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  Archives:  February 2020

Delaware Details Preparations for Potential Spread of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 26, 2020

The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is actively taking steps to prepare for community spread of the coronavirus disease known as COVID-19, as well as providing information to Delawareans about the actions they can take now to make preparations. To date, no one in Delaware has tested positive for COVID-19.




As public process begins to create plan for climate change, survey shows majority of Delawareans say it is time to act

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Public input sessions are beginning next week to create Delaware’s plan to mitigate, adapt and respond to climate change.




Camille Decker to Represent Delaware in 2020 Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington

Delaware Division of the Arts | Department of Education | Department of State | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Sanford School senior to advance to National Finals in Washington, DC Smyrna, Del. (February 26, 2020) – From a field of 15 Delaware high school students, Camille Decker, a senior from Sanford School, earned the title of 2020 Poetry Out Loud Delaware State Champion at the state finals held in Smyrna, Del. on Feb. 25. […]




DigiGirlz EVENT POSTPONED

Department of Education | Department of Technology and Information | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Media Contact: Christina Dirksen, Strategic Communications Manager, DTI (302) 739-9500 Christina.Dirksen@delaware.gov DigiGirlz Program Contacts: Claudette Martin-Wus, DTI (302) 739-9636, claudette.martin-wus@delaware.gov HANDS-ON TECH DAY FOR 8TH AND 9TH GRADE GIRLS  DOVER, Del. — Registration is now open for Delaware DigiGirlz Day 2020, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary! Girls in the 8th and 9th grades (or […]




DNREC to close The Point at Cape Henlopen March 1 for 2020 for beach nesting season

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 25, 2020

LEWES – The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, including a stretch of ocean beach and dunes, and a half-mile along the bay shoreline, will close Sunday, March 1, for the benefit of threatened and endangered beachnesters and migratory shorebirds, including red knot, piping plovers, oystercatchers, least terns, and other species. The Point’s nesting habitat […]






  Archives:  February 2020

Delaware Details Preparations for Potential Spread of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 26, 2020

The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is actively taking steps to prepare for community spread of the coronavirus disease known as COVID-19, as well as providing information to Delawareans about the actions they can take now to make preparations. To date, no one in Delaware has tested positive for COVID-19.




As public process begins to create plan for climate change, survey shows majority of Delawareans say it is time to act

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Public input sessions are beginning next week to create Delaware’s plan to mitigate, adapt and respond to climate change.




Camille Decker to Represent Delaware in 2020 Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington

Delaware Division of the Arts | Department of Education | Department of State | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Sanford School senior to advance to National Finals in Washington, DC Smyrna, Del. (February 26, 2020) – From a field of 15 Delaware high school students, Camille Decker, a senior from Sanford School, earned the title of 2020 Poetry Out Loud Delaware State Champion at the state finals held in Smyrna, Del. on Feb. 25. […]




DigiGirlz EVENT POSTPONED

Department of Education | Department of Technology and Information | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Media Contact: Christina Dirksen, Strategic Communications Manager, DTI (302) 739-9500 Christina.Dirksen@delaware.gov DigiGirlz Program Contacts: Claudette Martin-Wus, DTI (302) 739-9636, claudette.martin-wus@delaware.gov HANDS-ON TECH DAY FOR 8TH AND 9TH GRADE GIRLS  DOVER, Del. — Registration is now open for Delaware DigiGirlz Day 2020, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary! Girls in the 8th and 9th grades (or […]




DNREC to close The Point at Cape Henlopen March 1 for 2020 for beach nesting season

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 25, 2020

LEWES – The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, including a stretch of ocean beach and dunes, and a half-mile along the bay shoreline, will close Sunday, March 1, for the benefit of threatened and endangered beachnesters and migratory shorebirds, including red knot, piping plovers, oystercatchers, least terns, and other species. The Point’s nesting habitat […]