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  Category: Sussex County


Redden Forest picnic area closed due to illegal activity

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2017

The Delaware Forest Service is closing a picnic pavilion and adjacent parking lot at Redden State Forest due to persistent criminal activity at the site, located on the Jester Tract at Camp Road and Redden Road north of Georgetown, Sussex County.

Designed by Delaware’s first state forester William S. Taber and constructed by conservation work crews in 1936, the rustic pavilion has now become a magnet for lewd conduct, drugs, and other offenses that have occasionally startled and kept away other visitors. While agency officials have no specific timetable for reopening, they plan to use the closure period for renovations and security upgrades that could again allow for public access at the site.




Governor Carney Announces “Budget Reset” Community Conversations

Governor John Carney | Kent County | New Castle County | Office of the Governor | State Budget | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2017

Governor will solicit public ideas to address budget challenges




The Mezzanine Gallery to Exhibit Joshua Meier’s ‘[Un]Ravel’ Photographs

Delaware Division of the Arts | Department of State | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2017

“[Un]Ravel” focuses exclusively on Meier’s new body of work created during his 2016 Individual Artist Fellowship in Photography from the Delaware Division of the Arts. Meier challenged himself to photograph the same subject – a ball of string – every day. The result is a series of striking photographs that explore string and its unraveling […]




Governor Carney’s Statement on Senate Confirmations

Agriculture | Criminal Justice | Education | Governor John Carney | Kent County | New Castle County | Office of the Governor | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, January 25, 2017

The Delaware Senate voted to confirm the following nominees to Governor Carney’s Cabinet




African American History Month programs among 16 special events at the museums of the State of Delaware during February 2017

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Friday, January 20, 2017

Highlights include African-American life at the John Dickinson Plantation in the 18th century, a program on jazz pianist “Fats” Waller, and a presentation on historic properties listed in the National Register since the 1980s that are significant to African-American communities throughout the state.







  Category: Sussex County

Redden Forest picnic area closed due to illegal activity

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2017

The Delaware Forest Service is closing a picnic pavilion and adjacent parking lot at Redden State Forest due to persistent criminal activity at the site, located on the Jester Tract at Camp Road and Redden Road north of Georgetown, Sussex County.

Designed by Delaware’s first state forester William S. Taber and constructed by conservation work crews in 1936, the rustic pavilion has now become a magnet for lewd conduct, drugs, and other offenses that have occasionally startled and kept away other visitors. While agency officials have no specific timetable for reopening, they plan to use the closure period for renovations and security upgrades that could again allow for public access at the site.




Governor Carney Announces “Budget Reset” Community Conversations

Governor John Carney | Kent County | New Castle County | Office of the Governor | State Budget | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2017

Governor will solicit public ideas to address budget challenges




The Mezzanine Gallery to Exhibit Joshua Meier’s ‘[Un]Ravel’ Photographs

Delaware Division of the Arts | Department of State | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2017

“[Un]Ravel” focuses exclusively on Meier’s new body of work created during his 2016 Individual Artist Fellowship in Photography from the Delaware Division of the Arts. Meier challenged himself to photograph the same subject – a ball of string – every day. The result is a series of striking photographs that explore string and its unraveling […]




Governor Carney’s Statement on Senate Confirmations

Agriculture | Criminal Justice | Education | Governor John Carney | Kent County | New Castle County | Office of the Governor | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, January 25, 2017

The Delaware Senate voted to confirm the following nominees to Governor Carney’s Cabinet




African American History Month programs among 16 special events at the museums of the State of Delaware during February 2017

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Friday, January 20, 2017

Highlights include African-American life at the John Dickinson Plantation in the 18th century, a program on jazz pianist “Fats” Waller, and a presentation on historic properties listed in the National Register since the 1980s that are significant to African-American communities throughout the state.