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Stephen Hujsa – Milton – “Freddie” – service dog in training in Rehoboth Beach. Click for full view
Final approval was announced Friday by Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings of $17.3-billion in opioid agreements with drug makers Teva and Allergan and pharmacies CVS and Walgreens. Funds will begin to be released to a national administrator later this summer and to state and local governments by the end of this year. Delaware will receive…
DNREC has approved a scientific collection permit for the MERR Institute to help with another horseshoe crab rescue on Arnell Creek Friday afternoon. Volunteers are helping to collect crabs that have gone through a crossroad pipe under Old Landing Road and are stuck in the phragmites when the get in the marsh. The volunteers will…
A Seaford woman wanted for a violation of probation was arrested by detectives from the Sussex County Governor’s Task Force at the Dollar General in Seaford just after 9:30 Friday morning. Delaware State Police say a search of 35 year old Chelsea Fenimore’s backpack turned up about 2.4 grams of crack cocaine, over a gram…
The Ocean City Life-Saving Museum at the end of the Boardwalk at the Inlet will finally become ADA compliant. The Maryland Board of Public Works has approved $600,000 to the Town of Ocean City for the installation of an elevator, elevator lobby and emergency exit stairs at the museum. The funding was requested and secured…
Tyaskin Beach has reopened after a retest of bacteria levels. The tests from Thursday have all come back normal. The beach was closed Thursday due to elevated bacteria levels. Wicomico County Health officials say children, the elderly, pregnant women and anyone with a weakened immune system are most likely to become ill from swimming in…
Maryland Transportation officials have received an $11.9-million federal grant for a project to enhance safety and reduce congestion on Route 50 on the Eastern Shore. The funding is for new technology that will enable the Maryland State Highway Administration to deploy cutting-edge software, sensors, traffic cameras and message signs along 113 miles of Route 50.…
Justice of the Peace Court 2 will close in Rehoboth Beach on Monday and reopen on Wednesday, June 14th at its new home on Willow Creek Road, just off Route 1, north of Lewes. Delaware Court officials say JP Court 2 has been in the Rehoboth Beach location for 25 years and has outgrown the…
Milford Police are investigating a shooting incident at the Brightway Commons that occurred Thursday evening just after 6. Patrol officers were in the area when they heard gun fire, but when officers arrived at the scene they found no victim. Police did see property that was struck. A 20 year old male victim was taken…
A Seaford man has been arrested for drug dealing after a several months long narcotics investigation. Delaware State Police say detectives from the Sussex County Governor’s Task Force were called to Asbury Road west of Raccoon Ditch Road west of Georgetown in mid-February after a hunter found large bags buried in the woods that appeared…
A bill sponsored by Democrat Senator Stephanie Hansen would direct DNREC to work with PJM Interconnection, LLC to study the transmission impacts of offshore wind development. Senate Bill 170 would also have DNREC work with neighboring states on offshore wind transmission. DNREC would then report back to the Governor and Delaware General Assembly on a…
So, Thursday started out not so bad then all heck broke lose. I met my friend Dave Nickle at the Lewes Boat Ramp at 9:00 am to catch the first of the incoming current in the Canal. The Canal was crowded with boats so we tried the Broadkill River without result and then the Bay…
Larry Prettyman – Sunset in Crisfield. Click for full view
Wednesday saw another nice day on the water. Lewes Harbour Marina reported that Jake Wilson managed to land an 8-pound, 10-ounce flounder out of the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal. That fish was 10 ounces bigger than my personal best. They also reported that the Katydid, the Surface Tension and the Grizzly all had good numbers…
Marty Barrett – Milton – Head of the Broadkill. Click for full view
In January, Delaware State Police, the Office of Highway Safety and Department of Transportation took part in “Operation Braking Point” – a zero-tolerance, high-visibility traffic safety and enforcement campaign. Due to the outcome, “Operation Braking Point 2.0” will run from June 9th through the 17th and will focus on speeding to reduce the number of…
Tuesday saw nice weather and fish were caught from the ocean and the Canal. Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid came in with a mixed bag of flounder and sea bass from ocean structure. They also saw flounder caught from the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal. At Breakwater Tackle on the fishing pier at Cape Henlopen…
Greta Monroe – Millsboro – New Sussex Central High School going up! Click for full view
Dover Police conducting traffic control just after 5 Saturday morning after a vehicle crash when another vehicle approached the area and failed to yield to the emergency vehicles and nearly striking one and the driver, 37 year old Shafiqah Freeman drove off at a high rate of speed. Police tried to stop her, but she…
A Dover man was arrested by Dover Police early Tuesday morning after he injured an officer who was following up on a trespassing complaint at the Capital Inn. Police were called for a man trespassing on the hotel property and one officer was told the suspect was leaving and given a description. Police located 29…
After executing a search warrant at a Bridgeville home, the Sussex County Drug Unit arrested 29 year old Tijere Baldwin of Bridgeville. The investigation into Baldwin’s suspected dealing of narcotics began several months ago. At 6am Tuesday morning police went into Baldwin’s Mill Park Drive home with a search warrant, arrested Baldwin and found four…
The MERR Institute was called to help rescue of a huge number of horseshoe crabs in the Rehoboth Bay and Arnell Creek near Rehoboth Beach. Director of MERR, Suzanne Thurman, says the crabs were likely looking for a beach-like area to spawn and crossed a road and got stuck in dense patches of phragmites. Recent…
UPDATED – 06/06/23 – During this week’s Sussex County Council meeting, the SCEMS Team was honored by the Council for winning gold at the JEMS Competition in Indianapolis in April. ============================================================= ORIGINAL STORY – A Sussex County Emergency Medical Services team has won gold and the 2023 Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS) Games in…
Monday was the first decent weather day in a long time and fish were caught in the ocean, canal and inland bays. Lewes Harbour Marina said young Brady Mills caught his first keeper flounder out of the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal on a combination of some squid and a shiner on a bucktail. The prize…
A hiker in Wicomico County suffered injuries after a fall in a remote area along Beaverdam Creek in Salisbury. Salisbury Fire Department personnel located the woman, but requested State Police for an aerial rescue due to the nature of her injuries. Rescuers initiated patient care on the injured hiker and stabilized her for extrication. Trooper…