Delaware
Medical marijuana dispensaries get closer to entering the adult recreational market
State lawmaker Ed Osienski (D-Newark) continues pushing to allow current medical marijuana dispensaries, also known as compassion centers, to legally enter the recreational market early.
While the Marijuana Commissioner plans to begin accepting recreational license applications by this September, this bill would allow compassion centers to apply for a conversion license in August and open for business within months.
While the bill was narrowly voted out of committee due to business competition concerns and worries centers could not keep up with product supply for medical patients, Osienski added an amendment to remedy the latter concern.
“We decided to put much stronger language in the legislation to ensure we have a healthy supply of medical marijuana for medical patients while these compassion centers are converting over to also be able to sell, grow and manufacture recreational marijuana,” he said.
The new addition of the bill also increases the conversion license fee from $100,000 to $200,000 and ensures those funds assist the social equity license program – a grant program for individuals who have been affected by prohibition looking to enter the marijuana businesses.
Those interested in applying for the social equity license program must submit a validation form before July 15, 2024, to see if they qualify.
To qualify, an applicant must have either resided for at least 5 of the preceding 15 years in an area with high rates of arrest, conviction and incarceration for marijuana-related offenses, have been convicted of or an adjudicated delinquent of a marijuana-related offense under Delaware law or has a parent, legal guardian, child, spouse or dependent who was convicted of or adjudicated delinquent for any marijuana-related offense.
The Office of the Marijuana Commissioner recently launched the Disproportionately Impacted Area Map, which individuals can use to see if their address falls within a designated “disproportionately impacted area.” (DIA).
The bill now heads to the Senate for consideration.
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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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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