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Ocean City Travel Advisory – NB Left Turn Lane Closed at Route 90 Bridge

By Mari Lou / February 27, 2023
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OCEAN CITY TRAVEL ADVISORY: Starting Monday, February 27th, 2023 the northbound left turn lanes at 62nd Street, for traffic accessing RT 90, will be closed as part of the ongoing Raw Water Main Pipeline project. Detoured traffic will need to make U-Turns at 65th and/or 67th Streets during this closure to access RT 90. The…

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Maryland Man Arrested After Crashing Stolen Vehicle

By Mari Lou / February 27, 2023
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Delaware State Police were called for a single vehicle crash on Seaford Road south of Blades around 8:30 Sunday morning. Police say an Equinox driven by 26 year old Damiean Turner of East New Market, MD was northbound on Seaford Road when the vehicle left the roadway and struck a guardrail. Police say Turner showed…

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Wicomico County Judge Sentences Noe Meja-Domingo for Attempted Kidnapping

By Mari Lou / February 27, 2023
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A man has been sentenced for an attempted kidnapping of a 2 year old child during a family celebration last May. Administrative Judge of the Circuit Court of Wicomico County, the Honorable S. James Sarbanes sentenced 32 year old Noe Meja-Domingo to 25 years in prison, imposing a 10-year active term and suspending the balance…

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WGMD Picture of the Day

By Mari Lou / February 27, 2023
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ML – Driving to work one day I was behind this truck hauling a porta-potty. As we moved along a little wisp of TP was peeking out the bottom of the door – but then started to stream out from the wind getting longer and longer as the truck continued on down Harmons Hill Road. Sure made for an interesting drive…. Click for full view

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WGMD Picture of the Day

By Mari Lou / February 26, 2023
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John Baker – Easton – Chincoteague Bay sunset. Click for full view

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Great Delaware Kite Festival at Cape Henlopen State Park – Canceled

By Mari Lou / February 26, 2023
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The 54th annual Great Delaware Kite Festival at Cape Henlopen State Park will NOT happen this year on Good Friday. The festival is staged on Cape Henlopen State Park’s parade field withthousands of people attending annually. Most of the attendees arrive by vehicles and they areparked at the Bathhouse parking lot. That parking lot closed…

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America Saves Week – Feb 27 – March 3

By Mari Lou / February 26, 2023
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This week is America Saves Week and Delaware State Treasurer Colleen Davis is urging Delawareans to use this week as an incentive to save money, reduce debt and build wealth over time. Each day this coming week has a saving theme – saving automatically, saving for the unexpected, saving for major milestones, paying down debt…

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Delaware to Issue Final Monthly Emergency Benefits on Feb. 28 to All SNAP Households

By Mari Lou / February 26, 2023
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The Delaware Division of Social Services will issue emergency benefits for February to eligible households as part of the State’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 public health emergency. Due to a recent change in federal law passed in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, this will be the final emergency benefits payment as part of…

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WGMD Radio Flea Market 2-25-23

By Mari Lou / February 25, 2023
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John – 302-226-5555 – Wheel barrow, two type tires – $5 – Scotts rotary seed spreader – $10 Steve – 443-739-2968 – 2007 Yamaha V Star – 14000 miles – $3000 – 2010 Harley Davidson Soft tail – 18000 mile – $9500 Gerry – 732-770-5417 – Nordic Trak Elliptical E8.7 – $200 John – 302-212-5413…

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DSP Spring Citizens Police Academy in Sussex County

By Mari Lou / February 25, 2023
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Delaware State Police will hold their 2023 Citizens police academy beginning March 29th. The nine week academy will meet on Wednesday nights from 6 to 8pm and participants will get an up close look at how Delaware State Police operate. Applications are due by March 15th – and class size is limited. Most of the…

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Seaford Man Arrested for Attempted Robbery

By Mari Lou / February 25, 2023
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WGMD Picture of the Day

By Mari Lou / February 25, 2023
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Peg – South Bethany sunrise. Click for full view

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Maryland Congressional Democrats Announce Public Housing Funding

By Mari Lou / February 24, 2023
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Maryland’s Democrat Congressional Delegation has announced over $34.8-million for public housing agencies. The funding comes through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s FY 2023 Public Housing Capital Fund Formula Grant Awards. The awards were made available through the FY 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act, which Congress approved in December 2022. Each award will be…

