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AUGUST 29, 2025
THE LOCAL VOICE OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
Volume 22, Issue 35
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A world of possibilities
Special to the Coastal Point • Maryfrances Berger
A sunrise view from Bethany Beach gives the soul a reason to believe in just about anything.
Sentencing for Redmon delayed again Heroes to SEAs the Day across community By Susan Canfora Staff Reporter Former Bethany Beach police chief Michael Redmon — fired in January 2024 for misusing federal and state grant money intended for officers’ overtime pay — is scheduled to be sentenced at 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 15, in U.S. District Court in Wilmington. Redmon was originally scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 13 and it was postponed, then on Aug. 22, which was also postponed. Redmon was decertified in May by the Delaware Police Officer Standards & Training Commission (POST), and at the time, Ameshia Bucknor, POST administrator, told the Coastal Point that both Redmon and former assistant chief Darin Cathell — who was also
charged with misusing grant money and also decertified — could appeal their decertifications. “They do have the right to appeal to Superior Court if they would like, although we don’t see that very often. They will not be able to be officers in Delaware. We use the National Decertification Index List, which officers all throughout the United States go on there, so if they did try to become officers in a different state, that is a flag. It tells them who lost their licenses, and that would prompt them to reach out to our office,” Bucknor said. Bucknor said that, in Delaware, police are certified by completing the police basic training course prescribed by POST and can have that certification revoked. See REDMON page A3
By Kerin Magill Staff Reporter Since 2013, for more than 200 wounded veterans and their families, the week after Labor Day has meant a kind of new beginning, rather than an ending. Since that year, Bethany Beach and surrounding communities have welcomed post-9/11 veterans for a week of rest and relaxation, as well as a chance to bond with other families with similar challenges to those they face when returning from combat with injuries. This year, Warrior Beach Week kicks off on Tuesday, Sept. 2, with a welcome luncheon at the Mason Dixon VFW Post 7234 near Ocean View. “We are ready to go,” said Colleen Kellner, an Operations SEAs the Day
board of directors member who handles all programs for the week. “We are full-steam-ahead for next week,” Kellner said. As happens each year for the event, the long driveway to the VFW will be lined with homemade signs welcoming the families. During the week, the families will be able to choose from a long list of activities and events, including kayaking, golf, a barbecue, children’s activities, boat trips and horseback riding. Spouses and partners who serve as caregivers for the veterans in their households can also attend “caregiver coffees” to support their unique needs. All of those activities are free of charge. Each family stays in a home that See HEROES page A3