Dewey parking building razed, site being prepped for new town hall
The Dewey Beach parking ambassadors’ building on Coastal Highway has been demolished, and the site has been cleared to make way for the construction of the new town hall and public safety building.
According to the Dewey Beach Police Department, grading and site preparation have begun. Parking staff is now located in temporary trailers in the current town hall parking lot.
Ellen McIntyre is a reporter covering education and all things Dewey Beach. She graduated with a bachelor’s in journalism from the Penn State Schreyer Honors College in May 2024, after which she completed an internship writing for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. In 2023, she traveled to New Zealand to cover the Women’s World Cup as a freelancer for the Associated Press and saw her work published by outlets like The Washington Post and FOX Sports. She also has a variety of other reporting experience, covering crime and courts, investigations, politics and the arts. As a Hockessin, Delaware, native, she’s happy to be back in her home state, though she enjoys traveling and learning about new cultures. She also loves live music, reading, hiking and spending time in nature.
