Delaware is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States,bordering Maryland to its south and west;Pennsylvania to its north;and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the nearby Delaware River,in turn named after Thomas West,3rd Baron De La Warr,an English nobleman and Virginia's first colonial governor.
Sussex County is located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Delaware,on the Delmarva Peninsula. As of the 2010 census,the population was 197,145. The county seat is Georgetown.
Dewey Beach is an incorporated coastal town in eastern Sussex County,Delaware,United States. According to the 2010 census,the population of the town is 341,an increase of 13.3% over the previous decade. It is part of the rapidly growing Cape Region and lies within the Salisbury,Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2011,the NRDC awarded Dewey Beach with a 5-Star rating in water quality. This award was given only to 12 other locations,one being neighboring Rehoboth Beach. Out of the 30 states with coastline,the Delaware Beaches ranked number 1 in water quality in 2011.
Rehoboth Beach is a city on the Atlantic Ocean along the Delaware Beaches in eastern Sussex County,Delaware,United States. As of the 2010 United States Census,the population was 1,327,reflecting a decline of 161 (11.2%) from the 1,488 counted in the 2000 Census. Along with the neighboring coastal town of Lewes,Rehoboth Beach is one of the principal cities of Delaware's rapidly growing Cape Region. Rehoboth Beach lies within the Salisbury metropolitan area.
The Supreme Court of Virginia is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It primarily hears direct appeals in civil cases from the trial-level city and county circuit courts,as well as the criminal law,family law and administrative law cases that are initially appealed to the Court of Appeals of Virginia. It is one of the oldest continuously active judicial bodies in the United States. It was known as the Supreme Court of Appeals until 1970,when it was renamed the Supreme Court of Virginia because it has original as well as appellate jurisdiction.
The Delaware Constitution of 1776 was the first governing document for Delaware state government and was in effect from its adoption in September 1776 until its replacement by the 1792 constitution.
Matthew P. Denn is an American lawyer and politician from New Castle County,Delaware. He served as the 45th attorney general of Delaware from 2015 until 2019. Denn previously served as the 25th lieutenant governor of Delaware from 2009 to 2015,and was the Insurance Commissioner of Delaware from 2005 to 2009. After leaving public office,Denn joined the global law firm DLA Piper as Managing Partner of the firm's Wilmington office.
Caleb Rodney Layton was an American physician and politician,from Georgetown,in Sussex County,Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party,who served two terms as U. S. Representative from Delaware.
WRDE-LD is a low-power television station in Salisbury,Maryland,United States,affiliated with NBC. It is owned by the Draper Holdings Business Trust alongside dual CBS/Fox affiliate WBOC-TV and low-power Cambridge-licensed Telemundo affiliate WBOC-LD. WRDE-LD's news department is located on The Square in Milton,Delaware,though technical functions and most internal operations are based at WBOC-TV's studio on North Salisbury Boulevard in Salisbury. WRDE-LD's transmitter is located in Laurel,Delaware. WRDE-LD's programming is repeated on Salisbury-licensed WRUE-LD,with transmitter near Pocomoke City,Maryland.
Carl C. Danberg is an American judge from Newark in New Castle County,Delaware. He is a member of the Democratic Party and was the attorney general of Delaware,and commissioner of the Delaware Department of Correction. He also serves as a Brigadier general in the Delaware Army National Guard.
The attorney general of Delaware is a constitutional officer of the U.S. state of Delaware,and is the chief law officer and the head of the State Department of Justice. On January 1,2019,Kathy Jennings was sworn in as the 46th attorney general of Delaware.
Winder Laird Stabler Jr. was an American attorney and politician from the state of Delaware.
WGMD is an FM radio station licensed to serve Rehoboth Beach,Delaware,Sussex County and the five other counties known as Delmarva. Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2020,the station has been owned and operated by Resort Broadcasting Company,LLC,a privately owned company since inception. It airs a news,talk,sports radio format. The station has been assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since March 30,1980.
Earl Brian Bradley is a former pediatrician from Lewes,Delaware and convicted serial child rapist. He was indicted in 2010 on 471 charges of molesting,raping and exploiting 103 child patients. Some of the victims were as young as three months old. He was charged in April 2010 with an additional 58 offenses in relation to the abuse of 24 additional victims. He has been described by a number of reputable news outlets and commentators as "the worst pedophile in American history." Dr. Eli Newberger,a professor at Harvard Medical School and a pediatrician who has studied child abuse cases for almost 40 years,said Bradley's was "the worst pediatrician abuse case I've ever heard of." Bradley had access to an estimated 7,000 pediatric patients. According to a personal injury law firm in Baltimore,one of many representing class action plaintiffs,1,400 families in the class action alleged abuse. Bradley was ultimately found guilty on all consolidated charges brought and was sentenced to 14 consecutive terms of life without parole plus 165 years in prison on June 26,2011. His conviction was affirmed by the Delaware Supreme Court on September 6,2012. In the wake of his arrest,it emerged that he had faced accusations of child abuse as early as 1995 in both Delaware and Pennsylvania.
Elections were held in Delaware on Tuesday,November 2,2010. Primary elections were held on September 14,2010.
The Indian River Inlet Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge located in Sussex County,Delaware,in the United States. It carries four lanes of Delaware Route 1 over the Indian River Inlet between the Indian River Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The bridge also carries Delaware Bicycle Route 1 across the inlet. The bridge is within Delaware Seashore State Park between Dewey Beach and Bethany Beach. The Indian River Inlet Bridge is maintained by the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT). The bridge is 2,600 feet (790 m) long and 107.66 feet (32.81 m) wide,with a span of 950 feet (290 m) and overhead clearance of 45 feet (14 m).
M. Jane Brady is an American attorney and former judge. She was the Attorney General of Delaware from 1995 to 2005,the first woman to serve in that position. From 2005 to 2017,she served as a judge on the Delaware Superior Court.
Ryves Holt was an American judge who served as chief justice of the Delaware Supreme Court from 1745 to 1763.
Robert J. Humphreys is a Judge of the Virginia Court of Appeals.
Kathleen Jennings is an American lawyer and politician serving as the Attorney General of Delaware. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
