A WGMD Local News Article
2 Hurt In Harrington-Area House Fire
A house fire near Harrington has sent two people to hospitals. According to the Delaware State Fire Marshal’s Office, the blaze broke out at about 12:30 a.m. early Friday in the 3,000-block of Jackson Ditch Road. Houston Volunteer firefighters arrived to find flames engulfing the house. A 14-year-old boy was being treated at Crozer Medical…
Read MoreWicomico Co. Sheriff Mike Lewis Will Seek Re-election
Wicomico County Sheriff Mike Lewis plans to seek re-election to a fifth term. Lewes was first elected back in 2006. In a statement on social media, Lewis highlighted the creation of a criminal investigation division, collision reconstruction unit and the Eastern Shore’s only motorcycle unit, along with advances in technology and being pro-active on matters…
Read MoreMd. State Police Enhance Patrols For Holiday Weekend
Maryland State Police troopers will be on extra alert for speeders and impaired, distracted or aggressive drivers over the Labor Day weekend. Troopers are using a variety of initiatives starting today (Thursday) to keep traffic moving, respond quickly to any incidents and to take appropriate enforcement action when violations are observed. Additional troopers will support…
Read MoreDelDOT Hopes To Keep Traffic Moving Through Labor Day Weekend
Delaware motorists and visitors during Labor Day weekend get a break from construction-related lane closures. Ongoing traffic pattern shifts may remain in place, but active construction resumes after Monday. “While we do have construction zones on Route 24 and other places, currently, we won’t be out doing any temporary lane restrictions and things of that…
Read More3 Rescued From Grounded Sailboat On Va. Eastern Shore
Three people were rescued from Chincoteague Inlet after their sailboat ran aground during severe weather Wednesday afternoon, according to the US Coast Guard. Two watercraft and a helicopter were dispatched to the scene. The boat crews could not get any closer due to unsafe conditions. The air crew hoisted the mariners to safety and took…
Read MoreRehoboth Convention Center Hosts First Events Since Mar. 2020
The Rehoboth Beach Convention Center is again hosting events for the first time in nearly a year-and-a-half. CAMP Rehoboth will host performances this weekend by The Skivvies and Jennifer Holiday. Masks are required in accordance with city guidelines that are based on COVID-19 case trends. For more information, please CLICK HERE However, due to public…
Read MoreRehoboth Beach Introduces Yard Waste Drop-off Service
Rehoboth Beach will add a yard-waste drop-off service for residents and businesses in the city. Yard waste will be accepted Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. at the Recycle Yard on Oyster House Road. Trimmings, dead plants, flower and vegetable debris, hay or straw, ivy, leaves, shrub trimmings, pine cones and…
Read MoreUpdate: Millsboro Teenager Dies In Crash On Route 113
(Updated Thursday morning) The victim of a fatal crash on Route 113 in Millsboro has been identified. According to Delaware State Police, 16-year-old Jesse Verdugo-Navarro of Millsboro was a front-seat passenger in a vehicle that went out of control late Tuesday night. The car crashed into fence posts, went airborne, started to overturn and slammed…
Read MoreResurfacing Of Bishopville Rd. To Begin Sept. 7th
Bishopville Road – Maryland 367 – will be resurfaced starting next week. According to the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration, a two-and-a-half mile stretch of the roadway between Route 113 and the Delaware state line will be improved. Work will take place during nighttime and overnight hours, and a flagging operation will be…
Read MoreGeorgetown Honors Officer Chad Spicer On 12th Anniversary Of His Murder
A wreath will be laid this afternoon (Wednesday) on The Circle in Georgetown at the memorial that honors Patrolman Chad Spicer on the 12th anniversary of his death. Spicer was shot to death in the line of duty September 1st, 2009. The ceremony is scheduled for 5:00 p.m., and the public is invited to honor…
Read MoreBVSPCA, DHA Shelter Endangered Pets From South
Pets who were in endangered shelters in Louisiana before Hurricane Ida and in flood-ravaged portions of Tennessee are out of harm’s way, thanks to two Delaware animal welfare organizations. Over the weekend, the Brandywine Valley SPCA accepted an emergency evacuation airlift of 110 dogs and cats sheltered in the south. People have already been lining…
Read MoreThe Point At Cape Henlopen Reopens Wed.
DNREC provided this update Tuesday about reopening The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park: The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will reopen The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, including a stretch of ocean beach and dunes, and a half-mile along the bay shoreline, Wednesday, Sept. 1. The bayside beach will remain closed…
Read MoreMobile Home Park With Failing Septic Has Unwanted Visitors: Rats
Rats are adding to the misery of residents at the Donovan Smith Mobile Home Park in the Lewes area. The neighborhood has been plagued with septic system failures that have resulted in sewage bubbling to the surface and bad smells. Many residents are drinking bottled water. Now, it appears vermin that apparently nested in septic…
Read MoreTropical Weather Moves In On Delmarva Wed.
The effects of Ida, now a tropical depression, may be felt across our region starting late Wednesday. According to AccuWeather, skies will be mostly cloudy Wednesday, and a shower or thunderstorm may develop especially in the afternoon. Wednesday night, showers and a thunderstorm associated with Ida could lead to flooding. There also could be a…
Read MoreUpdate: Motorcyclist Killed In Pittsville Crash
(Update) A Salisbury man has died of injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash. According to Maryland State Police at the Salisbury Barrack, 29-year-old Brandon Bello was operating a motorcycle westbound on Ocean Gateway Monday night as a Seaford man was attempting to cross at Main Street Extended in Pittsville. Bello’s motorcycle struck the vehicle on…
Read MoreBeebe Healthcare Updates Visitor Restrictions
Starting Monday, August 30, Beebe Healthcare is updating its visitor restrictions to allow inpatients to have one well visitor during visitor hours. This visitor is not permitted to rotate during the day. This includes patients at the Lewes and South Coastal Emergency Departments and Beebe Medical Group offices. As a continuation of Beebe’s existing policy,…
Read MoreDelmarva 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…
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