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SEPTEMBER 19, 2025
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Former BBPD chief, assistant chief sentenced By Susan Canfora Staff Reporter Former Bethany Beach police chief Michael Redmon will serve 13 months in federal prison, while former BBPD assistant chief Darin Cathell will serve two months, and both will pay restitution and fines — the result of sentencing by Chief U.S. District Judge Colm F. Connolly in U.S. District Court in Wilmington on Monday, Sept. 15.
Connolly also sentenced Redmon, 59, of Selbyville, to three years of supervised probation upon release and ordered him to pay Redmon $81,000 restitution and a $50,000 fine. Cathell, 50, of Frankford, will be on home confinement for six months after
being released from prison and have three years of supervised probation. Cathell was ordered to pay $67,000 restitution and a $25,000 fine, Cathell according to Bethany Beach officials. The Town of Bethany Beach plans to
also initiate civil action against Redmon and Cathell, seeking approximately $140,000 “to recover federal and state grant funds not reimbursed through the sentencing process,” according to town officials. Bethany Beach Police Chief Patrick Foley, who succeeded Redmon, told the Coastal Point he is “very grateful that this is finally in our rear view. The acSee SENTENCING page 3
Florida woman found alive after scare By Kerin Magill Staff Reporter A Fenwick Island family is breathing a sigh of relief following a harrowing 24 hours last week when their loved one had gone missing. Kay Kline, 83, of Delray Beach, Fla., had been visiting her son and daughterin-law at their Fenwick Island home, and had gone to the beach with her son and her husband on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 11, according to Fenwick Kay Kline Island Police Chief Michael Morrissey. Kline disappeared during a walk on the beach that afternoon, spurring an extensive search involving multiple area agencies and volunteers. She walked into the Fenwick Shores Hotel around 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 12, according to Fenwick Island Police Special to the Coastal Point • Marian Dowling
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One of the true aesthetic pearls of the community is the Delaware Botanic Gardens at Pepper Creek in Dagsboro.
State allows Sussex County to institute school impact fees By Laura Walter Staff Reporter When developers build dozens or hundreds of new houses at a time, they may already have to pay for road or sidewalk improvements to accommo-
date new traffic. But contributing toward a new school to accommodate the new students? That change could be a little closer. On Sept. 3, Gov. Matt Meyer signed a bipartisan bill that allows Sussex County to charge impact fees on new
building permits to help fund the local share of school construction costs. Generally, local governments derive their power to self-govern from the Delaware Code. Previously, Sussex County had the power to charge building permit fees, but not necessarily to
earmark a surcharge for school construction funding. Now, the Sussex County Council can decide whether or not to even implement the fee. It hasn’t been on any of See FEES page 6