Published by DelmarvaNow.com BETHANY BEACH — Bethany Beach resident Frank Petti says he looks forward to many changes the end of summer brings. “The weather is better for seniors and the water temperature is the best this time of year,” he said. Petti says he’s looking forward to less traffic, fewer crowds and the [...]
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Video: Bethany Post Hurricane Irene – August 30
August 31st, 2011
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Many are wondering what the shores along coastal Delaware look like in wake of Hurricane Irene, which hit the east coast throughout the weekend. On Tuesday, things were very much well and good along the beaches, but don’t just take our word for it, visit this link to our YouTube channel which shows the [...]
Sea Colony Lifeguard Challenge to be held tonight
July 6th, 2011
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Lifeguards from throughout Coastal Delaware and Maryland will compete in a variety of run, swim and paddle events on the beach at Sea Colony tonight around 6 p.m. Come out to support the people who have your back each time you set foot in the ocean, by cheering them on as they go though [...]
Download the 2011 Sea Colony Activities Map & Entertainment Schedule
May 24th, 2011
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This Memorial Day Weekend marks the beginning of the summer season at Sea Colony! Now available for download is the 2011 Sea Colony Activities Map & Entertainment Schedule – a guide to activities, programs, tennis and entertainment for this summer in this Premier Family Beach & Tennis Resort Community. Click here to download your copy of [...]
Sea Colony Beach Patrol guards earn medals and titles at regional and national championships
August 13th, 2010
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From Sea Colony Aquatics Manager Dave Griffith … Congratulations to the Sea Colony Beach Patrol for top performances this summer at regional and national ocean lifeguard tournaments. Sea Colony took home 1st place at the 2010 USLA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships held in Ocean City, Md., and Long Branch, N.J. in July. In August, Sea Colony [...]
Bethany Beach Boardwalk makes Forbes Traveler’s top 10
September 1st, 2009
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“Bethany Beach’s boardwalk epitomizes the more rustic elegance of America’s boardwalks. Its founders constructed the first iteration of its boardwalk in 1903—21 years before the first electrical plant and 31 years before the first paved road to its more boisterous neighbor, Rehoboth Beach. Billing itself as “the quiet resort,” Bethany offers the ice cream shops [...]
Sea Colony Beach Patrol takes 5 titles at U.S. Lifeguard Association Nationals
August 16th, 2009
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Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – 2009 USLA Lifeguard National Competition – With more than 1,000 lifeguards competing in this year’s championships, Sea Colony Beach Patrol captured five national titles and medaled in a variety of events. Standout performers were: Cindy Fajardo: 1st in the Surf Swim, 1st in the American Ironwoman, 2nd in the 2k Beach Run, 2nd [...]
Beach replenishment … from the dredge ship perspective, sort of
December 3rd, 2007
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The latest edition of Coastal Connection – a publication of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control’s Division of Soil & Water Conservation (two ampersands and deep breath) – contains some stats about the beach replenishment project so far, including (at the time of publication) about 726 loads of sand pumped, each dropping 2,050 cubic yards [...]
Beach replenishment work at Sea Colony finished; South Bethany’s part of the project is now under way
November 30th, 2007
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More than a week after beach replenishment work at Sea Colony – “The Premier Family Beach & Tennis Resort Community” – wrapped up, the project is progressing quickly again, now in South Bethany. Looking across the as-yet-unreplenished stretch in Middlesex Beach, the sheer volume of sand pumped on the beach and the scope of the overall project [...]
Sea Colony beach replenishment is complete
November 17th, 2007
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Over the last few days, crews completed surfside sand-pumping operations on the south end of Sea Colony’s oceanfront – from Farragut House to Sea Colony-Middlesex Beach border. The owner-funded beach and dune work is now complete in “The Premier Family Beach & Tennis Resort Community.” The beach replenishment project has moved to the south end of the [...]