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Lewes BPW Explains Power Cost Adjustment

By Mari Lou / February 24, 2023
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Over the past year, the wholesale power supply costs charged to the Lewes Board of Public Works have increased by nearly 13% and there has been an adjustment to the Power Cost Adjustment (PCA) on monthly bills. One of the primary factors of the increase is due to the regulations requiring the Indian River Power…

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VA Woman Charged in Pocomoke Stabbing Incident

By Mari Lou / February 24, 2023
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A Virginia woman has been charged after a stabbing in Pocomoke Thursday night. Worcester County Sheriff’s office was called to Stockton Road for a stabbing victim who was treated at Tidal Health in Salisbury and released later Thursday night. Officials with the Worcester Bureau of Investigation located the suspect – 40 year old Chacarra Townsend…

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Salisbury City Administrator Tapped for State Appointment

By Mari Lou / February 24, 2023
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Brennan Named Deputy Warden at Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution

By Mari Lou / February 24, 2023
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A promotion for the Security Superintendent at the Vaughn Correctional Facility. DOC officials have announced that John Brennan will fill the vacancy as deputy warden at the Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution – beginning on Monday. The office has been vacant since Baylor’s Deputy Warden was promoted to Warden at the women’s facility last December. Brennan…

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VIDEO: US Senator Chris Coons on 1 Year Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

By Mari Lou / February 24, 2023
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U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) released a video statement today commemorating the one-year anniversary of Russia’s escalation of its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Senator Coons is Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations (SFOPS) and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “One year ago today, Vladimir Putin sent thousands…

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DSU Bowling Team Charter Bus Crashes in Virginia

By Mari Lou / February 24, 2023
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Virginia State Police report 11 people were injured near Dinwiddie, Virginia when a charter bus carrying the Delaware State University bowling team to a weekend tournament in North Carolina crashed on I-85. Two team members were flown to Chippenham Medical Center in Richmond with serious but non-life threatening injuries. The others were treated at nearby…

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Megan Outten Appointed to Vacant Salisbury City Council District 3 Seat

By Mari Lou / February 21, 2023
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The Salisbury City Council has appointed Megan Outten as the new representative for District 3. That seat was left vacant when Jack Heath stepped down to accept the position of Mayor for the City of Salisbury. The City Council vote was unanimous and Outten was sworn in during Tuesday’s City Council meeting. Outten was selected…

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Derek Davis Sworn in as Maryland State Treasurer

By Mari Lou / February 21, 2023
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Derek Davis was sworn in as the Treasurer of the State of Maryland Tuesday for a four-year term. Davis has been in office since December of 2021 completing the term of former Treasurer Nancy Kopp. On February 14th, Davis was interviewed before the Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer and received a…

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DE Monthly Overdose Deaths Continue to Rise

By Mari Lou / February 21, 2023
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Delaware Public Health officials are seeing an increase in suspected overdose deaths in Delaware since last November. Officials say suspected accidental overdose data is reported by the Division of Forensic Science and is considered preliminary until all data is finalized. The increase of suspected overdose deaths since November is 18.4%. Public Health officials say there…

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The Sussex County Council Approves BBA Charter & Secures Some County Employee Parking in New Family Court Parking Garage

By Mari Lou / February 21, 2023
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The Sussex County Council met Tuesday in Georgetown. The Council approved the Bay Beach Association Charter with a 5 to 0 vote. The Bay Beach Association is an organization representing the Delaware Bay coastal communities in Kent and Sussex counties. The BBA’s objective is to work to see the implementation of the newly passed WRDA…

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Reforms Announced to DE Bar Exam & Admissions Process

By Mari Lou / February 21, 2023
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The Delaware Supreme Court today announced a series of reforms to the Delaware Bar examination and admissions process based on recommendations made by the Delaware Board of Bar Examiners. These reforms follow a two-year long comprehensive review of the test that is given to individuals looking to practice law in Delaware. Chief Justice Collins Seitz,…

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UPDATED: Arrest Made by Dover Police in Arson Fire at Dover YMCA

By Mari Lou / February 21, 2023
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UPDATED – 02/21/23 12:10pm – Dover Police have arrested a 15 year old boy for an arson fire at the Dover YMCA last Thursday. The teen turned himself in to Police Saturday after they identified him a st the suspect and obtained warrants for his arrest. The teen is charged with 1st degree arson, multiple…

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