This week on Delmarva, restoration efforts began at the Lewes Fourth Street Preserve, the Chesapeake Bay earned its highest report card grade in 40 years, Rep. Andy Harris went viral and more.
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The Lewes Fourth Street Preserve subcommittee is moving forward with plans to update the 30-acre parcel.
A Verizon outage is impacting television stations across the Delmarva Peninsula.
A systemwide phone and internet outage at TidalHealth Thursday monring had canceled outpatient appointments and affected some hospital and urgent care services.
Maryland announced that it awarded grants for nine flood reduction and restoration projects to help communities plan and design solutions to withstand flooding and other weather-related events.
A new bill in Congress aims to support efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay, improve water quality, and connect local students, businesses and communities to conservation projects.
Delaware Electric Cooperative has restored power to nearly all members affected by this week’s blizzard after more than 80 hours of restoration work across Kent and Sussex counties.
Delaware Electric Cooperative crews restored power to 5,000 homes and have now brought electricity back to 95 percent of homes affected by the recent winter storm, according to the utility Wednesday morning.
Delmarva Power crews are making progress restoring electricity after Winter Storm Hernando brought heavy, wet snow and wind gusts of 55 mph or more to Delaware and Maryland, damaging the local energy grid.
Power crews have restored electricity to 40,000 homes since the winter storm began Sunday, with 20,000 of those homes coming back online overnight, according to an update from the utility at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.