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WGMD Throwback Thursday Picture of the Day! Going back to pre-1999 – Wayne Cannon at Open Mic at the Rusty Rudder – interviewing Howdy Doody and Buffalo Bob / Click for full view
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On Sunday, Ocean City Police Department officers responded to a report of “tagging” in the downtown area with blue spray paint. During the course of the investigation, patrol officers located the suspect in the area of 4th Street and the Boardwalk. The suspect, 17 year old male from Lutherville-Timonium, MD, was arrested and charged with…
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Tuesday was a nice, warm spring day, but not many people went fishing. Wednesday and Thursday promise seas in the ocean of three to four feet and Friday the seas drop out to less than two feet. I went back up to the Indian River Inlet around 1:30 PM and found the shad still there. …
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Governor John Carney has announced additional changes in the coronavirus restrictions for Delawareans. Beginning on Friday, May 21st – indoor capacity restrictions will be lifted, however masks and social distancing will still be in place – although social distancing will be decreased from 6 feet to 3 feet. This will allow restaurants to open up…
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Governor John Carney and the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) on Tuesday announced major upcoming changes to Delaware’s COVID-19 restrictions. Effective Friday, May 21: All capacity restrictions inside restaurants, retail, other business establishments and houses of worship will be lifted. Facilities will be able to use as much capacity as social distancing requirements will allow. Masks…
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Joan Grourke – Millsboro – Surfs Up! at the Delaware National Seashore at Dewey Beach / Click for full view
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Sunday saw the wind drop out to southwest 10 to 15 knots and that is the forecast right through Wednesday. There were people fishing from the beach and from boats with some luck from both venues. Patty at Captain Bones in Odessa and Steve from Smith Bait in Leipsic said rockfish have been caught in…
Read MoreMargaret May – Lewes – Wood ducks on the nesting box at Red Mill Pond / Click for full view
Read MoreLast 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 MoreSaturday 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…
Read MoreRon – 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 MoreDelaware 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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 MoreGovernor 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 MoreDelaware 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 MoreMaryland 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 MoreIf 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 MoreWednesday was another warm and sunny day. There was a brisk southwest wind that had seas in the ocean running to three to four feet. Thursday looks to have the same conditions, but Friday and Saturday will see waves to six or seven feet. Right now, Sunday looks to be fishable. Amanda at Lewes Harbour…
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WGMD Throwback Thursday picture of the day – going back to the 2005 Delaware State Fair with Ron Letterman! / Click for full view
Read MoreTuesday saw summer-like weather and some better fishing from the beach and Indian River Inlet. The rest of the week should see southwest winds of 10 to 15 knots and seas in the ocean of three to four feet until Friday when we go back in the washing machine. The big news of the day…
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