Mari Lou
Thousands of holiday travelers will hit the highways in Maryland and Delaware to ring in the unofficial start to the summer season. To help protect travelers, work crews and to keep traffic moving, the Maryland Highway Administration will suspend non-emergency lane closures from 3 p.m. Friday, May 24, through 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 28. The…
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User 284190339 · 05 – 24 – 24 Fishing Report While black sea bass season is open and there are lots of them on near-shore structure, the fact that those fish are under the 13-inch size limit has kept most boats looking for other targets. Lewes Harbour Marina reported the Katydid is fishing for black…
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UPDATED 05/23/24: Delaware State Police have identified 31-year-old Brandon Williams of Denton, Maryland as the motorcycle operator who died in a collision with a tractor trailer on Vernon Road near Harrington. The crash happened Tuesday. Previous Post: A Maryland motorcycle operator is dead after he collided with a turning tractor trailer on Vernon Road near Harrington. Delaware…
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User 284190339 · 05 – 23 – 24 Fishing Report As good as surf fishing was on Tuesday, that’s how bad it was on Wednesday. The reason? That’s easy. I was on 3Rs Road. I picked up some mullet and a couple of mullet rigs at Old Inlet and drove up on 3Rs Road. I…
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Joseph Klink – Elliotts Island Rd south of Vienna – sort of the middle of nowhere. Click for full view
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Legislation to revise Delaware’s death penalty statute to ensure compliance with the US Constitution has been awaiting consideration in the Senate Judiciary committee for over a year. This measure, Senate Bill 118, was sponsored by 16th District Senator Eric Buckson (R). Earlier this week the Delaware Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty held a rally…
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A 35 year old Salisbury man has been sentenced for two counts of sexual abuse of a minor. Wicomico County Circuit Court Judge Karen Dean sentenced John Mumford to an active sentence of 22 years in prison followed by five years of supervised probation under specialized sexual offender supervision and management. He will also be…
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A public information session will be held at Beacon Middle School in Lewes on June 5th from 4 to 7pm to learn more on US Wind’s proposed Offshore Wind Project. US Wind has submitted multiple permit applications to DNREC for the offshore wind project off shore of Maryland – the offshore/onshore export cables are proposed…
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User 284190339 · 05 – 22 – 24 Fishing Report The weather improved dramatically on Tuesday and so did the fishing in the surf. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle said bluefish ruled the beach from Conquest Road to 3Rs Road with mullet the best bait. The store sold out of mullet and won’t have a…
Read MoreUPDATED – 08:35pm – Cape Henlopen School District voters have denied the second debt service and operating expense referendum. Votes against – 4624Votes for – 4127 District voters denied the first referendum attempt by the District on March 26th. The District has to wait before they can try again to pass a referendum. State law…
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A fire early Tuesday morning at a commercial building under construction on Hargraves Drive in Federalsburg has been determined to have been intentionally set by the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s office. The fire was discovered around 6:30am by workers arriving who found the small fire in the electrical room. Investigators found two separate fire points…
Read MoreA registration check by Milford Police Monday afternoon in the area of Routes 113 and 14 showed the vehicle was involved in an active investigation and police performed a traffic stop and contacted the driver, 66 year old Kevin Lewis of Milford and passengers 42 year old Wendy Marcelle of Milford and 35 year old…
Read MoreThe Wicomico County Council Tuesday voted down a Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office. The agreement proposed a new wage scale, 2.5% COLA in retirement and other amenities to make sure Wicomico County remains competitive with surrounding jurisdictions and the State to help with recruitment and retention. The COLA was of the…
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Sussex County’s proposed FY 2025 budget was unveiled during Tuesday’s County Council meeting. The proposed $265.8-million budget will fund a variety of local services – the largest sector being public safety. This budget shows a 4.6% decrease from the current budget as capital spending slows and federal funding from ARPA comes to an end. There…
Read MoreEfforts to extinguish a fire within a grain silo at the Tyson Feed Plant in Snow Hill continue. Worcester County Fire Marshal’s office and the Department of Emergency Services are closely monitoring this multi-day project, which has been going on since the end of last week. Residents are likely to detect an odor caused by…
Read MoreA Millsboro woman has been arrested following an investigation into a suspicious person in a Millsboro neighborhood early Saturday morning. Delaware State Police were called to a home on Devonshire Road for a person looking into windows – and possibly stealing mail. Police located a person matching the description given and made contact with the…
Read MoreUser 284190339 · 05 – 21 – 24 Fishing Report I was supposed to fish on the Angler out of Ocean City on Monday. We left the dock right on time at 6:00 a.m. and after an hour or so of beating into a northeast wind driven sea the captain decided to call it a…
Read MoreUPDATED – 05/20/24 – 4:30pm – The Dali was refloated early Monday morning and towed and pushed about 2.5 miles to a local marine terminal by several tug boats – arriving around 9am. This has allowed for the restoration of the Federal Channel allowing all pre-collapse deep-draft commercial vessels to enter and exit the Port…
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The Sussex County Council meets at its regular time this week. They will hear a presentation from the Town of Fenwick Island on the dredging project. County Administrator Todd Lawson and Finance Director Gina Jennings will present the FY 2025 Budget and introduce several proposed ordinances related to the budget – including fee increases for…
Read MoreA Pocomoke City man has pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime and was sentenced on Friday. Worcester County Circuit Court Judge Brian Shockley sentenced 22 year old Jael Ghent to 14 years in prison and suspended all but the 5-year mandatory minimum sentence. Ghent was also placed on 3…
Read MoreUser 284190339 · 05 – 20 – 24 Fishing Report Sunday was very nice on land, but for some reason no boats from Lewes or from Indian River ventured to the sea bass grounds. Lewes Harbour Marina reported that the Katydid was up in Delaware Bay on a black drum trip and would not return…
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