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Renovated OC Dog Playground Unleashes More Fun
Ocean City has officially opened the renovated 94th Street Dog Playground. The park now includes a spray water feature, new trees and fencing, and expanded shelter area and other features dogs are sure to enjoy. Elected officials, citizens, visitors and a few pets gathered for a ribbon-cutting event Wednesday. A State of Maryland grant of…
Read MoreThursday Is Tax Day In Md.
The three-month extension for filing State of Maryland income tax returns expires today (Thursday). The usual deadline was extended by Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot in March to give Marylanders more time to deal with the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and to adjust to changes in the middle of the tax filing season due…
Read MoreOcean View Stove Fire Leaves Man Injured
A fire at a mobile home in Ocean View left a 62-year-old man burned on his hands and caused about $10,000 damage, according to the Delaware State Fire Marshal’s Office. Members of the Millville Volunteer Company responded to the 31,000-block of Pine Street shortly before 9:00 a.m. Wednesday. Mutual aid fire companies also assisted. An…
Read MoreWATCH: Del. COVID-19 Town Hall & Update
https://livestream.com/accounts/4090843/events/9755007/videos/223361154 Governor John Carney, Delaware Public Health Director Dr. Karyl Rattay and Delaware Emergency Management Director AJ Schall participated in a virtual COVID-19 update and town hall with Delawareans Tuesday, July 13th. Earlier that day, Delaware’s COVID-19 State of Emergency officially ended. Discussed are recent case trends, vaccination and testing, and the risk posed by…
Read MoreBicycle Safety Checkpoints Return To Rehoboth Area
More bicycle safety checks are scheduled in Rehoboth Beach during the summer, starting this Thursday July 15th DelDOT’s Bicycle program will examine a bike, and mechanics are on hand to make repairs or install bicycle lights. Bicycle helmets will also be available. Services are free of charge. Bicycle safety checkpoints will be held the next…
Read MoreJudge: Md. Must Remain Part Of Federal Enhanced Unemployment Benefits Program
A judge has ruled that Maryland and the Hogan Administration must continue to take part in the federal enhanced unemployment benefits program. A Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Tuesday ruled against Governor Larry Hogan’s effort to end Maryland’s involvement in the program. The governor wanted to stop the enhanced $300-a-week benefits earlier this month, but…
Read MoreDelaware Resolves Natural Resource Damage Claims
The State of Delaware and E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, The Chemours Company, DuPont de Nemours, Inc. and Corteva, Inc, (the “Companies”), businesses with a long history of operations within the State, today announced a settlement agreement designed to benefit Delaware’s natural resources and the people of the State of Delaware now,…
Read MorePublic Comment Focuses on Manufactured Home Parks at Sussex County Council
After a week off for the Fourth of July, the Sussex County Council returned to the Circle in Georgetown with an agenda chock full of items. However it was Public Comment that took center stage to begin the meeting. William Kinnick, President of the Delaware Manufactured Home Owners Association, spoke for the second time about…
Read MoreNew Shallow Nasal Test for Covid-19 to be Given at Curative Testing Sites
Beginning Thursday, July 15, Delaware’s largest COVID-19 testing partner, Curative, Inc., will shift completely from using a self-administered saliva-based test to a self-administered shallow nasal test. The new PCR testing method is expected to have the same turnaround time for results, usually within 24 to 48 hours of the test specimen being received at Curative’s…
Read MoreSeaford PD Gets Grant Support For Electric Motorcycles
Seaford Police will get electric motorcycles through a State of Delaware grant program. If Seaford City Council goes along, the Police Department can go about acquiring electric motorcycles, made for law enforcement by Zero Motorcycles. $70,000 in the Delaware Grants-in-Aid Budget for Fiscal Year 2022 will allow Seaford PD to purchase two electric motorcycles and…
Read MoreHow To Dodge Those Ticks:
As we spend more time outdoors, we are more at risk to be bitten by a tick. Ticks are present, however, all year long. According to the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Delaware Public Health, we need to be extra alert for ticks, which tend to wait on the grass or on plants for…
Read MoreMan Critically Injured in Scooter Crash Outside Rehoboth
(updated story) A 61-year-old Rehoboth Beach man is in a hospital in critical condition after colliding with a car while riding a moped in the bus-and-bike lane of Coastal Highway. According to Delaware State Police, the car made a right turn into the parking lot of Cracker Barrel and Econo Lodge Monday night and struck…
Read MoreDE State Of Emergency Will be Lifted at 12:01am Tuesday; Virtual Covid-19 Town Hall Tuesday Night
