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About a dozen of our troops came home safely today via C-130 aircraft from Southwest Asia to the New Castle Air National Guard Base and were greeted by a couple dozen family members, just after four other Airmen from the 142nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron came home from Andrews AFB after serving in the aeromedical evacuation system supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (bjm)
Click It or Ticket
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The Click It or Ticket campaign will be in full effect with statewide overtime seat belt enforcement starting Monday, May 13th through 27th. Daily enforcement traffic safety checkpoints and saturation patrols will be conducted day & night by 31 state, local, and municipal police agencies and...
For 40 years, Sallie Mae has helped students make an investment in their future. We're happy the company continues to invest in our state's economic future as well. Its commitment to helping students obtain access to higher education is critical to preparing our workforce for the jobs of tomorrow.
Sallie Mae Celebrates 40th Anniversary | State of Delaware News
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Governor Markell helped Sallie Mae celebrate 40 years of serving students and families in their pursuit of higher education.
Click It or Ticket
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The Click It or Ticket campaign will be in full effect with statewide overtime seat belt enforcement starting Monday, May 13th through 27th. Daily enforcement traffic safety checkpoints and saturation patrols will be conducted day & night by 31 state, local, and municipal police agencies and statewi...
Foreclosure Prevention Workshop tonight from 6pm-8pm at NCALL Research, Inc. 363 Saulisbury Rd, Dover. For more information call (302) 678-9400.
Congrats!
Class notes
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Two Newark students are among 141 across the country to be named U.S. Presidential Scholars.
SERVICE: When Women Come Marching Home takes the audience on a journey from the deserts of Afghanistan to rural Tennessee and from Iraq to urban New York City. It shows women functioning as fully accepted and contributing members of a military unit as well as the devastating isolation and persecution of those who report rape. We see these women as veterans fighting to find homes, demanding services, responding to therapy and gaining their independence. Through interviews in their kitchens, bathrooms, even therapy sessions SERVICE reveals the raw truths of our women warriors fighting in the battlefield called "home." by "Service" PBS from Marcia Rock.
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Only 16 slots remain for the 2013 "Becoming an Outdoors Woman" program, so get those registrations in!! All cabins are reserved but we have an entire campground loop reserved just for BOW - and the program will gladly provide a tent for you! Visit the BOW page for more info.
BOW Home Page
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DNREC's Division of Fish and Wildlife sponsored Delaware's 15th annual Becoming an Outdoors-Woman program at beautiful Lums Pond State Park. The program theme was "Back to Basics" with tent camping, camp food and just being outdoors in gorgeous fall weather. Offered this year were sessions in Emerg...
Things are looking up for small businesses in Delaware, according to a story in today's News Journal. Companies like New Castle-based All Metal Fabricators, which plans to add jobs and expand by year's end, are seeing an increase in profits and business.
Innovate Delaware: Small business optimism rises
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Some early seeds of growth are starting to take root
Check out the latest addition at the Delaware Public Archives. Be sure to click "View the Collection" to see ALL the postcards on Flickr.
With more than 6500 Delaware postcards, the collection dates from the early twentieth century to the early 1970s and features a variety of locations and subjects.
Delaware Public Archives - Caley Postcard Collection
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Delaware Public Archives,Board of Agriculture Glass Negative Collection
THIS DAY IN DELAWARE HISTORY
On This Date in Delaware, May 13...
1783 Severson's Methodist Episcopal Church near Smyrna was organized.
1847 Delaware troops started to deploy for the West to join in the Mexican-American War.
1916 A railroad bridge over the Christina River was dedicated in Wilmington.
1917 Construction was underway on Fort Saulsbury at Slaughter Beach, a move to protect the Delaware Bay and River.
Today's facts were compiled by historian Roger Martin
http://archives.delaware.gov/thisday.shtml
Rise and shine! How was your weekend? It's a great day to play and to win. MULTI WIN LOTTO top prize for tonight is $60,000. That's right $60,000--CASH. Who's in?
Would you like to know more information and details about our new MHAP program? http://ow.ly/k5wvF
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Share the "I Can" meme from BPDD's Better Together Initiative!
Fish and Wildlife received two donations totaling a value of $700.00! Thank you for donating!
Farmers' Market News
Two markets open for the season today! First is the Bellefonte Farmers' Market, new this year, from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. at 912 Brandywine Boulevard, Wilmington. The 12th and Brandywine Urban Farm Market is open 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. at 12th and Brandywine Streets, Wilmington.
Wood thrushes are signing today! What a nice Mother's Day treat.. Happy Mother's Day all!
To support our future moms, let's help Delaware win Text4baby's State Enrollment Contest! Share this post to help get the word out to as many moms in Delaware as possible. All they have to do is text BABY (or BEBE) to 511 411 to sign up for the FREE service! Visit www.text4baby.org for more information.
text4baby - Home
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Text4baby is a free mobile information service designed to promote maternal and child health. An educational program of the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB), text4baby provides pregnant women and new moms with information they need to take care of their health and give their...
Delaware is susceptible to many emergency situations that can occur in an instant. Read about how to prepare yourself and your family for an emergency at: http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/php/prephome.htmlTimeline Photos
Preparedness for your needs! Del. is susceptible to many emergency situations that can occur in an instant. Read about how to prepare for an emergency at: http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/php/prephome.html
THIS DAY IN DELAWARE HISTORY
On This Date in Delaware, May 12...
