Four Schools Earn State School Counseling Award
Department of Education | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Four Delaware schools have earned the 2025-26 Sapphire Award for Excellence in School Counseling, a recognition that honors school counseling programs that are comprehensive, data-informed, and designed to serve each and every student. This year’s honorees are: • Mount Pleasant High School (Brandywine School District) • Brader Elementary School (Christina School District) • Thurgood Marshall […]
Delaware Completes Major Radio System Modernization
Department of Safety and Homeland Security | Division of Communications | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 23, 2025
The Delaware Department of Safety & Homeland Security’s Division of Communications completed a major milestone in statewide communications infrastructure by decommissioning its legacy 800 MHz radio system on September 22, 2025. The achievement caps an eight-year, $63 million modernization project bringing cutting-edge IP-based technology to Delaware’s radio network.
Governor Matt Meyer Nominates Christen Linke Young as DHSS Secretary
Governor Matt Meyer | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 23, 2025
WILMINGTON —Governor Matt Meyer today announced the nomination of Christen Linke Young to serve as the next Secretary of the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS). Young, a nationally recognized health policy leader with more than 15 years of experience in state and federal government, will succeed Secretary Josette Manning, who will depart […]
DelDOT Celebrates Ribbon Cutting for the North Millsboro Bypass
Department of Transportation | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 23, 2025
The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) was joined by Governor Matt Meyer, Lieutenant Governor Kyle Evans Gay, Senators Brian Pettyjohn and Dave Wilson, Representatives Rich Collins, Valerie Jones Giltner, and Claire Snyder-Hall, Mayor of Millsboro Bob McKee, Sussex County Councilmen Doug Hudson, Matt Lloyd and John Rieley and other distinguished guests on Monday, September 22, […]
Limited Open Burning in Delaware Resumes Oct. 1 With End of Ozone Season
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Air Quality | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 23, 2025
DNREC reminds Delawareans that open burning of materials such as tree limbs, brush and branches can legally resume this year on Thursday, Oct. 1 – the date when the state’s annual open burning ban is lifted. Residential open burning of cut or fallen limbs, dead branches, or shrubbery is allowed from Oct. 1 to April 30, with a maximum of 27 cubic feet of yard waste burned at one time.
