Mari Lou

Sussex County Coronavirus Testing

By Mari Lou / June 28, 2020

There will be several saliva-based testing sites this week in Sussex County.  On Monday from 1 to 6pm at the Starboard Restaurant in Dewey Beach.  Thursday July 2nd from 10 to 2pm at Epworth United Methodist Church on Holland Glade Road in Rehoboth and from Noon to 4pm Thursday at Delaware Tech in Georgetown.  For…

WGMD Fishing Report 6-28-20

By Mari Lou / June 28, 2020

Saturday was a beautiful summer day and I did something I never do; I went to the beach on the weekend.  The line waiting to get into Cape Henlopen was back to the Ferry Terminal so we headed to Seashore State Park to find full parking lots until we got to Conquest Road.  My son,…

DPH UPDATE (6/27/20): 74 Additional Positive Cases; No New Deaths

By Mari Lou / June 27, 2020

The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is announcing 74 additional positive cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Delaware, as of 6:00 p.m., Friday, June 26, 2020. No additional COVID-19 related deaths were reported Friday. A total of 507 Delawareans have passed away due to complications from COVID-19. Individuals who have died from COVID-19 ranged…

WGMD Radio Flea Market 6-27-20

By Mari Lou / June 27, 2020

Jim – Millsboro – 703-477-9768 – New drywall stilts – $40 – King size bed frame, steel – $15 – Sportrack SR1002 – Roof rack system – $50 Ron – Lewes – 609-790-4370 – Thule bike hitch for 4 bikes – $125 – 20′ Aluminum Werner ladder – $100 – 6′ step ladder, fiberglass Anna…

UPDATED: Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office Locate Salisbury Man

By Mari Lou / June 27, 2020

UPDATED 1pm – The Wicomico County Sheriff’s office has located Nathanial Ennels. He is safe. ==================== Wicomico County Sheriff’s office continues to look for 69 year old Nathanial “Teddy” Ennels who went missing Friday afternoon just before 3pm.  Police say he is an African American man, about 5’ 7” and 160 pounds with greyish brown…

06-27-20 – IPoD Candidate for US Senate – Mark Turley

By Mari Lou / June 27, 2020

WGMD Fishing Report 6-27-20

By Mari Lou / June 27, 2020

The excellent weather continued on Friday, but the fishing is beginning to slow down a bit.  Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina had the final total for the Joe Morris Memorial Canal Flounder Tournament held on June 5th.  The tournament and associated sales and donations came to a very impressive $14,000 that will be given to…

WGMD Picture of the Day

By Mari Lou / June 27, 2020

Jeannine Streeter – Long Neck – Perfect Reflection / Click for full view

WGMD Fishing Report 6-26-20

By Mari Lou / June 26, 2020

More good weather and more good fishing on Thursday even though a few showers showed up here and there. Tommy at Lewes Harbour Marina said Logan Serpico told him his friend Anthony had a nice trout on a four-inch Gulp! out of the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal on Wednesday.  On Thursday the head boats out…

WGMD Picture of the Day

By Mari Lou / June 26, 2020

Debra Swartzlander – Lewes – Plantation East / Click for full view

WGMD Fishing Report 6-25-20

By Mari Lou / June 25, 2020

We are having a run of good fishing days and Wednesday was another in the string.  It looks like our luck will continue right through the weekend although the wind will swing back to the southwest bringing the flies back out of the marsh. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina saw flounder from ocean structure come…

WGMD Picture of the Day

By Mari Lou / June 25, 2020

WGMD is celebrating 40 years on the air. WGMD’s Throwback Thursday Picture of the Day goes back to 1995 and WGMD’s 15th Anniversary at the old Lighthouse in Dewey Beach. WGMD’s Wayne Cannon and Kelli Steele chatting with Pat Campbell White and Charlie Marsch (many thanks to Wayne for his memory to identify people in the series of pictures from the party) / Click for full view

