Officials from area coastal towns met recently under the auspices of the Association of Coastal Towns , focused primarily on the issue of dredging in the inland bays, Bethany Beach Mayor Jack Gordon noted at the Bethany town council's Nov. 17 meeting. While that's less of an issue for Bethany than some of its neighbors, Gordon noted that ACT had initially focused on beach replenishment, "And now that we've got that moving along, the focus has turned toward dredging the inland bays."