2014 Arbor Day School Poster Contest Winners
Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2014
The Delaware Forest Service has announced the winners of its annual Arbor Day School Poster Contest with a theme of “Trees are terrific… in cities and towns!” This year’s statewide winner is Isabella Garber, a fifth-grader at Christ the Teacher School in Newark. Her poster was judged the best overall on the following qualities: artistic expression, originality, neatness, and use of theme. Complete archive of winners at delawaretrees.com.
The “Wooden World Revealed”: The Archaeology and History of His Majesty’s Sloop of War DeBraak
Delaware Public Archives | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2014
The wars on land and sea during the late eighteenth century were an important part of Atlantic history, and unite the naval and maritime histories of many countries around the world. Consequently, a British warship named the DeBraak was escorting and protecting a convoy of British and American merchant ships en route to the United […]
New Delaware study points to benefits of irrigation
Delaware Economic Development Office (2013-2017) | Department of Agriculture | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Irrigation can increase grain production and profitability even in a near-ideal growing season, a new survey of Delaware cropland shows.
Governor Markell Signs Executive Order Adding Business Owners with Disabilities and Small Businesses to Delaware’s Supplier Diversity Efforts
Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | Office of Management and Budget | Office of the Governor | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Businesses owned by individuals with disabilities and certain small businesses will now be included in the state’s supplier diversity efforts thanks to an executive order recently signed by Governor Jack Markell.
Biden Takes Action To Shut Down Wilmington Gang House
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, April 21, 2014
Attorney General Beau Biden announced that his office, joined by the City of Wilmington, has filed a lawsuit to shut down a gang clubhouse and clean up a property on Wilmington’s East Side that has been the site of at least 15 shootings – including five homicides – in the past eight years.
