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Jacqueline Kenworthy – U D turbine – click for full view
Christmas is still some time off – but the City of Lewes is looking for a donation of a Christmas tree for the upcoming holiday season. The tree should be 30 feet tall and nicely shaped – which will be installed at Zwaanendael Park. If you have a tree that you’d like to see at…
Occurrences of a mysterious songbird illness and mortality event have decreased in the state to the extent that the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has lifted an advisory issued in June asking that the public temporarily discontinue use of bird feeders and baths. The advisory was initially issued as a precaution to minimize…
The Indian River School Board listened to dozens of parents on both sides of the mask issue during Monday night’s school board meeting then the Board voted 9 to 1 on a motion by Dr. Donald Hattier on a vote of “no confidence” regarding the Governor’s mask mandate and the Division of Public Health. The…
Delaware State Police are investigating a burglary in the Overbrook Shores community near Milton early Monday morning. Police say a female resident was assaulted by a male suspect before he ran from the home. Police ask anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers – 800-TIP-3333.
An out of state fugitive was arrested by Felton Police Saturday after a traffic stop. Police stopped 37 year old Chris Morales of Woodbridge, Virginia for numerous traffic violations and during a computer check learned there was an active warrant with full extradition from Florida, where Morales was wanted for a violation of probation and…
Delaware State Police were called to McDonald’s on Plaza Drive near Long Neck Sunday night for a disorderly person . Police say 53 year old Jacob Burke was being disorderly in the drive-thru when two patrons contacted him about his behavior. He followed them to their vehicle carrying a large knife. The man got out…
Governor John Carney has signed House Joint Resolution 4 which directs the Criminal Justice Council to establish and publish integrity reports concerning complaints made against police officers in each police agency in the state – as well as create and publish a list of de-certified police officers in the state. The resolution is sponsored by…
Monday was back to hot and humid weather at the beach with a bit of a south breeze. The rest of the week will see wind of five to fifteen knots and seas on the ocean running three to four feet. At Lewes Harbour Marina, Tommy reported that the Katydid came in with 37 flounder…
Carol Joyce – Ocean View – Beach roses along the Bethany Beach Boardwalk. Click for full view
Delaware State Police were called to McDonald’s on Plaza Drive near Long Neck Sunday night for a disorderly person . Police say 53 year old Jacob Burke was being disorderly in the drive-thru when two patrons contacted him about his behavior. He followed them to their vehicle carrying a large knife. The man got out…
Delaware State Police are looking for a 25 year old Millsboro man on felony criminal charges. Police say Tyler Burrows was in possession of a firearm during a neighborhood dispute and when troopers tried to contact him during a traffic stop – Burrows ran from the vehicle. Later that night Burrows stole a motorcycle. As…
At this time, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approved the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amendment of the emergency use authorizations (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to allow specific individuals with compromised immune systems to receive a third additional vaccine dose (booster). Patients should talk to their…
Dover Police are investigating a shooting Sunday night in the parking lot of the White Oak Apartment on White Oak Road. Police were called just after 10:30 and found a 28 year old man with a gunshot wound to the side of his head. A female witness said she was driving away when a suspect…
Sunday saw small craft advisories up for seas with some boats still going out in the ocean. Those that fished in Delaware Bay had smother sailing and caught croaker, spot, blues and a few flounder. The rest of the week will have winds of five to ten knots and seas running three to four feet…
During his keynote address today at the Maryland Association of Counties summer conference, Governor Larry Hogan announced that the State of Maryland’s new Consolidated Transportation Program (CTP)—to be released in early September—will include funding for the project planning phase for Route 90 improvements, advancing a long-held priority for Ocean City and Worcester County. The upcoming…
Saturday morning just before 9, Delaware State Police were called to a corn field on Dyke Branch Road east of Dover for a deceased body. Police found a 30 year old woman with apparent gunshot wounds to the upper body. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene and her body was taken to the…
A Salisbury area woman is dead after she was struck by a car just after midnight Sunday morning. Maryland State Police continue to investigate, but say 30 year old Zora Vetra was in the middle of the roadway at Whitehaven and Senkbeil Roads in Quantico due to a verbal argument when she was struck. Vetra…
Millsboro Police arrested 55-year-old Terence Wise of Millsboro on felony Driving Under the Influence after a concerned citizen called 911 and Millsboro officers conducted a traffic stop on Wise’s vehicle. On August 21 at approximately 3:40 p.m., officers were dispatched to the Arby’s restaurant in Millsboro for a possible intoxicated driver. Upon officers’ arrival they found the…
Hurricane Henri passed Delmarva just before midnight but was downgraded to tropical storm status Sunday morning as the storm neared Long Island and southern New England. WGMD asked Meteorologist John Wetherbee why the storm never really strengthened. He adds that even our high tide in Rehoboth Beach, just after 8am, was affected more by the…
Saturday saw small craft advisories up, but a few boats did test the ocean for flounder and sea bass. Sunday will see seas to seven feet on the ocean so I hope no one ventures out. The big money winners at the Mid-Atlantic Tournament were: Heaviest White Marlin at 82 pounds caught on the Sea…
Lew & Rachel Messick-Klensch – Milford – Stormy weather campfire – but no rain – click for full view
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Officers from the Division of Public Health’s Office of Animal Welfare (OAW) announced the arrest today of two Middletown women on charges of animal cruelty. Cheryl Joseph, 53, was arraigned in JP Court 11 in New Castle on 50 charges, including 48 counts of cruel neglect, and two counts of felony animal cruelty. Amy Wood, 60, was arraigned on five counts of cruel neglect. Both were released on their own recognizance and are…
Friday was a nasty day with rain and seas of three to four feet on the ocean. Rain and seas up to seven feet are forecast over Saturday and Sunday. As nasty as the weather was it was a good fishing day for the Billfisher out of Ocean City, Maryland. Captain Jon Duffie put angler…