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Partnership Gives Teacher Prep Students Year-Long Classroom Residency

Department of Education | Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Aspiring teachers are spending an entire school year working side-by-side with veteran teachers as part of a new partnership between Wilmington University and the Capital, Indian River and Red Clay Consolidated school districts.



“Celebrating Love and Family: ‘Finding African-American Families in Kent County—1830–1860’ ” to be presented at Dover, Del.’s Old State House on Feb. 14, 2015

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | News | Date Posted: Monday, February 9, 2015

Program will explore recent research that identified the names of, and cultural resources associated with, African Americans who resided in Murderkill Hundred, Kent County, Del., between 1837 and 1860.



Michael J. Wolf Named Delaware Director of Forensic Science

Department of Safety and Homeland Security | Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Monday, February 9, 2015

Lewis D. Schiliro, Secretary of Safety and Homeland Security, announced the appointment of Michael J. Wolf as Delaware’s Director of Forensic Science. Director Wolf, who will manage the overall operation of the Division of Forensic Science (DFS), is filling a new position created during the legislative reorganization of the Office of Chief Medical Examiner last year.



Don Voltz to speak about the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame at Lewes, Del.’s Zwaanendael Museum on Feb. 14, 2015

Historical and Cultural Affairs | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Friday, February 6, 2015

Don Voltz, a well-known sportscaster for WDEL radio in Wilmington, is executive director of the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame.



State of Delaware experiences fraudulent tax-filing attempts

Division of Revenue | News | Date Posted: Friday, February 6, 2015

The Delaware Division of Revenue has experienced several attempts by unknown persons to file fraudulent income tax returns for the 2014 filing season using stolen identities. The fraudulent filing attempts have originated from data that was compromised through a third-party commercial tax-preparation software database. All information in Delaware’s tax database remains secure and at no point was Delaware’s online filing system compromised.






  Category: News

Partnership Gives Teacher Prep Students Year-Long Classroom Residency

Department of Education | Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Aspiring teachers are spending an entire school year working side-by-side with veteran teachers as part of a new partnership between Wilmington University and the Capital, Indian River and Red Clay Consolidated school districts.



“Celebrating Love and Family: ‘Finding African-American Families in Kent County—1830–1860’ ” to be presented at Dover, Del.’s Old State House on Feb. 14, 2015

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | News | Date Posted: Monday, February 9, 2015

Program will explore recent research that identified the names of, and cultural resources associated with, African Americans who resided in Murderkill Hundred, Kent County, Del., between 1837 and 1860.



Michael J. Wolf Named Delaware Director of Forensic Science

Department of Safety and Homeland Security | Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Monday, February 9, 2015

Lewis D. Schiliro, Secretary of Safety and Homeland Security, announced the appointment of Michael J. Wolf as Delaware’s Director of Forensic Science. Director Wolf, who will manage the overall operation of the Division of Forensic Science (DFS), is filling a new position created during the legislative reorganization of the Office of Chief Medical Examiner last year.



Don Voltz to speak about the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame at Lewes, Del.’s Zwaanendael Museum on Feb. 14, 2015

Historical and Cultural Affairs | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Friday, February 6, 2015

Don Voltz, a well-known sportscaster for WDEL radio in Wilmington, is executive director of the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame.



State of Delaware experiences fraudulent tax-filing attempts

Division of Revenue | News | Date Posted: Friday, February 6, 2015

The Delaware Division of Revenue has experienced several attempts by unknown persons to file fraudulent income tax returns for the 2014 filing season using stolen identities. The fraudulent filing attempts have originated from data that was compromised through a third-party commercial tax-preparation software database. All information in Delaware’s tax database remains secure and at no point was Delaware’s online filing system compromised.