Education Related Funds Awarded to Former Foster Youth – State of Delaware News

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Education Related Funds Awarded to Former Foster Youth – State of Delaware News

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Education Related Funds Awarded to Former Foster Youth
Date Posted: September 4, 2024

Improper Ambulance Service Payments Result in $363K Penalty Against Highmark
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The Mezzanine Gallery to Exhibit Julieta Zavala’s “Mercado Kitsch México”
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Delaware Confirms Initial Cases of West Nile Virus in a Human, Horses for 2024
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Family Emergency Preparedness Day on September 14 for National Preparedness Month
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Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Weekend Coming to Killens Pond State Park Oct. 4 to 6
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Drive Safely as Kids Head Back to School
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Suspect Identified in a Hit-and-Run Incident Involving a Golf Cart
Date Posted: August 30, 2024

Governor Carney Signs Legislation to Address Food Deserts
Date Posted: August 29, 2024

Governor Carney Orders Lowering of Flags
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DE, AR, PA, CA, TX, WI and 25 Other States Announce Settlement to End Interstate Unclaimed Property Litigation
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DNREC Awards Contract Replace Bancroft Bridge
Date Posted: August 28, 2024

DOJ secures life plus ten years for deadly gun offender
Date Posted: August 28, 2024

Summer Enrichment Programs Benefit Delaware Students
Date Posted: August 28, 2024

Delaware’s 2024/25 Hunting Season Just Around the Corner
Date Posted: August 28, 2024

DNREC to Reopen The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park Sept. 1
Date Posted: August 26, 2024

Gov. Carney, First Spouse, Sen. Coons, Sec. Holodick, Pritchett Family Open Doors at New Maurice Pritchett Sr. Academy
Date Posted: August 23, 2024

Delaware Waterfowl and Trout Stamp Art Winners Chosen
Date Posted: August 22, 2024

Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Arrests Woman Posing as Nurse
Date Posted: August 22, 2024

Delaware State Fire Commission Announces Groundbreaking Ceremony
Date Posted: August 21, 2024

Bridgeville Couple Charged with Animal Cruelty
Date Posted: August 20, 2024

Governor Carney Orders Lowering of Flags
Date Posted: August 19, 2024

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over National Enforcement
Date Posted: August 16, 2024

Governor Carney Signs Legislation Supporting Safe Communities
Date Posted: August 15, 2024

Governor Carney Orders Lowering of Flags
Date Posted: August 15, 2024

Delaware State Parks Hunting Permits Now on Sale
Date Posted: August 15, 2024

2024 State Assessment Results Show Pandemic Recovery Continuing
Date Posted: August 15, 2024

First Spouse Tracey Quillen Carney to Launch Reading Tour, Host Story Times at Delaware Libraries
Date Posted: August 14, 2024

Delaware Treasurer Colleen Davis Celebrates Inaugural ABLE Savings Day
Date Posted: August 14, 2024

DNREC Prioritizes Equity in Community Environmental Project Fund Grants, Launches New Mapping Tool
Date Posted: August 14, 2024

Delaware Auditor Lydia York Releases Prescription Opioid Settlement Tracker
Date Posted: August 14, 2024

Newark Fire
Date Posted: August 13, 2024

Carney Administration Prioritizes Farmland Preservation, Preserving Highest Number of Farms
Date Posted: August 13, 2024

Delaware Department of Agriculture Issues Warning on Recent Sales of Backyard Poultry and Equipment
Date Posted: August 9, 2024

Delaware Children Wish Smokey Bear Happy 80th Birthday at Dover Public Library
Date Posted: August 9, 2024

Scam Alert: Division Of Revenue Warns Taxpayers Of Fraudulent Letters
Date Posted: August 9, 2024

The Office of Marijuana Commissioner (OMC) to Begin Accepting License Applications on August 19, 2024
Date Posted: August 8, 2024

Governor Carney, Federal Delegation, General Assembly and Community Celebrate Investments in Kingswood Community Center
Date Posted: August 8, 2024

Governor Carney Signs Legislation to Support Youth Mental Health
Date Posted: August 7, 2024

State Releases Guidance on Generative Artificial Intelligence in Classrooms
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Delaware Division of the Arts Announces First Round of Grants in Support of Arts Projects for FY2025
Date Posted: August 7, 2024