Governor John Carney on Monday signed an order that lifts the COVID-19 State of Emergency effective at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, July 13. Governor Carney first issued the State of Emergency on March 13, 2020 to control the spread of COVID-19 in Delaware communities. Click here to read Governor Carney’s order lifting the State of Emergency.…
Read MoreFire Wrecks Corvette, Damages Garage And Home
A fire on Lakeview Drive in Salisbury that heavily damaged a home and destroyed a Corvette is under investigation. According to the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office, a resident of the home discovered the fire in a garage late Sunday night. A smoke alarm also activated. No injuries were reported. Damage caused to the structure…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Guidelines Will Remain For Visits To Long-Term Care Facilities
Delaware’s COVID-19 State of Emergency will expire Tuesday, but guidelines that cover visitation to long-term care facilities will stay in place. According to Delaware Health and Social Services, the type of visit that’s allowed at a nursing home or assisted living facility will be determined by COVID-19 case rates in the facility and in the…
Read MoreUpdate: DSP Investigating Fatal Crash East of Delmar
(Updated story) A 46-year-old Bridgeville man who was driving a motorcycle has died following a collision with a pick-up truck east of Delmar. According to Delaware State Police, the driver of the pick-up truck, a 70-year-old Delmar man, started to make a left turn into the path of the motorcyclist on Pepperbox Road near Elliott’s…
Read MoreMagnolia Area Crash Leaves 1 Dead and 6 Injured
Delaware State Police continue to investigate a crash Saturday night near Magnolia that left a 6 year old dead. Police say a 24 year old Millsboro woman was southbound on Route1 near Trap Shooters Road when a vehicle in front of her crossed the line into her lane and then returned to the travel lane. …
Read MoreNew DE Wildland Fire Crew in California
The Delaware Forest Service’s Type 6 engine remains in California, but is now manned by a new three-person crew. DEMA’s Nikki Testa is an engine boss trainee, Erich Burkentine of the Delaware Forest Service is the engine boss and Hunter Melson of Milford is a firefighter type 2. This crew began working Saturday with a…
Read MoreUPDATED: Bicyclist Seriously Injured in Rehoboth Avenue Crash
UPDATED – 7/11/21 8:20am – A Millsboro man has been charged with vehicular assault and other offenses after he struck a bicyclist on Rehoboth Avenue-extended Saturday afternoon. Delaware State Police say a 20 year old Rehoboth woman was riding on the westbound shoulder when 46 year old Derek White failed to stay in his traffic…
Read MoreBerlin Makes Plans For Relief Funds
The Town of Berlin is making plans for its allocation of funds received under the State of Maryland Relief Act. The funding was approved by the Maryland General Assembly and Governor Larry Hogan in February. Included was a $83-million allocation to the Maryland Public Service Commission for forgiveness of delinquent bills. Berlin residential electric customers…
Read MoreQuantico Fire that Damaged Outbuilding & Camper Under Investigation
A fire that damaged an outbuilding and camper in Wicomico County is under investigation by the Maryland State Fire Marshal. The fire was reported just after 6 Friday morning by a passerby on Nanticoke Road in Quantico. Firefighters from the Westside Volunteer Fire company responded. Investigation by the Fire Marshal has determined that the fire…
Read MoreFEMA Amends COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Policy
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on all Americans, especially those who suffered loss due to the virus. FEMA Region 3 remains committed to easing the financial burden on the thousands of families in the mid-Atlantic region who incurred funeral expenses due to the virus. FEMA has amended the agency’s COVID-19 funeral assistance policy…
Read MoreOC Inlet To Be Dredged This Month
The US Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to dredge the Ocean City inlet later this month. According to Congressman Andy Harris, R-Md. 1st, shoaling in the inlet will be addressed, and any obstacles that may have been stirred up by Tropical Storm Elsa would be removed. The dredging is expected to take part between…
Read MoreOrsted Bids For 2nd Offshore Wind Project
Orsted is bidding to build a second offshore wind farm off the Maryland Coast that would be capable of creating 760 Megawatts of power, which would be enough to meet the needs of 250,000 homes on the Eastern Shore. Orsted is already planning its Skipjack Wind farm project, which would start operating in 2026. The…
Read MoreElsa’s Impact On Delmarva
(update, Friday morning) Rough surf and rip currents can be expected at the Delaware and Ocean City beaches following Tropical Storm Elsa. As of 9:30 a.m., Delaware Electric Cooperative, Choptank Electric Cooperative and Delmarva Power were not reporting significant numbers of outages. (original story) Tropical storm Elsa makes an impact on Delmarva. The fast-moving but…
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