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DECEMBER 27, 2024
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By Mike Smith Staff Reporter Warren’s Station restaurant, a Fenwick Island institution since 1960, has been purchased by Caroline Wetzelberger, 29, former director of operations with the DiFebo’s restaurant group. Warren’s Station has been under continuous ownership by the Mumford family since 1971, when Jeff and Paula Mumford, two employees, bought the place from Warren Johnson. The senior Mumfords then offered the iconic restaurant to their son Scott, who has worked there for what would have been 30 years in 2025. The deal was funded by the Wetzelberger family, residents of Fenwick themselves, and will close on Jan. 2, 2025. The terms are being kept private, between the two families. The Mumford family had Wetzelberger on their short list of potential buyers, they said, as they wanted to sell to a local Fenwick family and, ideally, to a former employee. Caroline Wetzelberger started working as a server at Warren’s Station at 16, in 2011, and later worked there as a manager, for a total of seven and a half years, through high school and college. “I was a sophomore at Worcester Prep in Berlin [Md.] when I first started at Warren’s Station. Then in 2017, I worked briefly at Our Harvest in Fenwick, just after college at U.D.” Wetzelberger earned her degree in hospitality and restaurant management at the University of Delaware from 2013 to 2017 before going to the Culi-
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As we grind on to 2025, remember that the world is vast around us, as are the possibilities. See WARREN’S page 5
Opportunities aplenty to splash into the new year By Kerin Magill Staff Reporter What better way to start the new year than pulling out a swimsuit and jumping into the ocean?
Just in case you’re beginning your list of better ways… consider this: Two area New Year’s Day ocean swims have raised thousands of dollars for the community, including students, organizations and lifeguards.
Feeling better about the idea now? Good! Here’s how you can jump in and help.
The Fenwick Freeze The Fenwick Freeze, slated for Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, at 10:30 a.m., See SPLASH page 10