WGMD Fishing Report 6-24-20

By Mari Lou / June 24, 2020

Tuesday saw the wind go southwest and bring all those poor, starving flies out of the marsh to the beach and the open waters of the bay and ocean.  It looks like this weather will continue for several days so be prepared with lots of DEET when you venture outside. At Lewes Harbour Marina, Tom…

WGMD Picture of the Day

By Mari Lou / June 24, 2020

Melodee Schauer – Lewes – Taking in Herring Creek from a kayak / Click for full view

DPH UPDATE (6/23/20): 27 Additional Positive Cases; 95 Additional Recovered; Identifies Additional Coronavirus Deaths Through Vital Records Review

By Mari Lou / June 23, 2020

The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is announcing 27 additional positive cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Delaware as well as two additional COVID-19-related fatalities involving Delaware residents, as of 6:00 p.m. Monday, June 22, 2020. In addition, DPH is also announcing that after completing a review of death certificate records from the…

Sussex County Council Approves FY 21 Budget & Plans to Begin Reopening of County Offices

By Mari Lou / June 23, 2020

The Sussex County Council held a public hearing this morning on the County’s proposed $157.8-million FY21 budget and public hearings to set the water and sewer assessment rolls and to establish the annual service charges, assessment rates and connection charges for the county’s water and sewer districts. There was no comment made on the two…

WGMD Fishing Report 6-23-20

By Mari Lou / June 23, 2020

Monday dawned bright and warm so I decided to try some surf fishing at Three Rs Road.  Conditions could not have been better with a light southeast wind, clean water and two to three-foot seas.  I was on the beach around 7:30 and fished the last of the incoming into the first of the outgoing. …

WGMD Picture of the Day

By Mari Lou / June 23, 2020

Dave Nelson – Ocean View – White clouds approaching the Indian River Bay / Click for full view

New Maryland Webpage Recognizes Businesses and Non-Profits Which Helped During the Pandemic

By Mari Lou / June 22, 2020

Governor Larry Hogan today announced that more than 200 Maryland companies and nonprofit organizations across the state have supported their communities’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “During one of the most daunting challenges of our lifetime, businesses of all sizes have stepped up to the plate by volunteering their time, labor, and resources,” said Governor Hogan.…

Interview: Jim DeMartino – DE GOP Candidate for US Senate

By Mari Lou / June 22, 2020

WGMD Fishing Report 6-22-20

By Mari Lou / June 22, 2020

Sunday was yet another good fishing day with light winds, three-foot seas and water temperatures approaching 70 degrees. We have two really big fish to report.  The first is a pending state record golden tilefish.  Dylan Barer was fishing on the Eire Mar when he caught the 52.8-pound golden.  It was checked in at Hook…

UFCW Local 27 to Rally at Mountaire Poultry in Selbyville Monday

By Mari Lou / June 21, 2020

Safety concerns and unfair labor practices at the Mountaire Poultry plant in Selbyville will lead to a rally and car caravan protest on Monday morning.  The United Food & Commercial Workers Local 27 report at least 41 cases of coronavirus were reported at the plant before the company stopped sharing information in April.  The most…

DSP Looking for Felton Man after Greenwood Shooting Incident

By Mari Lou / June 21, 2020

Delaware State Police were called to Memory Road in Greenwood just after 8:30 Saturday night for a shooting.  Police say 19 year old Edward Palmer of Felton went to the home looking for his ex-girlfriend, who was not at home.  Palmer was heard outside threatening to shoot the woman’s dog and assault her father –…

WGMD Fishing Report 6-21-20

By Mari Lou / June 21, 2020

Saturday saw more good fishing weather and folks took advantage fishing in the bay and the ocean.  The next few days look good as well. At Lewes Harbour Marina we heard that the Katydid had a boat limit of flounder on Friday and again on Saturday fishing ocean structure.  The Angler caught kings and trout…

WGMD Picture of the Day

By Mari Lou / June 21, 2020

Steven Rust – Milford – Working the fields on Deer Valley Road / Click for full view