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Talk of Delmarva HOLIDAY Picture of the Day

By Mari Lou / December 5, 2025

Christmas from Margaret May – Lewes – Santa on the pond. Click for full view

Talk of Delmarva HOLIDAY Picture of the Day

By Mari Lou / December 4, 2025

Christmas Barn in Harbeson at Indian Mission and Hollymount Roads. Click for full view

Talk of Delmarva HOLIDAY Picture of the Day

By Mari Lou / December 3, 2025

Christmas in West Ocean City – just a few of dozen of trees and decorations! Click for full view

DRBA’s New “Green” Ferry Expected to Join Cape May – Lewes Ferry Fleet in 2028

By Mari Lou / December 2, 2025

The Delaware River and Bay Authority has awarded a contract to construct a new Green Ferry. This ferry will be a diesel-hybrid – and will eventually replace the over 40-year old MV Cape Henlopen. DRBA awarded a contract for the construction and outfitting of a new 75-car passenger-vehicle ferry to SENESCO Marine of Rhode Island…

Wilmington Man Charged After Machinegun and Manifesto Found

By Mari Lou / December 2, 2025

On November 26, 2025, a Wilmington resident was charged with illegally possessing a machinegun, announced Julianne E. Murray, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware. According to court documents, on Monday, November 24, 2025, at approximately 11:47 p.m., patrol officers of the New Castle County Police Department were conducting a property check in Canby…

UPDATED: Groundbreaking for New Georgetown Police & Public Works Complex – Dec 12

By Mari Lou / December 2, 2025

UPDATED – 12/02/25 – A groundbreaking ceremony will be held Friday, December 12 at 11am for the new Georgetown Police and Public Works Facility at 700 University Drive. The new complex will replace the existing police station and modernize and expand facilities for the Public Works Department. The Police Department building on North Race Street…

Harrington Man Arrested after Shots Fired Incidents in Harrington

By Mari Lou / December 2, 2025

A Harrington man has been arrested after a series of shots fired incidents between Saturday evening and Sunday morning in Harrington. Delaware State Police were called to Staytonville Road around 9pm Saturday for shots fired and learned that a small passenger car was seen leaving the area after several shots were heard. Troopers recovered a…

Talk of Delmarva HOLIDAY Picture of the Day

By Mari Lou / December 2, 2025

Holiday lights on Wil King Road near Lewes from 2019. Click for full view

Some Road Closures Ahead of Rehoboth Beach Christmas Parade Tonight

By Mari Lou / December 1, 2025

The Rehoboth Beach Christmas parade will begin to roll down Rehoboth Avenue at 6:30 pm Monday, December 1. Several road closures will be in place, with access provided only to street residents.                 • Rehoboth Avenue will be closed from the traffic circle to the bandstand from 6-10pm.                 • State Street, from Hickman Street…

Salisbury Woman Sentenced for Theft from Museum

By Mari Lou / December 1, 2025

A Salisbury woman has been sentenced after pleading guilty to a charge of theft scheme $25,000 – $100,000.  Retired Wicomico County Circuit Court Judge Donald Davis has sentenced 53 year old Cynthia Byrd to 10 years with all but 18 months suspended. Upon release Byrd will be on 5 years of supervised probation and has…

Rehoboth Beach Public Library Temporarily Closed – Property for 2nd Site Purchased

By Mari Lou / December 1, 2025

In June of 2024 the Rehoboth Beach Public Library Board of Trustees announced plans to purchase land on Warrington Road for a 2nd library. According to the Cape Gazette – the property on Warrington Road has been purchased – a 5-acre parcel across from the Beebe Healthcare Specialty Surgical Hospital – that cost about $2-million.…

Talk of Delmarva Fishing Report 12/01/25

By Mari Lou / December 1, 2025

 User 284190339 · 12-01-25 Fishing Report Sunday saw small craft advisories up once again. It is fitting that we should have bad weather for my last regular report for 2025. I will have reports when I have something good to report, but this is the last daily one for this year. As you can…

