DIAA Names 2022-2023 Dale Farmer State Champions in Sportsmanship Winners
Department of Education | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Eleven schools are being honored for sportsmanship this week by the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA). The Dale Farmer State Champions in Sportsmanship Award is presented annually to schools that have demonstrated a strong school community commitment to the educational nature of interscholastic athletics.
Two Schools Earn State School Counseling Award
Department of Education | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, October 9, 2023
Appoquinimink School District’s Bunker Hill Elementary School and Capital School District’s Kent County Secondary Intensive Learning Center have earned Delaware’s Sapphire Award for Excellence in School Counseling.
Flu Season Now Underway; Get Vaccinated Today
Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Date Posted: Monday, October 9, 2023
As the temperatures start to drop and the leaves begin to change, the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) marks the start of 2023-2024 influenza (flu) season. Infection with flu can cause mild to severe illness, and sometimes even death. As a possible signal of what we might expect, the U.S. often looks at what Australia and New Zealand experienced in the Southern Hemisphere during their flu season in our summer. This year, the countries had a particularly active flu season. As the spread of RSV and COVID-19 variants continue, and the possibility that an active flu season is ahead, the DPH recommends Delaware residents get their flu vaccines as soon as possible.
Blackbird Creek Fall Festival Set For October 21
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, October 6, 2023
The 14th annual Blackbird Creek Fall Festival, hosted by DNERR, will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21.
Delaware Announces Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Block Grant Program
Department of Agriculture | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, October 6, 2023
The Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA) announced they will be distributing $199,600 in relief funds through the Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety (SPRS) Block Grant Program to eligible Delaware seafood processors, dealers, and processing vessels who were financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
