Mari Lou
Summer’s end signals the start of another season in Sussex County: tax time. The County’s Billing Services office has begun issuing bills for the 2022 fiscal year, totaling an estimated $174.2 million in tax revenue. Each August, Sussex County government issues tens of thousands of tax bills for the more than 186,000 parcels in the…
On Monday, local first responders with the Willards Volunteer Fire Department were awarded a grain rescue tube and specialized training from Nationwide and MidAtlantic Farm Credit through Nationwide’s Grain Bin Safety advocacy campaign, which was started in 2014. These resources will be used to help protect against grain entrapments, which result in dozens of deaths…
The weather was less than ideal on Monday and did not improve as the day went on. The rest of the week looks like normal August weather with south to southwest winds of ten to fifteen and highs near 90. I do want to thank Walt for doing the report for me on Sunday while…
Coast Guard crew members rescued two people who had lost control of their jet ski in the Ocean City Inlet, Monday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Maryland received the initial report through VHF Channel 16 that three jet skiers in the area of Ocean City Inlet had entered the water and were in need of…
After several days of steady increases – the number of new positive tests of coronavirus dropped a bit over the weekend – from 258 on Friday to 202 on Sunday. The 7-day average of all positive tests has also dropped back by one tenth of a percent to 5.1%. Hospitalizations are much higher – jumping…
As we reported yesterday, Saturday the seas were very productive in the morning and waned as the afternoon rains blanketed the coast. Sunday Morning’s clouds and rains kept most from heading out to reap the bounty of the sea. For the few who went out to enjoy the rest of the sunny day found croaker…
Despite afternoon rains, it was a productive Saturday Captain Bob limited out on Flounder and had plenty of Sea Bass. Judy B reports the same Tuned In boated 4 Wahoo and a Mahi Mahi. And an 8 and one-half pound Flounder was caught in the Old Ground. The final tally at the White Marlin Open:…
Fenwick Island voters have spoken – and sent all four incumbent council members home. The unofficial results place the top vote-getter as Natalie Magdeburger with 377. Janice Bortner received 360 votes, Jaqueline Kay Napolitano 349 and Paul Breger 340. The election results will be certified Monday morning at 9am.
Patty – 302-253-8030 – Jim (the guy that Patty gave trailer to) give Patty a call to pick up Trailer Lynnwood – 302-339-2092 – 50 Gallon Jack Daniels Barrels – $200 Tom – 302-463-3657 – 24ft Warner extension ladder – $150 – Motorcycle License #6070 – $500 David – 302-858-5006 – XL Wilson…
The weather was good on Friday and 400 boats fished the White Marlin Open. As of 5:30 PM a Second-Place white was weighed in by Billy Gerlach on the Billfisher. It was only 78.5 pounds so the 82.5-pounder caught on the Fender Bender is still in First Place. Will Emmert fishing on the Boy’s Toy…
Wayne Myers – Millsboro – Moon setting over Millsboro. Click for full view
Healthcare workers at Christiana Care will rally Saturday morning at the Newark campus to “Stop the Mandate.” Christiana Care is mandating all employees be vaccinated to keep their jobs – company-wide. All employees will be required to be vaccinated by October 28 or they will be terminated. The Rally begins at 9am – the public…
Voters in Fenwick Island go to the polls Saturday to elect 4 people to the town council – from a field of eight candidates! All 4 incumbents – Gene Langan, Richard Mais, Mitch Houser and Bill Weistling are running and are challenged by Janice Bortner, Paul Breger, Natalie Magdeberger and Jacqueline Kay Napolitano. Each seat…
Small craft advisories were back up on Thursday in the ocean for seas to five feet. The Delaware Bay was much better and that was where most boats fished. The offshore forecast for the final day of the White Marlin Open calls for west to southwest winds of less than ten knots with seas of…
Small craft advisories flew on Wednesday and they will be up again on Thursday. To the best of my knowledge no boats sailed out of Lewes or Indian River. Believe it or not, but 36 boats did go out in the White Marlin Open. Seas off shore were five to nine feet with northeast winds…
WGMD throw back Thursday Picture of the Day – revisiting the 2014 WGMD Sports Boosters Banquet at Baywood Greens – keynote address by Johnny Holliday! Click for full view
Tuesday was the last day of decent weather for the offshore fleet fishing the White Marlin Open. Wednesday calls for four to seven-foot seas, Thursday seas will be six to ten and Friday they drop back down to four to seven. The boat that sank on day one of the tournament was the Knot Stressing.…
David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that a Harrington, Delaware woman pleaded guilty today to intentionally failing to pay employment taxes on behalf of a local business. U.S. District Court Judge Leonard P. Stark accepted the plea. According to court documents, Sara Collins, 49, served as the Corporate Secretary of…
Governor John Carney, the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH), and the Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) are providing updates to Delaware’s COVID-19 testing program. COVID-19 vaccines are effective against severe disease and death from variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 currently circulating in the United States, including the Delta variant. Infections happen in only a…
Monday saw rough conditions on the ocean and it looks like after Tuesday the rest of the week won’t be any better. The offshore forecast is even worst with seas to nine feet before the week is over. The first boat back to the scales at Ocean City for the White Marlin Open was the…
Dave Nelson – Ocean View – Osprey bringing a branch to its nest in the Indian River Bay. Click for full view
Delaware Public Health is again posting daily coronavirus information on it’s Facebook page since the numbers have again started to rise in the First State. While the number of new positive cases has been up and down – they are somewhat higher than when Delaware’s State of Emergency ended on July 13th. There were 156…
A Felton man has been arrested by Delaware State Police after a single vehicle crash early Sunday morning. Police say a pickup truck driven by 23 year old Dylan Martin of Felton went off northbound Coastal Highway in the area of Broadkill Road near Milton and struck a tree. A passing motorist located Martin in…
The Indian River School District will implement a staggered opening to the 2021-2022 school year inSeptember. The first day of school for students in Kindergarten, Grade 6, Grade 9 and the Howard T. Ennis School(excluding preschool) will be Tuesday, September 7. Students in Grades 1-5, 7-8 and 10-12 will return toschool on Wednesday, September 8.…
Sunday was sort of an iffy day. There were storms around and not too many boats went out. The rest of the week looks the same with unsettled weather. The White Marlin Open is this week and the offshore forecast is really bad with seas of six to eight feet. We did get one report…