Indian 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 MoreJake Smith Monologue – 08-30-21 – “Return to Yalta”
Mike Bradley with Former Maryland Governor and Congressman, Bob Ehrlich – 08-30-21
Possible Pipe Bomb Found Burning In Dover Community
Dover Police are investigating the discovery of a possible pipe bomb. Shortly before 1:00 a.m. Monday, officers responded to the traffic circle at East Sheldrake Circle and Cannon Mill Drive for a reported fire. Several residents were evacuated when something was found on fire in the roadway. Dover firefighters and members of The Delaware State…
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 MoreWGMD Fishing Report 8-29-21
Sunday saw rough seas on the ocean, so many boats fished in the bay. A few tried the ocean and either came back to the dock or took a beating. The rest of the week remains unsettled with light winds and rough seas plus a chance of rain every day and the remains of the…
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 MoreSuspect Arrested For Kent Co. Murder; Another Charged With Conspiracy
Two people have been arrested in connection with a murder in the Dover area last week. According to Delaware State Police, an investigation into the discovery of a person’s body in a cornfield on Dyke Branch Road led to the arrests of 29-year-old Ronald Suber Junior of Dover and 30-year-old Tori Balfour of Felton. They…
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…
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Abigail Dion – Sykesville – Ocean City Jeep Week Jeep Crawl – final day! Click for full view
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 MoreWGMD Fishing Report 8-28-21
Saturday was just a bit cooler with a light breeze. Sunday will see the wind go northeast at ten knots with seas of three to four feet on the ocean and two feet or less on Delaware Bay. I must begin this report with sad news. Captain Chris Ragni, Sr. lost his life due to…
Read MoreMillsboro Man Charged After Traffic Stop in Lewes
Delaware State Police arrested 30 year old Andre Hallett, of Millsboro, early Thursday morning during a traffic stop in Lewes. On August 26 at approximately 1:54 a.m., troopers were dispatched to Wawa on Dartmouth Drive, for a report of a vehicle striking a barrier in the parking lot. When troopers arrived on scene, they located the vehicle…
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 MoreDSP Investigating Shooting Near Seaford
A shooting near Seaford sent one man to the hospital Friday morning. Delaware State Police say a 33 year old man was southbound on Route 13 near Concord Road around 8am when he heard the sound of gunshots. He was struck multiple times on his right side. He drove off from the area to a…
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 MoreWGMD Radio Flea Market 8-28-21
David from Georgetown – 302-858-5006 Wanted: (6)Hershey Park tickets for September 25 – Wilson leather motorcycle jacket (XL) and chaps – $175 Doug from Lewes – 302-827-1097 – 800 international and domestic bottles and cans of beer (some empty, some full) – Call for pricing Doug from Millsboro – 302-604-9691 – Wood splitter 20 ton,…
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 MoreWGMD Fishing Report 8-27-21
More hot and calm weather on Friday brought more good fishing. Saturday and Sunday also look good with a chance of thunderstorms. Frank Tucker fished with Jeff and his grandson Jimmy at the Old Grounds. They caught 17 flounder keeping 10 between 17.5 and 22 inches. On the way out they hit the blues at…
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Carl Bull – Frankford – Assawoman Bay near Harpoon Hanna’s – heading home before a storm. Click for full view
Read MoreUPDATED: MSP Arrest Somerset County Man for Princess Anne Stabbing
UPDATED – 8/27/21 – Maryland State Police have arrested the man wanted for the stabbing of a woman in Princess Anne Thursday. Police arrested 63 year old Harold Cropper in an abandoned residence on Antioch Avenue in Princess Anne. Police say the 45 year old victim was visiting with friends when Cropper attacked her on…
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