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Public 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鈥檚 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鈥檚…
Read MoreDover Police Meet Resistance From Apparent Shooting Victim
Dover Police are investigating a shooting, but they are not getting any cooperation from the apparent victim. Officers responded to the 100-block of Loockerman Street shortly after 1:00 a.m. Tuesday. A large amount of blood was found outside Irish Mike’s Old Town Pub. Police also learned that a 33-year-old man had arrived at a hospital…
Read MoreRehoboth Traffic Stop Leads To Driver’s Arrest On Multiple Charges
A police pursuit that ended in Rehoboth Beach Monday night led to the arrest of a man on numerous charges. Delaware State Police said it all played out as the suspect’s one-year-old son was in the back seat of a vehicle that was spotted on Coastal Highway Monday night by a trooper on proactive patrol.…
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 MoreOCPD Locate Stolen Car During Welfare Check
On Monday, July 12 at approximately 5:58 a.m., Ocean City Police were on patrol in the area of South 1st聽Street and Baltimore Ave when they located two individuals sleeping in a vehicle. Officers observed the individuals sleeping in the vehicle in a parking lot of a downtown business.聽During the check on the welfare call, officers…
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鈥檚 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.聽 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.聽…
Read MoreUPDATED: Ocean Pines Man Charged after Fatal Crash Near Odessa
UPDATED – 7/11/21 4pm – Delaware State Police have identified the individual who died in the fatal motor vehicle crash on Friday July 9, 2021 on SR1 near Odessa, as 92-year-old Shantaben Patel of Camden-Wyoming. =========================== An Ocean Pines, Maryland man is charged after he left the scene of a crash resulting in death and…
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 MoreDover Woman Cited after 3 Vehicle Crash North of Milford Saturday
A three vehicle crash on southbound Route 1 just north of Milford Saturday morning had early morning traffic at a near standstill. Delaware State Police tell WGMD that an SUV, driven by a 38 year old Dover woman was southbound on Route 1 in the right lane. A BMW driven by a Connecticut man was…
Read MoreCecil Co. Deputy Shot, Man Killed In Gunfire Exchange
A Cecil County Sheriff’s deputy has been shot and a 24-year-old man has been shot dead after an exchange of gunfire at an apartment. Maryland State Police said troopers from the North East Barrack responded to an apartment Sunday afternoon for a reported domestic disturbance. They heard a struggle inside an apartment and as it…
Read MoreDover PD Respond to Shooting – Charge Victim with Being Disorderly
Dover Police were called for a shooting on Cecil Street just before 10 Friday night. Police located a 44 year old man with a gunshot wound to the lower leg. The victim refused to provide information to police and became disorderly with police and medics and also caused a disturbance at Kent General Hospital. He…
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鈥檚 COVID-19 funeral assistance policy…
Read MoreTwo Charged with Weapons & Drug Offenses after Traffic Stop
Two man have been arrested on gun charges after a traffic stop by Delaware State Police near Magnolia. Police spotted a Corolla with an expired tag in the area of Peachtree Run and Irish Hill Road and smelled marijuana as they contacted the driver, 22 year old Xavier Daniels of Milford and 21 year old…
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…
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