Chris Flood

Rehoboth Beach-based Seaboard Hospitality LLC is proposing a top-to-bottom revitalization of its Beach View Hotel on Wilmington Avenue in Rehoboth Beach. Local attorney David Hutt presented plans to the city’s planning commission during a special...

Looking to fortify critical infrastructure along the coastline just north of the Indian River Inlet, the Delaware Department of Transportation has started installing hundreds of feet of sheet piles next to the northbound lanes of Route 1. DelDOT...

The Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival celebrated its 26th anniversary by expanding the number of movies offered and by using the recently opened Cambria Hotel Rehoboth Beach as the event’s entertainment hub. For the past couple of years, the...

Looking to remove navigational hazards for boaters and death traps for small marine animals, staff from the University of Delaware and Delaware Sea Grant plus a group of volunteers spent a recent weekend removing ghost traps from the northern point...

Due in large part to a dispute between Henlopen Avenue neighbors, Rehoboth Beach commissioners have amended code to eliminate the storage of trailers on city streets and private property. The initial step in the process was taken during a meeting in...

After a decade of performing her show “Aging Gracelessly” up and down the East Coast, Rehoboth Beach’s Fay Jacobs said farewell to a sold-out crowd Oct. 25 at The Pines in Rehoboth Beach. “There’s a feeling of relief that it’s over, but it’s also...

The Rehoboth Beach Police Department, St. Edmond Church and Westminster Presbyterian Church hosted a free family barbecue Oct. 19, at the Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company’s fire station on Rehoboth Avenue as part of the National Faith &...

A year-and-a-half in the making, the Delaware Office of the Marijuana Commissioner held its licensing lottery Oct. 24. There were 727 applications received for 21 individual licenses. Marijuana was legalized in Delaware in April 2023. Since then,...

The Rehoboth Beach-Dewey Beach Chamber of Commerce’s 34th Annual Sea Witch Festival kicked off with an afternoon of fun Oct. 25, including the Tyke Bike on the Boardwalk, activities at the Bandstand and shows at Rehoboth Beach Convention Center...

A little less than four years after opening First State Corn & More in the parking lot behind Chick-fil-A outside Rehoboth Beach, husband-and-wife owners Kathryn Robinson and James Petion have partnered with Alex and Stacey Hannah to open Palm...

Looking to continue the legacy created by his uncle John DiLeo, John Thompson has opened Gio’s Pizza Co. in the former Casa DiLeo space on Rehoboth Avenue Extended outside Rehoboth Beach. Thompson co-owns the new pizza shop with his wife Dana Marmo...

Citing a change in law firms that is presents a conflict of interest, attorney Luke Mette is no longer representing the Rehoboth Beach Planning Commission. The city hired Mette in early 2022 to replace attorney Glenn Mandalas, who had represented...

The development team behind the proposed One Rehoboth Avenue Hotel and the Rehoboth Beach Planning Commission resumed preliminary site plan review Sept. 13, and while questions and concerns remain, the two sides are nearing the point of public...

For the first time since the state’s plastic bag ban went into effect in 2019, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has issued fines against businesses for not following the law. In total, nine Rehoboth Beach-area...

Hunting season in Delaware kicked off Sept. 1 for archery deer hunters, resident Canada goose hunters and morning dove hunters. As part of the season opening, several new rules and regulations were implemented by the Delaware Department of Natural...

The Delaware Ovarian Cancer Foundation finished turning the Cape Region teal Aug. 28, when it brought Turn The Town Teal to Rehoboth Beach. Led by Delaware Ovarian Cancer Foundation Vice President Sally Oberle, local elected officials and volunteers...

Rehoboth Beach is experimenting with a new style of dune-crossing accessibility mat and is seeking public feedback. Instead of the typical blue mat that’s become commonplace – and much appreciated – the city has installed a CocoPath mat on the two...

Local real estate industry adapting to recent changes

While I am pretty much always on the lookout for column ideas, sometimes they fall into my lap. That's what happened here, when a reader shared a photo of a sign that had been posted by the property management company in the apartment hallways of...

Less than a month after announcing the availability of the final environmental impact statement for a proposed wind project offshore from Maryland, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has announced the results of a wind energy auction for two...