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UPDATED 8/24/21 – Last week’s Cape School Board meeting ended abruptly when parents became upset over masks in schools. The meeting was adjourned before the financial business and committee reports were presented. Superintendent Robert Fulton told WGMD in an email that the remaining items will be handled during the next school board meeting on September…
Monday’s meeting of the Indian River School District Board of Education will be held outdoors. According to district officials, members of the public will be seated in the home field bleachers at the Sussex Central High School stadium. Face coverings will be optional. If weather becomes inclement, the meeting would move indoors to the Sussex…
Delaware elementary schools will be able to significantly expand mental health services. Legislation signed by Governor John Carney Thursday (House Bill 100) establishes a mental health services unit for elementary schools, allowing them to hire more full-time counselors or social workers. $8-million was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Delaware budget to support additional mental…
Snow Hill has hired a new Town Manager who has previous experience in that role in other Eastern Shore Communities – and was twice elected Wicomico County Executive. Rick Pollitt Junior of Allen, Maryland was selected after a ‘highly competitive national search, according to the Snow Hill Mayor and Council. A search committee narrowed down…
A summertime tradition returns to Dewey Beach this weekend, and DelDOT is warning commuters and beach visitors about traffic disruptions. The 24th Running of the Bull takes place Saturday, originating from The Starboard on Coastal Highway. Traffic is expected to completely stop for about five minutes at 2:00 p.m. Saturday in both directions. Traffic signals…
Maryland is taking another step in an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19 cases and reduce the threat posed to residents of nursing homes and hospital patients. Governor Larry Hogan announced Wednesday that employees of nursing homes and at Maryland hospitals will be required to obtain a coronavirus vaccination or be subject to regular…
A fire in Lewes caused no injuries but left a home heavily damaged Wednesday night. According to the Delaware State Fire Marshal’s Office, the fire broke out Wednesday shortly before 7:00 p.m. in the 35,000 block of Peregrine Road. Flames were shooting from the garage when firefighters arrived. Investigators said a car that was running…
A man is dead after apparently walking into the path of a tractor trailer on northbound Route 13, just south of Brickyard Road in Seaford. According to Delaware State Police, the accident Tuesday afternoon claimed the life of 46-year-old Edward Hamorski, whose last known address is Jacksonville, North Carolina. The driver of the northbound truck,…
An 80-year-old Seaford man has died in a single-vehicle crash in the area of Woodpecker Road and Woodland Ferry Road. According to Delaware State Police, the pick-up truck that Norman Miller was driving started to hydroplane on standing water Tuesday afternoon. The vehicle slid across a private driveway and a grassy area before it struck…
Worcester County Public Schools students, teachers and staff will have the option of wearing a mask when classes resume. WCPS will “highly recommend” universal masking, in conjunction with CDC guidance. The school system’s “Responsible Return 2.0” plan will attempt to distance students three feet apart in classrooms, and six feet or more elsewhere in school…
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources is revising the flood risk map in the area of Bundicks Branch west of Lewes. According to DNREC, the effort is part of its Division of Watershed Stewardship partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to improve accuracy of flood maps statewide. FEMA flood risk maps are ultimately used…
A forever stamp that features the Harbor of Refuge Lighthouse has been unveiled. The lighthouse is still in working order, at the mouth of Delaware Bay near Lewes. It’s 70 feet tall and built of cast-iron plates and bricks. The Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses stamps series recognizes five lighthouses. A ceremony to unveil the stamp was held…
A Wicomico County motel operator has pled guilty in Circuit Court to two counts related to illegal discharges of sewage waste. Sitaram Hospitality has been ordered to pay fines totaling $50,000, with all but $25,000 suspended. The money is to go into the Maryland Clean Water Fund. According to Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh, the…
Two people have been shot in Dover in the midst of a large crowd behind a bar. Dover Police said officers were in the area of South Bradford Street and West Loockerman Street early Saturday to monitor bar closings due to recent incidents. Police heard a gunshot, and found a female with a gunshot wound…
Fenwick Island Town Council has scheduled an organizational meeting this week to swear in four council members-elect. The winners of the August 7th election all defeated incumbents. They will take office this Friday at 3:30 at Town Hall.Also, officers – mayor and vice mayor – will be elected. Three other members of Fenwick Island Council…
Dover Police are investigating a wave of burglaries. Within about 30 minutes early Monday: -at about 4:08 a.m., the front door of the Exxon station at 1710 North DuPont Highway was shattered. Someone used a trash can to steal about 167 packs of cigarettes. A concrete block was used to break in. -a short time…
Restoration of World War II Artillery Fire Control Tower Number 3 at Delaware Seashore State Park is expected to proceed this fall, and be completed in early Summer 2022. According to the Delaware Seashore Preservation Foundation, fundraising and planning have taken 15 years. Delmarva Veteran Builders, which is dedicated to employing veterans, has been contracted…
The US Army Corps of Engineers along with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Worcester County will host a hybrid public meeting this week. The session Tuesday will examine the navigation improvement project to address sediment accumulation in the Ocean City Inlet, and a study into the ‘scour hole’ near Homer Gudelsky Park. The…
Delaware Public Health is encouraging people who take part in large gatherings and events that this time of year brings to get tested for Coronavirus, in light of the recent increase in case rates and spread of the Delta variant. Events such as birthday parties, college sendoffs, weddings and other gatherings involving people in close…
A house fire early Sunday was likely caused by a lightning strike. According to the Indian River Volunteer Fire Company, the fire was reported overnight at a home on Rivers Edge Road in Stonewater Creek. The fire was discovered in a first-floor crawl space. Smoke spread through the home, and firefighters had to cut through…
It’s a first for Rehoboth Beach: the city has reached a contract with a planner for long-term planning services. Thomas West, AICP, with Greener Planning LLC in West Chester, Pennsylvania will provide planning services to the City of Rehoboth Beach and the Planning Commission for the rest of the fiscal year which ends next March…
Passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 could result in cleaner water in Delaware, according to Senator Tom Carper. Carper visited the Kent County Wastewater Facility in Milford Friday, saying that the bipartisan legislation will provide funding to update drinking water and wastewater infrastructure. Communities and water system operators would have access…
Summer storms again spread across Delmarva Friday night. Trees and wires came down in the Bridgeville area. At one point, Delaware Electric Cooperative reported that nearly 2,000 members were without power – mostly in its beach territory. Power has since been restored. A lightning strike was also reported at a home in Queen Anne’s County.…
A juvenile grey seal, Tom Sawyer, has been released into the ocean at Assateague State Park. The seal was rehabilitated at the National Aquarium Animal Care and Rescue Center, after being rescued from a Delaware beach in April, in coordination with the Marine Education Research and Rehabilitation Institute. Tom Sawyer was found to be suffering…
A Frederick County firefighter has died in the line of duty. Fire and Rescue Captain Joshua Laird died at the scene of a residential fire. He was a 21-year veteran of the force. Governor Larry Hogan said Thursday that state and US flags in Maryland are flying at half-staff in tribute to Captain Laird. Flags…