A 21-year-old man was dragged 170 feet under a Jeep

In Delaware, Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach each received five-star rankings from the Natural Resources Defense Council. Both coastal communities were two of just four beaches nationwide to be named to the "superstar" list for a history of good water quality.

ALERT: The summer of 2010 saw many students arriving in Ocean City Md with employment job offers which were false ( fake ) . Some of the students were aware the job offers were not valid, but many DID NOT KNOW their job offers were falsified.

For Sussex County teenagers, snagging a good summer job and getting a paycheck for some fun in the sun was once just a simple matter of heading to the beaches and filling out a few applications. Not any more.

This year, with county unemployment at 8.8 percent in April -- the highest among the three counties, with Kent at 8.5 and New Castle at 8.6 -- the competition for jobs as restaurant servers, lifeguards and boardwalk business cashiers is stiffer than ever. There are more high school and college students applying than in the past, and they're going up against more experienced layoff victims and a still-substantial number of international students.