Posts Tagged ‘Power Outage’
Vehicle Crash Knocks Out Power to Nearly 1000 DEC Members near Milton
Delaware State Police were called for a vehicle crash just after midnight Monday in the area of Gravel Hill and Neptune Roads near Milton. Police found that a Dodge Journey was traveling southbound on Gravel Hill Road and went off the side of the road colliding with a utility pole. The 41 year old male…
Read MoreUPDATE: Power Restored at BVSPCA Following Blizzard, Community Support Sought for Ongoing Recovery
UPDATE 02/25/26: The Brandywine Valley SPCA is providing an update following the blizzard’s impact on its Georgetown facilities. Thanks to quick community support, 22 dogs were placed into foster homes after the Animal Rescue Center lost power for an extended period. Power has now been restored, and both Georgetown campuses are open. The shelter still…
Read MoreUPDATED: Wilson Road Crash Brings Down Power Lines – Hundreds Without Power near Georgetown, Driver Charged
UPDATED – 02/14/26 –Â A crash Friday night on Wilson Road north of Georgetown left hundreds of people without power. Delaware State Police say the crash occurred just before 10:30pm when a Honda driven by a 17 year old Georgetown male went off the roadway, struck a utility pole and brought down power lines and ended…
Read MoreLewes BPW Urges Residents to Prepare for the Weekend Storm
Lewes Board of Public Works urges Lewes residents to prepare for the upcoming storm. Secure your home by bringing in loose items and covering windows, have multiple ways to receive alerts, such as a NOAA Weather Radio or emergency apps, create a family communication plan with a designated safe spot, and prepare an emergency kit…
Read MoreLaurel School District – 2 Hour Delay – Power Outage
Due to an overnight power outage, the Laurel School District will operate on a two-hour delay today, Friday, September 5. Delmarva Power has informed us that service should be restored early this morning. Laurel Middle/High School (LMHS) will begin at 9:30 AM. Laurel Elementary School (LEIS and NLELA) will begin at 10:40 AM.  There…
Read MorePower Restored in Smyrna – Generators Helped at Polling Locations
Late this morning the Town of Smyrna posted that they were experiencing a town-wide power outage. The Talk of Delmarva was able to learn that the problem was an equipment issue. GOP Chair Julianne Murray says that voting was interrupted, but generators were in place quickly at the three polling locations affected in Smyrna. Just…
Read MoreSunday Morning Power Outage – Long Neck & Angola Areas & Crash
UPDATED – 7:40am – ALL power has been restored ================================================================= UPDATED – 5:52am – Over half of those without power have been restored – mainly in the Angola area. Just over 6300 remain without power. ================================================================= About 12,200 Delaware Electric Cooperative members are without power this morning in the Long Neck and Angola areas. Power…
Read MoreUPDATED: Power Outages the Early AM Wake-up for Bridgeville & Lewes
About 2000 people in Bridgeville were without power for a time this morning. Power went out around 6:30am and Delmarva Power spokesman Timothy Stokes tells WGMD, “Our operations team shared with me that we did experience an outage in the Bridgeville area this morning at 6:30 a.m., impacting 2,068 customers. The outage was caused by…
Read MoreUPDATED & BREAKING: Numerous Power Outages Following Storms
We’re getting reports of numerous power outages across Kent County, following a line of storms that triggered a Severe Thunderstorm Warning on Wednesday evening. Since 7 p.m., we’ve received reports of wires down in Felton, at Kenton Road, Highland Road, Upper King Road and Lochmeath Way in Dover, as well as in Clayton, Camden-Wyoming and…
Read MoreTransformer Problem the Cause of Power Outage Saturday Morning
Nearly 6000 residents from West Ocean City to Newark to just west of Berlin lost power Saturday just after 11am. Over 5500 were customers of Delmarva Power – and about 470 members of Choptank Electric Cooperative. According to Choptank’s Facebook page, Delmarva Power was having problems with a transformer that feeds the Ironshire Substation. Delmarva…
Read MoreUPDATED: Power Outage in Ocean Pines & Berlin Areas
UPDATED – 12:15pm – The power is coming back to residents in Ocean Pines and the Friendship area of Berlin. Choptank Electric officials on their Facebook page say the heavy load for lights and heat caused a breaker to open. Power is being restored a little at a time, but should be restored to everyone…
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