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Delmarva Power Crews to Aid in Hurricane Ida Recovery
Delmarva Power is sending crews, equipment and expertise to Louisiana to repair utility infrastructure damage and help restore energy service for customers impacted by Hurricane Ida. More than 100 Delmarva Power employees and contractors are heading south as part of mutual assistance networks coordinating recovery efforts. “Energy companies from across the country have supported our…
Read MoreIndian River School District to Use New Online Family Portal for Meal Purchases
The Indian River School District will implement a new online family portal for meal purchases in schoolcafeterias and online meal benefit applications for the 2021-2022 school year. The new TITAN system willreplace the previous K12 Payment Center system. Families may open a new account in the TITAN system prior to the start of the school…
Read MoreTravel Advisory: Route 20 Closed At Route 13 Due To Downed Wires
Update: repairs to a traffic signal and downed wires delayed traffic at Route 20 and Route 13 much of Monday. Everything has since reopened. ——————————————————————————————————————————– Original story: Route 20 remains closed in both directions at the intersection of Route 13 in Seaford due to downed wires and a dark traffic signal. DelDOT also said there…
Read MorePedestrian Hit by Mini-Van on Coastal Hwy in Dewey
The irony, just hours after pedestrian safety was a featured topic of Saturday’s candidate forum, a 31-year-old man was seriously injured while crossing Coastal Highway near Rodney Avenue in Dewey Beach. He was struck by the white Toyota Sceana minivan in the southbound lanes around 9:45 p.m. According to EMS reports he was thrown over the hood…
Read MoreRehoboth Uses About 100K Plastic Trash Bags a Season!
Kevin Williams, Rehoboth Beach public works director, provided estimates of plastic trash bag usage to Comm. Dick Byrne who chairs the city’s Environment Committee. According to those numbers, the city public works crews use around 1000 plastic bags a day during the summer in the city’s public trash cans. Assuming a 100-day season, that’s about 100,000…
Read MoreRebuilding Rehoboth History Building by Building
REBUILDING REHOBOTH HISTORY BUILDING BY BUILDING He collects tidbits of Rehoboth Beach history like an entomologist collects insects. Photographs, postcards, newspapers.com articles, insurance company and land records and surveys all help him recreate a nearly perfect replica of 1910 Rehoboth Beach. Meet Paul Lovett, a local historian who spends several hours each day examining and reconstructing the…
Read More7 Rescued From Burning Fishing Vessel In Ocean City
A fishing vessel caught fire and sank in the Ocean City Inlet over the weekend. According to the Ocean City Fire Department, people on another boat in the area rescued seven boaters on board the burning boat early Sunday morning. No injuries were reported. The incident is still under investigation. Maryland Coast Dispatch reports that…
Read MorePresident & First Lady at DAFB for Dignified Transfer of 13 Service Members Killed in Kabul Terror Attack
President Biden has made his first visit as commander-in-chief to Dover Air Force Base for the dignified transfer ceremony as the bodies of US personnel who were killed in an attack on the airport in Kabul last week returned to American soil. Mr. Biden was accompanied by First Lady Dr. Jill Biden at Sunday’s solemn…
Read MoreUPDATED: Fin Whale Dies in Delaware Bay off Cape Henlopen, Officials Investigate and Bury Carcass
UPDATED 8/29/21 – Despite best efforts to assist the 57’ young male fin whale that stranded on a sandbar on thebayside of the Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, the whale ultimately beached itself for thefinal time on the oceanside of the Point on the evening of Thursday, August 26th. The whaledied on its own…
Read MoreUS Coast Guard Investigating Boating Accident & Death Off Ocean City
UPDATED – 8/29/21 – A boating accident offshore of Ocean City has taken the life of Captain Chris Ragni, Sr. There’s an outpouring on Facebook from the fishing community as well as other friends and loved ones. His son, Chris Ragni, Jr on his Facebook page said that his father died doing what he loved…
Read MoreHenlopen Acres Voters Elect Beatrix Richards & Tiffany Derrickson to Board of Commissioners
Voters in Henlopen Acres have returned incumbent Beatrix Richards to the town Board of Commissioners and elected Tiffany Derrickson to fill the seat being vacated by Andrew Brittingham. Richards was the top vote-getter with 91 and Derrickson grabbed 90 votes. Lyndie Hertrich won 83 votes and John Shedletsky, Jr got 28. The Board of Commissioners…
Read MorePublic Comment Sessions Planned for Use of Body-Worn Cameras for Delaware Police Officers
The Council on Police Training will hold two public comment sessions for regulations regarding the use of body-worn cameras for Delaware police officers, as required by HB 195. These regulations will address standards governing body camera use, activation, electronic storage, and dissemination. A subcommittee will receive all comments from the public on the required mandatory…
