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  Category: New Castle County


Arbor Day 2019: Poster Contest Winners and Community Events

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Kent County | New Castle County | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, April 18, 2019

Ellie Merrick, a 5th-grader at Southern Delaware School of the Arts in Selbyville, has been named the State Winner of the Delaware Forest Service’s 2019 Arbor Day Poster Contest. This year’s theme – “Trees Are Terrific…in Cities and Towns!” – was chosen to highlight the benefits of trees in our communities. Almost 100 years before Earth Day, Arbor Day was established on April 10, 1872 by J. Sterling Morton in Nebraska City, Nebraska. It is believed more than one million trees were planted on the first Arbor Day. In Delaware, Arbor Day is traditionally celebrated on the last Friday in April, which falls on April 26, 2019. This year, the Delaware Forest Service will help Dover celebrate its 30th Anniversary as a Tree City USA by planting more than 30 trees at parks and streets throughout the city.




Buena Vista Spring Open House on Saturday, April 13, 2019

Historical and Cultural Affairs | New Castle County | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 9, 2019

One-day-only event showcases one of Delaware’s most historic homes.




The Mezzanine Gallery to Exhibit “Painting with Wood” by Robert Bruce Weston

Delaware Division of the Arts | Department of State | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Monday, April 1, 2019

On view from April 5-26, 2019 Free opening reception on Friday, April 5 at 5 p.m. Wilmington, Del. (April 1, 2019) – Painting with Wood, an exhibition of “wood veneer paintings” by Robert Bruce Weston, will be on view in the Mezzanine Gallery from April 5-26, 2019. The artist will host a free opening reception […]




DPH Announces Two Naloxone Training, Distribution Events in New Castle County

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | New Castle County | News | Date Posted: Friday, March 29, 2019

NEW CASTLE (March 28, 2019) – As part of its Community Naloxone Distribution initiative, the Division of Public Health (DPH) will hold two additional community naloxone distribution events in New Castle County next week. This initiative is part of a multi-pronged approach to address the opioid crisis and reduce the number of individuals dying from […]




Fire Camp at Blackbird State Forest on March 30

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | New Castle County | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 27, 2019

The Delaware Forest Service will host its “23rd Annual Fire Camp” event at Blackbird State Forest (502 Blackbird Forest Road, Smyrna DE 19977) on Saturday, March 30 from 6:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The intensive one-day seminar is the capstone of the agency’s wildfire training program to certify its emergency firefighters to meet National Wildfire Coordinating Group standards. State forest visitors should be advised that trail closures and other restrictions will be in effect for the event.







  Category: New Castle County

Arbor Day 2019: Poster Contest Winners and Community Events

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Kent County | New Castle County | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, April 18, 2019

Ellie Merrick, a 5th-grader at Southern Delaware School of the Arts in Selbyville, has been named the State Winner of the Delaware Forest Service’s 2019 Arbor Day Poster Contest. This year’s theme – “Trees Are Terrific…in Cities and Towns!” – was chosen to highlight the benefits of trees in our communities. Almost 100 years before Earth Day, Arbor Day was established on April 10, 1872 by J. Sterling Morton in Nebraska City, Nebraska. It is believed more than one million trees were planted on the first Arbor Day. In Delaware, Arbor Day is traditionally celebrated on the last Friday in April, which falls on April 26, 2019. This year, the Delaware Forest Service will help Dover celebrate its 30th Anniversary as a Tree City USA by planting more than 30 trees at parks and streets throughout the city.




Buena Vista Spring Open House on Saturday, April 13, 2019

Historical and Cultural Affairs | New Castle County | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 9, 2019

One-day-only event showcases one of Delaware’s most historic homes.




The Mezzanine Gallery to Exhibit “Painting with Wood” by Robert Bruce Weston

Delaware Division of the Arts | Department of State | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Monday, April 1, 2019

On view from April 5-26, 2019 Free opening reception on Friday, April 5 at 5 p.m. Wilmington, Del. (April 1, 2019) – Painting with Wood, an exhibition of “wood veneer paintings” by Robert Bruce Weston, will be on view in the Mezzanine Gallery from April 5-26, 2019. The artist will host a free opening reception […]




DPH Announces Two Naloxone Training, Distribution Events in New Castle County

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | New Castle County | News | Date Posted: Friday, March 29, 2019

NEW CASTLE (March 28, 2019) – As part of its Community Naloxone Distribution initiative, the Division of Public Health (DPH) will hold two additional community naloxone distribution events in New Castle County next week. This initiative is part of a multi-pronged approach to address the opioid crisis and reduce the number of individuals dying from […]




Fire Camp at Blackbird State Forest on March 30

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | New Castle County | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 27, 2019

The Delaware Forest Service will host its “23rd Annual Fire Camp” event at Blackbird State Forest (502 Blackbird Forest Road, Smyrna DE 19977) on Saturday, March 30 from 6:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The intensive one-day seminar is the capstone of the agency’s wildfire training program to certify its emergency firefighters to meet National Wildfire Coordinating Group standards. State forest visitors should be advised that trail closures and other restrictions will be in effect for the event.