Delaware State Housing Authority Introduces Housing Stability Program
Date Posted: August 7, 2024

DNREC Opens Doors to Environmental Careers With New Internship Program
Date Posted: August 7, 2024

Delaware Tourism Office Launches the Tournaments, Events, and Athletic Meets Sponsorship (TEAMS) Program
Date Posted: August 5, 2024

Governor Carney Announces Appointments to State Board of Education
Date Posted: August 2, 2024

USACE and DNREC Sign Agreement for Bayshore Beaches
Date Posted: August 1, 2024

DMV Introduces New Chatbot, Della
Date Posted: August 1, 2024

Scuse Honors UD’s Dr. Mark Isaacs at Delaware State Fair for Service to Agriculture
Date Posted: August 1, 2024

DNREC Sets Information Meetings for Draft State Energy Plan
Date Posted: August 1, 2024

Early Childhood Professionals to Earn up to 12 College Credits for CDA under New Agreements
Date Posted: July 31, 2024

DNREC Announces Opening of New Boat Ramp at Records Pond near Laurel
Date Posted: July 31, 2024

Grants to Support Rural Education Achievement Programs
Date Posted: July 30, 2024

Delaware’s First 2024 Evidence of West Nile Virus Detected in DNREC’s Sentinel Chickens
Date Posted: July 26, 2024

Governor Carney Honors DNREC’s 2024 Young Environmentalists, Youth Anglers at Delaware State Fair
Date Posted: July 25, 2024

DelDOT Announces EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Award
Date Posted: July 24, 2024

Health Equity Institute of Delaware Offers Training to Clinical and Public Health Workers
Date Posted: July 24, 2024

Cape Henlopen State Park Community Workshop to be Held July 31
Date Posted: July 24, 2024

Delaware Tourism Office to Reopen the Sports Tourism Capital Investment Fund
Date Posted: July 24, 2024

Governor Carney Signs House Bill 125
Date Posted: July 23, 2024

Commissioner Navarro Launches Office of Long-Term Care Insurance
Date Posted: July 23, 2024

Use Extreme Caution Traveling through Work Zones
Date Posted: July 22, 2024

DSHA Celebrates $500 Million in Mortgage Financing with Discover Bank, Launches New Mortgage Products
Date Posted: July 22, 2024

DNREC Sinks Two Vintage Vessels on Delaware Reef Site 11, ‘The Redbird Reef,’ to Enhance Recreational Opportunities
Date Posted: July 22, 2024

AG Jennings takes action against financial adviser for charging unreasonable fees
Date Posted: July 19, 2024

Fire Commission Releases New Updates for EMS Protocols
Date Posted: July 19, 2024

DOJ secures significant prison time for habitual shoplifter turned robber
Date Posted: July 18, 2024

Application Period for Tree-Planting Project Funding Open
Date Posted: July 18, 2024

DNREC Highlights Boating Safety with New Life Rings at Woodland Beach
Date Posted: July 17, 2024

Volunteers Needed to Clean Up the Coast
Date Posted: July 16, 2024

DPH Urges the Public to Attempt to Reunite Stray Pets
Date Posted: July 16, 2024

Box Tree Moth Found at Private Residence in Kent County, Delaware
Date Posted: July 15, 2024

DNREC Unveils Delaware’s First Publicly Available All-Terrain Wheelchair
Date Posted: July 12, 2024

Delaware Students Excel at National STEM Conference
Date Posted: July 12, 2024

Grants to Support Students Experiencing Homelessness
Date Posted: July 12, 2024

DOJ secures lengthy prison sentence for violent gun offender
Date Posted: July 11, 2024

DNREC Again to Offer Popular ‘Life in the Bay’ Educational Seining Program for Families of All Ages
Date Posted: July 11, 2024

Delaware and r4 Technologies Launch Innovative Project to Address Food Insecurity and Food Waste
Date Posted: July 10, 2024

DNREC Soliciting Project Proposals For Surface Water Matching Planning Grants
Date Posted: July 10, 2024

SkillsUSA Students Earn National Recognition
Date Posted: July 9, 2024

“Odd Little Creatures” Take Over The Mezzanine Gallery This Summer
Date Posted: July 8, 2024

Governor Carney Announces Selections to Delaware Women’s Hall of Fame for 2024
Date Posted: July 8, 2024

