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Margaret May – Lewes – Wood ducks on the nesting box at Red Mill Pond / Click for full view
Read MoreCitizen’s Tip Leads to Arrest of 4 in Ocean City
Last week a boardwalk business owner in Ocean City reported suspicious possible drug activity in a parked vehicle in the area of 8th Street. Members of the Narcotics Unit and Special Enforcement Unit responded and observed people from the vehicle to to the boardwalk and meet with a group of people where a suspected drug…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 5-1-21
Saturday was another windy day with small craft advisories up and boats tied to the dock or sitting on their trailers. Unless you plan on fishing for tog, there is not much reason to get the boat wet until the water in the bay and the ocean warm up. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle said…
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Sunset and storm clouds over Angola / Click for full view
Read MoreWGMD Radio Flea Market 5-1-21
Ron – 609-790-4370 – (2) Raleigh (women’s) one with an automatic shifter – $150 apiece – Spin Reel SV-6500 – $100 Rich – 302-732-3069 – Patio set:fiberglass 65 wide and 60 long w/4 chairs – $75 Robert – 443-691-2424 – FREE: GE electric range (almond color) looks brand new standard size – FREE: microwave (wall…
Read MoreDSP Need Your Help to Identify Suspect
Delaware State Police need your help to identify a suspect in an attempted theft of a motor vehicle and several thefts from vehicles in the IG Burton parking lot on Bay Road in Milford. The incident occurred last Sunday around 1:20am. The suspect is a white or light skin black male about 6-feet tall with…
Read MoreOne Dead, 6 Injured in Berlin Area Crash
A crash just after 9:30 Friday night on Assateague Road and Grey Fox Lane near Berlin has left one person dead. Maryland State Police believe a vehicle with six occupants made a U-Turn in front of another vehicle. Police say multiple people inside the turning vehicle were trapped and the driver was taken to AGH…
Read MoreEarly Morning Fire Damages Rehoboth Eatery
The Delaware State Fire Marshal is investigating a fire this morning at Shrimpy’s Pub on Rehoboth Avenue in Rehoboth. While Rehoboth Beach Fire Command was in route just after 2am, the dispatch center advised that Rehoboth Beach PD were on scene reporting fully involved with explosions. Firefighters found flames coming from the building when they…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 4-30-21
With storm warnings posted for Friday and into Saturday the weekend did not get off to a promising start. With wind gusts to 50 knots and seas to seven feet on the ocean no one is going to be fishing from their boats until at least Sunday. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle did report that…
Read MoreEl Salvadoran Ambassador Visits Ocean City Talking Jobs with Mayor and other State Officials
Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan along with representatives from the State of Maryland on Friday met with H.E. Milena Mayorga, the Ambassador from El Salvador. The meeting, which took place at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center, was in collaboration with the Greater Ocean City Chamber of Commerce to provide the Ambassador and her Consul…
Read MoreGov Hogan Declares May & June Maryland Magicicada Months; Not So Much the Shore Areas
Governor Larry Hogan has declared May and June of this year as Maryland Magicicada Months – to recognize the return of the 17-year periodical cicada – and to generate public awareness. These Brood X periodical cicadas are ONLY found in the Eastern US and they emerge from the ground once every 17 years. In Maryland…
Read MoreDE Courts Judicial Emergency Extended to June 2; Jury Trials to Resume in June
Delaware Chief Justice Collins Seitz has extended the Judicial Emergency to June 2nd. Phase 2 will be lifted on June 1 for Phase 3, which will allow the resumption of jury trials. Some other pandemic-related restrictions will also be eased. Court staff will begin to prepare as well with sending out jury summonses and working…
Read MoreMD AG Announces Settlement with Drug Distributor to Settle Allegations of Improper Marketing and Sale of Suboxone
Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh today announced a $300 million settlement with Indivior plc and Indivior Inc. (Indivior) to settle allegations that Indivior falsely and aggressively marketed and promoted Suboxone, resulting in improper expenditures of state Medicaid funds. Suboxone is a drug product approved for use by recovering opioid addicts to avoid or reduce…
Read MoreIRSD Names Teacher Of The Year
A teacher at East Millsboro Elementary School has been named Indian River School District Teacher of the Year. Haley Mears has taught at East Millsboro for the past seven years. She served there as a paraprofessional before teaching at Georgetown Middle School, then returned to East Millsboro. According to Principal Karen Clausen, Mrs. Mears encourages…
Read MoreJake Smith Monologue – 04-30-21 – “The Party Rules”
Metered Parking Returns To Lewes Downtown, Beaches Sat.
Parking meters in Lewes will go back into operation Saturday, as they do each May 1st. Parking at downtown Lewes meters is $1-dollar per hour, between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m., with time limitations in place. Parking at the beach lots is $2-dollars per hour. To view an interactive parking map prepared by the City…
Read MorePope Francis Names Next Bishop For Diocese Of Wilmington
Pope Francis has named a new Bishop for the Diocese of Wilmington. Reverend Monsignor William Edward Koenig will serve as the tenth Bishop of the Wilmington Diocese, which includes all of Delaware and nine Eastern Shore Counties. Bishop-elect Koenig will follow Most Reverend W. Francis Malooly, who has been Bishop in the Diocese of Wilmington…
Read MoreBlack History Mandate In Schools Passes Del. House
Delaware students could get what’s termed a ‘more realistic and wholistic history of Black people’ under legislation approved in the House of Representatives Thursday. The measure would require Delaware school districts and charter schools to provide curricula on Black History, providing education on how Black people were treated throughout history in the US and on…
Read MoreDel. Police Accountability Task Force Releases Recommendations
Delaware’s law enforcement accountability task force has approved more than 20 recommendations, which range from requiring body cameras for all police officers to developing standard use-of-force policies, to amending the Law Enforcement Officer’s Bill of Rights. The task force was established last year by the Delaware General Assembly at the behest of the Delaware Legislative…
Read MorePresident Biden’s 1st 100 Days: Delmarva Reaction
President Biden’s first 100 days in office generated excitement and optimism from Delaware’s delegation on Capitol Hill – all Democrats who knew or worked with Biden when he was in Delaware. Maryland Congressman Andy Harris, R-1st, saw the early part of the Biden Administration much differently. Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del. released this statement: “President Biden…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 4-29-21
If ever there was a perfect day to go fishing it was Thursday, so I did. We won’t talk about the weather for Friday and Saturday. I arrived at Indian River Inlet around 7:00 AM. The current was just beginning to run in and by the time I rigged up a shad dart behind a…
Read MoreOC Drops Boardwalk Mask Mandate
The Town of Ocean City has lifted its outdoor mask mandate, which required that masks be worn on the Boardwalk and in other outdoor public places. The action is being taken following Governor Larry Hogan’s announcement Wednesday that masks and face coverings were no longer required outdoors. “Throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ocean…
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