Don Rush

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News Director, Associate Program Director and Senior Producer at WSCL-FM (Salisbury, MD)

Host at Delmarva Today

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Delaware Gov. Names Members of LGBTQ+ Commission

4 days ago | delmarvapublicmedia.org | Don Rush

Delaware Governor Matt Meyer (D) announced members to the first ever Delaware LGBTQ+ Commission as Pride Month gets underway. Delmarva Public Media's Don Rush talked with David Mariner, executive director of Sussex Pride, about what this means for the community.
A Longtime Immigrant Couple Swept Up by ICE

5 days ago | delmarvapublicmedia.org | Don Rush

A Mexican Couple was arrested in the Preston area by immigration agents leaving their American born daughter Lili with an uncertain future and a surprised community. Delmarva Public Media's Kevin Diaz has the story.
Awareness of Pollution in the Local Waterways

6 days ago | delmarvapublicmedia.org | Don Rush

With the onset of spring and summer the level of pollution in the region's waterways increases. Delmarva Public Media's Don Rush talks with Swanson Taylor, executive director of Assateague Coastal Trust, about their water sampling program.
Essay: Gilded Age Returns with the Big Beautiful Bill

1 week ago | delmarvapublicmedia.org | Don Rush

The House GOP has passed what it has called the Big Beautiful Bill that promises tax cuts and reductions in social spending. Former Salisbury University political science professor Michael O'Loughlin writes this measure leads us to a new Gilded Age.
Ladybug Music Festival: Celebrating Women Performers (May 30)

1 week ago | delmarvapublicmedia.org | Don Rush

The Ladybug Music Festival celebrates women performers this Friday May 30th with doors opening at 4 p.m. and performances running from 5 p.m. through 10 p.m. Delmarva Public Media's Jenny O'Connor has this look at the inspiration for the event.
Delmarva Today 5-30-25 Crab Population Plunges

1 week ago | delmarvapublicmedia.org | Don Rush

The crab population in the Chesapeake Bay region has dropped to its second lowest in 35 years. Host Don Rush talks with Tim Wheeler, associate editor and senior writer for the Bay Journal, about what this means for the watershed.
Delmarva Today 5-30-25 A Look at the First Lineup of Acts for the MD Folk Festival

1 week ago | delmarvapublicmedia.org | Don Rush

The Maryland Folk Festival is gearing up for another year and they have announced their first list of musical acts. Host Don Rush talks with festival manager Caroline O'Hare and event technical specialist Chris Ford about the performers and to listen to a bit of their music.
Delmarva Today 5-30-25 Training Day for Ocean City Life Guards

1 week ago | delmarvapublicmedia.org | Don Rush

Tourists have begun flocking to the Delmarva beaches. And, resorts like Ocean City have been training their life guards to face the beachgoers as they spread along the shore. Delmarva Public Media's Kevin Diaz has this portrait of Training Day.
Delmarva Today 5-30-25 Coming to America in the 1860's: "Where Eagles Fly Free"

1 week ago | delmarvapublicmedia.org | Don Rush

Immigrants began flooding into America to find a better life and to slip the social restrictions of Europe in the latter part of the 19th century. Author David Jacinto has written a new novel entitled, "Where Eagles Fly Free" the second work in which he gives an account of his ancestors as they made their way from England across the Atlantic to the West after the Civil War. Host Don Rush talked with him about how he came to write the series and the experience of his immigrant family.
Some Musical Acts for this Year's Maryland Folk Festival (Delmarva Today Excerpt)

1 week ago | delmarvapublicmedia.org | Don Rush

The Maryland Folk Festival announced its first round of musical acts for this year. In this excerpt from this week's Delmarva Today Delmarva Public Media's Don Rush talks with Chris Ford, the event technical specialist, to look at some of the performers that will be on stage. The full interview including festival manager Caroline O'Hare can be heard on this Friday's Delmarva Today at noon on WSDL and WESM.