Delaware Forest Service Highlights Urban Forestry Grant Opportunities Through Lombardy Elementary Tree Planting
Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2026
WILMINGTON – The Delaware Forest Service (DFS) Urban and Community Forestry Program returned to Lombardy Elementary School in Wilmington on Thursday, Nov. 5, to assist with the planting of eight new trees on school grounds. The planting builds on the program’s efforts last fall when 12 trees were planted, bringing the school’s total to 20 […]
Franchesca, Angel In Flight, score DSBF upsets
Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund | Department of Agriculture | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Franchesca, with Russell Foster driving, forged to a lifetime-best 1:56.1 victory in her first-round DSBF preliminary event on Monday at Bally’s Dover. DOVER — Dismissed at double-digit odds, Franchesca and Angel In Flight both emerged from off the pace to capture their respective $20,000 first-round Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund preliminary events for 2-year-old trotting fillies […]
Arrest Made in Elsmere Apartment Building Fire
State Fire Marshal | Date Posted: Monday, November 9, 2026
The Delaware State Fire Marshal’s Office investigated an apartment fire that occurred on Saturday, November 7, 2026, in Elsmere, DE. At approximately 1652 hours, Saturday, November 7, 2026, the Elsmere Fire Company was alerted to a fire at 2118 Seneca Road, Apartment #2, Wilmington, DE. Upon arrival, the fire department found smoke coming from the […]
Delaware Secures $160,294,521.00 in Year 2 Funding to Continue Historic Investment in Rural Health Care
Delaware Health and Social Services | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, November 9, 2026
NEW CASTLE – Delaware will receive $160,294,521.00 in second-year federal funding through the Rural Health Transformation Program, continuing the state’s work to strengthen health care in rural communities across Delaware. The Year 2 award builds on more than $150 million Delaware received in the program’s first year to advance projects focused on improving access to […]
Delaware State Fire School Honors Chief Howard Blizzard as Lifetime Instructor
Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, November 9, 2026
DOVER, DELAWARE — The Delaware State Fire School honored Chief Howard Blizzard of the Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company with the prestigious title of Lifetime Instructor on November 4, 2026, recognizing decades of dedication to firefighter education. Since the school’s inception in the 1960s, thousands of first responders have served as instructors. Fewer than 100 […]
