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The Maryland Department of Transportation will close a portion of westbound Route 90 on Wednesday and Thursday of this week (12/13 & 12/14) between 8am and 1:30pm for paving operations. Weather permitting, westbound Route 90 between Route 113 and the Route 90 ramp onto Route 50 will be closed. Traffic will be directed to Route…
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DNREC officials say two Sussex County dredging projects will begin around the New Year. Dredging will begin at the southern end of the Assawoman Canal and when the canal portion is completed, DNREC contracted dredge crews will move into White Creek to resume and finish that project. The canal work is anticipated to be completed…
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An Ocean View man was arrested Friday morning in Rehoboth Beach on felony DUI and drug-related charges. A Delaware State Police trooper on patrol around 1am spotted a van parked for an extended period of time at the Wawa on Veterans Way and checked on the driver who appeared to be asleep in the driver’s…
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Indian River emergency personnel was called for a vehicle crash on Route 24 in the area of the Holly Lake Campsites around 11:30 Sunday night. Officials found a vehicle overturned in the marshy swamp area with a downed utility pole and wires that were impacting access to the vehicle. The occupant in the vehicle was…
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The Sussex County Council will recognize the Cape Henlopen and Delmar field hockey teams – Division I and II State Champions and the Sussex Academy High School boys soccer team – Division 2 State Champions. The Council will also revisit several pieces of old business – including 2 solar arrays. The afternoon session has 9…
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Design work by DelDOT to repave Rehoboth Avenue from the traffic circle to the Bandstand has taken longer than expected – but should be completed by the end of this year. However – the paving will not happen until after Labor Day. The project does include some areas outside of the city – which will…
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On Friday, President Biden announced $8.2-billion (though the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law) in new grants for 10 passenger rail projects across the country – and announced corridor planning activities that would impact every region nationwide – including Delaware. The Federal Railroad Administration’s FY22 Corridor Identification and Development Program includes the Diamond State Line (Delaware Transit Corporation)…
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Maryland State Police in Berlin and other local police departments held their Shop with a Cop event on Saturday. Thirty children from Worcester County were paired with a uniformed trooper or officer. They met at the Berlin Barrack and the children were sworn in as honorary ‘auxiliary’ officers. They then went by State Police bus…
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Maria – 302-632-9977 – FREE Chairlift used very little Tim – 302-507-3525 – Matco 14-piece wrench set – $200 Dawn – 410-845-6858 – German Shepherd puppies boys 2 girls – $500 Bob – 410-251-1847 – Beach and surf beer cart, 18×48 – $200 Ron – 302-260-1753 – Front and rear bumper for ’13 to ’18…
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Firefighters from Indian River were called early Friday morning for a fire in the Long Neck Village development. Crews arriving at the scene just after 3am found fire and smoke showing from all the eaves of the home on Lighthouse Lane. Firefighters determined there was no one at home at the time of the fire,…
Read MorePolice in Dover were called for a shooting in The Hamlet early Friday morning. Police responded to the area of Village Drive and Quail Hollow Drive just after 2am and located a 24 year old Dover man with a gunshot wound to the upper body. He was taken to Bayhealth Kent Campus for treatment. Police…
Read MoreSalisbury City Park is again be awash with a Wonderland of Christmas lights, but city officials say the large tree that has stood in the park since December of 2017 will no longer be displayed due to safety concerns. Parts are no longer made for the tree and the deterioration is not fiscally responsible to…
Read MoreUPDATED – 12/08/23 – Dover Police have made an arrest in a shooting incident on November 13th on Hampton Drive that left a 20 year old man with injuries. Police arrested 23 year old Brice Hall of Dover on Thursday by Dover Probation and Parole as one of the suspects involved. He is charged with…
Read MoreMaryland Attorney General Anthony Brown joined a coalition of 22 Attorneys General urging the US Supreme Court to make it clear that states have the authority to regulate social media platforms. An amicus brief was submitted in two cases currently before the Court (Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton) which are challenges to laws passed in…
Read MoreUPDATED – 12/08/23 – The Name That Plow Contest has been extended. Students have another week to come up with names for three of DelDOT’s snow plows in the Name that Plow Contest. Kids in grades Kindergarten through 5th have until December 15th to submit their names for the plows – one winner will be…
Read MoreGovernor John Carney and First Lady Tracey Quillen Carney will join Biggs Museum of American Art and First State Heritage Park to host Woodburn Illuminated tonight. This is a free holiday event that will include candle illuminations, a tree lighting ceremony, student choirs and jazz ensembles, tours of historic Woodburn, and more. Woodburn Illuminated will…
Read MoreWorcester County Sheriff’s deputies and detectives from the Worcester Bureau of Investigation were called to Advance Auto Parts in Pocomoke City to assist Pocomoke City Police with a strong-arm robbery investigation. Police learned the suspects went into the business, assaulted an employee and left with an undisclosed amount of cash. A short time later Virginia…
Read MoreUPDATED 12/07/23 7am – The Woodland Ferry is open for normal operations Thursday ============================================= The Woodland Ferry near Seaford is closed until further notice. DelDOT officials tell the Talk of Delmarva that this closure is due to the tide levels.
Read MoreUser 284190339 · 12 – 05 – 23 Fishing Report As promised, I am back with news of big striped bass along the Delaware coast, but that is not the big news. What we have now is something I have never seen in Delaware waters. Hillery Graves fishing on the Bird Dog with Captain Chip…
Read MoreCORRECTION: Caroling on the Circle begins at 6pm Thursday in Georgetown. UPDATED – 12/05/23 – The Sussex County Council approved proclamation requests for the Cape Henlopen High School Field Hockey Division I State Champions, Delmar High School Field Hockey Division II State Champions and the Sussex Academy High School Boys Soccer Division II State Champions…
Read MoreUPDATED – 12/05/23 – Delaware State Police have identified 74-year-old Anna Cannon of Seaford as the woman who died in a fatal crash that occurred Sunday afternoon in Seaford. ======================================================= ORIGINAL STORY – 12/04/23 – A Seaford woman is dead after a crash Sunday afternoon in the area of Route 13 and Middleford Road. Delaware…
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