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DelDOT announces to motorists that Delmarva Central Railroad will be resurfacing and performing general maintenance on their railroad crossing on Market Street between Oak Street and Townsend Street.

The closure will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 30, 2020 until 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, May 12, 2020, pending weather.

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Eastbound: West Street to West Sixth Street onto South Central Avenue and return to Market Street. [More]

Governor John Carney on Monday joined state leaders at Howard R. Young Correctional Institution in Wilmington to review progress on improving reentry services for offenders and to announce more than $1 million in grants to support Delaware’s reentry initiatives.

DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE: Office of the Commissioner

During FY12-17, a cumulative generation capacity of 99,209 MW was added against a target of 88,537 MW, outpacing the growth in demand and resulting in a declining trend of PLFs.

India, which was among the last set of nations where the Covid-19 spread its tentacles, has announced a Rs 1.7-lakh-crore (0.8% of GDP) relief package for the poor and the vulnerable and is planning to calibrate its reponses to help the economy over the coming weeks.

Like Maharashtra and Telangana, Odisha has also been forced to cut expenditure and defer some others, including salary payments to manage the finances at the current juncture.

The partnership between Reliance Retail Whatsapp - inked on Wednesda -and could mean more competition for the likes of BigBasket and Grofers and others like Amazon and Flipkart looking to get a share of the food and groceries pie.

Meanwhile, domestic consumption of petroleum products in FY20 remained flat at 213.7 MT as sales of transportation fuels plummeted in March amid the country-wide lockdown.

According to a recent industry estimate, as many as 4.58 lakh housing units were facing delayed delivery across 1,509 stalled projects.

Interestingly, foreign portfolio investors (FPI), who were big sellers in March pulling out more than $8 billion, and have offloaded shares for most of April, turned buyers picking up some $50 million worth of stocks.

Smartphone shipments set to decline 5-10% Y-o-Y in 2020; feature phones by 35-40%

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DNREC, Abbott’s Mill Nature Center, and the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance will host free presentations in Laurel on saving the monarch butterfly, gardening for butterflies, and the importance of clean water.

DOVER – DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife will host joint Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC)/Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) public fisheries scoping hearings on Wednesday, Feb. 19 in DNREC’s Auditorium, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901. A Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Commercial/Recreational Allocation Amendment hearing will begin at 6 p.m., followed by a Bluefish Allocation and Rebuilding Amendment hearing at 7 p.m. The Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Commercial/Recreational Allocation Amendment will consider potential modifications to commercial and recreational catch allocations for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass in consideration of updated recreational and commercial fishing catch estimates.

Six special programs held in celebration of National Women’s History Month.

Delaware spring 2020 downstate freshwater trout season will begin Saturday, March 7.

The Delaware Public Service Commission (PSC) and Delaware Division of the Public Advocate have received numerous complaints of third-party electricity suppliers “spoofing” phone numbers in an effort to sign up households for new service contracts.

The 2020 Delaware Forestry Association Annual Meeting and Banquet will be held on Thursday, March 19 at the Felton Fire Hall in Felton, Delaware. The event features the presentation of the 2020 "Delaware Tree Farmer of the Year Award." Cost is $27 for adults and $13.50 for children ages 6 to 12.  Details at  delawareforest.com

LEWES – The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, including a stretch of ocean beach and dunes, and a half-mile along the bay shoreline, will close Sunday, March 1, for the benefit of threatened and endangered beachnesters and migratory shorebirds, including red knot, piping plovers, oystercatchers, least terns, and other species. The Point’s nesting habitat […]

DOVER, Del.– DNREC’s Division of Air Quality and industry partners will host Air Permitting Basics training workshops at 8 a.m., Wednesday, March 18, at DNREC’s Lukens Drive office, 391 Lukens Drive, New Castle, DE 19720, and again at 8 a.m., Thursday, March 26, in the DNREC Auditorium, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901. Topics to be covered include an overview of DNREC’s Division of Air Quality and air permitting basics – with examples presented at the workshops for generators and boilers. Certificates for professional development hours will be available for those attending. Seating is limited and pre-registration is required. To register, and for more information, please visit https://dnrec.alpha.delaware.gov/air/permitting-basics/.

Actress Millicent Sparks to portray the noted Underground Railroad conductor.

The dam and associated fishing access areas at Records Pond in Laurel will be closed to public use during reconstruction of the dam beginning March 2.

To help achieve public compliance with laws and regulations, officers from Feb. 24 - March 1 made 1,812 public contacts and responded to 34 complaints.

Program tells the story of an African American girl from New Castle, Del. who was kidnapped and taken to Maryland to be sold into slavery.

Watch live at 1:15pm on March 10, 2020 from Delaware Health and Social Services and the Division of Public Health.    

Governor Carney, DHSS Secretary to hold virtual town hall NEWARK, Del. – Out of an abundance of caution, Governor John Carney’s State of the State Town Hall – scheduled for Wednesday evening at the Newark Senior Center – will be postponed. The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) shared information on Monday that advises older […]

Join Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long, Dr. Karyl Ratty, Director of the Delaware Division of Public Health, and Dr. Kara Odom Walker, Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services  for a live coronavirus disease discussion on hygiene and at-risk populations at 11:45am from the State Health Operations Center You can also watch the live […]

  Future return to session will be re-evaluated weekly DOVER – In response to growing concerns about the Coronavirus pandemic, House Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf and Senate President Pro Tempore David McBride announced Thursday that the Delaware General Assembly is postponing next week’s legislative session. The legislature was scheduled to return from its break for Joint […]

To help achieve public compliance with laws and regulations, officers from March 2-8 made 1,351 public contacts and responded to 49 complaints.

Governor Carney will host a virtual Q&A session with Dr. Kara Odom Walker, Secretary of the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), on Facebook and Livestream to answer questions about the coronavirus. For the latest Delaware updates, visit de.gov/coronavirus Submit questions ahead of this Facebook event by email: townhall@delaware.gov. 

Due to the presence of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Delaware, business closures, reductions in staffing and lower ridership levels, effective Wednesday, March 18, DART public transit services will operate on the following reduced service schedule until further notice. On weekdays, regular fixed route services will operate on a Saturday service schedule statewide, with additional service on […]

The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) continues to review operational needs while keeping the health and safety of our employees and customers in mind. Effective Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 6:00pm, the Biden Welcome Center on I-95 in Newark will temporarily close to the public as efforts continue to limit crowds from gathering in response […]

Dr. Kara Odom Walker, Secretary of the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), and Dr. Karyl Rattay, Director of the DE Division of Public Health update on the coronavirus. For the latest Delaware updates, visit de.gov/coronavirus  

DOVER (March 18, 2020) – The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is providing an update on the number of positive cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reported in the state. There have been 26 total laboratory-confirmed cases in all three counties in the state since March 11. This includes nine additional cases since yesterday. […]

DOVER (March 19, 2020) – The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is providing an update on the number of positive cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reported in the state. There have been 30 total laboratory-confirmed cases in the state since March 11. This includes four additional cases since yesterday. Of the Delawareans diagnosed […]

 The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is providing an update on the number of positive cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reported in the state.