ADVISORY: Delaware Archeologists and Smithsonian to Announce Major Discovery
Department of State | Historical and Cultural Affairs | Date Posted: Monday, December 4, 2017
Dover Heroin Dealer Sent to Prison
Date Posted: August 23, 2019
Governor Carney Announces Second Construction Career Expo
Date Posted: August 23, 2019
DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Aug. 12-18
Date Posted: August 23, 2019
DNREC sets Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission public hearing on striped bass management plan Aug. 29 in Dover
Date Posted: August 23, 2019
DNREC announces availability of 2020 Community Environmental Project Fund grants; public workshops set for Sept. 10-11
Date Posted: August 22, 2019
Volunteers Needed at Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill in Smyrna
Date Posted: August 21, 2019
Delaware Advisory Council on Wildlife and Freshwater Fish to meet Aug. 27 in Dover
Date Posted: August 21, 2019
Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs to sponsor 14 special events during September 2019
Date Posted: August 21, 2019
DNREC Shoreline & Waterway Management Section promotes ‘design a sign, protect a dune’ awareness contest
Date Posted: August 20, 2019
Statement on Beatriz Fana-Ruiz
Date Posted: August 20, 2019
Delaware Receives Federal Approval to Establish Reinsurance Program for 2020
Date Posted: August 20, 2019
First Phase of Community Court Launched
Date Posted: August 19, 2019
Governor Carney Announces Downtown Development District Designations
Date Posted: August 19, 2019
Celebrate Native American culture in downtown Dover, Del. on Sept. 2, 7 and 14, 2019
Date Posted: August 19, 2019
DNREC Secretary’s Order grants air quality construction permit to Walan Specialty Construction Products, LLC
Date Posted: August 19, 2019
Grant Funds Promote Financial Literacy Education
Date Posted: August 19, 2019
Severe crop damage at Redden State Forest creates public deer harvest opportunities to assist local farmers
Date Posted: August 19, 2019
DNREC, City of Lewes launch outreach campaign to clear Lewes dune of illegally-stored personal items such as kayaks
Date Posted: August 16, 2019
DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Aug. 5-11
Date Posted: August 16, 2019
Delaware Native Species Commission to meet Aug. 21 in Dover
Date Posted: August 16, 2019
Magnolia man sentenced for child sexual abuse
Date Posted: August 16, 2019
DNREC’s Division of Climate, Coastal & Energy seeks applicants for new NOAA estuary research fellowship
Date Posted: August 16, 2019
DNREC issues administrative penalty and Secretary’s Order to EcoServices, LLC for Hazardous Air Pollutant violations
Date Posted: August 16, 2019
DOJ warns Delawareans about jury duty phone scam
Date Posted: August 15, 2019
Ribbon cut on Little Heaven intersection project
Date Posted: August 15, 2019
Delaware Libraries Celebrate Reading and Back to School
Date Posted: August 15, 2019
DNREC’s Delaware Becoming an Outdoors-Woman weekend set Sept. 20-22 at Lums Pond State Park
Date Posted: August 15, 2019
DNREC Division of Parks & Recreation honors members of the Youth Conservation Corps
Date Posted: August 14, 2019
Delaware Division of Youth Rehabilitative Services Honored with Two National Awards
Date Posted: August 14, 2019
DPH Releases First Drug Overdose Mortality Surveillance Report
Date Posted: August 14, 2019
Clarifications on Medigap
Date Posted: August 14, 2019
Woman indicted for $16,000 of fraudulent insurance claims
Date Posted: August 14, 2019
Delaware Division of the Arts Announces 2019-2020 Mezzanine Gallery Solo Exhibitions
Date Posted: August 13, 2019
DNREC Environmental Crimes Unit arrests Magnolia man on criminal charges, including felony forgery of US currency
Date Posted: August 12, 2019
DelDOT Earns Credit Rating Upgrade
Date Posted: August 12, 2019
State awards federal grants for new, expanding charter schools
Date Posted: August 12, 2019
DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: July 29-Aug. 4
Date Posted: August 9, 2019
DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announces new Delaware state record false albacore tuna caught
Date Posted: August 9, 2019
Prison sentence for 2017 murder
Date Posted: August 9, 2019
Governor Carney Signs Executive Order to Create Opportunity Funding Oversight Committee
Date Posted: August 9, 2019
DHSS Seeks Back-to-School Donations for Adopt-A-Student Program
Date Posted: August 8, 2019
DOJ announces early success in child support absconder initiative
Date Posted: August 8, 2019
DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife reminds hunters of Basic Hunter Education Course requirements
Date Posted: August 7, 2019
“The Scorched Pamphlet: Sherlock Holmes Returns to Delaware” at Dover’s Old State House on Aug. 17, 2019
Date Posted: August 7, 2019
