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  Archives:  June 2015

Department of Elections for New Castle completes review of Christina School District Referendum

Department of Elections - New Castle County Office | Department of Elections - State Election Commissioner | New Castle County | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Department of Elections for New Castle completes review of Christina School District Referendum.




Stop Tick-And Mosquito-Borne Diseases

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2015

The Division of Public Health urges people to get active, enjoy the outdoors, and remember to protect themselves from tick and mosquito bites




DDA begins annual surveillance for emerald ash borer (EAB)

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2015

With the arrival of summer, the Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA) Forest Service and Plant Industries sections would like to alert homeowners, campers, and tree care professionals to look for signs or symptoms of emerald ash borer, otherwise known as EAB, a destructive wood-boring pest of ash trees. At the same time, DDA is beginning its own annual surveillance to look for EAB in the First State. EAB has been found in 25 states, including those in the Mid-Atlantic nearest to Delaware (Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia). The nearest known location of EAB to Delaware is in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, just north of Philadelphia.




Insurance Department Posts Health Insurance Rate Requests

Insurance Commissioner | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 9, 2015

The Dept. of Insurance has posted the health insurance rate requests for 2016. The DOI will hold public information sessions on June 15 and June 16, and will accept public comments through July 15, 2015.




Care is urged after imported fire ants found in palm tree shipment

Department of Agriculture | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 9, 2015

State authorities are alerting local businesses and purchasers of tropical nursery stock of the recent detection of fire ants in a shipment of palm trees imported from Florida. The red imported fire ants were detected during a routine check at a Sussex County business by the Delaware Department of Agriculture’s Plant Industries nursery inspection team. They were eradicated and do not pose a threat.






  Archives:  June 2015

Department of Elections for New Castle completes review of Christina School District Referendum

Department of Elections - New Castle County Office | Department of Elections - State Election Commissioner | New Castle County | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Department of Elections for New Castle completes review of Christina School District Referendum.




Stop Tick-And Mosquito-Borne Diseases

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2015

The Division of Public Health urges people to get active, enjoy the outdoors, and remember to protect themselves from tick and mosquito bites




DDA begins annual surveillance for emerald ash borer (EAB)

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2015

With the arrival of summer, the Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA) Forest Service and Plant Industries sections would like to alert homeowners, campers, and tree care professionals to look for signs or symptoms of emerald ash borer, otherwise known as EAB, a destructive wood-boring pest of ash trees. At the same time, DDA is beginning its own annual surveillance to look for EAB in the First State. EAB has been found in 25 states, including those in the Mid-Atlantic nearest to Delaware (Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia). The nearest known location of EAB to Delaware is in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, just north of Philadelphia.




Insurance Department Posts Health Insurance Rate Requests

Insurance Commissioner | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 9, 2015

The Dept. of Insurance has posted the health insurance rate requests for 2016. The DOI will hold public information sessions on June 15 and June 16, and will accept public comments through July 15, 2015.




Care is urged after imported fire ants found in palm tree shipment

Department of Agriculture | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 9, 2015

State authorities are alerting local businesses and purchasers of tropical nursery stock of the recent detection of fire ants in a shipment of palm trees imported from Florida. The red imported fire ants were detected during a routine check at a Sussex County business by the Delaware Department of Agriculture’s Plant Industries nursery inspection team. They were eradicated and do not pose a threat.