South Bethany Community Food Drive Accepting Donations Nov. 28, 2022 – Dec. 3, 2022
The South Bethany Community Relations Committee will be accepting donations from Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, through Saturday, December 3, 2022, of non-perishable food in jars, cans, and sealed packets to go to the Cape Henlopen Food Basket. We recommend sauces, soups, cereal, granola bars, snack packs, peanut butter, boxed juices, long-life milk, condiments, dish and/or laundry detergent, and aluminum foil. Drop-off for the items will be only at the South Bethany Police Department, or you may bring them to the Holiday Tree Lighting at South Bethany Town Hall on Saturday, Dec. 3 (the last day of accepting donations) at 5 p.m.
South Bethany 1st Annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony at Town Hall, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022
The Town of South Bethany Community Relations Committee (CRC), with sponsorship from Comcast/Xfinity, will be hosting the First Annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony at South Bethany Town Hall (402 Evergreen Road, South Bethany, DE) on Saturday, December 3, 2022, starting at 5:00 p.m. Please also bring a food or cash donation for the Cape Henlopen Food Basket. Come and help us kick off the holiday season! (Rain Date: 12/4/22)
Update on the Sussex County Property Reassessments for South Bethany
Here is the latest update on the Sussex County countywide reassessment!
Over 90,000 parcels have been visited by assessment data collectors. This represents 47 percent of the overall parcel count. Due to Tyler Technologies staffing issues, the data collection is not currently on track to meet the projected deadline for data collection completion by July 1, 2023. The County is looking into extending the entire project timeline a year, which would change the first billing to be impacted by the new assessments to the fall of 2025.
Data mailers of properties that have been visited will start being mailed by late Spring of 2023. Data collectors are focusing on completing property visits in the Bethany area through April while also beginning to collect data in Seaford and the surrounding areas of the western side of Sussex County within the upcoming week.
For additional information, and a current map of Tyler Technologies’ data collection areas, please visit the reassessment project website: https://empower.tylertech.com/Sussex-County-Delaware.html
If you have any questions, please feel free to call Tyler Technologies’ project office at 302-854-5274.
For answers to frequently answered questions, please click here.
November Newsletter from the Community Relations Committee
Click here to read the November Newsletter from the Community Relations Committee
Newsletter from CRC November 2022
Mediacom Rate Adjustments starting November 15, 2022
Please click here for the PDF from Mediacom regarding rate adjustments starting on or about November 15, 2022.
Newsletter – South Bethany Breeze Fall/Winter 2022
The 2022 Fall/Winter South Bethany Breeze is available. Click on the photo below!
October Newsletter from the Community Relations Committee
Click here to read the October Newsletter from the Community Relations Committee
Newsletter from CRC October 2022
September Newsletter from the Community Relations Committee
Click here to read the September Newsletter from the Community Relations Committee
Newsletter from CRC September 2022
Election 2022 – CANCELLED
NOTICE
TOWN OF SOUTH BETHANY
2022 ELECTION
CANCELLED
The Town of South Bethany Election, which would have been scheduled for May 14, 2022, has been cancelled. There were three (3) seats open for Council Members for two (2)-year terms and one (1) seat for Mayor for a two (2)-year term. The seat for Mayor and three (3) seats for Council members were filled by unopposed candidates. All were qualified by the Board of Elections. Due to there being no additional candidates running other than the four listed below to fill the four open seats, there will be no election. The following are declared elected by the South Bethany Board of Elections:
Mayor – Timothy Saxton
Council Members – Derek Abbott, Randall Bartholomew, and Robert Biciocchi
The Town of South Bethany will swear in the four candidates at the Town Council Organizational Meeting to be held at a later date, which will be posted.
Foxes
South Bethany is located near wooded areas and the Assawoman Wildlife Refuge , therefore, various wildlife are in the area. The Town of South Bethany does not handle complaints of wildlife and animal control.
To deter such animals, please consider:
- Hire professional wildlife control companies listed in yellow pages or online
- Contact DNREC Div. of Fish & Wildlife during business hours with questions at 302-739-9912
- https://www.humanesociety.org/resources/what-do-about-foxes
Fox Facts:
- Foxes have a natural fear of people and will normally flee, but have learned to associate people with food and may approach you.
- Foxes are not dangerous to humans, except when they are rabid, which is very rare.
- A fox’s natural tendency is to flee rather than fight.
- Foxes may prey on small pets or livestock (such as rabbits, guinea pigs or chickens) which generally cannot defend itself, so those pets should be kept indoors or housed in sturdy structures.
- Foxes will also eat various fruits, but not garden vegetables.
- A fox cutting through your yard is moving on and no action is necessary on your part.
- Both red and gray foxes dig dens mostly for raising kits, but also to use as shelter from severe winter weather.
- Fox dens under porches, decks or sheds are not uncommon in urban areas. If you find a fox family in an inconvenient spot, consider allowing them to stay until the young are old enough to begin accompanying their parents on foraging outings, they will then move on.
- Fox kits are born in the spring, usually in March or April, and you’ll see them emerge from the den four or five weeks after birth. At nine weeks, they will begin to hunt with their parents, and will be shortly leaving the den site.
