Delaware
Keep Delaware Beautiful, state parks team up on cigarette litter prevention program
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Preserve Delaware Lovely was just lately awarded a $20,000 Cigarette Litter Prevention Program grant by Preserve America Lovely.
It’s sharing the grant with the Delaware Division of Pure Sources and Environmental Management’s Delaware State Parks, as each companies are devoted to eradicating litter and beautifying Delaware. Communities implementing the CLPP in 2021 reported a median 51 p.c discount of cigarette litter.
As a part of the grant program, Preserve Delaware Lovely is specializing in two main sorts of cigarette-littering interventions, by means of each public messaging and infrastructure placement. Delaware State Parks is putting in and sustaining cigarette butt receptacles in state parks all through Delaware, aligning with the Preserve DE Litter Free initiative launched by Gov. John Carney in 2019.
“DNREC is happy to companion with Preserve Delaware Lovely to assist mitigate the financial, environmental and quality-of-life impacts of cigarette littering in our state parks,” stated DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin. “As we rejoice Earth Month in April, we encourage Delawareans to take satisfaction in our shared public lands and assist Preserve Delaware Litter Free.”
“Though a lot of the parks are smoke-free areas, cigarette litter continues to be an issue in our state,” stated Jessica Catts, Neighborhood Clear Up supervisor for Preserve Delaware Lovely. “Entry to ash receptacles and the dissemination of public training are helpful instruments to assist cut back essentially the most generally littered merchandise in our litter stream.”
The CLPP, created by Preserve America Lovely in 2002, is the nation’s largest program geared toward eliminating cigarette butt and cigar tip litter. Since its inception, this system has been efficiently carried out in additional than 1,800 city, suburban and rural communities nationwide. Over the previous decade, taking part communities have constantly lower cigarette butt litter by 50 p.c primarily based on native measurements taken within the first 4 to 6 months after program implementation.
Analysis has proven that even individuals who contemplate themselves non-litterers usually assume tossing cigarette butts on the bottom doesn’t rely. Preserve Delaware Lovely has discovered that cigarette butt litter happens most frequently at transition factors – areas the place folks should give up smoking earlier than continuing into one other space. These embrace parking tons, entrances to parks and public buildings, and sidewalk areas round and within the parks, amongst others.
Preserve Delaware Lovely was shaped in 2016 with the aim of fostering and selling Preserve America Lovely packages targeted on litter prevention, group beautification and minimizing the impression of strong waste in Delaware.
For extra details about this system, go to keepdelawarebeautiful.com.
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Delaware
Toll increase goes into effect for several Delaware River bridges
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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A toll increase is now in effect for drivers crossing the Delaware River.
The toll for the Ben Franklin, Betsy Ross, Commodore Barry and Walt Whitman bridges is going from $5 to $6.
“I think it’s crazy, it’s ridiculous we’re already paying so much already in taxes as it is,” said Lauren Cozzi, of South Philadelphia.
“I’m really upset right now,” said Adnan Malik, of Pennsauken, NJ.
The Delaware River Port Authority says these funds will go towards bridge maintenance, operational costs, plus hiring and retaining additional police officers.
The is the first toll increase in over a decade.
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Delaware
Delaware State's Montes stops 2-point conversion for 17-15 win over Sacred Heart
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FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Eric Montes sacked John Michalski on a 2-point conversion attempt and Delaware State held off Sacred Heart 17-15 on Saturday night.
The Hornets (1-1) took a 17-9 lead on Jaden Sutton’s 39-yard touchdown run midway through the fourth quarter, but the Pioneers (0-1) responded with an 11-play, 66-yard drive. Xavier Leigh capped the drive by scampering around left end with 1:54 to play.
Going for the tie, Michalski rolled right but couldn’t find an open receiver before Montes loomed in front of him. Michalski reversed field but had a slight slip and Montes caught him from behind.
The Hornets couldn’t run out the clock, but Sacred Heart couldn’t make anything happen in the final 90 seconds.
A 41-yard pass from Marqui Adams to Kristian Tate gave Delaware State a 7-6 lead at the half.
Matt King’s third field goal put the Pioneers on top in the third quarter, but Nathan Wilson answered for the Hornets early in the fourth.
Adams threw for 150 yards and Sutton ran for 86 for Delaware State, which lost at Hawaii last weekend.
Leigh led Sacred Heart with 91 yards on the ground.
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Missing Delaware fisherman missed call with family; Coast Guard asks for help
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REHOBOTH BAY, Delaware (WPVI) — The U.S. Coast Guard is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing Delaware fisherman who was last seen earlier this week.
Officials are searching for 46-year-old Dorian Yanke. He last spoke with family members on Monday around 7:30 a.m.
During the phone call, he reportedly informed family members he was going on a fishing trip in the vicinity of Rehoboth Bay, Delaware.
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The Coast Guard says he missed a call with family members on Tuesday. He was then reported missing the next day.
Yanke is about 6 feet tall and weighs roughly 200 pounds.
He was last seen wearing a tan shirt, navy shorts, and a navy ball cap.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Sector Delaware Bay Command Center 24/7 hotline at 215-271-4960.
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