ICYMI: Governor Carney Signs Legislation Protecting Health Care for Delawareans
Date Posted: August 7, 2019
DNREC Division of Parks & Recreation recognizes members of the Veterans Conservation Corps
Date Posted: August 7, 2019
“The 1960s in Delaware” – Chautauqua Tent Shows in Lewes, De. From Sept. 19 to 21, 2019
Date Posted: August 6, 2019
DHSS Receives Medicaid Substance Use Disorder Waiver from Federal Government
Date Posted: August 6, 2019
Division of Watershed Stewardship Accepting Grant Proposals For Community Water Quality Improvement Projects
Date Posted: August 5, 2019
DNREC Division of Parks & Recreation Natural Resources Police seeks two Enforcement Trainees
Date Posted: August 5, 2019
Governor Carney Orders Flags To Half-Staff For Victims In El Paso and Dayton
Date Posted: August 4, 2019
DNREC’s Mosquito Control Section Announces First Detection of Eastern Equine Encephalitis This Year
Date Posted: August 2, 2019
Harrington PD & OHS Delaware State Fair Non-Traditional Distracted Driving Operation
Date Posted: August 2, 2019
DNREC issues $40,000 penalty and Secretary’s Order to Diamond State Generation Partners, LLC for Air Permit Ciolations
Date Posted: August 2, 2019
DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: July 22-28
Date Posted: August 2, 2019
Prison for Man Who Murdered His Grandmother
Date Posted: August 2, 2019
ANNOUNCEMENT: DNREC to hold second public meeting Aug. 14 in New Castle regarding Croda’s 2018 ethylene oxide release
Date Posted: August 2, 2019
Attorney General Jennings challenges Trump administration’s move to gut asylum seekers’ protections
Date Posted: August 2, 2019
Medicaid MCOs Embrace YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program
Date Posted: August 2, 2019
Seaford Police Department Non-traditional Distracted Driving Operation a Success
Date Posted: August 1, 2019
Insurance Data Security Act Signed into Law
Date Posted: August 1, 2019
Patients of NCCo Doctor Whose Medical License, Controlled Substance Registration Suspended Urged to Seek Ongoing Care
Date Posted: August 1, 2019
2019 state assessment results released
Date Posted: August 1, 2019
Delaware FFA members take home state awards
Date Posted: August 1, 2019
Delaware moves to crack down on workplace fraud, improve oversight of contractors
Date Posted: July 31, 2019
Governor Carney Signs Legislation Establishing Infrastructure Fund to Create Jobs
Date Posted: July 31, 2019
Bill Signing Promotes Savings in the First State
Date Posted: July 31, 2019
DNREC ECU seeks public help in identifying suspect illegally dumping at Polly Drummond Hill Yard Waste Site
Date Posted: July 31, 2019
DNREC confirms finding Asian longhorned tick for the first time in Delaware
Date Posted: July 31, 2019
Rolling application process provides flexibility for Delaware’s Young Farmer Loan Program
Date Posted: July 31, 2019
DNREC’s Natural Resource Police Park Rangers enforce surf-fishing regulations at Cape Henlopen State Park
Date Posted: July 31, 2019
State, City Leaders Announce Group Violence Intervention (GVI) Project in Wilmington
Date Posted: July 30, 2019
Delaware Division of the Arts Announces First Round of Grants in Support of Arts Projects for Fiscal Year 2020
Date Posted: July 30, 2019
Governor Carney Signs Legislation to Ban Plastic Bags, Reduce Litter in Delaware
Date Posted: July 29, 2019
“How to Train Your Dragon—The Hidden World” to be screened at Movie Night at Buena Vista on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019
Date Posted: July 26, 2019
Raccoon in Newark Tests Positive For Rabies
Date Posted: July 26, 2019
Repeated Rape of Child Leads to Prison for 64-Year-Old
Date Posted: July 26, 2019
DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: July 15-21
Date Posted: July 26, 2019
Governor Carney joins DNREC Secretary Garvin to present DNREC Awards in State Fair ceremony
Date Posted: July 25, 2019
Schooner Meerwald partners with Zwaanendael Museum to present programs in Lewes, Del. during the summer of 2019
Date Posted: July 25, 2019
Milford Woman Charged with Animal Cruelty After Dog Dies From Excessive Heat Exposure, Tethering
Date Posted: July 24, 2019
Fort Delaware Introduces Escape Fort Delaware: The Disloyalty Files
Date Posted: July 24, 2019
Tom Summers to Host Treasures of the Delaware Public Archives at Port Penn Interpretive Center
Date Posted: July 24, 2019
Consumer Protection Unit reaches settlement over foreclosure rescue scam
Date Posted: July 23, 2019
Online registration now open to volunteers for 32nd annual Delaware Coastal Cleanup sponsored by DNREC
Date Posted: July 23, 2019
The Mezzanine Gallery to Exhibit “Realistic Colors of Art” by Geraldo Gonzalez
Date Posted: July 23, 2019
‘Use Your Melon’ Impaired Driving Awareness Campaign At The Delaware State Fair
Date Posted: July 22, 2019
ICYMI – Governor Carney’s Op-Ed: We’re Making Progress
Date Posted: July 22, 2019
