Mari Lou
Sunday was a repeat of Saturday and it looks like Monday and Tuesday will repeat Saturday and Sunday. Checking the long-range forecast, it looks like Thursday before we see any break in this weather pattern and that’s only if no more storms form in the Atlantic. Lewes Harbour Marina said no one went out on…
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Saturday was a lovely day on land and a real nightmare on the water. Small craft advisories are up through Tuesday and if the forecast holds, it will be late next week before the seas settle down. I’ve lost count on the number of storms floating around in the Atlantic plus the ones in the…
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Dave Nelson – Ocean View – Two birds on the rocks at the Indian River Inlet / Click for full view
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Maryland Department of Labor (Labor) Secretary Tiffany Robinson has announced that Maryland has been awarded $2,430,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) to support Maryland’s ongoing efforts to prevent and detect unemployment insurance fraud. The initial fraud investigation announced has been completed, with nearly 95% of claims initially investigated determined to be…
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Community Calendar: Train Club Sale Saturday, September 26 32442 Royal Blvd., Dagsboro =================================== Fran – 302-542-7486 – Little Wonder Leaf Blower w/Subaru engine – $350 Jerry – 302-827-4473 – Girl’s Huffy bike with training wheels and 16″ tires (Disney Frozen theme) – $25 – 3-wheel black Baby Trend jogging stroller (folds up for storage and…
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Friday was the beginning of a long spell of bad fishing weather. To the best of my knowledge, no boats went out on the ocean or bay. I doubt if anyone fished the surf and I had no reports from Indian River Inlet. I did have a report from Thursday out of the Broadkill River…
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UPDATED – 09/19/20 – Elizabeth Day, wife of Salisbury Mayor Jake Day, has been sentenced for a drug violation. Court records show that Day was sentenced in Wicomico District Court Friday to 10 days in jail. She entered an Alford Plea, which means that a defendant maintains their innocence, but admits that the prosecution could…
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Governor Larry Hogan today marked the beginning of the state’s first-ever Maryland Restaurant Week by announcing expanded capacity for indoor dining. Effective Monday, September 21 at 5:00 p.m., capacity for indoor operations at restaurants may increase from 50 to 75 percent, with appropriate distancing, and following strict public health requirements consistent with the CDC, FDA,…
Read MoreFirst Lady Tracey Quillen Carney and members of the End Childhood Hunger Task Force (ECHO) on Friday announced recipients of “First Chance” awards. The award recipients consist of leaders and teams that stepped up to keep feeding Delaware children when school buildings had to close from mid-March through June due to COVID-19. “School-based food services…
Read MoreDelaware’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was lower in August to 8.9% – down from 10.5% in July. The national unemployment rate was at 8.4% in August – down from 10.2% in July. However a year ago, the unemployment rate in Delaware was at 3.9%. In Delaware, there were 5100 more people employed last month than…
Read MoreThursday was the last day anyone was going out on the ocean or bay until sometime next week. Wind and seas begin to build on Friday and are forecast to top nine feet by Tuesday. Some heavy rain is in the mix as well. Fishing was pretty good in the ocean and bay on Thursday. …
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No small craft advisories on Wednesday, but fishing conditions were not the best. Thursday looks fair, but after that its going to get really bad for the weekend. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said the Pirate King fished bay structure for a catch of spot and croaker. Captain Cary Evans had the Grizzly on bay…
Read MoreThree people have been arrested by Delaware State Police for felony shoplifting and other charges. Police were called to the Bayside Outlets for a shoplifting in progress – 25 year old Lavelle Comer of Wilmington was seen hiding clothing under his clothing in the store. Comer was with two others who left the outlets in…
Read MoreThursday is the first day of school for all Indian River School District students – under both the hybrid and remote learning models. Students will receive their class schedules from their schools and should have already received their group assignments through the district’s automated notification system. Only Pre-K through 1st grade will begin attending school…
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I know it sounds like a broken record, but small craft advisories were up on Tuesday and to the best of my knowledge, no boats ventured out to the ocean or bay. Wednesday and Thursday do look fishable, but then its back into the washing machine. Right now, there are four storms floating around in…
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The polls closed at 8pm for the Delaware Primary – a day that saw some incumbents fall and political newcomers win a chance for a run in the General Election in November. The results were very slow to come in – and WGMD learned there was a firewall issue with the numbers getting to the…
Read MoreBarb Moulinier – Rehoboth Beach – Horse shoe crabs & gulls on Rehoboth Bay / Click for full view
Read MoreGovernor John Carney, the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), and the Delaware Department of Technology and Information (DTI) on Tuesday launched COVID Alert DE – a mobile app available in the App Store or Google Play that will help Delaware fight community spread of COVID-19. The free mobile app – available to anyone 18 or older who lives,…
Read MoreSmall craft advisories were up on Monday and will be back up on Tuesday. It looks like Thursday before the seas settle down enough for boats to venture out on the ocean or bay. At Lewes Harbour Marina, Amanda went fishing on the Grizzly with Captain Cary Evans on Sunday and ended up catching a…
Read MoreOn September 9, in conjunction with Governor John Carney, County Executive Matt Meyer, the collaborative partnerships of DANA, the Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement, the Delaware Community Foundation, Philanthropy Delaware, and United Way of Delaware, a substantive grant program exclusively for nonprofits was announced. $25 Million has been set aside for nonprofits through two grants as part of the…
Read MoreSmall craft advisories were up on Sunday and will be up again on Monday. It looks like Wednesday will be the first day that boats can get back out on the ocean and then seas will still be four feet. Delaware Bay is less rough and a couple of boats from Lewes did get out…
Read MoreSalisbury Police are warning of a scam where city residents have received fake letters which look to be from the Salisbury Housing and Community Development Department. The letters in question are simply print-outs of a portion of the City’s municipal code, with certain sections underlined or starred in a slightly passive-aggressive manner. If you have…
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