Overbrook Shores celebrates 50th anniversary
Overbrook Shores celebrated its 50th anniversary during its annual picnic Sept. 16.
Held at the community’s boat dock and gazebo, the catered event included guest speakers such as state Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro and longtime resident and current Cape Henlopen school board member Bill Collick. There was live entertainment from local band Fun Size, a cornhole tournament and free boat rides. The party was organized by Nannette Bassette and Susan Tocco.
The development is located off Cave Neck Road, along the shores of Red Mill Pond. David Thompson, Overbrook Shores Homeowners Association president, shared the development’s history.
The community, founded in 1973, was a business partnership between developers Joe Hudson and Stanley Thompson. Development of Overbrook Shores was in three sections, and by November 1975, two homes were occupied. The boat ramp and all the roads were completed in late 1982. In August 1991, the roads for all three sections had been officially transferred to the Delaware Department of Transportation for state maintenance.
According to Thompson, Overbrook still has 34 residents who purchased their property before the 1990s.
Collick and his wife Nancy haven’t owned their property the longest, but by all accounts, they were the longest-serving owners in attendance at the picnic. Collick said they raised their family there, purchasing their lot in 1985, just as he was beginning his tenure as head coach of the Delaware State University football team. The front of their house faces Red Mill Pond.
“This has been a great community to raise a family in,” said Collick. “We’ve been blessed.”
Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories and random stories on subjects he finds interesting, and he also writes a column called Choppin’ Wood that runs every other week. Additionally, Flood moonlights as the company’s circulation manager, which primarily means fixing boxes that are jammed with coins during daylight hours, but sometimes means delivering papers in the middle of the night. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.
