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Dogfish Head Dine & Donate
Join us at Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats on July 2nd from 4pm - 11pm, 10% of your final bill will be donated to The Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company.
**Excluding alcoholic beverages and gratuity**
Boats on Fire, West Bay Park
RBVFC assisted by Indian River FC., responded to 4 Boats on Fire in West Bay Park off of Camp Arrowhead Rd. on Wednesday Morning June 25. The Delaware State Fire Marshall is investigating.
Derrickson Scholarship Winners
The Rehoboth Beach Police Department would like to congratulate this year’s Geoff and Ken Derrickson Memorial Scholarship recipients. Rylee Tipton and Kamryn Davis received a combined $12,000.
Rylee Tipton, a 2025 Cape Henlopen High School graduate will attend Cornell University, Ithaca, New York in the fall.
Kamryn Davis, a 2025 Sussex Tech graduate will attend The University of Delaware in the fall.
The Derrickson scholarship was established by Betsy Baumeister and Bob Derrickson to honor the lives of their sons, Ken and Geoff Derrickson, twin brothers who died separately at young ages.
They never forgot the support and care their family received from Rehoboth's first responders and established the scholarship as a “thank you” to assist local first responders.
Members of the Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Department or City of Rehoboth Beach Police Department and their dependents are eligible. Eligibility is open to fire department junior members and seasonal police cadets.
Recipients of the scholarship are in good standing with the Rehoboth Beach Police Department or Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company and were selected based on their leadership skills, participation in service organizations, and academic record.
For more information or to donate to the Geoff and Ken Derrickson Memorial Scholarship Foundation, contact the Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company at P.O. Box 327, Derrickson Scholarship, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971 or email [email protected]
Overturned Truck on Coastal Highway
RBVFC members responded to a Vehicle Accident on Monday June 23 at Coastal Highway and Country Club Rd. Units found a Tractor Trailer on its side with no injuries. A Heavy Duty Verizon Cable was brought down also from several poles along Coastal Highway causing a massive traffic back up for several hours. Delaware State Police are investigating.