Mari Lou
Governor John Carney will hold his weekly coronavirus update this afternoon beginning at 1:45. He will be joined by three members of the Delaware Public Health team – Jamie Mack, Chief of Health Systems Protection, Medical Director, Dr. Rick Hong and Chief Physician, Dr. Rick Pescatore. The meeting will be live streamed on the DPH…
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Fats Domino would have loved this Blue Monday. Gale force wind, driving rain, tornado warnings and seas to 10 feet kept even the most dedicated anglers off the water. Tuesday doesn’t look much better. I do have a few reports left over from a very good weekend of fishing. On Sunday the Morning Star out…
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The Sussex County Council will meet on Tuesday – but the start time of the meeting has been pushed back to 1pm. A public hearing to amend the County Code regarding the Coastal Area has been canceled. The Council will hear on appointments to the Building Code Board of Adjustments and Appeals and the Personnel…
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Sunday was a beautiful day and lots of fish were caught. A gale warning is up for Monday with seas from seven to ten feet. Tuesday the seas will be five to eight and on Wednesday they will run three to five feet. Finally, on Thursday seas will drop down to three feet and the…
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A traffic stop by Delaware State Police Saturday afternoon on Pettyjohn Road near Milton ended in the arrest of two Millsboro residents. Police spotted a Malibu speeding around 12:30 and stopped the vehicle. They contacted the driver, 26 year old Jeremy Jones and passenger 24 year old Melissa Bliss – and smelled marijuana coming from…
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Saturday was another good fishing weather day and Sunday looks good as well. After that it’s all downhill with gale warnings up for Monday and seas to at least four feet right through Thursday. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina recorded two citation tog caught on the Top Fin with Captain Pete Haines. Howard Gates had…
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Director AJ Schall was tested for COVID-19 on Monday, November 23, 2020, along with one of his sons. Both tested negative. On Wednesday, November 25, 2020, Director Schall developed minor, cold-like symptoms and was again tested. He received a positive test result on the morning of Friday, November 27, 2020. Director Schall is home in…
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A shooting in the parking lot of a Dagsboro business complex is under investigation by Delaware State Police. Police were called to a parking lot off Country Gardens early Saturday morning where they learned that a 33 year old man from Millsboro had been shot in the upper body and had been taken to an…
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Delaware State Police are investigating the death of a 28 year old Salisbury man who was found lying on the ground in front of his vehicle on Old Furnace Road between Rementer Road and Fleetwood Pond Road west of Georgetown. Police say he died from an apparent gunshot wound. His vehicle was found stopped in…
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On Friday I had one of the greatest fishing trips of my life. My sons Ric and Roger and I were up at 4:30 AM out the door at 5:00 and on the Angler out of Ocean City by 6:45. The boat left the dock at 7:00 and we were fishing by 9:00. From the…
Read MoreThursday was just a plain, old lousy day for fishing. Friday and the remainder of the weekend look good. Delaware people have a fascination with low digit license plate numbers. I should know, because my grandfather acquired the Delaware number 7711 in 1936 and it has been in the family even since. This has not…
Read MoreWednesday was not too bad, but very few boats went out from Lewes or Indian River Inlet. Thursday is not looking good for fishing, but waterfowl hunting should be very good in the morning. These were the Thanksgiving mornings I so enjoyed at Snow Farm in Smyrna. Low clouds, spitting rain and Canada geese as…
Read MoreWGMD’s Throwback Thursday Picture of the Day – kicking off the holiday season at the Nicola Christmas Party with WGMD’s Walt Palmer and the late Mama Joan Caggiano / Click for full view
Read MoreTuesday was not terrible, but the wind did make the cold air cut through light outerwear. A few boats did fish, but were not back before I had to do this report. At Old Inlet Bait and Tackle the report was more of the same. Short tog at the Inlet on green crabs and sand…
Read MoreRed Moulinier – Rehoboth Beach – At the Bald Cypress Swamp at Trap Pond State Park / Click for full view
Read MoreWhile the numbers may have moderated from the highest amount of new positive coronavirus cases (649) – the numbers still continue to rise and are a cause for concern now that people are moving inside where social distancing is more difficult, college students are returning home for the holidays and possibly bring the virus with…
Read MoreGovernor John Carney on Tuesday announced a $45 million Higher Education Relief Fund, which will assist Delaware colleges and universities affected by COVID-19. “This COVID-19 pandemic has impacted nearly everyone, including higher education institutions,” said Governor Carney. “Delaware’s colleges and universities not only provide students with an excellent education, but also contribute to economic development in our communities. This…
Read MoreMonday saw gale warnings up and, to the best of my knowledge, no boats sailed from Lewes or Indian River. It looks like Friday before the winds and seas back down enough for most folks to be comfortable on the open water. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said she along with Julie Stevenson and Tommy…
Read MoreAhead of the Thanksgiving holiday and with the new surge of COVID-19 intensifying in Maryland and across the nation, Governor Larry Hogan today announced the launch of a wide-scale compliance, education, and enforcement operation to slow the spread of the virus and keep Maryland safely open for business. “I know that there is growing frustration…
Read MoreGovernor Larry Hogan today announced that 17 Maryland local jurisdictions were awarded $19.3 million in Maryland Eviction Prevention Partnership grants, which will address the needs of more than 3,600 households across the state. “Maryland has continued to be a national leader in our COVID-19 response, which is why we have responded aggressively with targeted rental…
Read MoreDue to coronavirus, Seaford’s Christmas parade scheduled December 5 has been cancelled. Members of the Downtown Seaford Association, Inc., which was to sponsor the parade, met with city authorities and the Seaford Police Department this week and the decision was made to forego the parade altogether. The 2020 parade, which would have been the 35th…
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