AG Jennings, national coalition reach largest data breach settlement in history
Date Posted: July 22, 2019
Adult anglers can try their luck at fishing events July 26 and Aug. 1 at DNREC’s Aquatic Resources Education Center
Date Posted: July 22, 2019
Gov. Carney orders flags to half-staff Tuesday for former Supreme Court Justice Stevens
Date Posted: July 21, 2019
DNREC’s Fort Delaware State Park closed due to dangerous temperatures
Date Posted: July 20, 2019
Results of July 12th 2019 Impaired Driving Checkpoints
Date Posted: July 19, 2019
Governor Carney Urges Delawareans to Stay Safe During Heat Warnings
Date Posted: July 19, 2019
DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: July 8-14
Date Posted: July 19, 2019
Guilty Plea In 2018 Middletown Shooting Death
Date Posted: July 19, 2019
Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund public workshop set for July 25 in Dover
Date Posted: July 19, 2019
Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs to sponsor 13 special events during August 2019
Date Posted: July 19, 2019
Source Water Protection Subcommittee to meet July 24 in Dover
Date Posted: July 19, 2019
Governor Carney Announces Expansion of DelDOT’s Work-a-Day Earn-a-Pay Program
Date Posted: July 18, 2019
Department of State | Historical and Cultural Affairs | Date Posted: Monday, December 4, 2017
DOVER – A team of Delaware archeologists and a preeminent anthropologist from the Smithsonian Institution Wednesday will unveil new findings from a years-long study of an archeological site in the West Rehoboth area.
The discoveries set to be announced were made at what was once a 17th-century homestead and represent a significant expansion of the knowledge of early colonial settlement in Delaware and the Chesapeake region.
Work at the site was conducted by members of the Archeological Society of Delaware in collaboration with the Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs. Dr. Douglas Owsley of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History was engaged by the state for his expertise in the field of physical anthropology, and his well-known work with early colonial settlements at Jamestown, Va. and St. Mary’s City, Md.
What: Announcement of major archaeological discovery related to 17th century Delaware.
Who: Secretary of State Jeff Bullock
Dr. Douglas Owsley, Division Head of Physical Anthropology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History;
Daniel Griffith, Archaeological Society of Delaware;
Dr. Angela Winand, Head of the Mitchell Center for African American Heritage & Diversity Programs, Delaware Historical Society;
Timothy A. Slavin, Director, Delaware Division of Historical & Cultural Affairs;
Members of the Delaware historical and archeological community.
When: 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6
Where: Rehoboth Museum, 511 Rehoboth Ave., Rehoboth Beach
Contact: Doug Denison
Delaware Department of State
doug.denison@delaware.gov
302-857-3038
Related Topics: Delaware history, smithsonian
Department of State | Historical and Cultural Affairs | Date Posted: Monday, December 4, 2017
DOVER – A team of Delaware archeologists and a preeminent anthropologist from the Smithsonian Institution Wednesday will unveil new findings from a years-long study of an archeological site in the West Rehoboth area.
The discoveries set to be announced were made at what was once a 17th-century homestead and represent a significant expansion of the knowledge of early colonial settlement in Delaware and the Chesapeake region.
Work at the site was conducted by members of the Archeological Society of Delaware in collaboration with the Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs. Dr. Douglas Owsley of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History was engaged by the state for his expertise in the field of physical anthropology, and his well-known work with early colonial settlements at Jamestown, Va. and St. Mary’s City, Md.
What: Announcement of major archaeological discovery related to 17th century Delaware.
Who: Secretary of State Jeff Bullock
Dr. Douglas Owsley, Division Head of Physical Anthropology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History;
Daniel Griffith, Archaeological Society of Delaware;
Dr. Angela Winand, Head of the Mitchell Center for African American Heritage & Diversity Programs, Delaware Historical Society;
Timothy A. Slavin, Director, Delaware Division of Historical & Cultural Affairs;
Members of the Delaware historical and archeological community.
When: 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6
Where: Rehoboth Museum, 511 Rehoboth Ave., Rehoboth Beach
Contact: Doug Denison
Delaware Department of State
doug.denison@delaware.gov
302-857-3038
Related Topics: Delaware history, smithsonian
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