Town code requires eateries provide public restroom
Plans for Playa Bowls restaurant to take over space housing a T-shirt shop adjacent to the Bottle & Cork in Dewey Beach are on hold after commissioners determined a vote to approve a conditional-use application for the eatery would go against town code. ELLEN DRISCOLL PHOTO
Ellen Driscoll May 13, 2021
Plans for Playa Bowls restaurant in Dewey are on hold after commissioners determined a vote to approve a conditional-use application for the eatery would go against town code.
Keith Mushinski submitted the application discussed at council’s April 19 public hearing to convert a T-shirt shop adjacent to the Bottle & Cork into a 159-square-foot, takeout-only kitchen that would serve smoothies, juices and acai bowls.
Dogs allowed on bay beach when lifeguards not on duty
Dewey Beach commissioners unanimously approved a set of rules for the baywalk, public bayside beach and gazebo on Van Dyke Avenue. FILE PHOTO
Ellen Driscoll April 23, 2021
By a unanimous vote April 9, Dewey Beach commissioners approved a set of rules for the baywalk, public bayside beach and gazebo on Van Dyke Avenue that largely mirror those of the oceanside beach.
The one major difference in rules is that dogs will be permitted on the bay beach during the summer season when lifeguards are not on duty. A lifeguard may be assigned to guard the bay beach during certain hours depending on conditions, rules state.
Friday, October 2, 2020
From calls for civil disobedience to comparisons with the Baltimore Colts leaving town in the dead of night, Dewey Beach residents and officials united in opposition to the installation of 5G poles along the town’s coastline during a March 2 public hearing on an ordinance to regulate wireless facilities.
Mayor Dale Cooke said the town has no desire for the poles, but they are mandated by state and federal regulations. The town has contacted the governor, and state and local officials to fight the installation, he said.
However, most streets in Dewey are controlled by the state, which is unlike any other town in Delaware, Cooke said. When the town learned about the installations through Verizon, and not the state, Cooke said, the town immediately called the state to put a stop to it.