the moon
Special to the Coastal Point • Butch Comegys
An aerial team was dispatched to confirm whether or not the moon, as has been widely suggested, is made of cheese. The results will... this joke fell flat, didn’t it? But you still have to admire the photo, if nothing else.
Rymer, Benn joined by Brennan DelDOT official: Bypass work Newcomer joins two incumbents on Fenwick council By Kerin Magill Staff Reporter The Fenwick Island Town Council has one new member and two returnees after the town’s annual election on Saturday, Aug. 5. Voters chose between four candidates for the three open spots. Current Council Treasurer William Rymer received the most votes, with 289, followed by fellow incumbent Richard Benn with 269 and newcomer Susan Brennan with 266. The fourth candidate, James Simpson, received 211 votes. The new slate of council members will be sworn in at a special meeting at
8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 13, at town hall. The council members will also “reorganize” at the Aug. 13 meeting — meaning they will vote on who will hold the offices of mayor, secretary and treasurer for the next year. Fenwick Island does not appoint a “second-incommand,” such as a deputy mayor or mayor pro-tem. After the unofficial results were announced on Saturday, the winners said they are grateful to be able to continue the work of the current council members. “I’m always excited with the turnout from our residents and very happy with the results,” Rymer said. “It shows that they support what we’re trying to accomplish,” he said. See ELECTION page 5
not harming pond’s health By Susan Canfora Staff Reporter As progress continues on construction of the new Millsboro bypass, expected to open in about a year, some environmentalists have been telling Millsboro Mayor Kimberley Kaan they’re concerned about the health of the pond on the property as the new roadway is built. But George A. Pierce, area engineer for Group 3 Construction in the Delaware Department of Transportation, this week told the Coastal Point that much care has been taken to protect not only the pond but also wildlife and the environment during construction of the project, which is projected to
cost $83.1 million for the bypass and $31.7 million to build the needed overpass. “The amount of oversight and permits — people would be blown away,” Pierce said. “We spent an extra 50 to 75 percent of what we normally would spend for those bridges, to minimize the impact. We have a $250,000 advance contract to place a fence in the woods, to place a turtle fence, to make sure no turtles make it into the tree-cutting zone. We are building the bridge to minimize the amount of disturbance in the pond. “If a tree stump is in the way — because it’s a pond and old debris, like tree See POND page 4