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User 284190339 · 10-29-25 Fishing Report Tuesday, I spent all day at the Hyatt Place in Dewey Beach attending the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Annual Meeting. The ASMFC regulates fishing in state waters out to three miles from Maine to Florida. Tuesday’s subject was menhaden. Ground zero for menhaden fishing is the Omega Protein…
The House and Senate Democratic leaders as well as the chairs of the Joint Finance and Bond Committees are also urging Governor Matt Meyer to use his authorization of state funding to ensure SNAP benefits for Delawareans are uninterrupted in November. They have sent a letter to Governor Meyer and say they are prepared to…
Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced today that her office has issued a Statement of No Objection to the proposed corporate recapitalization transaction of Open AI, Inc., a Delaware nonprofit corporation. Today’s announcement comes over a year after Attorney General Jennings began her review of OpenAI’s proposed transaction. OpenAI initially proposed a restructuring that would remove the…
Delaware House and Senate Republican leaders have sent a letter to Governor Matt Meyer requesting that his administration and DHSS Secretary Christen Linke Young identify and redirect any available funding resources to support the SNAP Program. The add that if no funds are available, then a special session of the General Assembly should be called…
Maryland Governor Wes Moore has announced $17-million in grants that will allow more income-qualified Marylanders to tap into the cost-cutting and environmental benefits of the Community Solar Grant Program. The program promotes access to solar power for individuals who rent their homes or cannot install solar panels on their own properties. The minimum size of…
As SNAP benefits run out at the end of this month, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has joined a coalition of 22 other attorneys general and three governors in filing a lawsuit against the USDA and Secretary Brooke Rollins for unlawfully suspending the SNAP benefits – which help over 40-million Americans buy food – due…
Delaware State Police are investigating a vehicle crash that occurred Monday night just after 7pm near Lincoln. Police tell the Talk of Delmarva that a Jetta was northbound on Route 113 near Hudson Mill Road when for unknown reasons the Jetta went off the side of the road and struck a tree. The driver –…
UPDATED – 10/28/25 – After several tumultuous months of conflict, Somerset County School Superintendent Dr. Ava Tasker-Mitchell will step down from her position as Superintendent of Schools on Friday. This was a mutual agreement between Tasker-Mitchell and the Somerset County Board of Education. The Board of Education says additional information and details will be forthcoming.…
A Delaware State Trooper has been indicted for felony misconduct after an incident in Lewes earlier this year. The Delaware Attorney General’s office says 53 year old Master Corporal William Walker was indicted Monday and charged with two counts of felony official misconduct and misdemeanor charges of falsely reporting an incident, 3rd degree assault and…
UPDATED – 10/28/25 – The Delaware State Police, through the State Bureau of Identification (SBI), announces that the Permit to Purchase online application portal is now live. Delaware residents who plan to purchase or transfer a handgun on or after November 16, 2025, must first obtain a handgun qualified purchaser permit. Applicants can begin the…
This August, anglers at the White Marlin Open will have more days to choose from in search of the “big one.” The tournament will now offer six days of fishing – you still will fish three of them. This summer’s WMO will go from Monday, August 3rd through Saturday, August 8th. The final Saturday added…
User 284190339 · 10-28-25 Fishing Report Monday was the beginning of a week with weather that makes Halloween look like Christmas. Tuesday we will have a gale warning and seas will run to 9 feet during the rest of the week. No boats ran from Lewes or Indian River Inlet on Monday and I don’t…
Barb Moulinier – Rehoboth Beach – Sunset at the Rehoboth Bay Sail Club in Dewey Beach. Click for full view
A Salisbury man has been convicted of 1st degree murder and other offenses following a five-day jury trial in the Circuit Court for Wicomico County. The jury found 18 year old Mykel Elliott guilty of 1st degree murder, attempted 1st degree murder, 2 counts of conspiracy-1st degree murder, gang participation and other offenses. Court records…
UPDATED – 10/27/25 – The arrest last week of Donald Gross and Marlyn Gramajo-Gutierrez in Seaford has closed three bank robberies in the Seaford area. Detective closed two robberies of M&T Banks and one at Bora Beauty on October 21st. Gross is now charged with the following offenses: 2 counts of Robbery 1st (Felony B) …
UPDATED – 10/27/25 – DelDOT will begin paving operations in Dewey Beach on Monday, November 3rd. The work will be done between 8am and 4pm – weather permitting – on side streets off Coastal Highway in the area on King Charles Avenue to Collins Street. Milling and paving operations will have traffic controlled by flaggers. Drivers…
Legislation that protects families from the long-term financial consequences of illness and injury is now in effect in Delaware. Senate Bill 156 prohibits the reporting of medical debt to consumer reporting agencies and prohibits any medical debt from being included on a consumer report went into effect today. The bill was passed unanimously in both…
A traffic stop around 11pm last Wednesday night led to the arrest of a Salisbury man. Delaware State Police spotted a BMW with Maryland tags speeding on Delmar Road. The vehicle failed to stay in it lane and crossed onto the shoulder and into the grass. During the traffic stop, police identified the driver as…
A Millsboro man involved in a crash around 11 Friday morning died from his injuries Saturday. Delaware State Police say 73 year old Gary Cooney of Millsboro was a passenger in a Mazda waiting to turn left into a private driveway on Millsboro Highway west of Mumford Road when the vehicle was struck by an…
Drivers in Worcester County should expect delays if you are driving in the area of the Routes 50 and 589 intersection east of Berlin. State Highway officials say that work associated with a commercial development and apartment complex, Coastal Square, will begin at that intersection on Saturday – and should be completed in the spring…
State DHSS officials remind SNAP recipients that the November 2025 benefits will be on hold starting November 1st because of the government shut down. Exemptions for SNAP work requirements also change on November 1st. DHSS officials also warn of an increase in phishing calls and text scams asking for EBT card numbers and PINs. Do…
Jeff Balk, the chair of the Sussex County Democratic Party, has resigned. State Democratic and other officials have called for Balk to step down after previous sex crimes against minors came out. Those offenses occurred in 1988 in Missouri. Balk announced his resignation on the Sussex County Democratic Party’s Facebook page Sunday night and told…
User 284190339 · 10-27-25 Fishing Report Sunday my son Ric and I went fishing on the Angler out of Ocean City, Maryland. I have not been fishing since last December and just getting out on the water was a thrill, being with Ric made it even better and catching some quality sea bass, a triggerfish,…
NAME: Cathy / 302-727-2570 / Lewes ITEM: Dept. 56 – Heritage Village Collection DESCRIPTION: 25 boxes of hand painted porcelain pieces (13 houses/shoppes, 1 covered bridge & 11 boxes of figurines). Plus, 1 cobblestone road & 1 ice pond. These are retired collectibles and in original boxes. AMOUNT: Selling the lot for $450.…
UPDATED – 10/26/25 – Last week, two former Bethany Beach Police Officers reported to federal prison. Former Chief, 58 year old Michael Redmon of Selbyville reported to Federal Correction Institute Beckley in Beaver, West Virginia to begin serving a 13-month prison sentence for felony wire fraud. Former Captain, 50 year old Darin Cathell of Frankford…