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JANUARY 16, 2026
Details still fuzzy for the future of post office
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Volume 23, Issue 3
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From Café on 26 to Olympics ’26
By Kerin Magill Staff Reporter More than three months after the Ocean View Post Office closed abruptly, the facility remains closed and little has been announced regarding the future of the building. This week, a regional spokesperson for the United States Postal Service said the facility remains closed but that work to reopen it is moving forward. “USPS has finalized its review and is moving forward with the needed repairs for this facility, although a timeline for completion is not yet available,” said agency spokesman Paul Smith this week in an email. Smith added that the work to be done in the Ocean View facility involves “structural repairs,” but did not elaborate on the scope of the work or explain why the building was shut down
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Meyer focusing on affordability this session
Maria Fraser, left, owner and executive chef at The Cafe on 26 in Ocean View, has been invited by Carlo Zarri, right, culinary director for the Milano Cortina Olympics, along with five other American chefs to help feed Olympic athletes and guests.
By Susan Canfora Staff Reporter
Local chef to feed visitors at Milan Cortina venues
As the 2026 Delaware Legislative Session began on Tuesday this week, Gov. Matt Meyer stressed his priority is on affordability. “Too many working families are getting squeezed by an economy that only works for the millionaires and billionaires. Our priority is greater opportunities for Delawareans to access quality and affordable health care, housing and energy,” Meyer told Coastal Point. “We are cutting red tape across government, enabling more money to get to the places where it’s needed the most, faster. It is also a top priority to change the formula we use to fund our public schools. We need more money flowing directly to our classrooms, and that See SESSION page 3
By Kerin Magill Staff Reporter It all started with truffles. Next week, Café on 26 Owner and Executive Chef Maria Fraser embarks on an opportunity of a lifetime. She will join a handful of American chefs traveling to Milano and Cortina in Italy, where she will cook for visitors to the upcoming XXV Winter Olympics. The chance to be a part of the Olympic Games came about, Fraser explained, because of her friendship with Chef Carlo Zarri, who has been coming to Café on 26 for a special truffle dinner each year. An expert in northern Italian cuisine, Zarri is also the culinary director for the Milano Cortina Olympics. He has held that position since 2004, Fraser said. “Last year, when he was at the truffle dinner, he says ‘how would you like to join me at the Olympics?’” Fraser said. “I thought he was joking.”
He continued to talk about it, while Fraser went along with it, she said. “I just enjoy working with him, because he’s a big chef,” she said with a laugh. “Then I didn’t hear anything, and so I thought, ‘yeah, right,’” about the whole thing, she said. But when he started reaching out to her with nitty-gritty details about forms and contacts and such, Fraser realized he was serious. “I was excited at that point,” she said. “He picked six chefs from America to be on the team. They’re from all over the country,” said Fraser, adding that “I was the only girl” among the six. “I thought, he must really like me,” she said. Zarri has told her over the years that her Ocean View restaurant, located in a historic home on Atlantic Avenue, reminds him of his own restaurant in Italy’s Piedmont region, Fraser said. Both are family businesses focusing on warm, cozy surroundings, she said. Fraser departs for Italy Jan. 19 and returns March 1. After the Olympic Games, she will stay to serve guests at the Paralympic Games that follow. “We’ll be cooking for all
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