AG Jennings launches portal to help businesses prepare for Personal Data Privacy Act enforcement
Date Posted: July 8, 2024

Governor Carney Orders Lowering of Flags
Date Posted: July 8, 2024

Delaware Division of Child Support Services Holding Town Hall Meetings
Date Posted: July 8, 2024

Explore Delaware’s Public Health Data Portal During National Environmental Public Health Tracking Awareness Week
Date Posted: July 8, 2024

Grants to Support Community Learning Centers
Date Posted: July 5, 2024

Free and Reduced-Price Meal Policy: Annual Announcement
Date Posted: July 5, 2024

Future Health Professionals Bring Home Honors
Date Posted: July 5, 2024

DNREC to Hold Virtual Joint Public Hearing July 9 on Proposed Offshore Wind Project
Date Posted: July 3, 2024

Mark Short Named Administrator of Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund
Date Posted: July 2, 2024

Warning: Be Cautious of Predatory Practices related to Social Equity Licenses
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Smyrna future educators bring home second consecutive national win
Date Posted: July 2, 2024

DPH Releases 2024 Burden of Chronic Disease Report
Date Posted: July 1, 2024

Groundbreaking Study Reveals Economic and Social Impact of Non-Profit Arts and Culture Sector in Delaware
Date Posted: July 1, 2024

Registration is Now Open for Delaware EARNS Retirement Benefit Program
Date Posted: July 1, 2024

DNREC Announces Arrival of 2024/25 Delaware Hunting and Trapping Guide
Date Posted: July 1, 2024

Hall-Long Highlights Historic Investments, Action for Delawareans
Date Posted: June 30, 2024

Governor Carney Shares Highlights from the Legislative Session
Date Posted: June 30, 2024

Governor Carney’s Statement on the Delaware Supreme Court Ruling
Date Posted: June 28, 2024

In unanimous ruling, Court sides with Jennings on voting rights
Date Posted: June 28, 2024

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New Castle County Council finally votes on data center regulations

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March 11, 2026

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New Castle County Council finally votes on data center regulations

New Castle County approved data center rules that will not apply to Project Washington.
It came after hours of public comment and council compromise.
The ordinance restricts water usage and creates buffers between data centers and residential areas.

New Castle County Council approved regulations on the development of data centers Tuesday night.

They won’t apply to the massive proposed data center complex of Project Washington, which continues to fight through state-level objections.

The County Council meeting was standing room only. The crowd of both construction workers supporting the legislation and community members opposing it spread into the lobby of the Louis Redding City/County Building.

The ordinance requires data centers to have a closed-loop water cooling system to limit its water use and creates a 1,000-foot buffer between data centers and residential areas, with an exception for 500-foot buffers if a development can follow noise regulations. It also defaults to existing county limits on noise and lighting levels.

A unanimously approved amendment from Pike Creek representative Timothy Sheldon clarified that these new regulations count for applications submitted after this gets adopted and approved by County Executive Marcus Henry, unless an existing applicant requests to follow these new regulations.

It passed with 12 ‘yes’ votes, with Councilmember Jea P. Street absent from the vote itself.

This was the only amendment left standing. An amendment from Janet Kilpatrick, representing Hockessin, would have grandfathered existing data centers from the ordinance, clarifying that any pending proposal in the county wouldn’t be affected. Another amendment, from Claymont representative John Cartier, would’ve made the ordinance retroactive to count for Project Washington and others. Both were withdrawn at the meeting in a council compromise.

Project Washington’s plans north of Delaware City kicked local data center dialogue into high gear in 2025. The data center project would include 11 two-story data center buildings surrounded by electrical fields on two large land parcels accessible by Hamburg Road, Governor Lea Road and River Road.

It would be 6 million square feet of data center running 24 hours a day, seven days week.

The project’s developer, Starwood Digital Ventures, pledges job creation and and a colossal injection of tax revenue into the coffers of the county and Colonial School District. They said this will bring about 3,500 construction jobs and retain 700 permanent jobs to keep the facility up and running.

County Council member Dave Carter has spent months drafting the regulations that were voted on during this meeting. This is substitute number three on the original bill from August 2025, including compromises on noise and lighting restrictions. Carter wants sensible data center regulation in the county, and he told Delaware Online/The News Journal in March he thinks Project Washington is a “bad deal” for the state.