Talk of Delmarva HOLIDAY Picture of the Day

By Mari Lou / December 1, 2025

Christmas lights along Johnson Road near Harbeson from 2016. Click for full view

DE State Fire Marshal Investigating Pot Nets Blaze

By Mari Lou / November 30, 2025

Indian River firefighters were called for a trailer fire just before 6am Sunday on Come About Circle at Pot Nets Creekside. Crews arriving at the scene found a mobile home with fire showing. An active gas leak was also found along with one person suffering a burn injury. All occupants were able to escape the…

Talk of Delmarva Radio Flea Market 11/29/25

By Mari Lou / November 30, 2025

    NAME: Tony / 302-858-8583 COMMUNITY: For the 4th year, a group of local business women are giving back to seniors in local nursing and rehab facilities. Looking for body lotions and other items to cheer them up. These items will be packaged. This is a 100% no profit event.   NAME: Maria /…

US Mainland Spared during 2025 Hurricane Season

By Mari Lou / November 30, 2025

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season comes to an end today with Delmarva once again spared from a hurricane coming ashore, although several passed off the coast bringing rough seas, strong rip currents and beach erosion and property damage. The East Coast did see one storm make  landfall – Tropical Storm Chantal (#3 on the map),…

DE House and Senate Special Property Reassessment Committees Meet Tuesday Morning

By Mari Lou / November 30, 2025

The House and Senate Special Property Reassessment Committees will hold a joint meeting on Tuesday morning. The topic of this meeting is ”Perspectives from the Business Community.” The meeting will begin at 9:30am in the House Chamber – the meeting will be livestreamed. Public comment will be accepted in-person as well as virtually – you…

Talk of Delmarva Fishing Report 11/30/25

By Mari Lou / November 30, 2025

User 284190339 · 11-30-25 Fishing Report Saturday saw the wind back off to small craft advisories and a few boats did get out. Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em said a couple of boats did make it past Indian River Inlet and they caught a few tog. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle reported the same old…

Talk of Delmarva Holiday Picture of the Day

By Mari Lou / November 30, 2025

Celebrating the season at Salem United Methodist Church in Selbyville. Click for full view

Public Comment to Be Taken Wednesday on 5MW Solar Facility in Salisbury Area

By Mari Lou / November 29, 2025

A proposal for a 5-megawatt solar generating facility in Wicomico County will be up for public comment on Wednesday. Wicomico Rayne Solar, LLC applied in June to the Maryland Public Service Commission for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to construct an energy generating station on 37 acres of property on Union Church Road…

Frederica Woman Charged with Shoplifting at Felton Royal Farms

By Mari Lou / November 29, 2025

Felton Police were called to the Felton Royal Farms just before 7pm on November 20th after a woman shoplifted several items. Police say video surveillance showed the suspect during the incident and as she drive off. The suspect was positively identified as 32 year old Kaitlyn Maynard of Frederica. On Wednesday, Milford Police made a…

Talk of Delmarva Fishing Report 11/29/25

By Mari Lou / November 29, 2025

User 284190339 · 11-29-25 Fishing Report Friday saw a gale warning up on the bay and ocean with air temperatures in the mid-40s. There is little improvement in the forecast in the foreseeable future. When I called Old Inlet Bait and Tackle, they said a few hardy (or crazy) fishermen were at Indian River Inlet…

MD AG Brown Co-leads Brief Defending State Voter Databases from Federal Overreach Amid Privacy Concerns

By Mari Lou / November 28, 2025

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown, along with a coalition of 16 attorneys general, last week filed an amicus brief supporting California’s motion to dismiss a federal lawsuit demanding complete, unredacted voter registration databases from states across the country. The brief argues that the federal government’s demand is part of a larger effort to aggregate personal…

Vehicle Struck by Gunshot on South DuPont Hwy in Dover Thursday Night

By Mari Lou / November 28, 2025

A vehicle was damaged Thanksgiving night in Dover. Dover Police were called around 11pm and contacted a 34 year old Dover man who had been driving northbound on South DuPont Highway in the area of Public Safety Boulevard when his vehicle was shot by an unknown suspect. The victim was not injured. If you have…

Dover Police Investigating a Shooting on Par Haven Drive

By Mari Lou / November 28, 2025

A 15 year old boy from Dover was injured in a shooting that occurred Thursday afternoon around 3 on Par Haven Drive in Dover. Dover Police say the teen was inside a vehicle on Par Haven Drive Thursday afternoon when he was shot in the upper body. The victim was taken to an area hospital…