All Posts Tagged With: "Delaware Beaches"

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Delaware Beaches Can Go Pound Sand

After watching their beaches wiped out by the Great Nor’Easter of 2009 and wanting the State of Delaware to pay for beach replenishment, Rehoboth Beach now wants to pump treat wastewater into the ocean reports The News Journal.
Each summer, the weekend population of Rehoboth Beach swells from 1,495 to 20,000, most drawn to the city’s [...]

3Jan2010 | nemski | 8 comments | Continued
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Could FEMA Deny Beach Funds to Delaware?

Or at least those parts of the beach area with those ‘No Public Access, Go Bleep Yourself’ signs?
Well, something similar may be happening in ‘exclusive’ areas along the Jersey shore, according to today’s Philadelphia Inquirer:
Jersey Shore towns where beachfront-property owners deny public access to bathers may have difficulty obtaining federal funds to repair damage caused [...]

25Nov2009 | El Somnambulo | 16 comments | Continued
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After The Deluge

Tropical Storm Ida has left her mark on Delaware. The question we have is will we learn from Ida’s destruction or will we keep on doing the same old, same old. WHYY reports that it will cost some $15-20 million to replenish the beaches. The News Journal reports that over $100 million has been spent [...]

15Nov2009 | nemski | 32 comments | Continued

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