2019 District/Charter Teachers of the Year named
Department of Education | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Twenty Delaware teachers are finalists to be named Delaware’s 2019 State Teacher of the Year. Selected from among the 9,000 public school teachers in the state, the candidates were nominated by their districts or the Delaware Charter School Network because of their ability to inspire students with a love of learning, demonstration of professional traits and devotion to teaching.
“Delaware Railroads: Elegant Travel and Timely Transport” exhibit to open at Lewes, Del.’s Zwaanendael Museum on July 7, 2018
Historical and Cultural Affairs | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Exhibit explores the history of rail travel and transport in the First State.
State awards more than $145,000 in merit scholarships
Department of Education | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2018
The Delaware Department of Education has announced the recipients of four state merit scholarship programs for the 2018-19 academic year. Merit scholarships are competitive and awarded based on a student’s academic performance, participation in school activities and service to the community.
Former Housing Site Becomes the WHA’s Southbridge Solar Park
Former Governor John Carney (2017-2025) | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Monday, June 18, 2018
New 1.15 megawatt solar farm will save WHA $1.2 million and provide clean, renewable energy to housing authority residents WILMINGTON, Del. – The Wilmington Housing Authority (WHA), joined by Mayor Mike Purzycki, Governor John Carney and other local and state officials, today officially dedicated its new Southbridge Solar Park at 900 South Claymont Street. The 1.15 […]
National Pollinator Week: Pollinator Practices Take Root at DelDOT
Department of Transportation | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Monday, June 18, 2018
Delaware’s drivers may notice more flowers sprouting up on the state’s nearly 14,000 lane miles of roadside this year. The steep decline of monarch butterflies and other pollinator species is believed to be due in part to loss of suitable habitats. Pollinators are animals that help plants reproduce by moving pollen from one part of […]
