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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Wicomico & Dorchester Counties till 8:30pm
Severe Thunderstorm Warning Until 8:30pm for Wicomico County,MD Dorchester County,MD ————————————————————— The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for… Northwestern Wicomico County in southeastern Maryland… Central Dorchester County in southeastern Maryland… * Until 830 PM EDT. * At 749 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southeast…
Read MoreSevere Weather Alert for Western Sussex Until 8:30pm
AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN SUSSEX… SOUTHERN KENT…EAST CENTRAL TALBOT AND SOUTHERN CAROLINE COUNTIES…UNTIL 8:30pm At 741 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were clustered over Federalsburg, or near Hurlock, moving east at 40 mph. Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include… Georgetown, Milford, Seaford, Millsboro, Laurel,…
Read MoreDelaware Officials: Don’t Consume Raw Dairy Products
The Delaware Department of Public Health is urging the state’s residents to be cautious regarding dairy products, and to refrain from consuming raw or unpasteurized dairy products. The warning follows the infection of a 46-year-old Sussex County woman with a confirmed case of brucellosis caused by Brucella melitensis, a bacterial infection typically caused by consuming…
Read MoreBlue Angels, Snowbirds Headline 2019 OC Airshow
The 2019 Ocean City Airshow begins on Saturday with hundreds of thousands of spectators pouring into the resort town to witness the aircrafts flying high above Ocean City. Although the Air Show officially takes place over Saturday, June 15 and Sunday, June 16, some unofficial events are already underway. On Thursday, the U.S. Navy Blue…
Read MoreBill to End Daylight Saving Time Passes in DE Senate
The Delaware State Senate has passed legislation to end the practice of Daylight Saving Time in the first state. Introduced in April, Senate Bill 73 would add Delaware to a growing list of states that are searching for a way out of the process of switching on and off of daylight saving time. Senate President…
Read MoreFlame-of-Hope Starts 3-Day, 160-Mile Journey from Rehoboth to Newark
The 33rd Annual Statewide Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics started its three-day 160-mile journey to Newark from the Rehoboth Beach bandstand this evening. On Thursday, the Torch will start from three locations: Delmar (6 a.m., Rt.13 and Rt.54), Lewes (6:30 a.m., Troop 7), and Georgetown (7:30 a.m., The Circle), and will travel…
Read MoreOne Person Injured After Eden House Fire
The Office of the Maryland Fire Marshal is investigating after a house fire in Somerset County in the early morning hours of Wednesday. The fire happened at a home in the 7000 block of Meadow Bridge Road in Eden, Somerset County. Officials say the fire broke out around 12:25 a.m. on June 12. The Fruitland…
Read MoreDelaware Senate Passes Criminal Justice Reform Bill
Delaware’s Democratic controlled Legislature has announced bills that would reform the state’s criminal justice system. Namely, the bill would make law that those who have served jail time would not be barred from electrician jobs. Currently, state law bars an electrician from being granted a license in Delaware if they have been convicted of a…
Read MoreSussex County Council Approves Cluster Subdivision Ordinance Amendment
This week’s Sussex County Council meeting began with Georgetown resident and advocate for the homeless, Jim Martin, reading a letter to the editor, which was also sent to WGMD, which asked the council to spend a week as homeless persons. “How do I explain to Sussex County Council something that they have never experienced? How…
Read MoreMaryland Opioid Deaths Decline in First Quarter of 2019
The Maryland Department of Health and Opioid Operational Command Center has released it’s 2019 first quarter reports, showing a decline in unintentional intoxication deaths and heroin-related deaths. From January through March 2019, there were 577 total unintentional intoxication deaths, a 15 percent decreased compared to the same period last year. 515, or 89 percent were…
Read MoreDownstate Mosquito Spraying Tuesday Evening
Weather permitting; the Delaware Mosquito Control Section plans the following insecticide application(s) during the evening hours on聽Tuesday, June 11, 2019: Application of Anvil 10+10 (Sumithrin/PBO) with a聽truck-mounted sprayer聽to control adult mosquitoes聽in the following areas: In and near Selbyville, Bethany, Greenwood, Harrington, Milford, Seaford and near Delmar, Felton, Frederica, Georgetown, Houston, Laurel, Lincoln, and Millsboro. For…
Read More47th Annual Camp Barnes Benefit Stock Car Race Set for Wed, July 10
Come One Come All – it’s the 47th Annual Camp Barnes Benefit Stock Car Race will be held at the Delaware International Speedway on Wednesday, July 10, 2019.聽 Gates will open at 4:30 p.m. with racing action beginning at 6:30 p.m. Rain date is scheduled for Thursday, July 11, 2019.聽 The Delaware International Speedway聽is located…
Read MorePublic Hearing on DE Minimum Wage Bill before Senate Committee Wednesday
