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WGMD’s Throwback Thursday Picture of the Day – the year was 2009 and WGMD held the Greatest Debater contest at the CHEER Center in Georgetown. I believe this was the first round of the contest. The contestants are on top – the judges and audience below. I believe William Wong was the overall Greatest Debater. Click for full view
Dave Nelson – Ocean View – Osprey returns to the same nest – 4 babies hatched there last year. Click for full view
U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, delivers opening remarks on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. This is the first of four days of committee hearings on Judge Jackson’s nomination.
The Sussex County Council meets Tuesday morning for its regular meeting. This week the Council will revisit the proposed buffer ordinance amendment. The Council deferred a vote on the ordinance amendment after the public hearing which occurred during two meetings – January 11 and February 22 was completed so that all the testimony could be…
Update Monday: Delaware State Police have identified the victim who died during a Dewey Beach Police Officer-involved shooting as Rodney K. Robinson II, 21, of Milford.The Delaware State Police Homicide Unit continue to investigate this incident and are asking anyone who may have witnessed this incident or has video surveillance to please contact Sgt. Stephen Yeich…
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) will hold a joint Delaware-New Jersey virtual public hearing regarding the Recreational Harvest Control Rule Draft Addenda to the Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and the Bluefish FMP, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced today. The virtual hearing will be held…
The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is advising Sussex County residents, who live or spend time near the area of Bayard Avenue and Philadelphia Street in Rehoboth Beach, of a positive case of rabies in a fox. One individual, a non-Delaware resident, was potentially exposed to the fox in the residential neighborhood. The fox was tested for…
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Jean Messick – Millsboro – Stroll at waters edge on the bay side. Click for full view
UPDATED – 6:30pm – President Biden arrived at Gordons Pond in Rehoboth Beach on Marine One just after 6pm. Click here for pictures from the Rehoboth Beach VFC ============================================================= President Biden will spend the weekend at his Rehoboth Beach home. He’s expected to arrive in Rehoboth just after 6pm. Temporary Flight Restrictions went up this…
Acknowledging that one of the few silver linings of the covid pandemic was a discovery for many of the joys of outdoor dining, the Rehoboth Beach Board of Commissioners adopted today a policy that allows for year-round outdoor dining on public spaces in the Nation’s Summer Capital. The city’s policy balances the need for safe,…
Rehoboth Beach commissioners adopted this afternoon a $30.1 million budget for fiscal year (FY) 2023. The adopted budget maintains current tax and utility rates, allocates $6.4 million for capital improvements, and provides for a maximum 3% raise for employees. The $30,149,743 balanced budget represents a 9% increase over the adopted FY22 budget. The city’s fiscal…
Comptroller Peter Franchot has announced that Maryland’s gas tax is now suspended for 30 days, after legislation was passed by the General Assembly and signed by Gov. Larry Hogan today. “This gas tax holiday returns $100 million to Marylanders’ wallets and should provide economic relief for motorists who have seen prices soar in recent weeks,” Comptroller…
A crash just after 6 Thursday night near Delmar has left one person dead. Delaware State Police say a pickup truck driven by 22 year old Luke Figgs of Delmar was southbound on Susan Beach Road and stopped for a posted stop sign. A Honda driven by a 30 year old woman from Mardela Springs,…
Throw Back Thursday Picture of the Day – remembering Art Curley, former WGMD announcer and host from the Sunny 92 days. Art Curley did it all – and still visited the station – or called – until he died at 90 in September 2013 / Click for full view
Four teams of Indian River School District students have qualified for the VEX Robotics World Championships in Dallas, Texas on May 8-12. A team from Lord Baltimore Elementary School qualified by winning the Design Award at the Bots at the Beach Regional Competition on February 26 at H.O. Brittingham Elementary School in Milton. Team members…
Fire crews from Rehoboth Beach were called to the Port Delmarva Development off Old Landing Road just before 3pm for a travel trailer on fire on Henderson Drive. Fire crews from Indian River and Lewes were also called along with State Police and Sussex County Paramedics. Fire fighters say a Jayco-type travel trailer caught fire…
Larry Kaplan – Ocean View – Sunrise at Whites Creek . Click for full view
If you travel over the Roth Bridge – work on replacing the concrete deck overlay will begin on Monday. The work, which is being done by the Army Corps of Engineers, will require lane restrictions and changing traffic patterns – as well as single and double lane closures at specified times. The repairs are necessary…
With high gasoline and food prices, the Food Bank of Delaware will continue to host its monthly drive-thru mobile pantries that started in March 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The first one is scheduled for Monday, March 14 starting at 10:00 a.m. at Crossroad Community Church in Georgetown. The Food Bank of…
Al – Salisbury – Leonards Mill Pond.
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One person is dead and another injured after crash just after 6 Saturday morning on Route 113 near Georgetown Road near Berlin. Maryland State Police say the Crown Victoria, driven by 33 year old Miguel Carrion of Snow Hill, spun off the roadway into trees and came to rest in the center median and caught…
Millsboro PD to Undergo Accreditation in April
On April 11th through 13th, a team of assessors from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA), will be examining all aspects of the Millsboro Police Department’s policy and procedures, management, operations and support services, Millsboro’s Chief of Police, Brian Calloway announced today. Verification by the team that Millsboro Police Department meets…
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