Read MoreAutism Delaware’s Specialty License Tag Revealed
Autism Delaware’s license plate project nearly over – and the winning specialty tag is a real stand out! Now orders are needed to the DMV which needs at least 50 paid applications before the plate will be listed on the Delaware DMV website. You will keep the current license plate number you have – your…
Read MoreRetired Judge Charles Welch Announces Run for Delaware AG
Retired Judge Charles Welch has announced that he will seek the office of Attorney General in the November 2022 election. Welch was a judge in the Court of Common Pleas in Kent County – and is a long time champion of law enforcement. He’ll kick off his three county stump in New Castle County at…
Read MoreDelaware’s Coronavirus Numbers Going Up
While the week began with Delaware’s coronavirus new positive test numbers falling – Tuesday and Wednesday they again increased from 196 on Monday to 437 on Wednesday. The bulk of the positive tests are in New Castle County – and Sussex County dropped 2 to 111. Hospitalizations have again gone over 200 – the last…
Read MorePresident Biden and State Officials on the Terrorist Attack in Kabul
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION As a mark of respect for the U.S. service members and other victims killed in the terrorist attack on August 26, 2021, in Kabul, Afghanistan, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States…
Read MoreMD State Board of Education Approves Statewide Masking for Public Schools
The Maryland State Board of Education held a special meeting Thursday to discuss a statewide emergency mask regulation. While several board members agreed that this should be a decision left to the local jurisdictions, not all of them had done so. After about 20 minutes of discussion the Board voted to approve the emergency regulation,…
Read MoreMD State Senator Carozza Speaks Out on Possible State School Board Masking Mandate
The Maryland State Board of Education will is holding a special meeting at 3pm today to discuss statewide school masking requirements. Maryland State Senator Mary Beth Carozza yesterday released a statement that she has pushed for local control and authority when it came to the reopening of businesses, schools and vaccinations. She says that a…
Read MoreMove-In Day at UD
Today and Friday is move-in day at the University of Delaware for first year students. Upper division move-in is Saturday. Everyone should expect extra activity and traffic near the campus residence halls and University officials say Courtney Street will be closed to westbound traffic temporarily to accommodate students moving into Harrington Hall. A reminder –…
Read MoreEarly Morning Fire in Federalsburg
Firefighters from Federalsburg were called for a structure fire just be fore 3:30 this morning at 203 South Main Street. Crews arriving at the scene found fire showing from the building. Fire crews from Hurlock, Blades, Bridgeville and Seaford also responded or provided backup.
Read MoreMove In Day at Salisbury University – Watch for Traffic Detours
Today is move in day at Salisbury University. There is a traffic advisory on Camden Avenue between College Avenue and Pine Bluff Road from 6am till 2pm today as about 800 new students and their parents arrive on campus. Non-university traffic will be detoured away from campus. For University employees who normally park on campus…
Read MoreMosquito Spraying tonight in Sussex County
Weather permitting; the Delaware Mosquito Control Section plans the following insecticide application(s) during the evening hours on Wednesday, August 25, 2021: Application of Anvil 10+10 (Sumithrin/PBO) with a truck-mounted sprayer to control adult mosquitoes in the following areas: Near Delmar, Laurel, Seaford, Bridgeville, Greenwood, Ellendale, Milton, and Milford. For notification purposes, spraying will be done in the following spray…
Read MoreCrash at Rt 1 & Brick Granary Road Sends 9 to area Hospitals
Nine people were taken to area hospitals after a crash just after 8 last night on Route 1 at Brick Granary Road. Delaware State Police tell WGMD that an RV driven by a New Jersey man was stopped on Brick Granary Road at the stop sign then entered the intersection where it collided with a…
Read MoreDelDOT Brings CTP to Sussex County Council
The latest Capital Transportation Program (CTP) from DelDOT is now available for your review. This CTP covers from FY 23 to FY 28 and includes nine proposed projects in Sussex County that have been added to the plan and will start the design phase during this 5-year time frame. The full CTP includes 106 proposed…
Read MoreMosquito Spraying Today Near Millsboro
Weather permitting; the Delaware Mosquito Control Section plans the following insecticide application during the daylight hours on Wednesday, August 25, 2021: Application of Imperium (Deltamethrin) with an airplane (registration number N5552A) to control adult mosquitoes in the following areas: Near Millsboro. For notification purposes, spraying will be done in the following spray zones: 166, 167, 178, and 179. All insecticides…
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