Government
Though its discussion of a proposed subdivision was far-ranging Wednesday, the Sussex County Planning & Zoning Commission decided to reopen the record on the Northstar development to get input from the Cape Henlopen School District.
DOVER—Earlier this month, Dover Mayor Robin R. Christiansen was given a $5,000 raise in a last-minute decision before passing the yearly budget. On Tuesday, however, he requested that that …
Lamar Jackson was sidelined again. The Baltimore Ravens say he's still being evaluated by their medical team. Jackson has practiced only once since training camp began for the full squad Sunday. He …
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Environment
environment, shore life
LEWES — Ever since she was tagged in Juno Beach Fla., in April as she laid eggs, Marie, a 300-pound female loggerhead sea turtle has made her way steadily northward since before coming to a …
OUTDOORS
Learn to identify the butterflies most common to the area at a free “Butterflies and Blooms” class offered by the Eco Club of Delaware Botanic Gardens at Pepper Creek in Dagsboro.
Cops and Courts
DOVER — A 22-year-old Smyrna man and Dover Police officer were both injured after a departmentally-issued rifle discharged during an arrest Monday, authorities said.
According to Dover …
Millsboro Police Chief Brian Calloway recently presented Jalissa Jones, a Beebe Healthcare emergency department nurse, with the Citation of Excellence award.
Kent County
CRIME
Some were deadly, others injurious or left nobody wounded.
A spate of recent shootings and a stabbing in Kent and Sussex counties brought arrests in some cases, but not all.
POLICE
WILMINGTON — A 36-year-old Smyrna man was wounded in an officer-involved shooting Friday night and later charged with offenses, Delaware State Police said.
US wind, act
DOVER — While imposing no penalties other than to generally begin acting like a public body, the Attorney General of Delaware decided the Association of Coastal Towns violated Freedom of …
Sussex County
West nile virus, eastern equine encephalitis
DOVER — The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control confirmed West Nile Virus was detected in Delaware for the first time this year on Friday, July 26, 2024.
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2024 Olympics
DOVER — Content aggregator HostingAdvice released a study on Wednesday of 3,000 Delaware sports fans’ intended Olympic diet and landed on the figure of about 25 hours during the two-week …
beebe healthcare
REHOBOTH BEACH — The Margaret H. Rollins School Class of 2024 have all passed the national examination for licensure as a registered nurse, Beebe Healthcare announced on Monday.
Passing …
New Castle County
DOVER — Everyone who goes to the Delaware State Fair has a reason, whether it be for recreation, to compete in the contests or to sample the singular foods offered there, but according to the …
DOVER — Nursing and helping bring comfort to others is seemingly in Tina Randolph’s bloodline.
All she needs to do is to look back to her great-grandmother, the Rev. Dr. Margaret L. …
HARRINGTON — The Delaware State Fair continued yesterday, July 23, and is scheduled to keep on going through Saturday, July 27 at the fairgrounds in Harrington.
The warm temperatures …
Wicomico County
Jeffrey Mueller of Salisbury, Maryland, a Mechanical Engineering major and member of the...
Points of discussion surrounding Anne Street Village that came out of the June 3, 2024 City ...
SALISBURY — A Maryland State Trooper has been suspended without pay after a recent indictment by a grand jury in Wicomico County.
Senior Trooper Jordan Monk is facing charges of …
Dorchester County
CAMBRIDGE - The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said it has filed an online complaint with the U.S. Board of Education's Office of Civil Rights on behalf of a 12-year-old Cambridge girl.
Dorchester County
CAMBRIDGE – Maryland State Police are investigating a five-vehicle crash that occurred early this morning in Dorchester County.
Shortly after 7 a.m., troopers from the Maryland State …
REHOBOTH BEACH — A fin whale, or a finback whale, that beached on Sunday morning south of the Indian River Life-Saving Station in Delaware Seashore State Park did not survive, Nikki LaVoie, …
Somerset County
CRISFIELD — Flooding has been a problem in Crisfield and the surrounding area for decades, and it keeps getting worse, affecting businesses, residences, tourism, and transportation.
While …
ANNAPOLIS — There were 202 wild turkeys harvested in Somerset County during the spring season which made it the best year for hunters out of the last seasons.
The 1.5% increase over 2023 …
PRINCESS ANNE — Municipal voters on Tuesday rejected giving their first-term incumbent representatives another four-year term as challengers will be taking their seats as Town Commissioners on …
News
WASHINGTON — Caesar Rodney High School’s culinary team, after capturing the national championship title at the 2024 National ProStart Invitational in April, took a tour of one of the most …
DOVER — Bayhealth announced that Amanda Bowie has been named the vice president of Marketing, Communications and Community Outreach after serving in the interim role since March 2023.
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DOVER – Tonight’s Arts in the Park concert featuring the Reunion has been moved from Brecknock County Park to the Kent County Public Library at 497 S. Red Haven Lane in Dover due to …
NOTE: This story will be updated
HARRINGTON - Horsepower and tractor power took center stage Wednesday in the Quillen Arena Wednesday at the Delaware State Fair.
FFA and 4-H Horse …
CAMBRIDGE – Members of the Nause-Waiwash Band of Indians Inc. hosted a celebration Wednesday for the formal unveiling of a new roadside historical marker honoring the Choptank Indian …
Yes2Health, a program of the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition, will host multiple sessions this fall, with in-person and virtual options.
Yes2Health is a free 10-week program with classes …
REHOBOTH BEACH — Uncle David’s Ice Cream Shop, 237 Rehoboth Ave., officially opened last Friday, July 19, and kicked off with a celebratory ribbon cutting followed by an open house with …
DOVER — Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control added to the artificial reef system off the coast by sinking two vintage vessels – a retired City of …
REHOBOTH BEACH — Delaware Professional Organizers, experts in decluttering and space organization, was welcomed into the Rehoboth Beach/Dewey Beach Chamber of Commerce last week with a ribbon …
In response to the recent canine influenza outbreak, the Brandywine Valley Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will provide free influenza vaccinations and distemper shots.