Mari Lou
There will be an election in Berlin on Tuesday, October 4th – but only for District 4 voters. Town Administrator Mary Bohlen says that no one filed as a write-in candidate for either the District 1 or the At-Large seat, District 4 is the only contested race between incumbent Dean Burrell, Sr and challenger Anthony…
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Your help is needed to find a Seaford man who has several active warrants for his arrest. Delaware State Police say 30 year old Kenneth Stewart is also wanted on a felony criminal warrant out of Troop 5. Stewart is whit, about 6′ 3” tall and about 250 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes.…
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Ocean City Police need your help to identify suspects who robbed a victim on the Boardwalk in the area of Worcester Street. The incident occurred around 1pm on Wednesday, September 28. If anyone can identify the suspects, please contact Ofc Best at ebest@oceancitymd.gov or the police department at 410-723-6610. Anonymous tips may be left by…
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Ridgely firefighters were called for a fire in a two-story single family home on Park Avenue around 4:30 Saturday morning. The fire was discovered by the homeowner when a smoke alarm activated in the home. The cause and origin of the fire is under investigation by the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office – damage is…
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Several departure of the Cape May-Lewes Ferry have been canceled today due to high winds and adverse conditions on the Delaware Bay. Cape May – Lewes Ferry (CMLF) officials have cancelled the following departures for today, Monday October 3, 2022: Due to the uncertainty associated with the current weather system and the associated impacts on…
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In early September, a Salisbury man was sentenced to 28 years in prison for drugs. Circuit Administrative Judge S. James Sarbanes sentenced Darius Deal to 20 years with all but 8 years suspended after he was convicted of possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl. On September 30th, Deal was sentenced to 20 years for…
Read MoreA Milford man has been arrested by Dover Police early Sunday morning after a fight. Police were called to a city parking lot in the area of the Golden Fleece Tavern after an officer on patrol heard a disturbance and found a fight in the parking lot. A witness reported that someone involved in the…
Read MoreCrisfield firefighters were called to a home on Old State Road for a fire around 6am Sunday. The fire was discovered by a passerby and was quickly put out by arriving crews. The Maryland State Fire marshal says the fire was intentional and was started in a pickup truck cargo area. Damage is estimated at…
Read MoreMany roads in the Long Neck and Oak Orchard areas are seeing high water from the storm. High tide has just passed at Oak Orchard at 4:52am – the next high tide is at 5:20pm. Indian River Fire officials traveled much of the district to analyze the inland bay flooding concerns in the various communities…
Read MoreChincoteague has declared a local state of emergency as tidal flooding will begin this morning and continue through Tuesday. Chincoteague Emergency Management officials expect major flooding Monday afternoon during high tide between 2 and 5pm and a voluntary evacuation has been issued for all of Chincoteague – especially those who live in the Bunker Hill…
Read MoreDelaware State Police are investigating a shooting at Canterbury Crossing in the Felton area Saturday night just before 11. Police say a victim was found with a gunshot wound and taken to an area hospital in stable condition. If you have any information – contact Crime Stoppers at 800-TIP-3333.
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The National Folk Festival is moving on to a new host city after spending the past 5 years in Salisbury. However this coming September – the Maryland Folk Festival will be held in Salisbury – and like its predecessor – will be free and open to all ages. The Maryland Folk Festival will take place…
Read MoreSaturday was another washout and a blowout. I made a trip to Cape Henlopen State Park to check out the general situation. It was not good. From the top of Herring Point I could see a very angry ocean that was breaking over Hen and Chicken Shoals just and hour or so after high tide.…
Read MoreSalisbury Police are currently investigating an assault with knife at the M&T Bank parking lot on South Salisbury Boulevard just before 11 Saturday morning. Police say this is an isolated incident and there is no threat to the public. Anyone with information – call Salisbury Police at 410-548-3165 or Crime Solvers at 410-548-1776.
Read MoreI didn’t think anybody would be fishing on Saturday. I was wrong. I saw two guys fishing in the rain at the pier in Milton at the head of the Broadkill River. Then I remembered back in the 1960s fishing with Bill Steen on his cousin’s boat that he borrowed for the day. Knowing Bill,…
Read MoreBeginning today, Maryland’s Move Over Law expands to any stopped, standing or parked vehicle displaying warning signals – including hazard warning lights, road flares or other caution signals. This means that drivers should make a lane change or slow down. Violating the law is a misdemeanor with a $110 find and one point on your…
Read MoreThe Sussex County Sheriff’s Office is warning of a telephone scam that is making the rounds. Local residents are being called by scammers – and spoofing the Sheriff’s Department phone number and the names of the Sheriff Lee, current and/or former deputies. Residents are being told that a warrant for their arrest has been issued…
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Delaware US Senator Tom Carper has signed on as a co-sponsor to legislation that would reform the Electoral Count Act of 1887. This measure would reform and modernize the act – and support an orderly transfer of power. Senator Carper released this statement following his co-sponsorship of the measure: “On January 6, 2021, insurrectionists attacked police…
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UPDATED – 09/31/22: A suspect wanted in the fatal shooting of a Salisbury man earlier this month in Cambridge has been arrested by Maryland State Police. Cambridge Police were called to the area of Wood Street and Fairmount Avenue just after 3pm on September 20 – a body was found in a wooded area on…
Read MoreThursday morning, I thought I could get in one more tide before the storm hit, I was wrong. I headed for Indian River Inlet around 7:30 AM and by the time I got there the jetty was already covered with two to three feet of water and the tide was four hours from the flood.…
Read MoreThe Food Bank of Delaware officially broke ground this morning on a new 67,000-square-foot facility in Milford. The facility will replace the current 16,000-square-foot Milford branch on Mattlind Way. Construction of the new facility is anticipated to cost approximately $34-million and take 14 months. The organization also announced this morning that it has to raise…
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