Delaware Forest Service Arbor Day Poster Contest
Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 26, 2014
The Delaware Forest Service’s 2014 Arbor Day Poster Contest is now open to all Delaware students in grades K to 5. Public, private and home schools are encouraged to participate as well as after-school groups and youth organizations. Posters are due by April 4th, 2013. This year’s poster contest theme – “Trees are Terrific…In Cities and Towns!” – is dedicated to the important role that trees play in our communities and schoolyards.
EVENT POSTPONED–“Henry Gawthrop of the 4th Delaware” lecture in New Castle, Del. on March 5, 2014
Historical and Cultural Affairs | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 26, 2014
The lecture “Henry Gawthrop of the 4th Delaware,” originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at the New Castle Court House Museum in New Castle, Del., has been postponed.
Governors Markell and Sandoval Sign Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement
Department of Finance | Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | State Lottery Office | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Governor Markell and Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval took an important step forward in online gaming, signing a first-in-the-nation Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement that will eventually allow poker players in both states to play against each other online at the same virtual tables.
Biden Seeks to Increase Fight to Protect Children From Predators
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, February 24, 2014
Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden asked the state legislature’s budget-writing committee on Monday to fund two critical priorities in Fiscal Year 2015, including two critical new positions in his office’s Child Predator Unit.
“Abolition and the Hunn Family”: Lecture by Robin Krawitz, president of the Underground Railroad Coalition of Delaware, on Sunday, March 2, 2014 at Dover, Del.’s Old State House
Historical and Cultural Affairs | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, February 24, 2014
Lecture will explore the abolition movement and the Underground Railroad in Delaware with a spotlight on the Hunn family, many of whose members participated in anti-slavery activities.