The Minimum Wage Bill SB 105 will be heard Wednesday, June 12 by the Senate Labor Committee at 12:30 PM in the Senate Chamber at Legislative Hall in Dover. Public Comment will be limited to (2) minutes for an individual and (3) minutes for an organization. What this bill will do if approved – it…
Read MoreGovernor Hogan Urges Sec. Mnuchin Not to Delay Tubman $20 Bill
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has released a letter, urging U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to not further delay the release of a 20 dollar bill featuring Maryland abolitionist Harriet Tubman. The Governor said “citizens across Maryland the country will instead have to wait nearly a decade for this new bill to reach general circulation.” He…
Read MoreBerlin Electric Plans Power Outages
Berlin Electric is planning several town-wide power outages in the coming days. The first will take place on Wednesday, June 19 at 12:30 a.m. with a second scheduled for Thursday, June 20 at 12:30 a.m. The outages will take place in order to make essential repairs. Berlin Electric Officials tell WGMD each outage should take…
Read MoreSussex County Council to Revisit Cluster Subdivision Ordinance Amendment Tuesday
The Sussex County Council meets Tuesday morning in Georgetown. During this week’s meeting County Administrator will read a proclamation for Home Ownership Month. Over the past several months Jim Martin and several other county residents have been commenting during the public comment portion of the meeting on the lack of affordable homes for county residents…
Read MoreMDOT Begins Replacement of Route 364 Bridge Near Pocomoke City
The Maryland Department of Transportation has announced the beginning of a project that will replace the Maryland 364 Dividing Creek Bridge at the Somerset-Worcester County line. The project, expected to cost 2.3 million dollars will lead to the closure of the existing bridge and a detour of MD 364 beginning on Thursday, June 13. The…
Read MoreMosquito Spraying Downstate Monday Evening
Weather permitting; the Delaware Mosquito Control Section plans the following insecticide application(s) during the evening hours on聽Monday,聽June 10, 2019: Application of Anvil 10+10 (Sumithrin/PBO) with a聽truck-mounted sprayer聽to control adult mosquitoes聽in the following areas: In and near Seaford and near Georgetown, Laurel, and Delmar. For notification purposes, spraying will be done in the following spray zones:聽147,…
Read MoreCar Crashes in Laurel Home, Injuring One
The Laurel Fire Department tells WGMD that a car crashed into a home on June 9th. The incident happened on Sunday afternoon in the area of tenth street, near the Laurel firehouse. Chief Jeff Hill arrived on scene, finding a single vehicle into the structure. There was fear of collapse. Personnel secured the vehicle and…
Read MoreDNREC to Place Cap on Surf Fishing Permit Sales
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Division of Parks and Recreation has announced plans to place a cap on the surf-fishing permits given out, as was voted on by the division’s advisory council. The cap will be set at 17,000 surf-fishing permits, with already nearly 15,000 sold as of June 7. There…
Read MoreMERR Investigates 4 Dolphin and 3 Sea Turtle Deaths
It’s been a busy week for聽MERR Institute聽volunteers. Suzanne Thurman, executive director, says her organization has investigated the deaths of four bottlenose dolphins and two loggerhead sea turtles last week. This is one of the loggerheads which was discovered early Sunday in Dewey’s surf by Tony Crivella of聽Dewey Beach Beautification & Raking. Thurman said this loggerhead…
Read MoreUPDATED: General Assembly Approves Boost in Fines in Handicap Parking Areas
State lawmakers have passed Senate Bill 28 – which will increase the penalties for parking in an area designated for a vehicle being used by an individual with a disability. For a first offense the monetary penalty will increase from $100 to $200. For a subsequent offense, this the monetary penalty would increase from $200…
Read MoreDE General Assembly Passes Single-Use Plastic Bag Ban
Delaware lawmakers have approved House Bill 130 which deals with single use plastic bags.聽 Governor John Carney applauds the legislation and says he will sign the bill.聽 The measure expands existing at-store recycling programs, but stores that are subject to this program now will be limited from providing single use bags and encourage a shift…
Read MoreDelaware Legislators Pass Safe Storage Gun Bill
Both chambers of the Delaware state legislature has approved a bill that would require the “safe storage” of firearms, so that those who are not legally allowed to access them cannot do so. Democratic Governor John Carney signed House Bill 63 on Thursday. It expands an existing provision regarding unlawfully permitting a child access to…
Read More15 Delaware Army National Guardsmen to Deploy Saturday
Over a dozen Delaware Army National Guardsmen will leave the Smyrna Readiness Center on Saturday morning for deployment in Southwest Asia. The 15 Guardsmen are from the 198th Expeditionary Signal Battalion and are trained to provide command, control and supervision of the battlefield for combatant commanders while deployed.
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