Crowds celebrate as the Skimboarder drops at the stroke of midnight.
Steven Billups
January 6, 2017
Ready to ring in the new year are in back (l-r) Tim Horne and John Bialick. In front, Jim and Cheri Horne, Virginia and Bill Bialick and Tom Bialick.
With hot chocolate and horns, (l-r) Elizabeth Fox, Rebecca and Samantha Robbins, and in back, Nicholas Hudkins, are ready to celebrate.
Ready with noisemakers are Bryndal, left, and Presley Paoli from Dewey Beach.
Dewey Beach rang in 2107 with its traditional Skimboarder Drop on New Orleans Street. Sponsored by the Dewey Business Partnership, a large crowd gathered to watch the drop and count down 2016. The Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company assisted the drop with its Snorkel 86 fire truck.