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CRIVELLA TO RETIRE FROM BEACH SWEEPING
Beach-sweeping legend Tony
Crivella says this will be his final season cleaning the sands with his
tractor and sweeper. Crivella got his start working for Catts in 1981 running
one of the beach shacks in Dewey. In 1997, he became Dewey's first beach cleaning
service. Prior to that, Dewey contracted once with Rehoboth Beach, but it
was too much for Rehoboth to handle.
"When I arrived in the morning to work the shack," Crivella recalls,
"I was impressed by how nice the beach looked. It stuck in my mind and
I propositioned the town to retain my services in '97."
"It's been a wild ride in my time," he says, noting that he cleaned
the beaches of not only Dewey but also Bethany, South Bethany, Sea Colony,
Fenwick Island, the Cape Henlopen State Park's Gordon's Pond area when the
tractor from Lewes couldn't cross because of piping plover nests and he worked
on numerous outside contracts with the Army Corps of Engineers.
"I still very much enjoy, and have much passion in getting up at early
hours in the mornings [1:30 to 2 a.m.] and making the beach as pristine as
possible," he says. "As such, I never really had a real sabbatical
or long vacation in the summer. My plan or goal is to travel." His family's
ancestral home is Cefalù, a small seaside town in Sicily, Italy where
the White
Lotus Season 2 was filmed. "My dream for many years was to visit
and perhaps I would like to spend four or five weeks visiting," he said.
"I want to give thanks to the Town of Dewey Beach for the love and support
over the years," Crivella adds, "especially thanks to [town manager]
Bill Zolper. I would like to offer to the town the opportunity to purchase
my equipment; both the tractor and Barber Surf Rake are in the best of condition
of my career."
"Tony did more than sweep the beach," says Zolper, who knew Crivella
long before he became town manager. "He cared about the beach. Many early
mornings he would contact me and provide beach/surf conditions, people sleeping
overnight on the beach, and large dangerous objects... I knew Tony when he
was working for Catts in the early '80s when I was guarding in Rehoboth, he
will truly be missed," Zolper said.
He added that the Town of Dewey Beach will be looking to continue sweeping
the beach during the summers.
Photos courtesy Tony Crivella, Dewey
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INSIDE THE REHOBOTH PRESIDENTIAL MOTORCADE
People here in Rehoboth -- and throughout the country -- are often fascinated
by the presidential motorcade and how it differs from what we expect coming
from Washington, D.C. Now that the President has come to his beach house nearly
20 times since entering office, we have had an opportunity to get a close
look at the "Rehoboth" motorcade and how the vehicles are used.
The President is scheduled to return to his beach house this Friday for Labor
Day Weekend, so it's not too late to catch a glimpse of his entourage!
Coming from Washington, D.C., the most obvious difference is that the limos
are replaced with Chevy Suburban SUVs and the size of the Rehoboth motorcade
is only around 20 vehicles.
The "lead" is typically a local police vehicle that runs several
seconds ahead of the actual motorcade. The "lead" has a police officer
along with a rep from the Secret Service whose primary responsibility is to
manage the motorcade.
That police car is followed by this electronic countermeasures (ECM) vehicle
which when activated is capable of jamming radio transmissions that might
be used to control remote detonators, for example. This vehicle is distinctive
as it has a black cigar antenna on the top and is the only vehicle to have
a whip antenna on the rear bumper.
It is followed by a pair of similar Chevy Suburban SUVs, "Spare"
and "Stagecoach." The first is used by Secret Service agents and
the president's doctor while "Stagecoach," pictured here, is occupied
by the President and his protection detail leader.
"Stagecoach" is followed by this Chevy Suburban with the light
bar on top known as "Halfback" or the "follow" vehicle
which has more agents.
Behind "Halfback" is the "control" vehicle, a distinctive
Suburban with a raised roof which the @AtomicAnalyst
says is occupied by the military aide carrying the "football" and
perhaps some senior White House staff.
The next two Suburban SUVs are used by "Hawkeye," the counter-assault
team (CAT). The White House staffers typically follow in two or three vans.
In Rehoboth we typically see a white Ford Transit van which comes before the
"black ambulance."
The black ambulance, known as "Hammer," provides hazmat mitigation
in case of a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) incident.
It is also the rear of the "package." The vehicles between the bomb-jammer
in the front and "Hammer" in the rear carry the most essential personnel
in the motorcade which allows for easy detachment in case of emergency.
The vehicles that follow "Hammer" vary more but we frequently see
an unknown small black van, local police, more Secret Service, the large black
press pool bus followed by the White
House Communications Agency (WHCA) "Roadrunner" which is this
black Ford van with its distinctive dome on top.
"Roadrunner" is no longer used in the D.C. motorcades but it is
still used outside of the D.C. area. "Roadrunner" is followed frequently
by an ambulance which became a regular motorcade fixture after the assassination
attempt on Ronald Reagan.
As an example, here's a video
of the presidential motorcade in Rehoboth Beach from July 29.
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REHOBOTH POLICE RESCUE DOGS FROM HOT CAR, AGAIN
For at least the second time this summer, Rehoboth Beach police rescued a
dog, actually two this time, from a hot car. Police were alerted to the dogs
in this auto at First Street Station in the ocean block of Rehoboth Avenue
around 1:30 p.m. this past Saturday.
The windows were left partly open but the dogs showed signs of distress.
Police removed the dogs, placed them in the rear of the patrol car and took
them to the police station. The owner later came to the police station to
retrieve the dogs. No word yet from the police on any charges.
Photos courtesy Jeff Balk
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STUFFED ANIMAL THIEF WHO RAN FROM POLICE GETS CAUGHT!
When a Rehoboth Beach police officer attempted to stop the thief who stole
a plush animal from a boardwalk business around 6:15 p.m. the previous Sunday,
August 20, he attempted to flee. The foot chase ended here in the ocean block
of Brooklyn Avenue with the arrest.
Lt. Jaime Riddle, police spokesman, says the suspect was charged with attempting
to commit shoplifting under $1500, removing goods, wares or merchandise and
resisting arrest.
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CRASH NEAR LEWES HOME DEPOT WREAKS HAVOC ON COASTAL
HIGHWAY
A two-vehicle collision here on Coastal Highway at that awkward entrance
to the Lewes Home Depot injured three people and closed the southbound lanes
for more than an hour this past Friday.
Sr. Cpl. Leonard DeMalto, state police spokesman, says around 3 p.m. the
driver of the gray 2015 Volkswagen Passat was preparing to turn left across
the southbound lanes and into the parking lot of Home Depot as a silver 2008
Honda Civic was traveling south. The Passat driver failed to properly yield
to southbound traffic before turning left which led to the Civic colliding
with the passenger's side of the Passat, Sr. Cpl. DeMalto said.
Both the driver of the Passat, a 24-year-old woman from Dagsboro, and her
passenger, a 30-year-old man from Lewes, were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening
injuries. The passenger was flown to a trauma center by the state police helicopter.
The driver of the Civic, a 20-year-old woman from Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania,
was also taken by ambulance to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The Passat driver was issued a ticket for failure to yield while turning
left, Sr. Cpl. DeMalto added.
Photos courtesy Lewes
Fire Dept.
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