He thinks the potential demand on the state’s already strained electrical bid will hurt residents’ bills. He also disputes the developers’ promises on permanent jobs and tax revenue.

“We just have to really be cognizant and thoughtful and make sure that we are ensuring that we protect our communities, and that we manage these things well if they are coming,” Carter said at the meeting.

It hasn’t been an easy sell to the rest of County Council. Council member Janet Kilpatrick, who represents Hockessin, wanted consistent regulations on lighting and noise levels to avoid scaring off potential business. Data centers have sprung up across the country as the highly demanding AI industry exploded in popularity.

“If we don’t have some stability, these people are not going to be able to go through a lender to get money, and so that means that they leave, and I’m sure that there’s a group of people in this room that would love to see them leave, but that’s not how we build economic development,” she said at the meeting. “Part of what we need, in my mind, in economic development is that we have a stable land use code.”

Although this doesn’t apply to the controversial Project Washington, County Council will still have a say on the re-zoning of half of the project’s land. The County Board of Adjustment will also have to approve its electrical switch station, Culver said.

At the meeting, residents showed up with mainly negative comments for Project Washington. But, members of trade unions showed up in support of the project’s potential to create construction jobs.

Starwood Digital Ventures will continue to move through the approval process with no changes to Project Washington, according to Jim Lamb, who is handling media for the project.

“We’re really happy there’s a consensus within the council and it’s a really great opportunity for the residents of New Castle County,” Lamb said Tuesday night.

Now this goes to County Executive Marcus Henry’s office, who can sign or veto these regulations.

Half of Project Washington’s proposed land still needs a re-zone, which requires council approval. The project was stifled by DNREC, who ruled the proposal’s size, use and backup diesel generators violate the decades-old Coastal Zone Act.

Starwood Digital Ventures disagrees, and filed and appeal, saying the state environmental agency didn’t classify the project correctly and said it “solely focuses on alleged environmental risk and worst-case emissions, and does not fairly weigh or explain these countervailing factors in light of regulating criteria.”

The appeal’s hearing is in Dover and begins on March 24.

Shane Brennan covers Wilmington and other Delaware issues. Reach out with ideas, tips or feedback at slbrennan@delawareonline.com.

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Coast Guard Responding to Large Barge Fire in Delaware Bay

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March 10, 2026

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Coast Guard Responding to Large Barge Fire in Delaware Bay

The U.S. Coast Guard and multiple partner agencies are responding to a barge fire in Delaware Bay on Tuesday after a tug reported that the vessel it was towing had caught fire.

According to the Coast Guard, watchstanders at Sector Delaware Bay received a call at approximately 8:20 a.m. from the tug Douglas J, reporting that the barge under tow was on fire. The barge was reportedly carrying scrap metal.

Authorities are towing the burning barge to a position about two miles off Maurice River Cove, New Jersey, in an effort to move the incident away from the main shipping channel while firefighting operations continue.

The Coast Guard has established a safety zone and issued a Broadcast Notice to Mariners as crews work to contain the fire and reduce potential hazards to vessel traffic in the busy port complex. Multiple fire departments have deployed fireboats to assist with suppression efforts.

No injuries have been reported and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Responders from Coast Guard Station Philadelphia, Coast Guard Station Cape May, and Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City have been deployed to assist. Partner agencies on scene include the Wilmington Fire Department, Delaware City Fire Department, Philadelphia Fire Department, New Jersey Office of Emergency Management, and Delaware Emergency Management.

The incident follows another major barge fire in the Delaware Bay region in 2022, when a barge carrying scrap household appliances burned for approximately 26 hours in what officials described as the largest firefighting operation in Delaware state history.

Response operations for the current fire remain ongoing.

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DMV in Minquadale, Delaware reopening months after trooper’s death

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March 10, 2026

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DMV in Minquadale, Delaware reopening months after trooper’s death

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 9:34AM

MINQUADALE, Del. (WPVI) — The DMV in Wilmington, Delaware is reopening at 8a.m. Tuesday.

This comes after the deadly shooting of State Trooper Matthew “Ty” Snook, 34, in December 2025.

A man walked into the facility and shot and killed Snook.

The DMV said service at the Wilmington location will be by appointment only for now. The Delaware City, Dover, and Georgetown DMV locations will continue to offer walk-in service to customers.

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