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EGG SCRAMBLE The search for Easter eggs at Northside Park on 125th Street in Ocean City last Saturday had an element of competition to it, as several children broke out to an early lead in the race for prizes.
By Josh Davis News Editor (April 26, 2019) Gerald Lusby Jr., 47 of Selbyville, once called Worcester’s most dangerous driver by former Interim State’s Attorney Bill McDermott, led Delaware police on a wild chase through several towns last week. On Feb. 5 of last year, Lusby was convicted by a Worcester County jury in 20 minutes for driving while impaired by alcohol on Sept. 17, 2017 – his 12th drunk driving-related offense. At the time, Judge Richard Bloxom called Lusby’s driving record the most remarkable he’s ever seen and sentenced Lusby to the maximum of three years in jail, and a $1,000 fine. McDermott, who prosecuted Lusby in 2015, said during a previous trial that “He is perhaps the most dangerous driver in all of Worcester County … the See SELBYVILLE Page 6
Foam or algae, it’s still scum Montego Bay couple deals with gooey substance from wind-whipped Assawoman By Josh Davis News Editor (April 26, 2019) A perfect storm of circumstances is the likely culprit behind the mystery of the sticky, slimy substance that’s been coming off the bay and gooing up the cars and properties of some Ocean City residents. Montego Bay residents Kathleen and Chris Kenny have been plagued for months by an unidentified gunk that has covered their house and their cars,
at times, and even eroded parts of their metal rain gutters. Kathleen Kenny said they moved to the area about five years ago and dealt with the issue about once a year – until last year, when the flying slime started to appear about once a month. “It’s beige, foamy, very viscous, greasy and extremely stubborn to clean,” Kenny said. Along with power washing their home, Kenny said she and her husband must use rags and cleaning products like Windex and Mr. Clean to remove the gunk from their windows and siding. They also take their three vehicles about once a month to a do-it-yourself carwash on 54th Street, because the au-
tomatic carwash “doesn’t get rid of [the slime] completely.” “That makes me question, what is this?” she said, adding, “it’s actually eating through our aluminum gutters.” The Kennys live directly across from the Assawoman Bay, in an area where the bulkhead points to their home like an arrow. “Normally, our home is a direct hit and, depending on how wild the wind gets, the neighbors will get it too,” Kenny said. “The lady that lives directly across from us, she is right on the water [and] she gets it too … the exterior of her house is mostly windows and she See MYSTERIOUS Page 3
Removing the bay-borne goo from the car requires scrubbing, not just a quick rinse.
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Mysterious slime plagues resident Continued from Page 1 gets it on her windows.” Along with dealing with the additional the cost of cleaning products and car washes, Kenny has lost wages from work, because the cleaning process takes up an entire day, she said. “We’ve had people comment about, ‘boy, you’re a busy bee’ or ‘you’re a clean freak.’ And I’m like, did you not notice what exactly we were doing there?” Kenny said. “The people who get the peripheral hit are aware of it, but they don’t live there all the time, so maybe it’s rained hard before they come back down. They just think we had a storm and they got some dirt – they’re not witnessing it firsthand. See ALGAE Page 5
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