1945 Commander Louis A. Drexler, Jr. of Camden was killed by a sniper near Okinawa. Two weeks later Japanese kamikazes in the same area sank the destroyer USS Drexler, the ship that was named for his brother Henry who was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1924. Both were graduates of the Naval Academy.
1997 DelDOT archaeologists working on Route One uncovered a farm near Boyd's Corner in lower New Castle County once owned by Samuel and Henrietta Mahoe in 1727. Growing wheat for three decades, records showed Mahoe died hopelessly in debt.
2000 The University of Delaware baseball team lost to Hofstra in a 20 inning, 4 hour and 37 minute game, 3-2.
2003 Charles Murphy of Milford turned down $200,000 that he was offered for Delaware license plate #6.
Today's facts were compiled by historian Roger Martin
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What is your school doing to help engage parents?
Card program keeps parents involved
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Allen Frear Elementary School in Camden is winning acclaim for finding a new way of getting parents involved that might be familiar to anyone who's ever kept a customer appreciation card in their purse or wallet.
Happy Mother's Day! Whether the title is earned biologically or you've opened up your heart through adoption, foster care or otherwise - the title of "mom" is an important one and their love and support should be celebrated year-round.
Honored and privileged to welcome King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden to Delaware today as they celebrate the 375th anniversary of the first European settlement in what is now Wilmington, Del.
Swedish King and Queen arrival to Delaware
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The King and Queen of Sweden and the Finnish Speaker of Parliament with their delegation arrive to Buena Vista in New Castle, greeted by Delaware Governor Ja...
On Day 17 of 30 Days, 30 Ways to End Hunger in Delaware, don't forget to fill your blue bag with nonperishables for today's Stamp Out Hunger food drive. (Didn't receive a bag in the mail? Any bag will do.) Simply place the bag besides your mailbox prior to mail delivery. What are you planning to fill your bag with? Trevor and Wes, our Volunteer Coordinators, are stuffing their bag with nonperishables such as pasta, cereal, canned fruits and vegetables and more!
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It’s Day 17 of 30 Days, 30 Ways! Don’t forget to fill your blue bag filled with nonperishables for tomorrow’s @[94678432787:274:Stamp Out Hunger] food drive (didn’t receive a bag in the mail? Any bag will do!)! Simply place the bag besides your mailbox prior to mail delivery! What are you planning to fill your bag with? Trevor and Wes, our Volunteer Coordinators, are stuffing their bag with nonperishables such as pasta, cereal, canned fruits and vegetables and more!
THIS DAY IN DELAWARE HISTORY
On This Date in Delaware, May 11...
1780 Thomas Robinson of Sussex estimated that 300,000 staves (boards), 800,000 cedar shingles, and 1,000,000 pine and cedar boards were exported from the Indian River annually between 1770-1774.
1861 Henry du Pont, President of Du Pont Company, was commissioned Major General of the Delaware Militia by Governor William Burton. All arms in the state had to be surrendered to him.
1898 Leonard Chadwick of Middletown, Apprentice 1st Class, US Navy aboard the USS Marblehead, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery under fire near Cienfuegos, Cuba.
1942 Ensign William Yeates Conwell of Milton died from exposure adrift in the North Atlantic three weeks after his ship Lammot du Pont was sunk by a U-boat.
Today's facts were compiled by historian Roger Martin
http://archives.delaware.gov/thisday.shtml
It is a lovely day for tea and some jazz with Libby McDowell..(302)368-6560 or(302)368-6561.
Check out the list of upcoming workshops by the Sussex County Master Gardeners - growing healthy snacks, making plant or garden containers with hypertufa, and selecting and making herbal vinegars.
Sussex County Master Gardener Workshops | Lawn & Garden
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2013 Spring Calendar
A Delaware Fast Fact: 17.4% of births in Delaware in 2010 were on a Tuesday, the most "popular" day for births that year.
Delaware Health Statistics Center
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NCC Habitat for Humanity will present a Homeownership Seminar, Saturday from 10 am to 12 noon at the Cranston Heights Fire Company, 3306 Kirkwood Highway, Wilmington. For more information please call (302) 652-0365.
First State Community Action Agency presents a First Time Home Buyers Workshop. Saturday from 9 am to 4 pm at the Blue Hen Corporate Center, 655 South Bay Road, Suite 4J, Dover. For more information please call (302) 674-1355.
The sense of well-being, freedom and love of country that citizens of the United States enjoy today are the result of personal sacrifice, lives changed and/or lost and ongoing vigilance given by the United States Armed Forces. We are forever grateful.
Governor Markell declares May, Military Appreciation Month and May 10th as Military Spouse Appreciat
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Governor Jack Markell, Commander and Chief of the Delaware National Guard, has declared May, 2013 National Military Appreciation Month and May 10th as Military Spouse Appreciation Day.
Happy Mother's Day...DSFS is closed this weekend so staff and students can spend time with their Moms.
May 19th, Bellevue Hall Orly Diamonds Dash!
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FACT: the U.S. sends 135 million cell phones to landfills each year.
LIKE then click to show that you won't put up with electronic waste any longer: http://bit.ly/1755ZIN
Various and sundries that will delight and surprise!
Today in History: May 10, 1932: The song, "Het Wilhelmis," is officially approved as The Dutch National Anthem by the Dutch government. Although it is one of the oldest National Anthems in existence, it was not officially recognized until 1932.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIg9VaMBi9oHet Wilhelmus - National Anthem of The Netherlands
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Het Wilhelmus is the national anthem of the Netherlands and is the oldest national anthem in the world, though the words of the Japanese national anthem (not...
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