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A Maryland Deputy State Fire Marshal likely saved the life of a man who was badly injured in a chainsaw accident. Brad Childress in Queen Anne’s County heard landscaping work going on at a neighboring home. Then, he heard the shouts of a man in extreme pain Thursday afternoon. Childress, who is also a volunteer…
Funland, on the Rehoboth Beach boardwalk, looks to keep the summer fun going into the fall. For the first time, the amusement park will open weekends all the way through the end of September. In past years, it has closed after the second weekend of the month. Funland’s opening during the summer was delayed due…
With the peak summer crowds now gone, Ocean City looks to clean up. The Bay to Boardwalk street clean-up project is scheduled for this Sunday between ten and noon.Participants are asked to show up at the City Hall parking lot. Gloves and bags will be provided. The clean-up covers the area between 27th Street and…
The Cape Henlopen Education Association’s membership has voted “no confidence” in the Board of Education and the Superintendent’s reopening plan and timetable for the new school year. Cape Henlopen Education Association President Lacey Brown says in a statement that the union had multiple discussions about the reopening plan which was adopted August 6th. The statement…
The Delaware Department of Correction has opened its Intelligence Operations Center, a new statewide facility that helps to locate, assess and proactively act upon any security threats. According to the DOC and Governor Carney, the IOC is the result of an investment into technology and people and addresses a critical need for better communication and…
Anyone who visited a large rodeo / concert event at Rancho El on Redden Road near Bridgeville last Sunday is ‘strongly encouraged’ to get a test for COVID-19. The Delaware Division of Public Health says patrons of the gathering, which appeared to lack social distancing and mask compliance, should find a convenient location for a…
A Seaford man is facing several charges related to drugs and weapons following an investigation that Delaware State Police say lasted for six months. According to troopers, an investigation determined that 37-year-old Adan Montalvo-Cruz arranged shipments of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Delaware using the mail. Police say Montalvo-Cruz was arrested after being seen accepting…
A Bridgeville man is charged with assault and other criminal offenses, according to Delaware State Police. Police say an investigation determined that the suspect and a 63-year-old man got into an argument in the 18,000-block of Wesley Church Road. According to police, 40-year-old Howard Page left the scene, then came back with an aluminum pipe…
A Lewes man is facing multiple criminal charges and traffic offenses after Delaware State Police investigated reports that a driver in a black Jeep had struck vehicles in a parking lot. Troopers responded to Belle Grove Road in Lewes and located a vehicle in a field. 34-year-old Clinton Dulaney was taken into custody, but police…
A large Labor Day weekend event on Redden Road near Bridgeville has drawn the attention of state health officials and Governor John Carney. Videos and photos of the concert and rodeo event depicted many people close together, not wearing masks. The size of the crowd has been estimated at 2,000. âI was very disturbed by…
A 13-year-old Fruitland girl who was reported missing has been located. Key’Mani Chanel Elizabeth Smith had been reported missing Wednesday. She has since been located.
The first day of school is an eventful one in Caroline County, which, like many other systems, starts the year with a goal of bringing students back into buildings for some in-person learning this fall. Governor Larry Hogan visited North Caroline High School Tuesday, along with State Superintendent of Schools Dr. Karen Salmon. Already, Caroline…
Seven people were left homeless and a family pet died in a Labor Day house fire in Berlin that authorities say was caused by improper use of a grill. According to the Worcester County Fire Marshal’s Office, the blaze started at about 3:45 p.m. Monday at the home on Circle Road. Arriving firefighters were met…
Three suspects are being sought in connection with the theft of two motocross-style bikes from a shed in the Dagsboro area. Delaware State Police say the suspects broke into a shed in the 30,000-block of Sandy Landing Road at about 2:37 a.m. Monday by using bolt cutters. They were caught on surveillance. One suspect is…
Worcester County begins accepting applications for another round of funding through the Workforce Back to Business COVID-19 Assistance Grant Program. The program is federally funded through the CARES Act, and funds were awarded through the State of Maryland. 205 Worcester County businesses received part of $1.17-million awarded through the first round of the Back to…
A Sussex Correctional Institution inmate with underlying health conditions and complications from COVID-19 has died at Kent General Hospital. 55-year-old Charles R.J. Patterson was from Frankford and had been serving a sentence for his 7th DUI conviction. He tested positive back in July. The Department of Correction says Patterson was the only SCI inmate who…
–Update: Delaware State Police Tuesday identified the man who died in a Monday accident as 50-year-old Keith Daniels of Magnolia– A man riding a motorcycle is dead following a crash in Kent County Labor Day afternoon. Delaware State Police say the driver of a car turned into the path of the motorcyclist Monday afternoon at…
An occupied residence in Felton was struck by eleven gunshots over the weekend, according to Delaware State Police. The shots were fired Sunday just after 10:30 p.m. in the 5,000-block of Canterbury Road. Three adults and a teenager were inside the home at the time. No one was hurt. State Police say there is no…
A traffic stop on Middleford Road results in charges against a Seaford man. Delaware State Police say the vehicle that was stopped over the weekend had a fictitious license plate. An investigation, according to police, determined that the driver, 32-year-old Garland Church, had a folding knife longer than three inches hidden in his waistband. Police…
A Seaford man spotted by a state trooper walking in the dark and not carrying a flashlight is facing weapons-related charges. Delaware State Police say a trooper on pro-active patrol in the area of Dove Road made contact with 34-year-old Dwight Berrain. The smell of alcohol and marijuana led to an investigation. Police say Berrain…
Applications will be accepted starting at ten a.m. Tuesday in the first round of Delawareâs $100-million DE Relief Grant Program. The DE Relief Grant Program makes grants of up to $100,000 available to help small businesses and Delaware nonprofits that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Businesses interested in applying should have 2019 tax…
The Lewes Public Library now has a âlittle free pantry.â Donations are being accepted to stock the pantry with non-perishable food items, hygiene products and other goods for people in need in the Lewes area. The Teen Service Librarian Emily Ellinger and the library’s young environmentalists club, Roots and Shoots, developed the idea during a…
Nearly half of the residents of a Caroline County nursing home have tested positive for coronavirus. 32 residents and 18 staff at Caroline Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Denton had tested positive. None have been hospitalized as of yet. Nursing home residents and employees are tested weekly under Maryland Health Department requirements. The first positive…
The public will be permitted to again attend meetings of Berlin Mayor and Council and other town meetings in person. Under current guidelines, attendance will be permitted at up to 50-percent capacity, and visitors will be required to wear face coverings and socially distance. Doors will open for Berlin meetings 15 minutes before scheduled start…
Jury trials are scheduled to start up again in October in Delaware under a plan released by Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz Junior. The judicial emergency and its terms are also extended an additional 30 days until October 5th. Jury trials would mark a move into a modified phase three of a four-phase court reopening…