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DNREC Division of Parks & Recreation to offer free admission to Delaware’s state parks & Brandywine Zoo on Black Friday
Date Posted: November 15, 2019

On eve of Delaware’s shotgun deer hunting season, a reminder from DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police:
Date Posted: November 14, 2019

Delmarva poultry producers gain export opportunities as China opens markets
Date Posted: November 14, 2019

Delaware Advisory Council on Tidal Finfisheries to meet Nov. 20 in Dover
Date Posted: November 14, 2019

DPH Announces New Health Indicators Added to My Healthy Community Data Portal
Date Posted: November 14, 2019

Child Support Division Needs Updated Mailing Addresses
Date Posted: November 13, 2019

DNREC announces that Croda, Inc. can resume ethylene oxide production at company’s Atlas Point facility
Date Posted: November 13, 2019

DSHA and FHLBank Pittsburgh Announce Home4Good Funding Awards
Date Posted: November 13, 2019

Delaware Dept. of Labor, Vo-Techs Host Adult Education Apprenticeship Open House for National Apprenticeship Week
Date Posted: November 12, 2019

DNREC’S Division of Parks & Recreation announces sale of 2020 annual passes and surf fishing permits on Dec. 6
Date Posted: November 12, 2019

Community Volunteers Needed to Sponsor Residents for the Holidays at Public Nursing Homes
Date Posted: November 12, 2019

DART 22nd Annual “Stuff The Bus” Thanksgiving Food Drive Starts Monday, November 11
Date Posted: November 9, 2019

Governor Carney, DNREC cut ribbon on new wildlife-viewing tower at Little Creek Wildlife Area
Date Posted: November 8, 2019

DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Oct. 28 – Nov. 3
Date Posted: November 8, 2019

Diabetes Wellness Expo On November 19 Inspires Delawareans With Diabetes to Live Healthier Lifestyles
Date Posted: November 8, 2019

Winter Weather Awareness Week Begins November 11
Date Posted: November 8, 2019

Man Convicted of Three Rapes Including Two Cold Cases Gets Life in Prison
Date Posted: November 8, 2019

Delaware, Newark Manor Nursing Home Reach Settlement
Date Posted: November 8, 2019

Governor Carney’s Statement on Senate Confirmations to the Delaware Supreme Court
Date Posted: November 7, 2019

Council on Recreational Fishing Funding to meet Nov. 12 in Dover
Date Posted: November 7, 2019

DPH Director Participates in March of Dimes Congressional Briefing on Infant and Maternal Health
Date Posted: November 7, 2019

Governor and Lieutenant Governor Proclaim Radiation Protection Week in Delaware
Date Posted: November 7, 2019

Fourth graders’ Delaware Day projects on display at Legislative Hall in Dover from Nov. 13–Dec. 12, 2019
Date Posted: November 6, 2019

State Treasurer Attends Closing Bell at NASDAQ
Date Posted: November 6, 2019

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation Website Wins National Award
Date Posted: November 6, 2019

Feral Kitten In Ocean View Tests Positive for Rabies
Date Posted: November 5, 2019

Students invited to participate in 26th annual Junior Solar Sprint model car competition
Date Posted: November 5, 2019

State Treasurer’s Office Brings Tableau Day to Delaware
Date Posted: November 5, 2019

DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife’s artificial reef program sinks retired cruise ship as addition to Redbird Reef
Date Posted: November 4, 2019

DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife urges motorists to watch out for deer crossing roadways
Date Posted: November 4, 2019

DNREC announces Blades Groundwater Site has been proposed for Superfund NPL listing by US EPA
Date Posted: November 4, 2019

Delaware DOES NOT have a General Election on Nov 5, 2019.
Date Posted: November 4, 2019

DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Oct. 21-27
Date Posted: November 1, 2019

Racketeering Judgment Against Massage Parlor Owner; Murder Conviction in 2012 Cold Case
Date Posted: November 1, 2019

Citizens Source Water Protection Committee to meet Nov. 13 in Dover
Date Posted: November 1, 2019

A Child Is Waiting for You
Date Posted: November 1, 2019

DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife announces Delaware hunting seasons opening in November
Date Posted: October 31, 2019

Nov 1 – Dec 15: Open Enrollment for Delaware’s Health Insurance Marketplace
Date Posted: October 31, 2019

DNREC announces new 5-Stand sporting clays course at Ommelanden Hunter Education Training Center
Date Posted: October 30, 2019

New members to join Teachers Advisory Council
Date Posted: October 30, 2019

Halloween 2019 DUI Checkpoint Results
Date Posted: October 28, 2019

Campaign Finance Training
Date Posted: October 28, 2019

Parker’s Dairy Palace in New Castle, Del. added to the National Register of Historic Places
Date Posted: October 28, 2019

DE529 Sees Improved Education Savings Plan Rating
Date Posted: October 28, 2019

Halloween DUI Checkpoint – Statewide Activation
Date Posted: October 25, 2019

Kidnapper of Elderly Couple Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison
Date Posted: October 25, 2019

DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Oct. 14-20
Date Posted: October 25, 2019

Delaware, Reckitt Reach Suboxone Settlement
Date Posted: October 24, 2019

Governor Carney Announces Delaware Supreme Court Nominations
Date Posted: October 24, 2019

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announces successful piping plover nesting season
Date Posted: October 24, 2019

New Book by Delaware Researcher Details Lives of Patients during Early Years of Delaware State Hospital
Date Posted: October 23, 2019

Howell School Road near DNREC’s Lums Pond State Park Dog Park Area under construction October 21 – November 8
Date Posted: October 23, 2019

