The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will begin annual spraying of spring woodland pools to control aquatic immature (larval) mosquitoes as early as Wednesday, March 15, weather permitting. The post DNREC’s Mosquito Control Section Set to Begin Spraying Woodland Pools appeared first on State of Delaware News. Staff WriterThis post was originally published on this site
Contractor’s Long-Delayed Start Leads to Pause in DNREC’s White Creek Dredging Project for Environmental Restrictions
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced today that, due to contractor delay, the White Creek priority dredging project in Sussex County will not be completed this season. The post Contractor’s Long-Delayed Start Leads to Pause in DNREC’s White Creek Dredging Project for Environmental Restrictions appeared first on State of Delaware News. Staff WriterThis post was originally …
Public Service Commission Approves Decrease in Delmarva’s Natural Gas Costs
On Wednesday, the Delaware Public Service Commission approved a 23% decrease in Delmarva Power’s natural gas costs, effective April 1st. On Friday, February 24, 2023, Delmarva Power filed an application to amend its Gas Cost Rate (GCR) due to a warmer-than-expected winter and lower-than-forecasted natural gas prices over the past several months. The GCR represents […] The post Public Service …
Volunteers Needed for DNREC-Sponsored Christina River Watershed Cleanup April 22
As part of the 2023 Earth Month celebration in April, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will join the Christina Conservancy and the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary to mobilize volunteers to pick up trash in northern Delaware during the annual Christina River Watershed Cleanup. The post Volunteers Needed for DNREC-Sponsored Christina River Watershed Cleanup April 22 …
Packing 100,000 meals took about 250 volunteers, 5 hours
How fast can you package 100,000 meals to be shipped overseas? Pretty quickly, if a Saturday event in Georgetown was any indication. Two shifts of workers managed to pack about 16,700 quart-size bags Saturday in Georgetown. Each pack will feed six people. The rapid packing came courtesy of an assembly-line production set up in advance by Rise Against Hunger and …
DNREC Announces New Director for Division of Fish and Wildlife
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Environmental Control has named Pat Emory to lead its Division of Fish and Wildlife. The post DNREC Announces New Director for Division of Fish and Wildlife appeared first on State of Delaware News. Staff WriterThis post was originally published on this site
DoMore24 final tally: $2.3 million for state nonprofits
DoMore24 Delaware raised $2,371,592 from more than 15,000 donations from across the state and the country. That’s down slightly from last year’s nearly $2.7 million in donations, but a 25% jump in the number of donors from around 12,000 last year. Jennifer Saienni, director of nonprofit engagement at Spur Impact, who sponsor the event along with United Way of Delaware, …
Vanilla Ice, 90s music tour added to State Fair lineup
The Delaware State Fair will chill out this summer when it adds Vanilla Ice and the rest of the I Love the 90s tour to its entertainment lineup. Joining Vanilla Ice will be Rob Base, Color Me Badd, Tone Loc, and Young MC for a concert on Sunday, July 22 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets will be $34 to $74. …
Meet Nick’s Pizza, a pop-up parlor that’s a hit
Social media posts that tease “IYKYK” are wink-wink references to insider information — the acronym stands for If You Know You Know. Wilmington foodies are using the hashtag to refer to Nick’s Pizza, a pop-up started by Nick Vouras. The business has no brick-and-mortar restaurant, business phone or website. So, if you want to sample Vouras’s praise-worthy pizzas, you need …
Maiss Hussein to Represent Delaware in 2023 Poetry Out Loud National Semifinals
Wilmington, Del. (March 3, 2023) – From a field of twelve Delaware high school students, Maiss Hussein, a junior from Paul M. Hodgson Vocational Technical High School, earned the title of 2023 Poetry Out Loud Delaware State Champion at the state finals held on March 2 at the Smyrna Opera House. The first runner-up was […] The post Maiss Hussein …