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Voting rights advocates will hold a press conference Tuesday afternoon to discuss the need for a voting rights campaign. The ACLU and other groups plan to focus on expanding access to voting for Delawareans. This is a Zoom webinar and will begin at 1pm. It will be recorded and live-streamed on Facebook. Speakers include:
DNREC invites you to an informative meeting on Tuesday, March 12 to learn more about US Wind’s proposal to bring power lines from its offshore wind project on shore at 3Rs Beach at the Delaware Seashore State Park. This meeting will be held at the Bethany Beach Town Hall from 4 to 7pm. This project…
The Maryland Transportation Authority is replacing the deck on the Eastbound William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial (Bay) Bridge. This portion of Phase 1 deck replacement is expected to begin March 2024 with anticipated completion by spring 2025. During construction, the project will utilize existing off-peak lane closures during the day to get work areas ready…
Resurfacing work is going on on Baltimore Avenue in Ocean City. Maryland State Highway Administration has crews working between North Division and 15th Street milling, paving and restriping Baltimore Avenue. Work will be done Monday through Thursday from 7am to 6pm and Friday 7am to noon. Expect single lane closures with flaggers. Work should be…
An endowed scholarship to support agriculture students at Delaware State University has been established by the Delaware State Grange. The scholarship was launched in February with a donation of $22,500 from the Delaware Grange, which is a non-profit organization that advocates for rural America and agriculture and brings rural communities together through community service. The…
Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration will begin maintenance work on the Route 50 bridge over the Nanticoke River in Vienna in Dorchester County this week. Crews will install barrier walls on the east and westbound shoulders of the bridge. Maintenance includes bridge rehab and scupper repair weekdays from 7am to 5:30pm ā on…
A search and seizure warrant was executed by the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office Community Action Team and Criminal Investigation Division on February 29th at a residence on Allen Cut Off Road in Eden. Deputies arrested 54 year old Dwayne Taylor ā and dismantled a local drug distribution operation. Detectives seized about 100 grams of cocaine,…
On Friday, Seaford Police attempted to stop a man riding a bicycle on the sidewalk ā then northbound in the southbound lane of Front Street without a light. The man, identified as 22 year old Schweitzer Dessin of Seaford, rode off down King Street and then ran off on foot. Dessin continued to run through…
A meeting to discuss the upcoming Cape Henlopen School District debt service and operating expense referendum will be held Monday evening at 6pm at Milton Elementary School. The referendum is to propose a new tax rate to generate local revenue. The tax increase is less than originally expected ā at $0.549 per $100 of assessed…
Beginning Monday, Patriots Way between Route 113 and Fox Run Road north of Millsboro will be permanently closed. The closure is for overpass construction for the Millsboro Bypass Project. Follow posted detours.
Watch for shoulder closures and possible intermittent lane closures on Zoar Road at the railroad crossing near Georgetown beginning Monday through the end of April. DelDOT officials say railroad crossing monitoring systems will be installed. Work will be done between 9am and 3pm. Expect minor delays if you are traveling in this area.
Gino — “Journey from Jerusalem to Resurrection” at Long Neck Methodist Church on Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24 at 6pm each night. Enjoy refreshments and music after Joyce – 609-247-3649 – Wooden swivel desk chair – $25 Bob – 443-783-3491 – Collection of 112 mini Whiskey bottles, 45 years old – most are…
A 15 year old juvenile is charged with assault and disturbing school activities on a juvenile referral. Talbot County Sheriff’s office investigated an assault at Easton High School, officials say the 15 year old assaulted a 73 year old substitute teacher over the student’s cell phone. The Deputy located video of the incident which showed…
A complaint about excessive trash behind a home on McCaulley Avenue in Ellendale resulted in a fugitive arrest. Ellendale Police contacted the resident, David Crosby and found that he was wanted out of the State of Pennsylvania as well as JP Court #11 in Wilmington. Crosby was arrested and charged with fugitive from another state…
A vehicle crash Thursday evening left a 69 year old man from Dover hospitalized in serious condition. Dover Police were called to Saulsbury Road and Whatcoat Drive just after 6:30pm and found two vehicles with heavy front end damage. Police learned that a Jeep driven by the 69 year old man was southbound on Saulsbury…
A Seaford man has been arrested on multiple felony offenses after an assault in February in Lincoln. Delaware State Police were called to Holly Drive East in Lincoln on just before 1am on February 23 for an assault and learned that 19 year old Jordan Morris struck a 25 year old Lincoln man with a…
Unemployment in Delaware has remained at 4.1% for the past several months while the national average has held at 3.7% since November. However in Sussex County the unemployment rate jumped from 3.9% in December to 4.5% in January. Over-the-year job growth was driven largely by the Private Education and Health sector ā which grew by…
A domestic incident in Greenwood Thursday led to the arrest of 52 year old Patrick Henley of Greenwood on drug and weapons offenses. Delaware State Police were called to Farm Lane in Greenwood for a domestic incident around 3pm and contacted Henley, who they learned had an active warrant out of Kent County. Henley was…
Governor John Carney has ordered Delaware flags to be lowered to half-staff at all state facilities through sunset on Saturday to honor Korean War veteran and former Senate Majority Leader Robert Voshell on the day of his interment. He worked at the Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles, retiring as director after 40 years with the…
A check on the welfare by Wicomico County Sheriff’s deputies resulted in the arrest of a Pittsville man. Deputies contacted 45 year old Christopher Wilgus at his residence on Gumboro Road and spotted what looked like homemade explosive devices placed throughout the yard and property. Wilgus told deputies he was concerned about potential attacks on…
Milford High School and the Central Academy were placed on lockdown Thursday afternoon after the Milford School District received a credible threat towards the district schools and offices. The School District released this announcement in Facebook:“This afternoon a credible threat was made toward Milford School District schools and offices. We immediately enacted safety lockdown protocols…
UPDATED 3-6-24: Delaware State Police have identified 58-year-oldĀ Lisa NortonĀ of Lewes, as the woman who died in the crash involving a bicyclist that occurred this week on March 5th in Lewes. The Delaware State Police Troop 7 Collision Reconstruction Unit continues to investigate this incident.Ā Previous Post: A Lewes woman is dead after she was struck…
Osprey spotted in nest on the UD camera in Lewes. Click for full view
UPDATED – 03/05/24 – The Sussex County Council during this week’s meeting honored the Sussex Central High School Golden Knights wrestling team for their championship season. They won the Division 1 championship and finished with a 12 and 0 record for the season. Their last championship was in 2017. The County and Delaware State Police…
OMC Releases Additional Sections of Informal Draft Regulations for Review
Additional sections of the information draft regulations have been released by the Delaware Office of Marijuana Commissioner. These sections are related to testing, sampling, waste, disposal, appeals, variances and fee schedules and are available for review ā informal public comment through the OMC website will close on March 29th. Additional information from the OMC: Once…
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