Falls Prevention Awareness Week is Sep. 23-27, 2024 DOVER, DE The Delaware Coalition for Injury Prevention’s Falls Prevention Team asks Delawareans to reduce broken bones, head injuries, and disabilities by preventing falls. Governor John Carney and Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long proclaimed Sep. 23 to 27, 2024 as Falls Prevention Awareness Week. A fall can impact […]
Continue ReadingThe Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra’s 27th season, entitled “Adventures in Classical Music,” celebrates its status as the Delmarva Peninsula’s only professional symphony orchestra. This season will include six Masterworks Series programs, consisting of 17 full orchestra performances, conducted by Grammy-winning Music Director Michael Repper, who is beginning his third season with the orchestra. Additionally, there will […]
Continue ReadingGEORGETOWN, DE Talking about substance use disorders can be difficult for those struggling to maintain sobriety as well as for their families, but it doesn’t have to be that way. On Saturday, September 14, 2024 atTAcK addiction, a statewide nonprofit founded in 2013 to support those in recovery and their families, will host the first […]
Continue ReadingNumerous Changes to Regulations Include Sunday Gamebirds Hunting; Newly-Updated State Wildlife Area Maps Will Aid Public Land Hunters Delaware deer hunters will open the 2024/25 hunting season Sunday, September 1, 2024 by going afield with archery equipment and crossbows. Also opening September 1 are the resident Canada goose and mourning dove hunting seasons. Monday, September […]
Continue ReadingA piping plover fledgling explores its newfound independence along The Point’s shoreline. Dozens of species of birds call this area home during the warmer months. The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will reopen a stretch of oceanside beach at The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park Sunday, September 1, 2024. The Point’s […]
Continue ReadingGLASGOW, DE As part of International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD), atTAcK addiction will host public events next week in Georgetown and Newark to remember the thousands of lives lost in Delaware to the opioid epidemic, and to provide resources and support to the public. International Overdose Awareness Day is the largest annual campaign to end […]
Continue ReadingPrevious Winners Take the Blue Ribbon in Both Competitions A renowned Delaware wildlife artist and now 11-time Delaware stamp contest winner who added another blue ribbon to his resume and a second-time winner of a state stamp competition have claimed top honors in Delaware’s Waterfowl Stamp and Trout Stamp art contests, the Department of Natural […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, DE The Division of Public Health (DPH) Office of Animal Welfare’s (OAW) Delaware Animal Services (DAS) announces the arrest of a man and woman after 20 dogs were rescued from a home in Bridgeville. Ray Anderson, age 42, and Melissa Layton, age 40, of Bridgeville were arraigned on August 15, 2024. DAS charged Ander […]
Continue ReadingPermits to hunt in Delaware State Parks may now be purchased online and at more than 40 licensing agents statewide. The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has announced that special hunting permits for Delaware State Parks can now be conveniently purchased wherever hunting licenses are sold in the state. The special permits […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, DE More than 100 Delawareans, from newborns to seniors, attended story time at the Dover Public Library to wish Smokey Bear a happy 80th birthday on August 9, 2024 which marks Smokey’s official birthday. “Delaware Libraries are excited to partner with the Delaware Forest Service to celebrate Smokey Bear’s 80th Birthday and the 45th […]
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