DPH Presents 2019 State Health Improvement Plan Progress Report and Launches Updated Website
Date Posted: October 23, 2019

DNREC, City of Lewes to erect fencing at Lewes Beach primary dune beginning first week of November
Date Posted: October 23, 2019

Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs to sponsor 10 special events during November 2019
Date Posted: October 23, 2019

Delaware celebrates Lights on Afterschool
Date Posted: October 23, 2019

DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife announces annual fall trout stocking of White Clay Creek
Date Posted: October 23, 2019

Delaware Advisory Council on Wildlife and Freshwater Fish to meet Oct. 29 in Dover
Date Posted: October 22, 2019

The Mezzanine Gallery to Exhibit “The Goldberg Variations” by Gregg Silvis
Date Posted: October 22, 2019

DPH Encourages Residents to Participate in National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
Date Posted: October 22, 2019

DNREC announces the 2020 Delaware Wetlands Conference
Date Posted: October 22, 2019

“Seams From the Past” series at Lewes’ Zwaanendael Museum in November 2019
Date Posted: October 22, 2019

Rehoboth Beach nourishment project to begin under direction of DNREC, US Army Corps of Engineers
Date Posted: October 21, 2019

Fewer Fees for Education Savings with DE529
Date Posted: October 21, 2019

Top national mathematics, science teachers recognized
Date Posted: October 21, 2019

Child Abuse Reporting Options Expand in Delaware
Date Posted: October 21, 2019

Fatal Crashes Spike in Delaware
Date Posted: October 18, 2019

Leaders of Drug Operation Sentenced to Prison
Date Posted: October 18, 2019

Keep Children Safe on Halloween
Date Posted: October 18, 2019

Delaware Introducing High School Girls to Careers in Cyber Security
Date Posted: October 18, 2019

DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Oct. 7-13
Date Posted: October 18, 2019

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announces youth hunting days for 2019/20 hunting season
Date Posted: October 17, 2019

State releases updates to Delaware Report Card
Date Posted: October 17, 2019

Flags to be lowered for Rep. Elijah E. Cummings
Date Posted: October 17, 2019

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation sponsors Yorklyn Storytelling Festival, archaeology events
Date Posted: October 17, 2019

First State Heritage Park Brings the Tenth Annual 18th Century Market Fair to the Dover Green
Date Posted: October 17, 2019

Attorney General Jennings Announces Multistate Settlement with Johnson & Johnson, Ethicon, Inc.
Date Posted: October 17, 2019

Part of Castle Trail on C&D Canal Conservation Area temporarily closed for repairs and to reroute damaged portion
Date Posted: October 16, 2019

First Lady, Delaware Readiness Teams to Kick Off Kindergarten Registration Campaign
Date Posted: October 16, 2019

Governor Carney Announces Senior Staff Changes
Date Posted: October 16, 2019

Delaware Source Water Protection Subcommittee to meet Oct. 23 in Dover
Date Posted: October 16, 2019

Annual Report on State Planning Issues Released
Date Posted: October 16, 2019

Colonial’s Rebecca Louise Vitelli named 2020 Delaware Teacher of the Year
Date Posted: October 15, 2019

Participate in the Great Shake-Out
Date Posted: October 15, 2019

STEP Grant Funds Support Small Business Exports
Date Posted: October 15, 2019

DNREC Parks & Recreation to host 5th annual ‘Boo-B-Que’ Oct. 18 to promote Delaware Children in Nature initiative
Date Posted: October 15, 2019

Disability Mentoring Day Provides Career-Building Experiences for Delaware Students
Date Posted: October 14, 2019

Office of Highway Safety Reactivates Grassroots Initiative to Promote Pedestrian Safety Month in October
Date Posted: October 14, 2019

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Governor Carney and 14 Governors Urge Congress to Act on Harmful PFAS

Governor John Carney | Office of the Governor | The Environment | Date Posted: Thursday, September 19, 2019

Letter expresses need to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney and the Governors of Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin issued a letter to the leadership of both the House and Senate Armed Services […]

DNREC to hold public information sessions Sept. 9 in Dover and New Castle on state’s new refrigerant incentive program

DOVER – The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will hold two public information sessions Monday, Sept. 9 detailing a new program that will provide incentives to Delaware businesses to install refrigeration systems less harmful to the environment than systems currently used by many businesses and organizations in the state. The first information session will take place at 11 a.m. at DNREC offices at 391 Lukens Drive, New Castle, DE 19720, while the second session is scheduled for 6 p.m. at DNREC’s State Street Commons offices, 100 W. Water St., Dover, DE 19904.

DNREC announces finalized Coastal Zone Conversion Permit regulations, which become effective Sept. 11

DOVER – Final amendments to the Regulations Governing Delaware’s Coastal Zone, approved Aug. 26 by the Coastal Zone Industrial Control Board (CZICB), have been published in the September Register of Regulations and become effective Sept. 11, 2019, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Shawn M. Garvin announced today. HB190, signed into law by Governor John Carney on Aug. 2, 2017, authorized the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) to issue permits for construction and operation of new heavy industry uses at 14 existing heavy industry use sites within the state’s Coastal Zone.

DNREC seeking volunteers for Delaware Coastal Cleanup

Volunteers are still needed and encouraged to join the 32nd annual Delaware Coastal Cleanup, to be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 14.

Volunteers needed Sept. 21 for cleanup at Williams Pond in Seaford as part of Reclaim Our River program

DNREC, the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance, the City of Seaford, and Friends of the Nanticoke River are seeking volunteers to lend a hand, picking up trash at Williams Pond from 9-11:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 21, as part of DNREC’s annual Delaware Coastal Cleanup.

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