DNREC Awards Nearly $350,000 in Community Environmental Grant Funding for 2026
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Ten Delaware projects will receive a total of $348,777 in 2026 through the Community Environmental Project Fund administered by DNREC. The money is collected through fines and penalties for environmental violations and returned by DNREC to communities where the violations occurred.
Loyalists and Patriots in Sussex County at the Archives’ December First Saturday Program
Delaware Public Archives | Department of State | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Join the Delaware Public Archives in Dover on Saturday, December 6, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. for this month’s First Saturday Program, “A County Divided: Loyalists, Patriots, and the Revolutionary Experience in Sussex County,” presented by Dr. Bruce Bendler. Sussex County was deeply split over the question of American independence. While many residents opposed breaking from Great […]
Nominations Now Open for 2026 Governor’s Volunteer Service Awards
Delaware Health and Social Services | Featured Posts | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, December 2, 2025
NEW CASTLE – The Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), Division of Social Services (DSS) and State Office of Volunteerism (SOV) is excited to announce nominations for the 2026 Governor’s Volunteer Service Awards, now in their 44th year, are open. Nominations for both awards will be accepted by the State Office of Volunteerism […]
2026 Delaware State Parks Passes and Permits Go on Sale Dec. 9
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Featured Posts | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Annual passes provide access to the state’s 17 state parks, including Trap Pond State Park in Laurel and others inland or at the beach. Photo by Delaware State Parks Delaware State Parks will begin the sale of its 2026 park passes and surf fishing permits on Dec. 9. Passes and permits can be purchased online […]
Kat’s Fancy strong in DSBF filly trot
Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund | Department of Agriculture | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Kat’s Fancy, driven by Cody Poliseno, earned a win in 1:57.3 on Monday at Bally’s Dover DOVER — Already a champion this season in both Delaware and Virginia, Jane Dunavant’s homebred Kat’s Fancy made easy work of her five rivals in the lone $20,000 first-round preliminary of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) series for […]
