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#5G Dewey
Old 5G poles still not removed from Dewey dunes
Ellen Driscoll
2 years ago
Controversial 5G poles installed on the dunes in Dewey Beach three years ago remain, despite a 2021...
5G pole relocation begins in Dewey
Ellen Driscoll
3 years ago
Work to relocate Verizon 5G poles on the dunes in Dewey Beach has begun. A crew was on Cullen...
Dewey, Verizon near agreement to move 5G poles
Ellen Driscoll
3 years ago
More than two years after Verizon installed its 5G poles on the dunes in Dewey Beach, and one year...
Pole position
Jim Paterson
3 years ago
Verizon 5G pole applications in Dewey still incomplete
Ellen Driscoll
3 years ago
Months after Dewey Beach’s wireless consultant last updated commissioners on the status of Verizon’...
Dewey commissioners-elect focus on infrastructure,...
Ellen Driscoll
3 years ago
Although the 2022 municipal election was canceled, the Dewey Beach Civic League candidate forum...
Foul pole
Jim Paterson
3 years ago
Dewey leaders frustrated with Verizon inaction
Ellen Driscoll
3 years ago
Dewey Beach leaders expressed frustration with what Mayor Bill Stevens speculates is a delay tactic...
Infrastructure projects prioritized in Dewey
Ellen Driscoll
4 years ago
Environmental experts and town leaders met in Dewey Beach May 12 to work on prioritizing a long and...
Dewey commissioners work to penalize tax scofflaws
Ellen Driscoll
4 years ago
Dewey Beach commissioners continued discussion April 8 on enforcing rental property owners’...
5G poles remain on dunes in Dewey
Ellen Driscoll
4 years ago
Four months after the settlement of a class-action lawsuit in which Verizon agreed to move five 5G...
Agreement reached in 5G pole lawsuit in Dewey Beach
Ellen Driscoll
4 years ago
Five 5G poles on the dunes in Dewey Beach will be moved, according to a settlement reached by...
Dewey wireless ordinance changes near approval
Ellen Driscoll
4 years ago
After hearing advice from a property owner regarding proposed changes suggested by the planning and...
Dewey planners finetune 5G ordinance, design standards
Ellen Driscoll
4 years ago
Dewey Beach planning and zoning commissioners recommended several changes to the town’s wireless...
Pires: Verizon reneged on promise to move 5G poles...
Ellen Driscoll
4 years ago
Dewey resident and businessman Alex Pires, who filed a lawsuit against Verizon in June seeking the...
State offers $375,000 toward 5G pole relocation in...
Ellen Driscoll
4 years ago
Dewey Beach commissioners voted unanimously Sept. 10 to enter a funding agreement with the state...
Dewey citizens, officials unite at 5G pole protest...
Ellen Driscoll
4 years ago
About 80 residents and town officials gathered on the beach end of Rodney Avenue in Dewey Beach...
Pushed too far, things can break
4 years ago
Dewey Beach’s conflict with Verizon over the placement of wireless communication towers in and near...
Verizon agrees to halt 5G pole installation in Dewey...
Ellen Driscoll
4 years ago
Verizon’s installation of 5G utility poles in Dewey Beach has been halted due to a temporary...
update
Legislators: poles coming down in Dewey
Melissa Steele and Ellen Driscoll
4 years ago
Days after a lawsuit challenging Verizon’s 5G poles on Dewey Beach was filed in Delaware Chancery...
Grassroots group plans 5G pole protest in Dewey Beach
Ellen Driscoll
4 years ago
After moving to Dewey Beach in April 2020, Dan Dionisio fell in love with the community and its...
Dewey Beach residents lead charge against cell towers
Melissa Steele
4 years ago
Dewey Beach's Alex Pires is taking on Verizon in a class-action lawsuit filed June 21 seeking to...
Dewey commissioners hire 5G consultant
Ellen Driscoll
5 years ago
Dewey Beach commissioners voted 4-1 May 14 to hire CTC Technology & Energy to assist with...
Dewey officials negotiate for sole authority in 5G...
Ellen Driscoll
5 years ago
Despite resident opposition, Dewey Beach commissioners voted unanimously March 22 to revise an...
High cost of 5G antennas for resort towns
5 years ago
Like the national debt, numbers associated with the increase in wireless cellphone traffic not only...
Dewey residents, officials continue fight against 5G...
Ellen Driscoll
5 years ago
From calls for civil disobedience to comparisons with the Baltimore Colts leaving town in the dead...
Dewey commissioners refer 5G ordinance to planners
Ellen Driscoll
5 years ago
Dewey Beach commissioners took a step toward regulating wireless facilities with a public hearing...
Dewey commissioners pass resolution on 5G poles
Ellen Driscoll
5 years ago
After Dewey Beach residents voiced opposition to state-permitted installation of 5G poles near the...
Controversy continues over 5G poles in Dewey Beach
Ellen Driscoll
5 years ago
Although federal and state laws restrict many actions municipalities can take to limit installation...
5G poles creating eyesores in Dewey Beach, residents...
Ellen Driscoll
5 years ago
A state law aimed at enhancing wireless communications is creating eyesores, Dewey Beach merchants...