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User 284190339 · 10 – 18 – 23 Fishing Report Wednesday was a nice fall day, but not many people went fishing. Some good news for trout fishermen, the Fish and Wildlife Division has stocked 1,000 pounds of 12 to 13-inch rainbow trout in White Clay Creek from the Pennsylvania Line down to Newark. You…
Governor Wes Moore Wednesday announced that the Maryland Department of Commerce has received a $750,000 grant from the US Small Business Administration to broaden the state’s international reach and help companies create jobs and access new foreign markets. This is the highest single award that the Maryland Department of Commerce has ever received through the…
UPDATED – 10/18/23 – Appoquinimink School District engineering and science teacher, Cory Hafer of Middletown High School was named Delaware’s 2024 Teacher of the Year. All 20 district and charter teachers of the year were celebrated Wednesday night in Dover. Hafer plans to use his position to advocate for the importance of building student connections.…
Governor John Carney has ordered Delaware flags to be lowered to half-staff at all state facilities on Thursday, October 19, 2023, until end of day Friday, October 20, 2023, to honor Delaware Capitol Police Sergeant Darold W. Weber Jr. Sergeant Weber died October 5, 2023, after suffering a medical emergency while on duty at the…
Your help is needed to locate a man wanted in connection with a shooting that occurred in Somerset County in September. Maryland State Police are looking for 20 year old Robert Harris of Princess Anne. There is an arrest warrant for him for an attempted murder that occurred around 3am on Saturday, September 9th at…
UPDATED – 10/21/23 – Delaware State Police have identified 18-year-old Ethan Statham of Dover, Delaware, as the man who died in a fatal motorcycle crash on Tuesday afternoon in Dover. =========================================================== ORIGINAL STORY – 10/18/23 – A Dover man is dead after a crash just after 5 Tuesday night near Dover. Delaware State Police say…
Public input sessions on the State Energy Plan will begin in November. These meetings, by the Governor’s Energy Advisory Council, will be held in each county – each from 5 to 7pm. The Kent County meeting is Wednesday, November 1st at the Dover Public Library. Monday, November 6 is the New Castle County meeting in…
User 284190339 · 10 – 17 – 23 Fishing Report Tuesday brought bad news from Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources. The Chesapeake Bay’s striped bass young of the year numbers are out and they are dismal. The average is 1.02, the second lowest number since they began conducting the survey in 1954. The Atlantic States…
Stanley Sharp – Sharp Family Farm in Harrington. Click for full view
Eric Hansen announced his campaign for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Delaware. Hansen is a businessman and political outsider and says he’s running to get results for Delaware families instead of more of the same from Washington. Hansen is a businessman who built his career at Proctor and Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, and…
A Wicomico County Deputy school resource officer was called to a classroom at Bennett Middle School for an assault. The SRO found that a 13 year old assaulted a classmate, but when a teacher tried to stop the 13 year old, the teen then assaulted the teacher – grabbing her around the neck and strangling…
Wicomico County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the area of Shell Road and Archid Drive in Delmar after an argument between two juveniles turned violent Sunday afternoon. Officials say the two boys were arguing over a girl when the argument turned physical and one of the boys was stabbed. The suspect tried to run off…
Governor John Carney has joined 17 governors standing in solidarity with Israel, issuing a joint letter to federal leaders to express the broad support for Israel and condemnation of terror attacks from Hamas. The governors also reaffirmed their commitment to work with the U.S. Department of State to ensure the safe return of Americans. The…
Worcester County Commissioners voted Tuesday to pause the construction of a new Buckingham Elementary School – due to lack of state funding for design plans. While Commissioners are committed to this project, they need the Board of Education to take the needed steps to move this project forward. The plans for the new school exceeded…
Wicomico County sold $4.1-million in general obligation and tax-exempt bonds on Tuesday. This bond sale will finance several major projects in the county. The county also sold $7.6-million in taxable bonds to finance certain projects at the Salisbury-Wicomico Regional Airport. The bond issue reinforces the county’s commitment to education – for a renovation/addition project at…
A detective with the Smyrna Police Department has been arrested on charges of violations of federal child sexual exploitation laws. US Attorney for the District of Delaware officials say 33 year old Michael Kealty distributed child porn through his Snapchat account in August of this year. Federal agents went into his home with a search…
Four people have been arrested after a pursuit by Dover Police of a stolen van early Monday morning just before 2. Police spotted the stolen van moving northbound on South DuPont Highway near Lotus Street, but when they tried to stop the van – the driver sped off. Officers followed the van into Maryland. Delaware…
The investigation into a deadly fire this morning in Lewes continues. The Delaware State Fire Marshal says the fire call came around 2:30am on McNicol Road at the McNicol Place mobile home community. Lewes firefighters arriving at the scene found active fire inside the home – and one person was found dead inside. The investigation…
User 284190339 · 10 – 16 – 23 Fishing Report Monday saw reasonable weather, but no boats left the dock at Lewes or Indian River. It does look like a few will be going on Tuesday and a few more on Wednesday. At breakwater Tackle on the fishing pier at Cape Henlopen State Park the…
Lisa Wells – Indian River Bay from the Bethany Bay Golf Community. Click for full view
The Maryland State Fire Marshal has ruled that a house fire Monday morning just before 10:30 was accidental. Firefighters from Princess Anne were called to Upper Hill Road in Westover and found fire in a two story, wood frame home. It took firefighters about two hours to control the fire, which investigators say began in…
UPDATED – 10/16/23 – Deputy State Fire Marshals have determined a power cord to a lamp in the living room of the home which was located on the first floor is what sparked the blaze. Several fire investigators examined the scene for hours before coming to this conclusion. This case will now be closed for…
User 284190339 · 10 – 15 – 23 Fishing Report With small craft advisories up on Sunday no boats left Lewes or Indian River. I did have some good news from the Assateague Mobile Surf Fishermen’s Association Surf Fishing Tournament held over the weekend. In spite of some not so good weather the Delaware Mobile…