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JANUARY 12, 2024
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By Mike Smith Staff Reporter Residents in North Bethany have aligned in opposition to offshore wind and the onshoring proposed at 3R’s Beach, after reviewing Association of Coastal Towns proffers and DNREC recommendations to proceed. Town residents believe the BOEM approval process and lack of transparency in the community outreach, which they perceive as one-sided, has not allowed citizens to be heard. Meanwhile, some towns, like Fenwick Island, have rejected offers from US Wind to provide community benefits like energy tax credits and clean energy jobs in the region. “One point has never been highlighted,” said Anne Sakalay, who lives in the Towers Shore community and is presently renovating her beach home. She wonders why BOEM held its community education meeting in late October. “They waited to host these community events when it was the offseason and nobody was here,” said Sakalay.
Special to the Coastal Point • Carla Varisco
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A storm that bashed the region on Tuesday, Jan. 9, left a soggy, flooded Wednesday for the community the next day. Above, a car was submerged off Harbeson Road. Below right, via Susan Lyons, the sea was angry that day (with apologies to Seinfeld).
Pavik’s song will play on with scholarship
Flooding, outages reported from mid-weekstorm
By Kerin Magill Staff Reporter
By Kerin Magill Staff Reporter
Jackie Pavik was so focused on becoming a member of the Indian River High School Band that she got a band jacket even before she was part of the band. “She made me buy her a band jacket while she was still in the eighth grade,” her Jackie Pavik mom, Jennifer Pavik, said during a recent interview.
Fenwick Island bayside residents woke up to flooded streets after rain and wind battered the area during the overnight hours of Jan. 9 and 10. “The bayside streets are currently flooded,” Fenwick Island Police Department spokesman Cpl. Stephen Majewski reported on the department’s Facebook page on Wednesday, Jan. 10. Majewski had been out during the morning checking for storm damage. Other than the flooded bayside streets — a perennial issue in Fenwick Island — Majewski reported that “we did not respond to any damage reports” in the wake of the storm, which brought high winds and heavy rain. Wind gusts were reported to be close to 80 mph in some areas
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