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The weather was pretty good on Wednesday and lots of fish hit the cleaning tables. At Lewes Harbour Marina they saw limit catches of flounder come in from ocean structure aboard the Katydid, the Surface Tension and the Grizzly. At Breakwater Tackle on the fishing Pier at Cape Henlopen Sate Park they told me croaker…
Read MoreSmall craft advisories were up on Tuesday and not many fish were caught. Lewes Harbour Marina said they saw some kings and croaker that were caught in Delaware Bay on Tuesday. Captain Pete on the Top Fin had the PA Boys out for some shark fishing on Delaware Bay on Tuesday morning. They caught and…
Read MoreAnn Hammond – Delmar – Baby bunny nest in the back yard garden at Holly Ridge. Click for full view
Read MoreThe Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration will resume an overnight milling and patching project on Monday, July 10, along MD 90 (Ocean City Expressway) from US 50 (Ocean Gateway) to MD 589 in Worcester County. Work is expected to be completed by 6 a.m. on Friday July 14, 2023. The work previously stopped due to…
Read MoreOcean City Firefighters were called for a structure fire just after 4 Tuesday morning at Smokers BBQ Pit on Stephen Decatur Highway. Crews arriving at the scene found fire on the outside of the building and were able to bring the fire quickly under control however there was fire and smoke damage extending through the…
Read MoreUPDATED – 06/27/23 – Delaware State Police have identified the victim as 72-year-old Denise Wood of Dover, as the victim of the homicide in Dover on June 25, 2023. ========================================================= Delaware State Police are investigating a homicide in Dover. Police were called to the Wolf Creek development Sunday afternoon for a report of a 72 year…
Read MoreA bipartisan measure introduced by US Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) would expand the US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service compensation program to all poultry growers and layer operations within a highly pathogenic avian influenza control area – rather than only those whose flocks are infected. This…
Read MoreFenwick Island voters will be going to the polls on Saturday, August 5 to elect four people to the town council. There are eight candidates running for those four seats. Incumbents Natalie Magdeburger, Jacqueline Napolitano and Janice Bortner are challenged by John Burch, Kristina Clark, Bernie Merritt, James Simpson and Kurt Zanelotti. Each seat is…
Read MoreA Selbyville man has been arrested for drug dealing and possession of illegal firearms. About two months ago, the Sussex Drug Unit began an investigation of 47 year old William McQueeney who was suspected of dealing drugs in both Maryland and Delaware. Detectives entered his Hosier Street home with a search warrant last week and…
Read MoreDelaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings is looking into the shoplifting of over 500,000 rounds of ammunition from Cabela’s Christiana location. Cabela’s has failed to substantively respond to a subpoena and the AG’s Office of Impact Litigation is asking the Superior Court to enforce the subpoena. The DOJ is investigating whether Cabela’s has violated various laws…
Read MoreGovernor Carney’s goal of every Delaware home and business connecting to high-speed internet is another step close to reality after the First State received $107-million in federal funding trough the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment or BEAD supports partnerships between states or territories, communities and stakeholders to build infrastructure where needed and…
Read MoreThe Sussex County Council will meet on Tuesday – however the meeting will begin at 12:30pm. The Council will revisit and possible vote on two nominees to the Planning & Zoning Commission who were interviewed during last week’s meeting and P&Z Director Jamie Whitehouse will give the Council his annual report on the Comprehensive Land…
Read MoreA third party vendor for Genworth Financial has disclosed a data breach that impacts the personal information of an estimated 2.7-million individuals – including about 8000 Delawareans. The compromised information may include agents, policyholders and beneficiaries’ data – including names, contact information , dates of birth, social security numbers and policy numbers. Consumers should be…
Read MoreState Senator Sarah McBride has announced that she will run for Delaware’s lone Congressional seat – to succeed Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester, who has filed to run for the US Senate seat being vacated by Tom Carper. McBride says that government should do more to make it easier for people to raise a family. In…
Read MoreSunday was the first day this year that felt like summer. Steve at Smith Bait in Leipsic told us trout and flounder have been caught in Delaware Bay out of Bowers Beach. Some are caught from shore at the beach, but most are taken from boats sailing from the inlet. Peeler crab has been the…
Read MoreWhile the weather was far from perfect on Sunday, it was better than it was during the week. Unfortunately, the weather during the week left things stirred up and fishing suffered accordingly. Lewes Harbour Marina reported that the Katydid had a catch of flounder and sheepshead which is an unusual mixture. Paul O’Brian fished the…
Read MoreUPDATED – 06/25/23 – The Delaware State Police have identified 20 year old Glenn E. Porter of Charleroi, PA, as the man who died in a fatal crash that occurred on Seashore Highway/Route 404 west of Greenwood on Friday night. ========================= A crash involving three vehicles west of Greenwood has left on man dead and 2…
Read MoreTwo people were injured after a crash Friday afternoon on Indian Mission Road. Delaware State Police say an SUV driven by a 20 year old Millsboro woman was stopped on Indian Mission Road waiting to turn left onto Dania Drive when a pickup truck driven by a 73 year old man from Georgetown failed to…
Read MoreJohn – Garage Sale 30305 Vines Creek Road, Suite 201, Dagsboro Friday, June 30 and Saturday, July 1 8am to 3pm Mike – 443-750-0893 – Brand new, never used, wide bicycle seat – $10 Tim – 302-507-3525 – 24inch TroyBuilt 2-stage snow blower with electric start, power drive and snow hood NEEDS WORK –…
Read MoreLegislation passed with a unanimous vote in the Delaware State House redefines a firearm in the First State. Republican Jeff Spiegelman is the prime sponsor of House Substitute 1 for House Bill 224 and says that Delaware is the only state where a firearm is broadly defined. Under the current definition – a parent who…
Read MoreWith just over a week left of the General Assembly session, state lawmakers introduced House Bill 195 on Tuesday – that is the state’s proposed $5.606-billion FY 2024 operating budget. The measure was passed in the State House Thursday by a 32 to 8 vote. The 8 who voted against the spending plan said in…
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