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Governor John Carney and the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) announced Delaware’s plans to distribute the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine that was granted Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration Friday evening. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) also voted Saturday to recommend the use…
Lights on Conley Chapel Road in Angola / Click for full view
Helen – 302-664-1961 – Kitchen set wooden table w/tile top w/4 chairs – $50 Pete – 302-249-1946 – Bronze Erte sculpture, limited edition, “Femme Deluxe,” 18″ high – $9000 Barbara – 302-745-3735 – Pair of Indian handmade cloth dolls w/turquoise beads – $60 – Vintage battery operated drummer bear (from 1950-60s) – $80 – Vintage…
Friday saw decent weather and fish were caught. Saturday will have three-foot seas with four-foot on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday the seas jump to seven feet. The biggest new was striped bass or rockfish finally made it to Delaware. Woody Phelps caught two nice rockfish one-mile east of Indian River Inlet. No information on…
Theresa Olsen – Millville – Bethany Beach Christmas tree at the boardwalk bandstand / Click for full view
Delaware’s coronavirus numbers remain elevated – but show a bit of improvement since Tuesday, when the number of new positive cases was over 900. The number of new positive cases on Thursday was 789 – with 404 in New Castle County, 211 in Sussex and 174 in Kent. The number of hospitalized with the virus…
On December 11, 2020, Chief Judge Leonard P. Stark of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware issued a decision denying a motion filed by the Knights of Columbus Star of the Sea Council in which the Knights requested that the Court issue a preliminary injunction requiring the City of Rehoboth Beach…
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced today that it will close all nature centers within Delaware State Parks starting Monday, Dec. 14 through Jan. 11, 2021, to limit the spread of COVID-19. No in-person programming will be held at Delaware State Parks while the nature centers are closed in order to…
James Wieman – Ocean City Inlet / Click for full view
Margaret May – Lewes – Santa on the Pond / Click for full view
After 8 months of dealing with coronavirus there may be a significant change later this week. The first vaccine – from Pfizer – will go before the FDA advisory group for an emergency use authorization Thursday. If approved – the vaccine could be here in Delaware by next week. The Delaware Vaccination task force has…
Candidates looking to run for one of the two seats up for election on the town council in Greenwood have until 5pm Friday, December 11 to file. Greenwood’s election is set for Saturday, January 16. If you’re a resident and have not yet registered to vote in the municipal election – you have until December…
Ellendale voters have a town council election coming up in early January. There are two seats up for election – the deadline for candidates to file is Friday at 4:30pm. Applications are available from Town Hall – Monday through Thursday from 9am to noon. Click here for more information
Katie Rimel – West Ocean City – Ready to sing in the season! / Click for full view
Maryland State Police need your help to find a missing Pittsville man. Police say 32 year old David Hall was reported missing on December 3 by his wife – who says she has not seen him since November 20, when police conducted a domestic escort at the residence the couple shares. Hall left the home…
The Sussex County Council meets this week at its regular time – 10am in the County Administration Offices in Georgetown. On the agenda the Council will consider the City of Seaford’s request for funding of the Western Sussex Business Campus. County Finance Director, Gina Jennings will provide a quarterly pension update and investment recommendation. The…
On December 7, 1787 – Delaware became the first state to ratify the Federal Constitution – becoming the First State in the New Nation. However December 7th has only been observed as “Delaware Day” since 1933. It was educator and legislator Paul Burkholder and the Rotary Club of Georgetown that lead a statewide effort in…
US flags are ordered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Monday in honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day and the lives that were lost in 1941. The attack claimed the lives of 2334 servicemen and servicewomen and wounded another 1143 at Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Hawaii.
On Friday, Delaware public health officials report 618 new positive coronavirus tests – with the bulk of them – over 400 in New Castle County. The fewest new positive tests were in Sussex County with 198. However the number of hospitalizations statewide has topped 300 – at 306 – with 36 of those people in…
Saturday was just a tad rough with a gale warning and seas to eight feet. Sunday looks almost as bad with seas to five feet and a cold northwest wind. None but the brave or foolish will be fishing on Sunday. As we approach winter and bad weather days outnumber good ones, our fishing reports…
Rehoboth firefighters were called for a mobile home fire around 1:30 this morning in the Big Oaks Campground outside of Rehoboth. Crews arriving at the scene found the home and two outbuildings well involved in flames and several other buildings damaged by the blaze. Crews from Bethany Beach, Lewes, Indian River and Milton assisted or…
A Georgetown woman is dead after a single vehicle crash around 10:30 Saturday night on Route 113 near Ellendale. Delaware State Police continue to investigate, but say the BMW was northbound on the highway in the area of East Robbins Road when the car went off the roadway and into a tree. Police say the…
Elderberry Street in Georgetown / Click for full view