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Delaware Forest Service awards $92,000 in grants for community tree projects

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Kent County | New Castle County | Sussex County | Date Posted: Monday, May 6, 2019

The Delaware Urban and Community Forestry Program has awarded more than $92,000 for 24 tree projects throughout the First State. Over the past 15 years, the annual grant program has provided more than $1.5 million to help communities increase tree canopy and promote the natural benefits of trees: cleaner air and water, increased property values and civic pride, and reduced storm water runoff and flooding.




Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs to sponsor five special events during May 2019

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Friday, April 26, 2019

Dover Days, A Day in Old New Castle and the Zwaanendael Maritime Festival among programs to be offered.




The Mezzanine Gallery to Exhibit “Plein Air” by Jim Rehak

Delaware Division of the Arts | Department of State | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2019

On view from May 3-31, 2019 Free opening reception on Friday, May 3 at 5 p.m. Wilmington, Del. (April 23, 2019) – Plein Air, an exhibition of local landscape paintings by Jim Rehak, will be on view in the Mezzanine Gallery from May 3-31, 2019. The artist will host a free opening reception on Friday, […]




Arbor Day 2019: Poster Contest Winners and Community Events

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Kent County | New Castle County | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, April 18, 2019

Ellie Merrick, a 5th-grader at Southern Delaware School of the Arts in Selbyville, has been named the State Winner of the Delaware Forest Service’s 2019 Arbor Day Poster Contest. This year’s theme – “Trees Are Terrific…in Cities and Towns!” – was chosen to highlight the benefits of trees in our communities. Almost 100 years before Earth Day, Arbor Day was established on April 10, 1872 by J. Sterling Morton in Nebraska City, Nebraska. It is believed more than one million trees were planted on the first Arbor Day. In Delaware, Arbor Day is traditionally celebrated on the last Friday in April, which falls on April 26, 2019. This year, the Delaware Forest Service will help Dover celebrate its 30th Anniversary as a Tree City USA by planting more than 30 trees at parks and streets throughout the city.




Zwaanendael Museum to offer tours of the British warship DeBraak

Historical and Cultural Affairs | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, April 11, 2019

Tours explore the surviving hull section of an 18th-century shipwreck.







  Category: Sussex County

Delaware Forest Service awards $92,000 in grants for community tree projects

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Kent County | New Castle County | Sussex County | Date Posted: Monday, May 6, 2019

The Delaware Urban and Community Forestry Program has awarded more than $92,000 for 24 tree projects throughout the First State. Over the past 15 years, the annual grant program has provided more than $1.5 million to help communities increase tree canopy and promote the natural benefits of trees: cleaner air and water, increased property values and civic pride, and reduced storm water runoff and flooding.




Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs to sponsor five special events during May 2019

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Friday, April 26, 2019

Dover Days, A Day in Old New Castle and the Zwaanendael Maritime Festival among programs to be offered.




The Mezzanine Gallery to Exhibit “Plein Air” by Jim Rehak

Delaware Division of the Arts | Department of State | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2019

On view from May 3-31, 2019 Free opening reception on Friday, May 3 at 5 p.m. Wilmington, Del. (April 23, 2019) – Plein Air, an exhibition of local landscape paintings by Jim Rehak, will be on view in the Mezzanine Gallery from May 3-31, 2019. The artist will host a free opening reception on Friday, […]




Arbor Day 2019: Poster Contest Winners and Community Events

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Kent County | New Castle County | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, April 18, 2019

Ellie Merrick, a 5th-grader at Southern Delaware School of the Arts in Selbyville, has been named the State Winner of the Delaware Forest Service’s 2019 Arbor Day Poster Contest. This year’s theme – “Trees Are Terrific…in Cities and Towns!” – was chosen to highlight the benefits of trees in our communities. Almost 100 years before Earth Day, Arbor Day was established on April 10, 1872 by J. Sterling Morton in Nebraska City, Nebraska. It is believed more than one million trees were planted on the first Arbor Day. In Delaware, Arbor Day is traditionally celebrated on the last Friday in April, which falls on April 26, 2019. This year, the Delaware Forest Service will help Dover celebrate its 30th Anniversary as a Tree City USA by planting more than 30 trees at parks and streets throughout the city.




Zwaanendael Museum to offer tours of the British warship DeBraak

Historical and Cultural Affairs | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, April 11, 2019

Tours explore the surviving hull section of an 18th-century shipwreck.