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Sunday saw those little three-foot seas hold most ocean-going boats at the dock. The ones that did go wished they hadn’t. The week ahead looks good with light winds and seas of two to three feet on the ocean. On Saturday Robert Wilson caught an 8.66-pound flounder while fishing on the Katydid. Antonio Neal had…
S A Harrison – Millsboro – Blue on Route 24 near Millsboro. Click for full view
Mike from Harbeson – 917-273-7987 WANTED: board for a bulldog for about a month starting at the beginning of September Charles from Milford – 302-233-0596 – Old records: 45s and LPs, box of DVDs and tapes – $100 or Best Offer Ed from Millsboro – 302-381-1982 – Dining room table w/6 chairs, leaf and pad…
Saturday was the last of the really hot and humid days for a while. Sunday will see the wind shift from southwest to northeast at 10 to 15 knots with gusts to 20 and the folks at NOAA are still calling for seas on the ocean to be three feet. Don’t you believe them! Indian…
Friday saw more hot and humid weather, but what do you expect, it’s August in Delaware. Saturday will see more southwest at 10 to 15 with three-foot seas on the ocean. Now here’s a good one. NOAA weather says on Sunday the wind will go northeast at 10 to 15 with gusts to 20, but…
Irv Blackburn – Lewes – Wrong Way Sea Gull at Lewes Beach. Click for full view
Effective Monday, August 16, anyone entering City Hall or other City of Rehoboth Beach facilities is required to wear a mask. The new mandate applies to everyone, employees and visitors, regardless of vaccination status. “We really are disappointed to have to implement mandatory mask-wearing again,” says City Manager Sharon Lynn. “However, considering the increasing covid…
Since Monday, Delaware’s new positive coronavirus tests have increased from 125 to 335 on Wednesday. Thursday saw a bit of a decrease to 281. However the 7-day average of all positive tests has steadily increased from 5.1% last Sunday to 6.2% Thursday. By county on Thursday, New Castle had 132 new positive tests, Kent County…
Rehoboth Beach voters go to the polls Saturday to elect 2 people from a field of four as City Commissioners. Incumbent Richard Byrne is challenged by Timothy Bennett, current planning commissioner, Rachel Macha and former City Commissioner, Mary “Toni” Sharp. Each seat is a 3-year term. Commissioner Pat Coluzzi is not running for another term.…
Thursday was another sunny and hot day at the beach with southwest winds at 10 to 15 and seas of three feet on the ocean. Friday and Saturday look to be the same before showers move in on Saturday afternoon and the wind goes northwest. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid brought in…
Carol Tabor – Flowers reflected in a puddle Click for full view
Wednesday was another typical August day, hot and humid with a 10 to 15-knot southwest wind and three-foot seas on the ocean. Thursday and Friday will be the same before the temperature drops 20 degrees between then and Sunday with rain showers in the forecast. Robbie at Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid had 36…
WGMD’s Throwback Thursday Picture of the Day – to September of 2009 – WGMD’s midday host Don Geronimo broadcasting live from Shenanigan’s in Ocean City – looks like he’s trying to get the leprechaun to give up the location of his pot of gold! Click for full view
I hope you enjoyed the weather on Tuesday because that’s what we will have for the rest of the week. Winds out of the Southwest at 10 to 15 knots and seas on the ocean at three feet. To catch up on reports I missed over the weekend, fishing at Indian River Bay was very…
Jean Messick – Millsboro – Turtles at play in the bay. Click for full view
A New Jersey angler is now the second officially recognized state record holder for swordfish, which he caught during the White Marlin Open on August 6 at Ocean City. Jake Bertonazzi broke the state’s nearly two-week-old record for the Atlantic Division with a 318.5-pound swordfish — Xiphias gladius — caught while participating in the White Marlin Open, roughly 60…
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.Â