11 People Died from Suspected Overdoses During Long Holiday Weekend; DSAMH Community Engagement Sessions Begin This Week
Delaware Health and Social Services | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, November 27, 2017
NEW CASTLE (Nov. 27, 2017) – Since Wednesday, 11 people have died in Delaware from suspected overdoses, raising the concern over the impact of the holidays on people who are in active use and prompting the Secretary of Health and Social Services to make an urgent plea for families to seek out a connection to […]
DNREC to hold public workshops, Wednesday, Nov. 29 and Thursday, Nov. 30, seeking input on Coastal Zone Conversion Permit Act regulatory process
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, November 27, 2017
DOVER – Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will hold two public workshops this week seeking input as DNREC begins the regulatory process for developing regulations for the Coastal Zone Conversion Permit Act, which Governor John Carney signed into law in August. The act requires the Department to develop and promulgate regulations for the redevelopment of 14 heavy-industrial use sites in Delaware’s Coastal Zone by Oct. 1, 2019. The Nov. 29 and 30 workshops will provide the public an opportunity to comment on the process the Department will use to develop regulations for the conversion permits DNREC will issue for sites to be redeveloped.
DPH Confirms First Flu Cases in Children for 2017 – 2018 Season
Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2017
DOVER – The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is reporting the state’s first laboratory-confirmed cases of influenza in children, for the 2017-2018 flu season. Both children are under the age of 4. One is a young male from Sussex County, and the other a female from New Castle County. The pediatric cases bring the […]
NAMI Delaware to Host Clothing Drive Dec. 1-5 to Benefit Clients of DPC and ACE Peer Resource Center
Delaware Health and Social Services | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2017
NEW CASTLE (Nov. 21, 2017) – The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Delaware will host a statewide clothing drive Dec. 1-5, with donations in New Castle and Kent counties to benefit the Delaware Psychiatric Center and donations in Sussex County to benefit the ACE Peer Resource Center in Seaford. In New Castle and Kent […]
DelDOT Receives National Roadway Safety Award
Department of Transportation | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, November 21, 2017
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Roadway Safety Foundation have announced that Delaware is one of this year’s nine National Roadway Safety Award winners, which represent the nation’s best examples of innovation in highway safety. The biennial competition, which began in 1999, is an acknowledgement of successful approaches to improving roadway safety at the […]
