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A federal judge has rejected US Wind’s request for a preliminary injunction, finding that the offshore wind developer failed to demonstrate that the federal government has taken a final agency action warranting judicial intervention at this time.

In a ruling issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Judge Stephanie Gallagher concluded that US Wind’s concerns about possible future actions by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)—including the potential revocation of its Construction and Operations Plan (COP)—are speculative and not ripe for review. The court emphasized that US Wind has not been denied any

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Bethany Beach Mayor Ron Calef got his Christmas wish granted early this year — four dune crossovers created by DNREC, all finished and providing access to the beach by Thanksgiving Day.

“I got an e-mail from DNREC Secretary Greg Patterson, and he said we pulled off a Thanksgiving miracle,” Calef told the Coastal Point this week, adding that, when he visited the beach after the work was finished, “It was just jammed with people.”

“DNREC was here at 6 a.m. Monday morning a week ago, on Nov. 24, and they got four of our crossovers open — two of them at Garfield Parkway and at each end, at Parkwood and at the north end at Second Street. They had them open by Wednesday, and they worked great,” he said,